The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Nokia 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 Vendors for the North West 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia
Rank 115 100 111
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +11
Contract jobs citing Nokia 2 32 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% 1.010% 0.682%
As % of the Vendors category 0.192% 1.949% 1.468%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 14
Average daily rate - £223 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -44.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.67 £27.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-39.38% -1.78%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1039 1642 1431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.23% 51.85% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 757 700
Average daily rate £345 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 76 97
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £26.82 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Nokia
England

Nokia
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Nokia across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Nokia Jobs Demand Trend

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Nokia Daily Rate Trend

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Nokia Hourly Rate Trend

Nokia
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nokia within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lancashire +7 1 - -
Manchester -3 1 - -
Nokia
England

Nokia
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Nokia 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 Nokia.

1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CICS
1 2 (66.67%) CA
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) CTI
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mainframe
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Foglight
1 2 (66.67%) IVR
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) VSAM
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
1 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Phone
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Qt
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry

Nokia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Nokia 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 Nokia. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) CTI
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Design Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mainframe
1 2 (66.67%) IVR
1 2 (66.67%) VSAM
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Foglight
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CA
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint