2G Contracts in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 72 75 59
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -16
Contract jobs citing 2G 1 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.109% 0.692% 1.157%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.952% 3.913% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £285 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.78% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 105 230 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 11.49% 17.68% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 86 34
Average daily rate £299 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.41% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £443 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £32.50 £17.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
2G
North West

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (88.89%) 3G
3 4 (44.44%) ATM
4 3 (33.33%) GSM
4 3 (33.33%) UMTS
4 3 (33.33%) DWDM
4 3 (33.33%) RNC
4 3 (33.33%) LTE
4 3 (33.33%) 4G
4 3 (33.33%) ETL
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) PMP
5 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Ericsson
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) HNC
6 1 (11.11%) Back Office
6 1 (11.11%) Data Management
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Cramer
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) 3G
2 4 (44.44%) ATM
3 3 (33.33%) GSM
3 3 (33.33%) UMTS
3 3 (33.33%) DWDM
3 3 (33.33%) RNC
3 3 (33.33%) LTE
3 3 (33.33%) 4G
4 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
General
1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Ericsson Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3G Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) RAN Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) HNC
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Ericsson
2 1 (11.11%) Cramer
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