The first table below looks at the demand for UPnP 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 UPnP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Rank - 242 -
Contract jobs citing UPnP 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.039% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.182% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
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 165 193 231
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 £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
UPnP
England

UPnP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East UPnP Jobs Demand Trend

UPnP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East UPnP Hourly Rate Trend

UPnP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing UPnP 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 UPnP.

1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 4 (100.00%) DVB
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 4 (100.00%) STB
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (100.00%) Bash shell
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

UPnP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing UPnP 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 UPnP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 4 (100.00%) STB
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) Bash shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) HP