The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 125 145 205
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +60
Contract jobs citing LTE 102 95 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.309% 0.936% 0.463%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.859% 4.433% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 4
Average daily rate £288 £280 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.67% +24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £243 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £405 £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £335 £225
% change year-on-year
-14.17% +48.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 11
Average hourly rate £40.00 £43.25 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.51% +8.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.10 £34.50 £36.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £57.50 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £43.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-10.40% +8.12%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
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 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
LTE
England

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East LTE Daily Rate Histogram

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East LTE Hourly Rate Histogram

LTE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE 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 +20 75 £280 +6.46%
Hampshire -9 16 £293 -22.00%
Surrey +26 12 £294 -
LTE
England

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 200 (77.82%) Telecoms
2 154 (59.92%) 3G
3 132 (51.36%) Radio Access Network
4 99 (38.52%) 2G
5 79 (30.74%) Ericsson
6 67 (26.07%) ATM
7 65 (25.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 61 (23.74%) 4G
9 54 (21.01%) Project Management
10 50 (19.46%) Ethernet
11 41 (15.95%) GSM
12 38 (14.79%) 3GPP
13 36 (14.01%) C
14 35 (13.62%) Handset
14 35 (13.62%) Network Design
14 35 (13.62%) RNC
14 35 (13.62%) Huawei
15 34 (13.23%) MPLS
16 32 (12.45%) Migration
16 32 (12.45%) UMTS
17 29 (11.28%) UTRAN
18 28 (10.89%) SDH
19 25 (9.728%) Resource Management
20 23 (8.949%) Wireless
21 22 (8.560%) WCDMA
22 20 (7.782%) Perl
23 19 (7.393%) NEC
23 19 (7.393%) C++
24 17 (6.615%) CDMA
24 17 (6.615%) Nokia

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (3.113%) ASP.NET
1 8 (3.113%) .NET
2 7 (2.724%) STL
3 6 (2.335%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 4 (1.556%) XML
5 2 (0.778%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.778%) SAS
2 1 (0.389%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (3.891%) MS Office
2 5 (1.946%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.778%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.389%) MS Project
4 1 (0.389%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.389%) Metrica
1 1 (0.389%) Minerva
Communications & Networking
1 154 (59.92%) 3G
2 132 (51.36%) Radio Access Network
3 99 (38.52%) 2G
4 67 (26.07%) ATM
5 61 (23.74%) 4G
6 50 (19.46%) Ethernet
7 41 (15.95%) GSM
8 38 (14.79%) 3GPP
9 35 (13.62%) RNC
10 34 (13.23%) MPLS
11 32 (12.45%) UMTS
12 29 (11.28%) UTRAN
13 28 (10.89%) SDH
14 23 (8.949%) Wireless
15 22 (8.560%) WCDMA
16 17 (6.615%) CDMA
17 16 (6.226%) GPRS
18 13 (5.058%) HSPA
19 11 (4.280%) IPv4
20 8 (3.113%) RANAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.113%) NoSQL
1 8 (3.113%) Big Data
2 6 (2.335%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.167%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (2.335%) Subversion
1 6 (2.335%) Trac
1 6 (2.335%) GCC
1 6 (2.335%) GDB
2 2 (0.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (77.82%) Telecoms
2 5 (1.946%) Finance
2 5 (1.946%) Legal
3 3 (1.167%) Back Office
3 3 (1.167%) Electronics
4 2 (0.778%) Manufacturing
4 2 (0.778%) Law
5 1 (0.389%) Military
Job Titles
1 66 (25.68%) Design Engineer
2 48 (18.68%) Architect
3 45 (17.51%) Solutions Architect
4 29 (11.28%) Transmission Engineer
5 25 (9.728%) RAN Engineer
6 20 (7.782%) Software Engineer
7 17 (6.615%) Test Engineer
8 15 (5.837%) Network Engineer
8 15 (5.837%) Project Manager
9 14 (5.447%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (3.502%) Senior Manager
10 9 (3.502%) Network Architect
11 8 (3.113%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.113%) Technical Leader
11 8 (3.113%) Network Design Engineer
12 6 (2.335%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.335%) Access Transmission Engineer
12 6 (2.335%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.335%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.335%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.62%) Handset
2 5 (1.946%) Device Driver
3 4 (1.556%) Open Source
3 4 (1.556%) VHDL
3 4 (1.556%) ASIC
4 3 (1.167%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.778%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.778%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.389%) Economics
6 1 (0.389%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.447%) Linux
2 10 (3.891%) Windows
3 3 (1.167%) UNIX
4 2 (0.778%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.778%) Android
5 1 (0.389%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.01%) Project Management
2 35 (13.62%) Network Design
3 32 (12.45%) Migration
4 25 (9.728%) Resource Management
5 16 (6.226%) Capacity Planning
6 15 (5.837%) Fault Management
7 12 (4.669%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (4.280%) Network Architecture
8 11 (4.280%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (4.280%) Validation
9 10 (3.891%) ITIL
9 10 (3.891%) Configuration Management
10 9 (3.502%) Network Management
10 9 (3.502%) eTOM
11 8 (3.113%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (2.335%) Multithreading
12 6 (2.335%) OOD
12 6 (2.335%) OO
13 5 (1.946%) Workflow
13 5 (1.946%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.01%) C
2 20 (7.782%) Perl
3 19 (7.393%) C++
4 11 (4.280%) SQL
5 8 (3.113%) Java
6 6 (2.335%) Embedded C
7 5 (1.946%) Python
8 4 (1.556%) TTCN
9 3 (1.167%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.778%) VB
10 2 (0.778%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.778%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 12 (4.669%) Degree
2 4 (1.556%) HND
3 3 (1.167%) HNC
4 2 (0.778%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.778%) CCNP
4 2 (0.778%) ISEB
5 1 (0.389%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.389%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.389%) PMP
5 1 (0.389%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.389%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.891%) SLA
2 1 (0.389%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.389%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (1.946%) Netcool
2 1 (0.389%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 79 (30.74%) Ericsson
2 65 (25.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 35 (13.62%) Huawei
4 19 (7.393%) NEC
5 17 (6.615%) Nokia
6 13 (5.058%) BT
7 11 (4.280%) Business Objects
8 10 (3.891%) Citrix
9 8 (3.113%) Anite
10 6 (2.335%) Greenplum
10 6 (2.335%) Agilent
10 6 (2.335%) Oracle
10 6 (2.335%) Cisco
11 5 (1.946%) Cramer
12 4 (1.556%) Mapinfo
13 3 (1.167%) Microsoft
14 2 (0.778%) NetCracker
14 2 (0.778%) Perforce
14 2 (0.778%) Amdocs
15 1 (0.389%) Niku
Hampshire, South East
Working on LTE products.You would be part of a Wireless Platform Group working in the PHY team... Most of the development work is done in VHDL/DSP/...
Computer Futures
Rate: £45 - £55 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Manage the transmission SLA's... Own the process workflow to manage ordering to delivery... Proficient in the use in Microsoft s software packages. Knowledge of radio principles (2G &...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
Oxfordshire, South East
Embedded Software Engineer - Oxfordshire - 3-6 Months I'm currently looking for a proficient all round Embedded Software Engineer for an initial 3 month contract based in Oxfordshire...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, MAP, CAMEL, Boost, HLR, Auc, MSC, VLR, SMSC, SGSN, GGSN,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013