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This section looks at the demand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited WCDMA over the 3 months to 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Location
3 months to 7 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank99114
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.679 %2.553 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£266-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£41.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£41.63
% change on same period last year+2.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£38.36
% change on same period last year+10.78 %
Communications & Networking HampshireCommunications & Networking
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads442470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.582 %0.498 %
Daily rates quoted7296
Average minimum daily rate£363£337
Average daily rate£381£355
% change on same period last year+7.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£343
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted93122
Average minimum hourly rate£28.04£31.26
Average hourly rate£30.17£33.09
% change on same period last year-8.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.30£34.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.55£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.97 %
WCDMA South EastWCDMA
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WCDMA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WCDMA across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire WCDMA Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WCDMA across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WCDMA across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCDMA across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008.

Hampshire WCDMA Hourly Rate Histogram

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing WCDMA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WCDMA.

123 (69.70 %)C
222 (66.67 %)3G
319 (57.58 %)C++
418 (54.55 %)GSM
516 (48.48 %)VHDL
69 (27.27 %)GPRS
78 (24.24 %)Telecoms
78 (24.24 %)Degree
87 (21.21 %)Mathematics
87 (21.21 %)UTRAN
87 (21.21 %)Device Driver
87 (21.21 %)UMTS
96 (18.18 %)CDMA
96 (18.18 %)HND
96 (18.18 %)Validation
96 (18.18 %)Electronics
96 (18.18 %)Agilent
105 (15.15 %)Statistical Analysis
105 (15.15 %)Smartphone
105 (15.15 %)Wireless
114 (12.12 %)Embedded C
123 (9.091 %)RSS
123 (9.091 %)VxWorks
123 (9.091 %)WiMAX
132 (6.061 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
132 (6.061 %)ASIC
132 (6.061 %)ASN.1
132 (6.061 %)LabVIEW
132 (6.061 %)Perl
132 (6.061 %)SOAP

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing WCDMA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (9.091 %)RSS
22 (6.061 %)SOAP
22 (6.061 %)XML
31 (3.030 %)ODBC
Communications & Networking
122 (66.67 %)3G
218 (54.55 %)GSM
39 (27.27 %)GPRS
47 (21.21 %)UTRAN
47 (21.21 %)UMTS
56 (18.18 %)CDMA
65 (15.15 %)Wireless
73 (9.091 %)WiMAX
82 (6.061 %)ASN.1
82 (6.061 %)WLAN
82 (6.061 %)TCP/IP
82 (6.061 %)3GPP
91 (3.030 %)2G
Development Applications
12 (6.061 %)LabVIEW
21 (3.030 %)ClearCase
General
18 (24.24 %)Telecoms
26 (18.18 %)Electronics
31 (3.030 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
114 (42.42 %)Software Engineer
28 (24.24 %)Senior Software Engineer
36 (18.18 %)Support Engineer
36 (18.18 %)RF Engineer
42 (6.061 %)Hardware Support Engineer
42 (6.061 %)C++ Software Engineer
42 (6.061 %)C Software Engineer
42 (6.061 %)Hardware Engineer
51 (3.030 %)GSM Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Team Leader
51 (3.030 %)Test Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Embedded C Engineer
51 (3.030 %)DSP Engineer
Miscellaneous
116 (48.48 %)VHDL
27 (21.21 %)Mathematics
27 (21.21 %)Device Driver
35 (15.15 %)Smartphone
42 (6.061 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
42 (6.061 %)ASIC
51 (3.030 %)Firmware
51 (3.030 %)Streaming Video
Operating Systems
13 (9.091 %)VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
16 (18.18 %)Validation
25 (15.15 %)Statistical Analysis
31 (3.030 %)Project Planning
31 (3.030 %)Configuration Management
31 (3.030 %)Migration
31 (3.030 %)Network Planning
31 (3.030 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
123 (69.70 %)C
219 (57.58 %)C++
34 (12.12 %)Embedded C
42 (6.061 %)Embedded C++
42 (6.061 %)Tcl
42 (6.061 %)Perl
Qualifications
18 (24.24 %)Degree
26 (18.18 %)HND
Vendors
16 (18.18 %)Agilent
21 (3.030 %)Ericsson
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