The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 163 148 153
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs citing UMTS 54 94 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.664% 0.957% 0.899%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.426% 4.442% 4.956%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 13
Average daily rate £300 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £231 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £380 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £333 £325
% change year-on-year
-9.77% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 14
Average hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £37.50 £25.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1576 2116 1917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.37% 21.53% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 608 650
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 173 253
Average hourly rate £25.25 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.30% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £14.58 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UMTS across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East UMTS Daily Rate Histogram

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UMTS across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East UMTS Hourly Rate Histogram

UMTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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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Job
Vacancies
Berkshire -25 19 £300 - 4
Surrey +22 16 £300 - 5
Hampshire -3 11 £310 -6.76% 5
Buckinghamshire - 5 - -
UMTS
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UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 64 (77.11%) Telecoms
2 61 (73.49%) GSM
3 46 (55.42%) LTE
4 34 (40.96%) 3G
5 24 (28.92%) GPRS
6 17 (20.48%) 2G
6 17 (20.48%) C++
7 14 (16.87%) C
7 14 (16.87%) Handset
7 14 (16.87%) Radio Access Network
8 13 (15.66%) 4G
8 13 (15.66%) Wireless
8 13 (15.66%) Linux
8 13 (15.66%) CDMA
8 13 (15.66%) Cisco
9 12 (14.46%) OO
9 12 (14.46%) STL
10 11 (13.25%) OOD
10 11 (13.25%) VoIP
10 11 (13.25%) PBX
10 11 (13.25%) Asterisk PBX
10 11 (13.25%) GCC
10 11 (13.25%) GDB
10 11 (13.25%) Trac
10 11 (13.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 11 (13.25%) Subversion
11 10 (12.05%) ATM
12 9 (10.84%) SDH
13 8 (9.639%) Ethernet
13 8 (9.639%) Perl

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (14.46%) STL
2 11 (13.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 6 (7.229%) WAP
4 5 (6.024%) XML
5 3 (3.614%) WML
6 2 (2.410%) Web Services
6 2 (2.410%) .NET
6 2 (2.410%) J2EE
7 1 (1.205%) WCF
7 1 (1.205%) WPF
7 1 (1.205%) ActiveMQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.614%) Apache
2 2 (2.410%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.614%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.410%) MS Office
2 2 (2.410%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.410%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.410%) Minerva
2 1 (1.205%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.205%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 61 (73.49%) GSM
2 46 (55.42%) LTE
3 34 (40.96%) 3G
4 24 (28.92%) GPRS
5 17 (20.48%) 2G
6 14 (16.87%) Radio Access Network
7 13 (15.66%) 4G
7 13 (15.66%) Wireless
7 13 (15.66%) CDMA
8 11 (13.25%) VoIP
8 11 (13.25%) PBX
8 11 (13.25%) Asterisk PBX
9 10 (12.05%) ATM
10 9 (10.84%) SDH
11 8 (9.639%) Ethernet
11 8 (9.639%) RANAP
12 7 (8.434%) HSPA
12 7 (8.434%) RTP
13 6 (7.229%) WCDMA
13 6 (7.229%) HSDPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.410%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) GCC
1 11 (13.25%) GDB
1 11 (13.25%) Trac
1 11 (13.25%) Subversion
2 3 (3.614%) TestDirector
3 2 (2.410%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (77.11%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.819%) Finance
2 4 (4.819%) Front Office
3 3 (3.614%) Marketing
3 3 (3.614%) Military
4 2 (2.410%) Electronics
4 2 (2.410%) Billing
5 1 (1.205%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) Software Engineer
1 20 (24.10%) Test Engineer
2 11 (13.25%) Network Engineer
3 8 (9.639%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (9.639%) Architect
3 8 (9.639%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (7.229%) Transmission Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Network Support
5 5 (6.024%) Network Architect
5 5 (6.024%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.819%) Field Engineer
7 3 (3.614%) OSS Architect
7 3 (3.614%) Performance Manager
7 3 (3.614%) Developer
7 3 (3.614%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.410%) Author
8 2 (2.410%) Technical Author
8 2 (2.410%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) Handset
2 6 (7.229%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.819%) ASIC
4 3 (3.614%) iPhone
4 3 (3.614%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.410%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.410%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.410%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.410%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.205%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.205%) Applied Mathematics
6 1 (1.205%) VHDL
6 1 (1.205%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.66%) Linux
2 7 (8.434%) Android
2 7 (8.434%) UNIX
3 4 (4.819%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.205%) Windows
4 1 (1.205%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (14.46%) OO
2 11 (13.25%) OOD
3 6 (7.229%) Project Management
4 5 (6.024%) Integration Testing
4 5 (6.024%) Network Design
4 5 (6.024%) Software Engineering
4 5 (6.024%) Network Architecture
5 4 (4.819%) PRINCE2
5 4 (4.819%) Service Delivery
5 4 (4.819%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (3.614%) Business Transformation
6 3 (3.614%) Performance Improvement
6 3 (3.614%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.410%) ITIL
7 2 (2.410%) B2B
7 2 (2.410%) Service Management
7 2 (2.410%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (2.410%) Validation
7 2 (2.410%) Workflow
7 2 (2.410%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) C++
2 14 (16.87%) C
3 8 (9.639%) Perl
4 6 (7.229%) Embedded C
5 4 (4.819%) Java
6 3 (3.614%) PHP
7 2 (2.410%) SQL
7 2 (2.410%) C#
7 2 (2.410%) Python
7 2 (2.410%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.410%) Tcl
7 2 (2.410%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.205%) TTCN
Qualifications
1 5 (6.024%) Degree
2 3 (3.614%) PMP
2 3 (3.614%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.614%) ISEB
3 2 (2.410%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.205%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.205%) HNC
4 1 (1.205%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.434%) SLA
2 2 (2.410%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.205%) NDS
Systems Management
1 5 (6.024%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.410%) Netcool
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Cisco
2 7 (8.434%) Agilent
3 6 (7.229%) Anite
4 5 (6.024%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 4 (4.819%) Ericsson
5 4 (4.819%) Cramer
6 3 (3.614%) NetCracker
6 3 (3.614%) Perforce
6 3 (3.614%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 3 (3.614%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.410%) Oracle
7 2 (2.410%) Mapinfo
7 2 (2.410%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.205%) Greenplum
8 1 (1.205%) NEC
8 1 (1.205%) OPNET
8 1 (1.205%) Remedy
8 1 (1.205%) Nokia
8 1 (1.205%) BMC
8 1 (1.205%) Citrix
Fleet, Hampshire
Provide system level experience to the platform team including board bring up, device driver and operating system & kernel development... Develop device drivers and board support packages (primarily in...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £33 to £38 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader of 3G and mobile technologies. You will be working with a team that develop and maintain the software stack from the lower...
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
Hampshire
R99, R5 (HSDPA), R6 (HSUPA) and onwards. (HSPA+, LTE) 3GPP Technical Specifications Layers L1, RLC/MAC/RRC/NAS & signaling procedure 2G GSM, GPRS, EDGE Proven understanding of software...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
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
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: 14 June 2013
Hatfield, South East
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350.00 - £400 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
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