Hertfordshire Nokia Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Nokia over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Brentford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Grays Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Romford Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands Winchester Woking	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	68	82
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	30	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	4.011 %	1.346 %
Daily rates quoted	23	8
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£338
Average daily rate	£363	£352
% change on same period last year	+3.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£296
% change on same period last year	+14.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£36.71
% change on same period last year	+8.97 %
Vendors Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	748	817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.986 %	0.854 %
Daily rates quoted	259	326
Average minimum daily rate	£364	£333
Average daily rate	£384	£355
% change on same period last year	+8.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£357
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	68
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.29	£20.44
Average hourly rate	£22.06	£22.39
% change on same period last year	-1.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.83	£24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.01	£25.11
% change on same period last year	-8.37 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Nokia Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nokia across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Nokia 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.

1 35 (71.43 %) Firewall 2 33 (67.35 %) CheckPoint 3 20 (40.82 %) Blue Coat 4 19 (38.78 %) Internet 4 19 (38.78 %) Cisco 5 17 (34.69 %) VPN 5 17 (34.69 %) Crossbeam 6 16 (32.65 %) Problem Management 7 14 (28.57 %) Cisco PIX 7 14 (28.57 %) IPsec 8 12 (24.49 %) NetScreen 8 12 (24.49 %) IBM 9 11 (22.45 %) SSL 9 11 (22.45 %) Telecoms 10 10 (20.41 %) 3G

11 9 (18.37 %) Solaris 12 8 (16.33 %) Nortel 13 7 (14.29 %) Cisco Certification 13 7 (14.29 %) Ericsson 13 7 (14.29 %) SLA 14 6 (12.24 %) TCP/IP 14 6 (12.24 %) Unix 14 6 (12.24 %) BGP 14 6 (12.24 %) 2G 15 5 (10.20 %) CCNA 15 5 (10.20 %) Penetration Testing 16 4 (8.163 %) RNC 16 4 (8.163 %) CCSE 16 4 (8.163 %) MPLS 16 4 (8.163 %) OSPF

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Nokia 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (6.122 %) J2ME 1 3 (6.122 %) J2EE 2 2 (4.082 %) UIQ 2 2 (4.082 %) Series 60 3 1 (2.041 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 3 (6.122 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 3 (6.122 %) MATLAB 2 1 (2.041 %) S-PLUS	Communications & Networking 1 35 (71.43 %) Firewall 2 19 (38.78 %) Internet 3 17 (34.69 %) VPN 4 14 (28.57 %) Cisco PIX 4 14 (28.57 %) IPsec 5 12 (24.49 %) NetScreen 6 11 (22.45 %) SSL 7 10 (20.41 %) 3G 8 6 (12.24 %) TCP/IP 8 6 (12.24 %) BGP 8 6 (12.24 %) 2G 9 4 (8.163 %) RNC 9 4 (8.163 %) MPLS 9 4 (8.163 %) OSPF 9 4 (8.163 %) VRRP 10 3 (6.122 %) UTRAN 10 3 (6.122 %) UMTS 10 3 (6.122 %) ATM 10 3 (6.122 %) GPRS 10 3 (6.122 %) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (6.122 %) MS Access 1 3 (6.122 %) MySQL	General 1 11 (22.45 %) Telecoms 2 2 (4.082 %) Education
Job Titles 1 27 (55.10 %) Analyst 2 20 (40.82 %) Firewall Analyst 3 19 (38.78 %) Security Analyst 4 7 (14.29 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 5 4 (8.163 %) Support Engineer 6 3 (6.122 %) Administrator 6 3 (6.122 %) Systems Administrator 6 3 (6.122 %) Senior Analyst 6 3 (6.122 %) Performance Engineer 6 3 (6.122 %) Senior Security Analyst 6 3 (6.122 %) Developer 7 2 (4.082 %) Design Engineer 8 1 (2.041 %) Cisco Specialist 8 1 (2.041 %) Network Architect 8 1 (2.041 %) Linux Systems Administrator 8 1 (2.041 %) Architect 8 1 (2.041 %) Project Manager 8 1 (2.041 %) Linux Administrator 8 1 (2.041 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.122 %) Handset 2 1 (2.041 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 9 (18.37 %) Solaris 2 6 (12.24 %) Unix 3 3 (6.122 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (32.65 %) Problem Management 2 5 (10.20 %) Penetration Testing 3 3 (6.122 %) Service Management 4 2 (4.082 %) Network Design 4 2 (4.082 %) Network Planning 5 1 (2.041 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (2.041 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.082 %) Java	Qualifications 1 7 (14.29 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (10.20 %) CCNA 3 4 (8.163 %) CCSE 4 3 (6.122 %) CCIE 5 2 (4.082 %) CCIP 5 2 (4.082 %) CCDP 6 1 (2.041 %) CISSP 6 1 (2.041 %) CCSP 6 1 (2.041 %) CCNP 6 1 (2.041 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (14.29 %) SLA	Vendors 1 33 (67.35 %) CheckPoint 2 20 (40.82 %) Blue Coat 3 19 (38.78 %) Cisco 4 17 (34.69 %) Crossbeam 5 12 (24.49 %) IBM 6 8 (16.33 %) Nortel 7 7 (14.29 %) Ericsson 8 3 (6.122 %) Sony 8 3 (6.122 %) Mapinfo 8 3 (6.122 %) HP 8 3 (6.122 %) EMC 8 3 (6.122 %) Red Hat 8 3 (6.122 %) Oracle 9 1 (2.041 %) BT 9 1 (2.041 %) Symbian