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

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank 67 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing BT 3 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.361% 0.940% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.699% 1.661% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £285 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £313 £365
% change year-on-year
-12.00% -14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
429 602 613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 51.69% 56.58% 57.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 184 255
Average daily rate £350 £345 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 22
Average hourly rate £20.75 £14.54 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.73% -9.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £20.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
BT
Berkshire

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing BT 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 BT.

1 11 (91.67%) Ethernet
2 10 (83.33%) 3G
2 10 (83.33%) ATM
2 10 (83.33%) SDH
2 10 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 10 (83.33%) 2G
3 9 (75.00%) Huawei
3 9 (75.00%) Ericsson
3 9 (75.00%) Nokia
3 9 (75.00%) LTE
3 9 (75.00%) MPLS
3 9 (75.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 9 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (66.67%) Project Management
5 3 (25.00%) NEC
6 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (8.333%) 4G
6 1 (8.333%) IP Telephony
6 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
6 1 (8.333%) 2.5G
6 1 (8.333%) Cramer
6 1 (8.333%) BT 21CN
6 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) B2B
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco
6 1 (8.333%) CCNP
6 1 (8.333%) CCNA
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (8.333%) WAN

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Ethernet
2 10 (83.33%) 3G
2 10 (83.33%) SDH
2 10 (83.33%) ATM
2 10 (83.33%) 2G
3 9 (75.00%) LTE
3 9 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (75.00%) MPLS
4 1 (8.333%) WAN
4 1 (8.333%) Broadband
4 1 (8.333%) LAN
4 1 (8.333%) PBX
4 1 (8.333%) ADSL
4 1 (8.333%) 4G
4 1 (8.333%) 2.5G
4 1 (8.333%) IP Telephony
4 1 (8.333%) BT 21CN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 8 (66.67%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Access Transmission Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) 3G Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) OSS Consultant
2 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (8.333%) Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Consultant
2 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
2 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) B2B
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) CCNP
1 1 (8.333%) CCNA
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Ericsson
1 9 (75.00%) Nokia
1 9 (75.00%) Huawei
1 9 (75.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 3 (25.00%) NEC
3 1 (8.333%) Cramer
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco