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The table below looks at the demand for Handsets skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Handsets
Location
3 months to
20 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 below10.00 %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£277£246
% change on same period last year+12.37 %
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£31.42£28.37
% change on same period last year+10.74 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads1042
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£213£220
Average daily rate£281£220
% change on same period last year+27.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£341
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£16.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.52£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Handset South EastHandset
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.

Handset
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Handset across the Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Home Counties Handset Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties region citing Handset 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 Handset.

13 (75.00 %)Blackberry
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
21 (25.00 %)Validation
21 (25.00 %)Wireless
21 (25.00 %)GPRS
21 (25.00 %)GSM
21 (25.00 %)UMTS
21 (25.00 %)3G

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)GPRS
11 (25.00 %)GSM
11 (25.00 %)UMTS
11 (25.00 %)3G
11 (25.00 %)Wireless
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Analyst
13 (75.00 %)Administrator
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms Analyst
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Blackberry
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Validation