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The table below looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 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 jobs that have cited HSDPA over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank209266
Rank change on same period last yearUp+57
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.053 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£329
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£43.75
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching contract IT job ads18822637
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.757 %3.300 %
Daily rates quoted329512
Average minimum daily rate£332£348
Average daily rate£352£368
% change on same period last year-4.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Hourly rates quoted234418
Average minimum hourly rate£25.06£24.86
Average hourly rate£26.90£26.37
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.73£27.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.65£26.99
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

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.

HSDPA
Demand Trend

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

South East HSDPA Demand Trend

HSDPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East HSDPA Daily Rate Trend

HSDPA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East HSDPA Hourly Rate Trend

HSDPA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSDPA within the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+141--
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

HSDPA
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

110 (76.92 %)Project Management
29 (69.23 %)Network Planning
32 (15.38 %)C
32 (15.38 %)C++
32 (15.38 %)SMS
32 (15.38 %)3GPP
32 (15.38 %)UMTS
41 (7.692 %)WCDMA
41 (7.692 %)Windows CE
41 (7.692 %)UTRAN
41 (7.692 %)Windows
41 (7.692 %)GPRS
41 (7.692 %)GSM
41 (7.692 %)Telecoms
41 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
41 (7.692 %)Pocket PC
41 (7.692 %)HSUPA

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)SMS
12 (15.38 %)3GPP
12 (15.38 %)UMTS
21 (7.692 %)WCDMA
21 (7.692 %)UTRAN
21 (7.692 %)HSUPA
21 (7.692 %)GPRS
21 (7.692 %)GSM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (38.46 %)Deployment Engineer
23 (23.08 %)Software Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Deployment Manager
31 (7.692 %)Test Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Software Test Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Pocket PC
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
11 (7.692 %)Windows CE
11 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (76.92 %)Project Management
29 (69.23 %)Network Planning
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)C
12 (15.38 %)C++