The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ericsson products and/or services 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 Ericsson over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Ericsson.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ericsson
Rank 136 111 195
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +84
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 87 146 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.118% 1.436% 0.606%
As % of the Vendors category 2.209% 2.910% 1.240%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 7
Average daily rate £274 £255 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.35% -15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+6.42% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.50
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 5017 5160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.61% 49.34% 48.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 2193 2036
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 383 429
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.35 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Ericsson
England

Ericsson
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Ericsson Daily Rate Trend

Ericsson
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ericsson across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Ericsson Daily Rate Histogram

Ericsson
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Ericsson Hourly Rate Trend

Ericsson
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ericsson within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 -22 69 £273 +9.00%
Surrey +33 16 £300 -33.33%
Ericsson
England

Ericsson
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 206 (81.75%) Telecoms
2 138 (54.76%) 3G
3 125 (49.60%) 2G
3 125 (49.60%) Radio Access Network
4 87 (34.52%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 79 (31.35%) LTE
6 60 (23.81%) ATM
7 56 (22.22%) Project Management
8 55 (21.83%) Migration
9 51 (20.24%) Ethernet
10 49 (19.44%) RNC
11 48 (19.05%) Huawei
12 39 (15.48%) SDH
13 36 (14.29%) 3GPP
14 33 (13.10%) MPLS
15 32 (12.70%) WCDMA
15 32 (12.70%) GSM
16 29 (11.51%) NEC
17 27 (10.71%) Perl
18 26 (10.32%) Oracle
19 24 (9.524%) Validation
20 23 (9.127%) NetHawk
21 22 (8.730%) SQL
21 22 (8.730%) UNIX
22 21 (8.333%) Wireshark
22 21 (8.333%) 4G
23 18 (7.143%) .NET
24 17 (6.746%) Degree
25 15 (5.952%) RANAP
25 15 (5.952%) Nortel

Ericsson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 18 (7.143%) .NET
2 10 (3.968%) XML
3 4 (1.587%) HTML
3 4 (1.587%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.587%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.587%) WebLogic Portal
1 4 (1.587%) WebLogic
1 4 (1.587%) Apache
2 1 (0.397%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.794%) MS Office
1 2 (0.794%) Maya
2 1 (0.397%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 138 (54.76%) 3G
2 125 (49.60%) 2G
2 125 (49.60%) Radio Access Network
3 79 (31.35%) LTE
4 60 (23.81%) ATM
5 51 (20.24%) Ethernet
6 49 (19.44%) RNC
7 39 (15.48%) SDH
8 36 (14.29%) 3GPP
9 33 (13.10%) MPLS
10 32 (12.70%) WCDMA
10 32 (12.70%) GSM
11 21 (8.333%) Wireshark
11 21 (8.333%) 4G
12 15 (5.952%) RANAP
13 12 (4.762%) TELNET
14 11 (4.365%) UTRAN
15 6 (2.381%) DWDM
15 6 (2.381%) TCP/IP
16 5 (1.984%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.175%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (3.175%) MySQL
2 4 (1.587%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.587%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.587%) Big Data
3 1 (0.397%) GIS
3 1 (0.397%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (1.587%) Subversion
General
1 206 (81.75%) Telecoms
2 6 (2.381%) Finance
3 3 (1.190%) Back Office
4 1 (0.397%) Billing
Job Titles
1 52 (20.63%) Design Engineer
2 41 (16.27%) Transmission Engineer
3 40 (15.87%) Test Engineer
4 35 (13.89%) Integration Engineer
5 32 (12.70%) Architect
6 30 (11.90%) Solutions Architect
6 30 (11.90%) RAN Engineer
7 29 (11.51%) OSS Engineer
8 20 (7.937%) Project Manager
9 15 (5.952%) Developer
10 13 (5.159%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.365%) Implementation Manager
12 8 (3.175%) 3G Engineer
13 6 (2.381%) Access Transmission Engineer
13 6 (2.381%) Test Leader
13 6 (2.381%) Configuration Engineer
14 4 (1.587%) Network Engineer
14 4 (1.587%) Transmission Planning Engineer
15 3 (1.190%) Designer
15 3 (1.190%) OSS Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.778%) Handset
2 6 (2.381%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.587%) Open Source
4 3 (1.190%) Wiki
5 1 (0.397%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.730%) UNIX
2 8 (3.175%) Windows
2 8 (3.175%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.22%) Project Management
2 55 (21.83%) Migration
3 24 (9.524%) Validation
4 14 (5.556%) Resource Management
4 14 (5.556%) Web Development
5 12 (4.762%) Change Control
6 11 (4.365%) Incident Management
6 11 (4.365%) Fault Management
6 11 (4.365%) Performance Management
7 10 (3.968%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (3.571%) ITIL
8 9 (3.571%) Network Design
9 8 (3.175%) PRINCE2
9 8 (3.175%) Network Management
9 8 (3.175%) Project Planning
10 7 (2.778%) Configuration Management
10 7 (2.778%) eTOM
11 6 (2.381%) Risk Management
11 6 (2.381%) Service Delivery
12 5 (1.984%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.71%) Perl
2 22 (8.730%) SQL
3 14 (5.556%) C++
4 12 (4.762%) C#
4 12 (4.762%) PL/SQL
5 11 (4.365%) Java
6 6 (2.381%) PHP
6 6 (2.381%) C
7 4 (1.587%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.397%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (6.746%) Degree
2 15 (5.952%) ISEB
3 10 (3.968%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.571%) PMP
5 2 (0.794%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.175%) QA
2 7 (2.778%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (1.587%) Netcool
Vendors
1 87 (34.52%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 48 (19.05%) Huawei
3 29 (11.51%) NEC
4 26 (10.32%) Oracle
5 23 (9.127%) NetHawk
6 15 (5.952%) Nortel
7 14 (5.556%) BT
8 12 (4.762%) Nokia
9 9 (3.571%) Citrix
10 8 (3.175%) Greenplum
11 4 (1.587%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.587%) Business Objects
12 1 (0.397%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 1 (0.397%) Cisco
12 1 (0.397%) Primavera
12 1 (0.397%) Mapinfo