Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank13-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below16.67 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£276
% change on same period last year+14.44 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.30£34.92
% change on same period last year-21.82 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£242
Average daily rate-£255
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.00
Average hourly rate-£12.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
3G South East3G
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
22 (50.00 %)Siemens
22 (50.00 %)MPLS
22 (50.00 %)GSM
22 (50.00 %)ISDN
22 (50.00 %)LAN
22 (50.00 %)VoIP
22 (50.00 %)WAN
22 (50.00 %)Cisco
22 (50.00 %)Nortel
22 (50.00 %)Billing
31 (25.00 %)GPRS
31 (25.00 %)Ericsson
31 (25.00 %)UMTS
31 (25.00 %)Wireless
31 (25.00 %)2G
31 (25.00 %)Validation
31 (25.00 %)Handset

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)MPLS
12 (50.00 %)GSM
12 (50.00 %)ISDN
12 (50.00 %)LAN
12 (50.00 %)VoIP
12 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (25.00 %)GPRS
21 (25.00 %)UMTS
21 (25.00 %)Wireless
21 (25.00 %)2G
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
22 (50.00 %)Billing
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Team Leader
12 (50.00 %)Network Team Leader
21 (25.00 %)Operations Manager
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Handset
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Validation
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Siemens
12 (50.00 %)Cisco
12 (50.00 %)Nortel
21 (25.00 %)Ericsson