The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LTE 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.326% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £340 £225
% change year-on-year
-15.44% +51.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +8.12%
All Communications & Networking
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
13 22 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.558% 8.178% 9.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 6
Average daily rate £325 £388 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.12% +47.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £343 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £515 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 8
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +80.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
LTE
England

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) UMTS
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
1 4 (80.00%) TTCN
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) RNC
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
2 1 (20.00%) XML

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) UMTS
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) RNC
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) RAN Engineer
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) TTCN
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Nokia