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

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset 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 Handset over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 197 170 209
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +39
Contract jobs citing Handset 27 70 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.346% 0.690% 0.424%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.727% 3.655% 2.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 4
Average daily rate £275 £225 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -40.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £186 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £286 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £265 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.96% -29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 11
Average hourly rate £41.25 £39.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £17.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.50 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
Search 17 Handset jobs in the South East
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Handset Hourly Rate Histogram

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 -12 15 £225 -5.46%
Hampshire -7 9 £275 +37.50%
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
Middlesex +3 1 - -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 35 (67.31%) LTE
2 33 (63.46%) Telecoms
3 29 (55.77%) 3G
4 28 (53.85%) 3GPP
5 22 (42.31%) UTRAN
6 20 (38.46%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 20 (38.46%) Radio Access Network
7 19 (36.54%) Network Design
7 19 (36.54%) Project Management
8 17 (32.69%) ATM
8 17 (32.69%) Resource Management
9 12 (23.08%) Wireless
10 10 (19.23%) UMTS
10 10 (19.23%) GPRS
10 10 (19.23%) GSM
11 9 (17.31%) RNC
12 8 (15.38%) HSPA
12 8 (15.38%) CDMA
13 7 (13.46%) C
13 7 (13.46%) Windows
13 7 (13.46%) WCDMA
13 7 (13.46%) Ericsson
13 7 (13.46%) Huawei
13 7 (13.46%) 4G
14 6 (11.54%) HSUPA
14 6 (11.54%) IP Telephony
14 6 (11.54%) HSDPA
14 6 (11.54%) Finance
14 6 (11.54%) Validation
15 5 (9.615%) Shell Script

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (7.692%) SOAP
1 4 (7.692%) Web Services
1 4 (7.692%) XML
1 4 (7.692%) soapUI
1 4 (7.692%) REST
2 3 (5.769%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.923%) JSON
3 1 (1.923%) WAP
3 1 (1.923%) HTML
3 1 (1.923%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.769%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (3.846%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (3.846%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.923%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.769%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.846%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.923%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 35 (67.31%) LTE
2 29 (55.77%) 3G
3 28 (53.85%) 3GPP
4 22 (42.31%) UTRAN
5 20 (38.46%) Radio Access Network
6 17 (32.69%) ATM
7 12 (23.08%) Wireless
8 10 (19.23%) UMTS
8 10 (19.23%) GPRS
8 10 (19.23%) GSM
9 9 (17.31%) RNC
10 8 (15.38%) HSPA
10 8 (15.38%) CDMA
11 7 (13.46%) WCDMA
11 7 (13.46%) 4G
12 6 (11.54%) HSUPA
12 6 (11.54%) IP Telephony
12 6 (11.54%) HSDPA
13 4 (7.692%) TCP/IP
13 4 (7.692%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.692%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (1.923%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.923%) JProfiler
1 1 (1.923%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.923%) Subversion
1 1 (1.923%) LoadRunner
General
1 33 (63.46%) Telecoms
2 6 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (5.769%) Marketing
3 3 (5.769%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.923%) Music
4 1 (1.923%) Retail
4 1 (1.923%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 20 (38.46%) Design Engineer
1 20 (38.46%) RAN Engineer
2 11 (21.15%) Test Engineer
3 4 (7.692%) Software Engineer
3 4 (7.692%) Network Engineer
3 4 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 4 (7.692%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (5.769%) Field Engineer
4 3 (5.769%) Analyst
5 2 (3.846%) Test Analyst
5 2 (3.846%) Consultant
5 2 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (3.846%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (3.846%) Network Support
5 2 (3.846%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (3.846%) Performance Engineer
5 2 (3.846%) Network Operator
5 2 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (3.846%) Performance Test Engineer
6 1 (1.923%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) ASIC
2 2 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.846%) Device Driver
2 2 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.923%) Statistics
3 1 (1.923%) Clustering
3 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.923%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.46%) Windows
2 3 (5.769%) UNIX
3 2 (3.846%) Android
3 2 (3.846%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.846%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Network Design
1 19 (36.54%) Project Management
2 17 (32.69%) Resource Management
3 6 (11.54%) Validation
4 4 (7.692%) Software Testing
4 4 (7.692%) Multithreading
5 3 (5.769%) System Testing
5 3 (5.769%) Web Testing
6 1 (1.923%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (1.923%) Signal Processing
6 1 (1.923%) Waterfall
6 1 (1.923%) Product Management
6 1 (1.923%) Data Entry
6 1 (1.923%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (1.923%) Analytics
6 1 (1.923%) Test Scripting
6 1 (1.923%) Performance Testing
6 1 (1.923%) Kanban
6 1 (1.923%) Matrix Management
6 1 (1.923%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) C
2 5 (9.615%) Shell Script
3 4 (7.692%) C++
3 4 (7.692%) Groovy
4 2 (3.846%) Embedded C
4 2 (3.846%) Embedded C++
4 2 (3.846%) Java
4 2 (3.846%) Perl
4 2 (3.846%) Python
5 1 (1.923%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.769%) Degree
1 3 (5.769%) ISTQB
1 3 (5.769%) ISEB
2 2 (3.846%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.923%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.923%) CIMA
3 1 (1.923%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.769%) SLA
2 1 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.923%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.846%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 20 (38.46%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 7 (13.46%) Ericsson
2 7 (13.46%) Huawei
3 4 (7.692%) Anite
3 4 (7.692%) Agilent
4 3 (5.769%) Cisco
5 2 (3.846%) McAfee
5 2 (3.846%) Citrix
5 2 (3.846%) Juniper
5 2 (3.846%) Lotus
5 2 (3.846%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.846%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.846%) VMware
5 2 (3.846%) Blue Coat
5 2 (3.846%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.846%) Riverbed
5 2 (3.846%) F5
6 1 (1.923%) Perforce
6 1 (1.923%) SAP
Network Operator Test Support Engineer
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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