The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia Siemens Networks 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 Nokia Siemens Networks over the 3 months to 21 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 Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia Siemens Networks
Rank 47 29 77
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +48
Contract jobs citing Nokia Siemens Networks 26 56 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 3.037% 5.068% 0.194%
As % of the Vendors category 5.830% 9.091% 0.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 0
Average daily rate £275 £278 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £274 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.23% -6.66%
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
446 616 601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 52.10% 55.75% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 190 246
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 40 22
Average hourly rate £20.75 £15.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.87% -3.12%
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 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Nokia Siemens Networks
Berkshire

Nokia Siemens Networks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Nokia Siemens Networks Jobs Demand Trend

Nokia Siemens Networks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Nokia Siemens Networks Daily Rate Trend

Nokia Siemens Networks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Nokia Siemens Networks 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 Nokia Siemens Networks.

1 69 (88.46%) 3G
2 68 (87.18%) Telecoms
3 49 (62.82%) Ericsson
3 49 (62.82%) Radio Access Network
4 44 (56.41%) ATM
5 42 (53.85%) LTE
6 39 (50.00%) 2G
7 36 (46.15%) Huawei
8 29 (37.18%) Project Management
9 25 (32.05%) SDH
9 25 (32.05%) Ethernet
10 20 (25.64%) UTRAN
11 19 (24.36%) 3GPP
12 18 (23.08%) MPLS
12 18 (23.08%) Resource Management
13 16 (20.51%) NEC
14 15 (19.23%) Handset
14 15 (19.23%) Validation
15 14 (17.95%) Nokia
15 14 (17.95%) Network Design
16 13 (16.67%) Perl
16 13 (16.67%) Oracle
16 13 (16.67%) SQL
17 10 (12.82%) .NET
17 10 (12.82%) UNIX
17 10 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
18 9 (11.54%) BT
19 8 (10.26%) RNC
19 8 (10.26%) Degree
20 7 (8.974%) Product Marketing

Nokia Siemens Networks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Nokia Siemens Networks 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 Nokia Siemens Networks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (12.82%) .NET
2 4 (5.128%) ASP.NET
3 3 (3.846%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 69 (88.46%) 3G
2 49 (62.82%) Radio Access Network
3 44 (56.41%) ATM
4 42 (53.85%) LTE
5 39 (50.00%) 2G
6 25 (32.05%) SDH
6 25 (32.05%) Ethernet
7 20 (25.64%) UTRAN
8 19 (24.36%) 3GPP
9 18 (23.08%) MPLS
10 8 (10.26%) RNC
11 7 (8.974%) GGSN
11 7 (8.974%) SGSN
12 6 (7.692%) TELNET
12 6 (7.692%) Nokia NetAct
13 4 (5.128%) DWDM
13 4 (5.128%) IPv4
14 3 (3.846%) HTTP
15 2 (2.564%) UMTS
16 1 (1.282%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.974%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.128%) NoSQL
2 4 (5.128%) Big Data
3 3 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.846%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.846%) Subversion
General
1 68 (87.18%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.974%) Marketing
3 1 (1.282%) Front Office
3 1 (1.282%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 20 (25.64%) RAN Engineer
3 19 (24.36%) Transmission Engineer
4 9 (11.54%) Developer
5 8 (10.26%) Senior Developer
6 6 (7.692%) Radio Engineer
7 5 (6.410%) Test Leader
7 5 (6.410%) Databuild Engineer
8 4 (5.128%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.846%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.846%) Problem Manager
9 3 (3.846%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.564%) Senior Software Developer
10 2 (2.564%) Software Developer
11 1 (1.282%) Perl Developer
11 1 (1.282%) Team Leader
11 1 (1.282%) Performance Engineer
11 1 (1.282%) Senior C# Developer
11 1 (1.282%) Senior C++ Developer
11 1 (1.282%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Handset
2 4 (5.128%) Open Source
3 2 (2.564%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.82%) UNIX
2 7 (8.974%) Linux
3 4 (5.128%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Project Management
2 18 (23.08%) Resource Management
3 15 (19.23%) Validation
4 14 (17.95%) Network Design
5 10 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.974%) Product Marketing
6 7 (8.974%) eTOM
6 7 (8.974%) ITIL
7 6 (7.692%) Migration
7 6 (7.692%) Web Development
7 6 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (5.128%) Problem Management
9 3 (3.846%) OO
9 3 (3.846%) ETL
9 3 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (3.846%) Network Management
9 3 (3.846%) Performance Management
9 3 (3.846%) Fault Management
10 1 (1.282%) Service Delivery
10 1 (1.282%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.67%) Perl
1 13 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (7.692%) PL/SQL
2 6 (7.692%) C#
2 6 (7.692%) C++
3 4 (5.128%) C
3 4 (5.128%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (1.282%) HNC
2 1 (1.282%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.128%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.282%) NDS
Vendors
1 49 (62.82%) Ericsson
2 36 (46.15%) Huawei
3 16 (20.51%) NEC
4 14 (17.95%) Nokia
5 13 (16.67%) Oracle
6 9 (11.54%) BT
7 7 (8.974%) Greenplum
8 6 (7.692%) Nortel
9 4 (5.128%) Citrix
9 4 (5.128%) Mapinfo
9 4 (5.128%) Business Objects
10 3 (3.846%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.282%) TIBCO
11 1 (1.282%) Alcatel-Lucent