South East 3G Contracts

This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East North West Oxfordshire Reading Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	101	75
Rank change on same period last year	-26
Matching contract IT job ads	200	347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.264 %	0.368 %
As % of the category below	8.200 %	10.68 %
Daily rates quoted	9	23
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£298
Average daily rate	£344	£310
% change on same period last year	+10.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£312
% change on same period last year	+5.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.33	£27.54
Average hourly rate	£31.00	£28.21
% change on same period last year	+9.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.67	£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.19	£29.63
% change on same period last year	+15.38 %
Communications & Networking South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2439	3248
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.216 %	3.445 %
Daily rates quoted	426	688
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£328
Average daily rate	£341	£347
% change on same period last year	-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	402	518
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	£27.39
Average hourly rate	£25.18	£28.76
% change on same period last year	-12.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.69	£30.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
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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 3G across the South East 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 3G across the South East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing 3G within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+6	150	£342	+6.87 %
Hampshire	-24	20	£298	-
Buckinghamshire	+12	9	£408	-0.88 %
Surrey	+2	4	-	-
Home Counties	+3	4	£250	-
Middlesex	-9	3	-	-
West Sussex	-	2	-	-
Oxfordshire	-6	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 266 (57.33 %) Telecoms 2 101 (21.77 %) 2G 3 99 (21.34 %) C 4 76 (16.38 %) Ericsson 5 68 (14.66 %) Nokia 6 59 (12.72 %) C++ 7 57 (12.28 %) Migration 8 50 (10.78 %) SGSN 9 46 (9.914 %) Configuration Management 10 43 (9.267 %) GPRS 11 40 (8.621 %) Handset 11 40 (8.621 %) VHDL 12 38 (8.190 %) UTRAN 13 37 (7.974 %) GSM 14 36 (7.759 %) RNC

15 32 (6.897 %) ASIC 16 31 (6.681 %) Marketing 17 30 (6.466 %) Network Planning 18 29 (6.250 %) SLA 19 27 (5.819 %) GGSN 20 26 (5.603 %) Unix 21 25 (5.388 %) TCP/IP 22 24 (5.172 %) Cisco 22 24 (5.172 %) Microsoft 22 24 (5.172 %) WCDMA 22 24 (5.172 %) Front Office 22 24 (5.172 %) Auditing 23 22 (4.741 %) Network Security 23 22 (4.741 %) UMTS 23 22 (4.741 %) Perl

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (2.371 %) MFC 1 11 (2.371 %) ATL 1 11 (2.371 %) COM 2 8 (1.724 %) ODBC 3 3 (0.647 %) RSS 3 3 (0.647 %) Series 60 4 2 (0.431 %) WAP 4 2 (0.431 %) SOAP 4 2 (0.431 %) XML 5 1 (0.216 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.216 %) .NET 5 1 (0.216 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.216 %) LINQ 5 1 (0.216 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 7 (1.509 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 6 (1.293 %) SAS 3 2 (0.431 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (0.431 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.216 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 1 (0.216 %) Oracle Application Server 4 1 (0.216 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.216 %) IIS
Applications 1 8 (1.724 %) MS Excel 2 5 (1.078 %) Photoshop 3 4 (0.862 %) MS Office 3 4 (0.862 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.431 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.216 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.216 %) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 101 (21.77 %) 2G 2 50 (10.78 %) SGSN 3 43 (9.267 %) GPRS 4 38 (8.190 %) UTRAN 5 37 (7.974 %) GSM 6 36 (7.759 %) RNC 7 27 (5.819 %) GGSN 8 25 (5.388 %) TCP/IP 9 24 (5.172 %) WCDMA 10 22 (4.741 %) UMTS 10 22 (4.741 %) Network Security 11 15 (3.233 %) SS7 12 14 (3.017 %) SDH 12 14 (3.017 %) HSDPA 12 14 (3.017 %) 2.5G 13 13 (2.802 %) Wireless 13 13 (2.802 %) Packet Switching 13 13 (2.802 %) 3GPP 14 12 (2.586 %) SIGTRAN 15 11 (2.371 %) HSUPA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (3.448 %) BusinessObjects 2 8 (1.724 %) MS Access 2 8 (1.724 %) Datawarehouse 3 5 (1.078 %) SQL Server 4 4 (0.862 %) DTS 5 2 (0.431 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (0.431 %) SQLPlus 5 2 (0.431 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 2 (0.431 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.216 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 1 (0.216 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 1 (0.216 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 13 (2.802 %) ClearCase	General 1 266 (57.33 %) Telecoms 2 31 (6.681 %) Marketing 3 24 (5.172 %) Auditing 3 24 (5.172 %) Front Office 4 19 (4.095 %) Finance 5 11 (2.371 %) Billing 6 10 (2.155 %) Government 7 6 (1.293 %) Manufacturing 7 6 (1.293 %) Multimedia 8 4 (0.862 %) Retail 8 4 (0.862 %) Health 9 2 (0.431 %) Legal 9 2 (0.431 %) Electronics 9 2 (0.431 %) Education 10 1 (0.216 %) Electric 10 1 (0.216 %) Music
Job Titles 1 60 (12.93 %) Software Engineer 2 52 (11.21 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 3 46 (9.914 %) Network Engineer 4 33 (7.112 %) Analyst 5 30 (6.466 %) Consultant 6 27 (5.819 %) Performance Engineer 7 21 (4.526 %) Design Engineer 8 19 (4.095 %) Embedded Software Engineer 8 19 (4.095 %) Support Engineer 9 17 (3.664 %) Developer 9 17 (3.664 %) Team Leader 10 16 (3.448 %) Senior Software Engineer 11 14 (3.017 %) Network Support 12 13 (2.802 %) Network Support Engineer 12 13 (2.802 %) Network Consultant 12 13 (2.802 %) Software Developer 12 13 (2.802 %) Project Manager 13 10 (2.155 %) Implementation Manager 13 10 (2.155 %) Report Analyst 13 10 (2.155 %) Migration Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 40 (8.621 %) Handset 1 40 (8.621 %) VHDL 2 32 (6.897 %) ASIC 3 13 (2.802 %) Device Driver 4 11 (2.371 %) Mathematics 5 6 (1.293 %) ASIC Verification 6 5 (1.078 %) Smartphone 7 3 (0.647 %) Blackberry 7 3 (0.647 %) Firmware 7 3 (0.647 %) Computer Science 7 3 (0.647 %) Data Extraction 8 2 (0.431 %) Statistics 8 2 (0.431 %) CMDB 8 2 (0.431 %) Copywriting 8 2 (0.431 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 9 1 (0.216 %) IVR 9 1 (0.216 %) Asset Management 9 1 (0.216 %) PDA 9 1 (0.216 %) Physics 9 1 (0.216 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 26 (5.603 %) Unix 2 21 (4.526 %) Windows 3 8 (1.724 %) VxWorks 4 7 (1.509 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (1.293 %) Windows Mobile 6 5 (1.078 %) Linux 6 5 (1.078 %) Windows XP 7 4 (0.862 %) Windows NT 8 3 (0.647 %) Embedded Linux 8 3 (0.647 %) Windows CE 9 1 (0.216 %) VMS 9 1 (0.216 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 57 (12.28 %) Migration 2 46 (9.914 %) Configuration Management 3 30 (6.466 %) Network Planning 4 18 (3.879 %) Project Management 5 16 (3.448 %) Network Design 6 9 (1.940 %) Performance Management 7 8 (1.724 %) SC Cleared 7 8 (1.724 %) Security Cleared 8 7 (1.509 %) Data Management 8 7 (1.509 %) ITIL 8 7 (1.509 %) CRM 9 6 (1.293 %) Validation 10 5 (1.078 %) Regression Testing 10 5 (1.078 %) Disaster Recovery 11 4 (0.862 %) Data Analysis 11 4 (0.862 %) Test Scripting 11 4 (0.862 %) Fault Management 12 3 (0.647 %) Software Testing 12 3 (0.647 %) Incident Management 12 3 (0.647 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 99 (21.34 %) C 2 59 (12.72 %) C++ 3 22 (4.741 %) Perl 4 19 (4.095 %) SQL 4 19 (4.095 %) Embedded C 5 15 (3.233 %) Tcl 6 10 (2.155 %) Embedded C++ 7 8 (1.724 %) Assembly Language 8 4 (0.862 %) AWK 9 3 (0.647 %) VB 9 3 (0.647 %) VBA 10 2 (0.431 %) Java 11 1 (0.216 %) JavaScript 11 1 (0.216 %) C#	Qualifications 1 10 (2.155 %) Degree 2 2 (0.431 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (0.431 %) ITIL Certification 2 2 (0.431 %) ACCA 3 1 (0.216 %) CIMA 3 1 (0.216 %) HNC 3 1 (0.216 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.216 %) CCSP 3 1 (0.216 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.216 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (0.216 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (0.216 %) CNE 3 1 (0.216 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 29 (6.250 %) SLA 2 1 (0.216 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.216 %) QA 2 1 (0.216 %) GCP	System Software 1 4 (0.862 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.216 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 1 (0.216 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.216 %) OVOW 1 1 (0.216 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 76 (16.38 %) Ericsson 2 68 (14.66 %) Nokia 3 24 (5.172 %) Cisco 3 24 (5.172 %) Microsoft 4 21 (4.526 %) Siemens 5 16 (3.448 %) Remedy 5 16 (3.448 %) Business Objects 6 10 (2.155 %) Citrix 7 7 (1.509 %) Oracle 7 7 (1.509 %) Progress 8 6 (1.293 %) Nortel 8 6 (1.293 %) HP 8 6 (1.293 %) NEC 9 5 (1.078 %) Symbian 10 3 (0.647 %) Compaq 10 3 (0.647 %) Cramer 11 2 (0.431 %) PeopleSoft 11 2 (0.431 %) Adobe 12 1 (0.216 %) Sun 12 1 (0.216 %) Dell