The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ericsson products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ericsson 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 Vendors for the Slough 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ericsson
Rank 32 27 34
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +7
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 4 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.646% 2.094% 1.250%
As % of the Vendors category 3.670% 4.545% 2.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £200 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.75% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £270 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.40% -16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
109 88 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 44.86% 46.07% 45.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 54 67
Average daily rate £375 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £486 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
Average hourly rate - £9.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -70.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Ericsson
Berkshire

Ericsson
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Ericsson Daily Rate Trend

Ericsson
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 21 (75.00%) 3G
1 21 (75.00%) 2G
2 18 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 18 (64.29%) RNC
3 16 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
4 12 (42.86%) Migration
5 7 (25.00%) 4G
5 7 (25.00%) LTE
6 6 (21.43%) NetHawk
6 6 (21.43%) RANAP
6 6 (21.43%) Wireshark
6 6 (21.43%) GSM
6 6 (21.43%) 3GPP
6 6 (21.43%) WCDMA
7 5 (17.86%) ISEB
8 3 (10.71%) GPRS
8 3 (10.71%) UTRAN
8 3 (10.71%) Network Planning
8 3 (10.71%) BSS
8 3 (10.71%) Maya
8 3 (10.71%) Finance
9 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
9 2 (7.143%) LDAP
9 2 (7.143%) SAN
9 2 (7.143%) Netcool
9 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
10 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
10 1 (3.571%) Degree
10 1 (3.571%) Nokia Siemens Networks

Ericsson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 21 (75.00%) 3G
1 21 (75.00%) 2G
2 18 (64.29%) RNC
3 16 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (25.00%) 4G
4 7 (25.00%) LTE
5 6 (21.43%) RANAP
5 6 (21.43%) Wireshark
5 6 (21.43%) GSM
5 6 (21.43%) 3GPP
5 6 (21.43%) WCDMA
6 3 (10.71%) GPRS
6 3 (10.71%) UTRAN
6 3 (10.71%) BSS
7 2 (7.143%) LDAP
7 2 (7.143%) SAN
8 1 (3.571%) MGW
General
1 18 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Integration Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Architect
3 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (14.29%) OSS Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) 3G Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) RAN Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Designer
5 3 (10.71%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (10.71%) Network Planner
6 1 (3.571%) OSS Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Ericsson Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (10.71%) Network Planning
3 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.571%) Project Management
4 1 (3.571%) Workflow
4 1 (3.571%) Resource Management
4 1 (3.571%) Fault Management
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) ISEB
2 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) NetHawk
2 1 (3.571%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (3.571%) Citrix
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