The first table below looks at the demand for GSM 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 GSM over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 376 388 446
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +58
Contract jobs citing GSM 16 25 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.069% 0.094% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.557% 0.692% 0.256%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 1
Average daily rate £300 £450 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+11.81% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £23.25 £42.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.29% +88.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £19.30 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.65 £44.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2874 3613 3511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.46% 13.57% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1776 2189 2018
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £220 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 143 228
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.85 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
GSM
England

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

London GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GSM across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London GSM Daily Rate Histogram

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GSM across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London GSM Hourly Rate Histogram

GSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +6 3 £363 -36.95% 1
Hammersmith - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Uxbridge - - - -
GSM
England

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing GSM 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 GSM.

1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) LTE
3 5 (23.81%) Java
4 4 (19.05%) UMTS
4 4 (19.05%) Wireless
4 4 (19.05%) BSS
4 4 (19.05%) Test Scripting
5 3 (14.29%) 3GPP
5 3 (14.29%) Handset
5 3 (14.29%) C
5 3 (14.29%) GPRS
5 3 (14.29%) Smartcard
5 3 (14.29%) Mobile Commerce
6 2 (9.524%) EMV
6 2 (9.524%) C++
6 2 (9.524%) MS Office
6 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.524%) 3G
6 2 (9.524%) Degree
6 2 (9.524%) Data Protection
6 2 (9.524%) Android
6 2 (9.524%) NFC
6 2 (9.524%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (9.524%) Apple iOS
7 1 (4.762%) 4G
7 1 (4.762%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
7 1 (4.762%) Mobile Application Development
7 1 (4.762%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (4.762%) Windows 7

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing GSM 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 GSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) WAP
1 1 (4.762%) SAML
1 1 (4.762%) OAuth
1 1 (4.762%) OpenID
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) CMS
1 1 (4.762%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Office
2 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) LTE
2 4 (19.05%) UMTS
2 4 (19.05%) Wireless
2 4 (19.05%) BSS
3 3 (14.29%) 3GPP
3 3 (14.29%) GPRS
4 2 (9.524%) 3G
4 2 (9.524%) NFC
5 1 (4.762%) VoIP
5 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.762%) 4G
5 1 (4.762%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (4.762%) DSL
5 1 (4.762%) RTCP
5 1 (4.762%) RTP
5 1 (4.762%) SS7
5 1 (4.762%) ISUP
5 1 (4.762%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.762%) LAN
5 1 (4.762%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) MySQL
General
1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Automotive
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
2 1 (4.762%) Multimedia
2 1 (4.762%) Billing
2 1 (4.762%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Test Leader
2 2 (9.524%) Test Engineer
2 2 (9.524%) Technical Manager
2 2 (9.524%) Project Manager
2 2 (9.524%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (4.762%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Field Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Java Developer
3 1 (4.762%) Tester
3 1 (4.762%) Developer
3 1 (4.762%) Network Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Security Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Development Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Product Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Smartcard
1 3 (14.29%) Handset
2 2 (9.524%) EMV
2 2 (9.524%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (4.762%) IVR
3 1 (4.762%) Cryptography
3 1 (4.762%) iPhone
3 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.762%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Android
1 2 (9.524%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Test Scripting
2 3 (14.29%) Mobile Commerce
3 2 (9.524%) Data Protection
3 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.762%) Information Security
4 1 (4.762%) Content Management
4 1 (4.762%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) CRM
4 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
4 1 (4.762%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (4.762%) Process Management
4 1 (4.762%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) C
3 2 (9.524%) C++
4 1 (4.762%) SQL
4 1 (4.762%) Embedded C
4 1 (4.762%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
2 1 (4.762%) PMP
2 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.762%) BT
1 1 (4.762%) StreamServe
1 1 (4.762%) EPiServer
1 1 (4.762%) Cerillion
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