Manchester UMTS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UMTS over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Location Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Coventry East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Flintshire Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Home Counties London M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North Wales North West Northamptonshire Queensferry Scotland Solihull Somerset South East South West Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£303
% change on same period last year	+19.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.64	£39.32
% change on same period last year	+3.36 %
Communications & Networking Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	177	174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.250 %	0.176 %
Daily rates quoted	34	36
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£312
Average daily rate	£362	£332
% change on same period last year	+9.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.06	£17.13
Average hourly rate	£26.13	£18.87
% change on same period last year	+38.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.20	£20.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.44	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-5.09 %
UMTS North West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 16 (100.00 %) Nokia 1 16 (100.00 %) Cramer 2 15 (93.75 %) Telecoms 3 4 (25.00 %) Mapinfo 4 1 (6.250 %) HNC 4 1 (6.250 %) Data Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 15 (93.75 %) Telecoms	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (6.250 %) Data Management
Qualifications 1 1 (6.250 %) HNC	Vendors 1 16 (100.00 %) Nokia 1 16 (100.00 %) Cramer 2 4 (25.00 %) Mapinfo