North West Ericsson Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ericsson products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Ericsson over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Chippenham City of London East of England East Sussex England Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Newbury North West Reading Somerset South East South West Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	125
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	7	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.387 %	0.485 %
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	£354	£327
% change on same period last year	+8.43 %
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	£40.00	£21.25
% change on same period last year	+88.23 %
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1809	1648
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.385 %	1.748 %
Daily rates quoted	396	341
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£334
Average daily rate	£378	£349
% change on same period last year	+8.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	190	139
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.16	£21.78
Average hourly rate	£22.19	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.21	£25.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Ericsson.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ericsson across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors 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 Ericsson across the North West 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 Ericsson across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Ericsson within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-20	5	-	-

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Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Ericsson 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 Ericsson.

1 13 (61.90 %) Telecoms 2 6 (28.57 %) Cisco 3 5 (23.81 %) Nokia 3 5 (23.81 %) Windows 3 5 (23.81 %) PBX 3 5 (23.81 %) MD110 3 5 (23.81 %) Polycom 3 5 (23.81 %) Video Conferencing 4 4 (19.05 %) Windows Mobile 4 4 (19.05 %) Smartphone 4 4 (19.05 %) Sony 4 4 (19.05 %) Symbian OS 4 4 (19.05 %) ISDN 4 4 (19.05 %) C 4 4 (19.05 %) C++

4 4 (19.05 %) WebServices 4 4 (19.05 %) XML 4 4 (19.05 %) Symbian 5 3 (14.29 %) 3G 6 2 (9.524 %) Nortel 6 2 (9.524 %) 2G 6 2 (9.524 %) Cramer 6 2 (9.524 %) UMTS 7 1 (4.762 %) BSS 7 1 (4.762 %) Security Cleared 7 1 (4.762 %) Cisco IPT 7 1 (4.762 %) CCNA 7 1 (4.762 %) SDH 7 1 (4.762 %) Cisco Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Ericsson 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 Ericsson. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (19.05 %) WebServices 1 4 (19.05 %) XML	Communications & Networking 1 5 (23.81 %) PBX 1 5 (23.81 %) MD110 2 4 (19.05 %) ISDN 3 3 (14.29 %) 3G 4 2 (9.524 %) 2G 4 2 (9.524 %) UMTS 5 1 (4.762 %) SDH 5 1 (4.762 %) BSS 5 1 (4.762 %) Cisco IPT
General 1 13 (61.90 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 3 (14.29 %) Support Engineer 1 3 (14.29 %) Administrator 2 2 (9.524 %) C++ Developer 2 2 (9.524 %) Project Coordinator 2 2 (9.524 %) Coordinator 2 2 (9.524 %) Developer 2 2 (9.524 %) Telecoms Engineer 2 2 (9.524 %) Symbian Developer 2 2 (9.524 %) Network Designer 3 1 (4.762 %) Network Support 3 1 (4.762 %) C++ Software Developer 3 1 (4.762 %) Symbian Software Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Switch Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Technical Project Coordinator 3 1 (4.762 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Consultant 3 1 (4.762 %) Network Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Software Developer 3 1 (4.762 %) Software Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (23.81 %) Video Conferencing 2 4 (19.05 %) Smartphone	Operating Systems 1 5 (23.81 %) Windows 2 4 (19.05 %) Symbian OS 2 4 (19.05 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (4.762 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 4 (19.05 %) C 1 4 (19.05 %) C++
Qualifications 1 1 (4.762 %) CCNA 1 1 (4.762 %) Cisco Certification	Vendors 1 6 (28.57 %) Cisco 2 5 (23.81 %) Nokia 2 5 (23.81 %) Polycom 3 4 (19.05 %) Symbian 3 4 (19.05 %) Sony 4 2 (9.524 %) Cramer 4 2 (9.524 %) Nortel