The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NetCracker 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 NetCracker over the 3 months to 24 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 the NetCracker Technology Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetCracker
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NetCracker 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
448 610 606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 53.65% 54.71% 58.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 191 246
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 26 42 24
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.16% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £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%
NetCracker
Berkshire

NetCracker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading NetCracker Jobs Demand Trend

NetCracker
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading NetCracker Daily Rate Trend

NetCracker
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing NetCracker 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 NetCracker.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) OPNET
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Greenplum
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation

NetCracker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing NetCracker 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 NetCracker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) OSS Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) OPNET
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) Greenplum