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

The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 51 61 62
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Contract jobs citing LTE 12 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.866% 0.723% 0.461%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.01% 3.646% 1.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £265 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £340 £250
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +36.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £43.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 109 192 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.95% 19.83% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 49 65
Average daily rate £320 £300 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +0.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £460 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
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 £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
LTE
East of England

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 6 - -
LTE
East of England

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 14 (63.64%) 2G
2 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 9 (40.91%) 3G
4 8 (36.36%) C
4 8 (36.36%) 3GPP
4 8 (36.36%) Data Management
4 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
6 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 4 (18.18%) Subversion
6 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) IPTV
6 4 (18.18%) Web Development
6 4 (18.18%) Android
6 4 (18.18%) Embedded C
6 4 (18.18%) C++
6 4 (18.18%) Java
6 4 (18.18%) XML
6 4 (18.18%) Flash
6 4 (18.18%) Symantec
6 4 (18.18%) JBoss
7 3 (13.64%) Ericsson
7 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
7 3 (13.64%) UMTS
7 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
8 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
8 2 (9.091%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (9.091%) Signal Processing

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (18.18%) XML
1 4 (18.18%) Flash
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) 2G
2 9 (40.91%) 3G
3 8 (36.36%) 3GPP
4 3 (13.64%) UMTS
4 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (9.091%) 4G
5 2 (9.091%) Wireshark
5 2 (9.091%) GSM
6 1 (4.545%) ATM
6 1 (4.545%) GPRS
6 1 (4.545%) WCDMA
6 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
6 1 (4.545%) IPv4
6 1 (4.545%) IPv6
6 1 (4.545%) HSPA
6 1 (4.545%) Nokia NetAct
6 1 (4.545%) RNC
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
3 2 (9.091%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Android Developer
4 2 (9.091%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Project Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.545%) RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) IPTV
2 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
2 2 (9.091%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
1 8 (36.36%) Data Management
2 6 (27.27%) Software Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 4 (18.18%) Web Development
4 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (9.091%) Signal Processing
4 2 (9.091%) OO
5 1 (4.545%) RAD
5 1 (4.545%) Migration
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C
2 4 (18.18%) C++
2 4 (18.18%) Java
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded C
3 2 (9.091%) Embedded C++
3 2 (9.091%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) JBoss
1 4 (18.18%) Symantec
2 3 (13.64%) Ericsson
3 2 (9.091%) Agilent
4 1 (4.545%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (4.545%) Huawei
DSP Engineer
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
1. Experience in Rf Technologies such as LTE and 802.11ac. 2. Matlab Experience. 3. Strong Mathematical understanding of DSP Technologies. 4. Knowledge of RF Test and measurement...
Anantha Limited
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
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