Solihull 2G Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for 2G skills within the Solihull region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheshire City of London Croydon East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Isle of Man Jersey Lanarkshire Leamington Spa London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Reading Scotland Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	23	22
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	4.167 %	9.091 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£250	-
Average daily rate	£255	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£260	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£289
% change on same period last year	+9.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£41.21
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking Solihull
Matching contract IT job ads	24	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.012 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£254	£146
Average daily rate	£257	£146
% change on same period last year	+76.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£260	£146
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£39.00	£17.86
Average hourly rate	£39.00	£18.57
% change on same period last year	+110.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.00	£19.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Solihull region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Solihull region.

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office 1 1 (100.00 %) GSM 1 1 (100.00 %) UMTS 1 1 (100.00 %) 3G 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (100.00 %) GSM 1 1 (100.00 %) UMTS 1 1 (100.00 %) 3G
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) 3G Engineer	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree