2G Contracts in Hertfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hertfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 55 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Contract jobs citing 2G 5 11 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.772% 1.146% 2.227%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.425% 5.789% 8.879%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £375 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £283 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 113 190 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.44% 19.79% 25.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 48 64
Average daily rate £300 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.47 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.93% -41.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £11.45 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £34.10 £42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
2G
East of England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Royston - 4 - -
2G
East of England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 16 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 14 (63.64%) LTE
3 13 (59.09%) 3G
4 8 (36.36%) Data Management
4 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 6 (27.27%) ATM
6 5 (22.73%) SDH
6 5 (22.73%) 3GPP
7 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 4 (18.18%) Ericsson
7 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 4 (18.18%) Web Development
7 4 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (13.64%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 3 (13.64%) Nokia NetAct
9 2 (9.091%) GSM
9 2 (9.091%) Electronics
9 2 (9.091%) RNC
9 2 (9.091%) Wireshark
9 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
9 2 (9.091%) Physics
9 2 (9.091%) Agilent
9 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
9 2 (9.091%) HSPA
9 2 (9.091%) 4G
9 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
9 2 (9.091%) SLA
9 2 (9.091%) Embedded C

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
1 1 (4.545%) J2EE
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) LTE
2 13 (59.09%) 3G
3 6 (27.27%) ATM
4 5 (22.73%) SDH
4 5 (22.73%) 3GPP
5 4 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (13.64%) Nokia NetAct
7 2 (9.091%) 4G
7 2 (9.091%) RNC
7 2 (9.091%) Wireshark
7 2 (9.091%) HSPA
7 2 (9.091%) GSM
7 2 (9.091%) UMTS
8 1 (4.545%) WCDMA
8 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
8 1 (4.545%) GPRS
8 1 (4.545%) Wireless
8 1 (4.545%) 2.5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) MS Access
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 16 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.091%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Circuiting Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.545%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) RAN Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Transmission Planner
5 1 (4.545%) Databuild Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
1 2 (9.091%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) UNIX
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Data Management
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Web Development
2 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.091%) OO
3 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
3 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.545%) RAD
4 1 (4.545%) B2B
4 1 (4.545%) Change Management
4 1 (4.545%) Scrum
4 1 (4.545%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) C
1 2 (9.091%) C++
1 2 (9.091%) Embedded C
2 1 (4.545%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Ericsson
2 3 (13.64%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 2 (9.091%) Agilent
4 1 (4.545%) BT
4 1 (4.545%) Cramer
4 1 (4.545%) Huawei
About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Monday 20 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.