The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 25 30 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing 3G 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.585% 0.368% 0.588%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.692% 4.762% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £315
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -8.38%
All Communications & Networking
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
13 21 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.602% 7.721% 9.706%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 6
Average daily rate £325 £388 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.12% +19.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £343 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £515 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +84.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
3G
England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) GPRS
1 3 (75.00%) GSM
1 3 (75.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (75.00%) UMTS
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) Handset
1 3 (75.00%) ASN.1
1 3 (75.00%) TTCN
1 3 (75.00%) HSPA
2 1 (25.00%) LTE
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (25.00%) RNC
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) XML

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) GPRS
1 3 (75.00%) GSM
1 3 (75.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (75.00%) UMTS
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) ASN.1
1 3 (75.00%) HSPA
2 1 (25.00%) LTE
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (25.00%) RNC
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Handset
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) TTCN
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia