The first table below looks at the demand for Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia NetAct
Rank 210 215 204
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -11
Contract jobs citing Nokia NetAct 10 32 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.125% 0.320% 0.396%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.649% 1.487% 2.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £280 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1542 2152 1932
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.26% 21.53% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 614 668
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 175 254
Average hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% +30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.68 £14.58 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Nokia NetAct
England

Nokia NetAct
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Nokia NetAct Jobs Demand Trend

Nokia NetAct
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Nokia NetAct Daily Rate Trend

Nokia NetAct
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct.

1 17 (80.95%) Nokia
2 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
3 13 (61.90%) Netcool
4 12 (57.14%) BMC
4 12 (57.14%) HP
4 12 (57.14%) EMC
4 12 (57.14%) Remedy
4 12 (57.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (52.38%) Degree
6 10 (47.62%) Performance Management
6 10 (47.62%) Fault Management
7 9 (42.86%) Project Management
7 9 (42.86%) Ionix
7 9 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
7 9 (42.86%) Service Management
7 9 (42.86%) ITSM
8 7 (33.33%) LTE
9 6 (28.57%) 3G
10 4 (19.05%) SLA
10 4 (19.05%) 2G
10 4 (19.05%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 4 (19.05%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (14.29%) OpenView
12 2 (9.524%) GSM
12 2 (9.524%) 4G
12 2 (9.524%) RNC
13 1 (4.762%) Huawei
13 1 (4.762%) Korn

Nokia NetAct
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) XML
Business Applications
1 12 (57.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.762%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) LTE
2 6 (28.57%) 3G
3 4 (19.05%) 2G
3 4 (19.05%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (9.524%) GSM
4 2 (9.524%) 4G
4 2 (9.524%) RNC
5 1 (4.762%) Wireless
5 1 (4.762%) BSS
5 1 (4.762%) UMTS
5 1 (4.762%) WCDMA
5 1 (4.762%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.762%) MySQL
General
1 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Front Office
2 1 (4.762%) Back Office
2 1 (4.762%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (38.10%) OSS Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Systems Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) RAN Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Network Planner
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Performance Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Service Performance Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Core Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Designer
5 1 (4.762%) Databuild Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Back Office Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) RAN Performance Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Performance Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Performance Management
1 10 (47.62%) Fault Management
2 9 (42.86%) Project Management
2 9 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
2 9 (42.86%) Service Management
2 9 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) Korn
1 1 (4.762%) Perl
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) SLA
Systems Management
1 13 (61.90%) Netcool
2 9 (42.86%) Ionix
3 3 (14.29%) OpenView
4 1 (4.762%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Nokia
2 12 (57.14%) BMC
2 12 (57.14%) HP
2 12 (57.14%) EMC
2 12 (57.14%) Remedy
3 4 (19.05%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (4.762%) Huawei
4 1 (4.762%) NetCracker
4 1 (4.762%) Greenplum
4 1 (4.762%) NEC
4 1 (4.762%) Cramer
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle
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