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This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Hertfordshire 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 3G over the 3 months to 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to 7 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6691
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.001 %
As % of the category below10.88 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted90
Average minimum daily rate£378-
Average daily rate£416-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£454-
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£312
% change on same period last year+7.92 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£35.71£18.00
Average hourly rate£42.14£19.00
% change on same period last year+121.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.57£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.19£29.89
% change on same period last year+14.38 %
Communications & Networking HertfordshireCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads285292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.375 %0.309 %
Daily rates quoted138111
Average minimum daily rate£375£343
Average daily rate£406£363
% change on same period last year+11.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£343
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted2625
Average minimum hourly rate£28.13£18.40
Average hourly rate£32.52£20.78
% change on same period last year+56.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.91£23.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.55£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.97 %
3G East of England3G
East of England

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.

3G
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 3G Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 3G Daily Rate Histogram

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 3G Hourly Rate Histogram

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

124 (61.54 %)Telecoms
213 (33.33 %)GPRS
213 (33.33 %)GSM
311 (28.21 %)Project Management
311 (28.21 %)PRINCE2
311 (28.21 %)Wireless
410 (25.64 %)German Language
410 (25.64 %)Nokia
59 (23.08 %)CDMA2000
59 (23.08 %)WCDMA
59 (23.08 %)Ethernet
59 (23.08 %)VHDL
59 (23.08 %)TETRA
59 (23.08 %)2G
59 (23.08 %)WiMAX
59 (23.08 %)Gigabit Ethernet
59 (23.08 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
66 (15.38 %)SLA
75 (12.82 %)Matrix Management
75 (12.82 %)RNC
84 (10.26 %)Nortel
84 (10.26 %)Mapinfo
84 (10.26 %)Ericsson
93 (7.692 %)MATLAB
93 (7.692 %)Education
93 (7.692 %)Service Management
93 (7.692 %)ArcGIS
93 (7.692 %)Unix
93 (7.692 %)MS Access
93 (7.692 %)UTRAN

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
13 (7.692 %)ArcGIS
Applications
13 (7.692 %)MATLAB
Communications & Networking
113 (33.33 %)GPRS
113 (33.33 %)GSM
211 (28.21 %)Wireless
39 (23.08 %)2G
39 (23.08 %)WCDMA
39 (23.08 %)Ethernet
39 (23.08 %)TETRA
39 (23.08 %)WiMAX
39 (23.08 %)Gigabit Ethernet
39 (23.08 %)CDMA2000
45 (12.82 %)RNC
53 (7.692 %)UTRAN
53 (7.692 %)SDH
62 (5.128 %)UMTS
62 (5.128 %)2.5G
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (7.692 %)MS Access
General
124 (61.54 %)Telecoms
23 (7.692 %)Education
31 (2.564 %)Finance
Job Titles
112 (30.77 %)Project Manager
29 (23.08 %)FPGA Engineer
36 (15.38 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
45 (12.82 %)Telecoms Project Manager
45 (12.82 %)Design Engineer
54 (10.26 %)Test Engineer
54 (10.26 %)FPGA Design Engineer
63 (7.692 %)Performance Engineer
63 (7.692 %)Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
110 (25.64 %)German Language
29 (23.08 %)VHDL
29 (23.08 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
13 (7.692 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
111 (28.21 %)PRINCE2
111 (28.21 %)Project Management
25 (12.82 %)Matrix Management
33 (7.692 %)Service Management
33 (7.692 %)Incident Management
41 (2.564 %)Configuration Management
Programming Languages
12 (5.128 %)C
Qualifications
11 (2.564 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (2.564 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (15.38 %)SLA
Vendors
110 (25.64 %)Nokia
24 (10.26 %)Mapinfo
24 (10.26 %)Nortel
24 (10.26 %)Ericsson
31 (2.564 %)Cramer
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