Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Nokia NetAct
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank3410-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads11840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.136 %11.31 %-
As % of the Communications & Networking category6.875 %27.36 %-
Daily rates quoted010
Average daily rate-£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£300-
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
160307279
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire31.07 %41.32 %18.25 %
Daily rates quoted2940106
Average daily rate£313£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.840 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£173£250£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted281834
Average hourly rate£35.00£31.00£18.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90 %+65.77 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.30£15.00£14.44
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£40.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Nokia NetAct East of EnglandNokia NetAct
East of England

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.

Nokia NetAct
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Nokia NetAct Demand Trend

Nokia NetAct
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Nokia NetAct Daily Rate Trend

Nokia NetAct
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct.

123 (100.00 %)Telecoms
218 (78.26 %)3G
315 (65.22 %)Oracle
414 (60.87 %)XML
513 (56.52 %)SQL
513 (56.52 %)UMTS
612 (52.17 %)Nokia
612 (52.17 %)Statistics
612 (52.17 %)2G
710 (43.48 %)Ericsson
89 (39.13 %)RNC
97 (30.43 %)GSM
97 (30.43 %)SAP
106 (26.09 %)BSS
113 (13.04 %)Cramer
113 (13.04 %)ODBC
113 (13.04 %)MS Access
113 (13.04 %)LAN
113 (13.04 %)SLA
122 (8.696 %)Siemens
122 (8.696 %)BusinessObjects
122 (8.696 %)ATM
122 (8.696 %)Business Objects
122 (8.696 %)Data Entry
131 (4.348 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
131 (4.348 %)Oracle Reports
131 (4.348 %)Nortel
131 (4.348 %)Mapinfo
131 (4.348 %)Oracle 10g

Nokia NetAct
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (60.87 %)XML
23 (13.04 %)ODBC
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (78.26 %)3G
213 (56.52 %)UMTS
312 (52.17 %)2G
49 (39.13 %)RNC
57 (30.43 %)GSM
66 (26.09 %)BSS
73 (13.04 %)LAN
82 (8.696 %)ATM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (13.04 %)MS Access
22 (8.696 %)BusinessObjects
31 (4.348 %)Oracle Reports
31 (4.348 %)Oracle 10g
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (69.57 %)RAN Engineer
214 (60.87 %)Performance Engineer
311 (47.83 %)RAN Performance Engineer
45 (21.74 %)RAN Configuration Engineer
45 (21.74 %)Configuration Engineer
52 (8.696 %)Activation Planner
61 (4.348 %)Databuild Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (52.17 %)Statistics
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.696 %)Data Entry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (56.52 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (13.04 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (65.22 %)Oracle
212 (52.17 %)Nokia
310 (43.48 %)Ericsson
47 (30.43 %)SAP
53 (13.04 %)Cramer
62 (8.696 %)Siemens
62 (8.696 %)Business Objects
71 (4.348 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
71 (4.348 %)Nortel
71 (4.348 %)Mapinfo