The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G 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 London 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
2G
Rank 381 372 421
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +49
Contract jobs citing 2G 4 34 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.019% 0.127% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.140% 0.928% 0.472%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
Average daily rate £370 £358 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.49% +3.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £340 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £382 £410 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.78% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2861 3664 3392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.25% 13.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1759 2236 1957
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 145 211
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the London region.

London 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the London region.

London 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 6 (75.00%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (25.00%) LTE
3 2 (25.00%) GSM
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (25.00%) ASP
3 2 (25.00%) STL
3 2 (25.00%) UNIX
3 2 (25.00%) Solaris
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Network Planning
4 1 (12.50%) RNC
4 1 (12.50%) Agilent
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 1 (12.50%) HSPA
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia NetAct
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) ASP
1 2 (25.00%) STL
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (25.00%) GSM
3 2 (25.00%) LTE
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia NetAct
4 1 (12.50%) RNC
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 1 (12.50%) HSPA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) 3G Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) RF Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
1 2 (25.00%) Solaris
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ETL
1 1 (12.50%) Network Planning
1 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
2 1 (12.50%) Agilent
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks