The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3GPP over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 65 59 78
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +19
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 6 21 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.710% 1.970% 0.193%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.109% 4.719% 0.976%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £275 £251 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £44.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -1.93%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
193 445 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.84% 41.74% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 104 69
Average daily rate £275 £280 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -24.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £160 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 5
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.04 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.00% -8.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
3GPP
Berkshire

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading 3GPP Daily Rate Trend

3GPP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 20 (100.00%) 3G
1 20 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 19 (95.00%) LTE
2 19 (95.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 19 (95.00%) UTRAN
2 19 (95.00%) Telecoms
3 18 (90.00%) Project Management
3 18 (90.00%) Resource Management
4 15 (75.00%) ATM
4 15 (75.00%) Handset
5 14 (70.00%) Network Design
6 9 (45.00%) Validation
7 8 (40.00%) RNC
8 7 (35.00%) Ericsson
8 7 (35.00%) Huawei
9 1 (5.000%) 4G
9 1 (5.000%) Degree
9 1 (5.000%) RANAP
9 1 (5.000%) Wireshark
9 1 (5.000%) Migration
9 1 (5.000%) NetHawk
9 1 (5.000%) GSM
9 1 (5.000%) WCDMA
9 1 (5.000%) ISEB
9 1 (5.000%) 2G

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) 3G
1 20 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 19 (95.00%) UTRAN
2 19 (95.00%) LTE
3 15 (75.00%) ATM
4 8 (40.00%) RNC
5 1 (5.000%) RANAP
5 1 (5.000%) Wireshark
5 1 (5.000%) 4G
5 1 (5.000%) GSM
5 1 (5.000%) WCDMA
5 1 (5.000%) 2G
General
1 19 (95.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (95.00%) Design Engineer
2 17 (85.00%) RAN Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 3G Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Project Management
1 18 (90.00%) Resource Management
2 14 (70.00%) Network Design
3 9 (45.00%) Validation
4 1 (5.000%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) ISEB
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 7 (35.00%) Huawei
2 7 (35.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.000%) NetHawk