The first table below looks at the demand for HSUPA 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 HSUPA 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
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
Rank 218 237 251
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +14
Contract jobs citing HSUPA 2 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.025% 0.079% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.134% 0.371% 0.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £33.25
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +42.85%
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%
HSUPA
England

HSUPA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East HSUPA Jobs Demand Trend

HSUPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East HSUPA Daily Rate Trend

HSUPA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East HSUPA Hourly Rate Trend

HSUPA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSUPA 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
Hampshire - 2 £275 -
HSUPA
England

HSUPA
Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) HSDPA
1 4 (100.00%) Handset
1 4 (100.00%) HSPA
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) CDMA
2 3 (75.00%) GPRS
2 3 (75.00%) GSM
2 3 (75.00%) WCDMA
2 3 (75.00%) ASIC
3 2 (50.00%) UMTS
3 2 (50.00%) 3G
3 2 (50.00%) PPP
3 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 2 (50.00%) Anite
3 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (50.00%) TDMA
3 2 (50.00%) Agilent
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) OFDM
4 1 (25.00%) 2G
4 1 (25.00%) NAS
4 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
4 1 (25.00%) C
4 1 (25.00%) Perl

HSUPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing HSUPA 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 HSUPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) HSDPA
1 4 (100.00%) HSPA
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) CDMA
2 3 (75.00%) GPRS
2 3 (75.00%) GSM
2 3 (75.00%) WCDMA
3 2 (50.00%) UMTS
3 2 (50.00%) 3G
3 2 (50.00%) PPP
3 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (50.00%) TDMA
3 2 (50.00%) OFDM
4 1 (25.00%) 2G
4 1 (25.00%) NAS
4 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Operator
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Handset
2 3 (75.00%) ASIC
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Anite
1 2 (50.00%) Agilent
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