2G Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the South East 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.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 113 99 153
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +54
Contract jobs citing 2G 112 169 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.414% 1.664% 0.974%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.497% 7.839% 5.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 6
Average daily rate £285 £283 £228
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.88% +24.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £211 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £386 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £283 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
Average hourly rate £48.75 £34.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.30% -8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.75 £34.10 £28.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.75 £34.90 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1494 2156 1860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.86% 21.22% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 622 650
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £190 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 191 224
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.40 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2G across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 2G Daily Rate Histogram

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire -13 82 £285 +1.78%
Surrey +27 16 £300 +9.09%
Buckinghamshire +3 8 - -
Hampshire -10 5 £275 -4.34%
2G
England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 291 (98.31%) 3G
2 241 (81.42%) Telecoms
3 156 (52.70%) Radio Access Network
4 125 (42.23%) Ericsson
5 97 (32.77%) LTE
6 73 (24.66%) ATM
7 64 (21.62%) Migration
8 62 (20.95%) Project Management
9 60 (20.27%) RNC
10 59 (19.93%) 4G
11 56 (18.92%) Nokia Siemens Networks
12 52 (17.57%) Ethernet
13 51 (17.23%) GSM
14 46 (15.54%) SDH
15 38 (12.84%) PRINCE2
16 37 (12.50%) WCDMA
17 34 (11.49%) 3GPP
18 32 (10.81%) Degree
19 31 (10.47%) NetHawk
19 31 (10.47%) Huawei
20 30 (10.14%) ITIL
20 30 (10.14%) MPLS
21 29 (9.797%) Wireshark
22 27 (9.122%) SQL
23 24 (8.108%) Perl
23 24 (8.108%) .NET
23 24 (8.108%) UNIX
23 24 (8.108%) NEC
24 23 (7.770%) Validation
24 23 (7.770%) ISEB

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 24 (8.108%) .NET
2 9 (3.041%) XML
3 8 (2.703%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.351%) J2EE
5 3 (1.014%) STL
6 2 (0.676%) ASP
Applications
1 7 (2.365%) MS Office
1 7 (2.365%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.014%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.338%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 291 (98.31%) 3G
2 156 (52.70%) Radio Access Network
3 97 (32.77%) LTE
4 73 (24.66%) ATM
5 60 (20.27%) RNC
6 59 (19.93%) 4G
7 52 (17.57%) Ethernet
8 51 (17.23%) GSM
9 46 (15.54%) SDH
10 37 (12.50%) WCDMA
11 34 (11.49%) 3GPP
12 30 (10.14%) MPLS
13 29 (9.797%) Wireshark
14 20 (6.757%) RANAP
15 17 (5.743%) IPv4
16 12 (4.054%) Wireless
16 12 (4.054%) TELNET
16 12 (4.054%) UMTS
17 10 (3.378%) DNS
18 9 (3.041%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.703%) NoSQL
1 8 (2.703%) Big Data
2 7 (2.365%) MS Access
3 6 (2.027%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.351%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.676%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 241 (81.42%) Telecoms
2 12 (4.054%) Back Office
3 9 (3.041%) Finance
4 5 (1.689%) Military
5 3 (1.014%) Electronics
5 3 (1.014%) Front Office
6 2 (0.676%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.338%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (14.19%) Test Engineer
2 41 (13.85%) Architect
3 40 (13.51%) Solutions Architect
4 35 (11.82%) Design Engineer
5 34 (11.49%) Transmission Engineer
6 29 (9.797%) RAN Engineer
7 20 (6.757%) Service Manager
7 20 (6.757%) Service Performance Manager
7 20 (6.757%) Performance Manager
8 18 (6.081%) Transition Manager
9 17 (5.743%) Project Manager
10 16 (5.405%) Integration Engineer
11 13 (4.392%) Developer
12 11 (3.716%) 3G Engineer
13 10 (3.378%) Implementation Manager
14 9 (3.041%) Network Engineer
14 9 (3.041%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.041%) Configuration Engineer
14 9 (3.041%) Back Office Engineer
15 8 (2.703%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.351%) Open Source
2 3 (1.014%) Handset
2 3 (1.014%) Smart Meter
3 2 (0.676%) Device Driver
3 2 (0.676%) VHDL
3 2 (0.676%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.338%) ASIC
4 1 (0.338%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.338%) Economics
4 1 (0.338%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.108%) UNIX
2 13 (4.392%) Windows
3 10 (3.378%) Linux
4 3 (1.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (21.62%) Migration
2 62 (20.95%) Project Management
3 38 (12.84%) PRINCE2
4 30 (10.14%) ITIL
5 23 (7.770%) Validation
6 18 (6.081%) GAP Analysis
6 18 (6.081%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (5.405%) PRINCE
8 14 (4.730%) Web Development
9 13 (4.392%) Network Planning
9 13 (4.392%) Network Management
9 13 (4.392%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.054%) eTOM
11 10 (3.378%) Fault Management
11 10 (3.378%) Performance Management
11 10 (3.378%) Change Management
12 8 (2.703%) Network Performance Management
12 8 (2.703%) Resource Management
12 8 (2.703%) ETL
12 8 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.122%) SQL
2 24 (8.108%) Perl
3 17 (5.743%) C++
4 14 (4.730%) C
5 13 (4.392%) C#
6 12 (4.054%) PL/SQL
7 8 (2.703%) Java
8 3 (1.014%) Python
8 3 (1.014%) VBA
9 2 (0.676%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.338%) VB
10 1 (0.338%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.338%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (10.81%) Degree
2 23 (7.770%) ISEB
3 10 (3.378%) PMP
3 10 (3.378%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.014%) HND
4 3 (1.014%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (1.014%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (0.676%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.676%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.676%) CCNP
5 2 (0.676%) HNC
6 1 (0.338%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.054%) SLA
2 8 (2.703%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (1.351%) Netcool
Vendors
1 125 (42.23%) Ericsson
2 56 (18.92%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 31 (10.47%) NetHawk
3 31 (10.47%) Huawei
4 24 (8.108%) NEC
5 19 (6.419%) BT
5 19 (6.419%) Cramer
6 18 (6.081%) Oracle
7 15 (5.068%) Nokia
8 13 (4.392%) Nortel
9 12 (4.054%) Citrix
10 6 (2.027%) Greenplum
10 6 (2.027%) Business Objects
10 6 (2.027%) Sun
10 6 (2.027%) HP
11 2 (0.676%) Amdocs
11 2 (0.676%) Microsoft
12 1 (0.338%) Anite
12 1 (0.338%) Siemens
12 1 (0.338%) Actix
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