Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

 Nokia NetAct
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank62--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester0.458 %--
As % of the Communications & Networking category3.571 %--
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£300-
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112128193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester12.83 %15.86 %16.06 %
Daily rates quoted252423
Average daily rate£220£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.33 %+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted171332
Average hourly rate£30.00£16.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.60£11.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£32.50£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Nokia NetAct North WestNokia NetAct
North West

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.

Nokia NetAct
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Nokia NetAct across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester Nokia NetAct Demand Trend

Nokia NetAct
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct.

16 (100.00 %)Nokia
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
16 (100.00 %)RNC
24 (66.67 %)3G
32 (33.33 %)SQL
32 (33.33 %)Oracle

Nokia NetAct
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)RNC
24 (66.67 %)3G
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Performance Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Network Performance Engineer
32 (33.33 %)RAN Engineer
32 (33.33 %)RAN Performance Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)SQL
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (100.00 %)Nokia
22 (33.33 %)Oracle