The first table below looks at the demand for OFDM 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 OFDM 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
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
Rank 219 245 244
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -1
Contract jobs citing OFDM 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.012% 0.020% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.065% 0.093% 0.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - £355
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £40.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £38.50
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
OFDM
England

OFDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East OFDM Jobs Demand Trend

OFDM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East OFDM Hourly Rate Trend

OFDM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OFDM within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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West Sussex - - - -
OFDM
England

OFDM
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) GPRS
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) ASIC
1 3 (100.00%) Handset
2 2 (66.67%) TDMA
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) HSDPA
2 2 (66.67%) PPP
2 2 (66.67%) IPv6
2 2 (66.67%) HSUPA
2 2 (66.67%) HSPA
2 2 (66.67%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) CDMA
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) 4G
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
3 1 (33.33%) UMTS
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Perforce
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management

OFDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) GPRS
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) TDMA
2 2 (66.67%) HSDPA
2 2 (66.67%) PPP
2 2 (66.67%) IPv6
2 2 (66.67%) HSUPA
2 2 (66.67%) HSPA
2 2 (66.67%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) CDMA
3 1 (33.33%) 4G
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
3 1 (33.33%) UMTS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) GSM Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) ASIC
1 3 (100.00%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Perforce
Hampshire
Understanding of field test execution of GSM /UMTS/IRAT/LTE Performance KPI... Exposure of the following: Understanding of digital communications systems, CDMA, TDMA,OFDM, telecommunications concepts... GSM/ GPRS /...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013