The first table below looks at the demand for 4G 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 4G over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank 70 80 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing 4G 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.341% 0.087% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.351% 0.210% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £463 £348
% change year-on-year
-35.13% +33.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £160.00 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+285.54% +3.75%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
222 477 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.23% 41.44% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 119 72
Average daily rate £273 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £215 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 12
Average hourly rate £23.50 £16.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.42% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £14.56 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £44.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
4G
Berkshire

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 4G across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Reading 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 4G across the Reading region.

Reading 4G Daily Rate Trend

4G
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (100.00%) LTE
2 5 (83.33%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (50.00%) BGP
3 3 (50.00%) RSVP
3 3 (50.00%) VRRP
3 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (50.00%) MS Office
3 3 (50.00%) 3G
3 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (50.00%) HSRP
3 3 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (50.00%) Network Design
4 2 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) UTRAN
5 1 (16.67%) 3GPP
5 1 (16.67%) Nortel
5 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
5 1 (16.67%) Nokia
5 1 (16.67%) Siemens
5 1 (16.67%) System Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Huawei
5 1 (16.67%) RNC

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LTE
2 5 (83.33%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (50.00%) BGP
3 3 (50.00%) RSVP
3 3 (50.00%) VRRP
3 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (50.00%) 3G
3 3 (50.00%) HSRP
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
5 1 (16.67%) UTRAN
5 1 (16.67%) 3GPP
5 1 (16.67%) RNC
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Design Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) RAN Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Commissioning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (16.67%) Nortel
2 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
2 1 (16.67%) Nokia
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens
2 1 (16.67%) Huawei