The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 - - 44
Contract jobs citing 2G 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - - 0.448%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 3.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
41 106 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 15.53% 22.18% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 48 19
Average daily rate £300 £338 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £218 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
Average hourly rate £10.50 £16.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% -21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Amdocs