The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ericsson 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 Ericsson over the 3 months to 22 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 Ericsson.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ericsson
Rank 52 17 74
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +57
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 19 73 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.207% 6.415% 0.291%
As % of the Vendors category 4.232% 11.66% 0.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 0
Average daily rate £273 £260 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £273 £278
% change year-on-year
+6.42% -1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.50
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
449 626 600
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 52.15% 55.01% 58.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 188 244
Average daily rate £350 £330 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £215 £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 42 24
Average hourly rate £20.75 £15.25 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.06% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Ericsson
Berkshire

Ericsson
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Ericsson Jobs Demand Trend

Ericsson
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Ericsson Daily Rate Trend

Ericsson
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ericsson across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading Ericsson Daily Rate Histogram

Ericsson
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Ericsson Hourly Rate Trend

Ericsson
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 56 (88.89%) Telecoms
2 49 (77.78%) 3G
2 49 (77.78%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 38 (60.32%) 2G
4 36 (57.14%) Huawei
5 35 (55.56%) ATM
6 30 (47.62%) Radio Access Network
7 26 (41.27%) LTE
7 26 (41.27%) SDH
8 25 (39.68%) Ethernet
9 22 (34.92%) Project Management
10 18 (28.57%) MPLS
11 17 (26.98%) Perl
11 17 (26.98%) Oracle
12 15 (23.81%) NEC
13 13 (20.63%) Validation
13 13 (20.63%) UNIX
13 13 (20.63%) SQL
14 10 (15.87%) .NET
15 9 (14.29%) ITIL
15 9 (14.29%) BT
15 9 (14.29%) Nokia
16 8 (12.70%) Windows
16 8 (12.70%) Java
16 8 (12.70%) Degree
17 7 (11.11%) Resource Management
17 7 (11.11%) eTOM
17 7 (11.11%) Greenplum
17 7 (11.11%) Linux
17 7 (11.11%) MySQL

Ericsson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 10 (15.87%) .NET
2 4 (6.349%) HTML
2 4 (6.349%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.349%) XHTML
3 3 (4.762%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) WebLogic Portal
1 4 (6.349%) WebLogic
1 4 (6.349%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 49 (77.78%) 3G
2 38 (60.32%) 2G
3 35 (55.56%) ATM
4 30 (47.62%) Radio Access Network
5 26 (41.27%) LTE
5 26 (41.27%) SDH
6 25 (39.68%) Ethernet
7 18 (28.57%) MPLS
8 7 (11.11%) 3GPP
8 7 (11.11%) UTRAN
9 6 (9.524%) TELNET
9 6 (9.524%) RNC
10 4 (6.349%) IPv4
10 4 (6.349%) DWDM
10 4 (6.349%) Internet
10 4 (6.349%) HTTP
10 4 (6.349%) TCP/IP
11 1 (1.587%) Nokia NetAct
11 1 (1.587%) UMTS
11 1 (1.587%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) MySQL
1 7 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.349%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.349%) Big Data
3 3 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.762%) Subversion
General
1 56 (88.89%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.587%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (41.27%) Design Engineer
2 19 (30.16%) Transmission Engineer
3 9 (14.29%) Developer
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Developer
5 5 (7.937%) RAN Engineer
5 5 (7.937%) Test Leader
6 3 (4.762%) Technical Leader
6 3 (4.762%) Problem Manager
6 3 (4.762%) Administrator
7 2 (3.175%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.175%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.175%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.175%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (3.175%) Radio Engineer
7 2 (3.175%) Platform Engineer
8 1 (1.587%) UNIX Developer
8 1 (1.587%) Perl Developer
8 1 (1.587%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (1.587%) Senior C++ Developer
8 1 (1.587%) Project Controller
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.937%) Handset
2 4 (6.349%) Open Source
3 2 (3.175%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) UNIX
2 8 (12.70%) Windows
3 7 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Project Management
2 13 (20.63%) Validation
3 9 (14.29%) ITIL
4 7 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 7 (11.11%) eTOM
5 6 (9.524%) Migration
5 6 (9.524%) Web Development
6 5 (7.937%) Network Design
6 5 (7.937%) Problem Management
7 4 (6.349%) Fault Management
7 4 (6.349%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.762%) Network Management
8 3 (4.762%) Performance Management
8 3 (4.762%) ETL
8 3 (4.762%) OO
8 3 (4.762%) Change Management
8 3 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.175%) Incident Management
10 1 (1.587%) Budget Control
10 1 (1.587%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) Perl
2 13 (20.63%) SQL
3 8 (12.70%) Java
4 6 (9.524%) C#
4 6 (9.524%) C++
4 6 (9.524%) PL/SQL
5 4 (6.349%) C
5 4 (6.349%) PHP
5 4 (6.349%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Degree
2 2 (3.175%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.587%) PMP
3 1 (1.587%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.937%) SLA
Vendors
1 49 (77.78%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 36 (57.14%) Huawei
3 17 (26.98%) Oracle
4 15 (23.81%) NEC
5 9 (14.29%) BT
5 9 (14.29%) Nokia
6 7 (11.11%) Greenplum
7 6 (9.524%) Nortel
8 4 (6.349%) Business Objects
8 4 (6.349%) Citrix
9 3 (4.762%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.587%) Alcatel-Lucent