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Handset Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South West 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 105 129 120
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -9
Contract jobs citing Handset 5 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.243% 0.255% 0.232%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.174% 1.379% 1.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £205 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £245 £301 £380
% change year-on-year
-18.46% -20.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £7.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +212.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +41.81%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 426 580 513
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.73% 18.50% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 305 227
Average daily rate £370 £360 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -0.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £250 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £31.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.54% +34.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.62 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Handset across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol - - - -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 10 (76.92%) LAN
1 10 (76.92%) TCP/IP
2 9 (69.23%) VoIP
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
3 6 (46.15%) Blackberry
3 6 (46.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
4 5 (38.46%) Network Management
4 5 (38.46%) Unified Communications
4 5 (38.46%) PABX
4 5 (38.46%) Internet
4 5 (38.46%) IVR
4 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (38.46%) Avaya
4 5 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (38.46%) Wireless
4 5 (38.46%) WAN
4 5 (38.46%) VPN
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
4 5 (38.46%) Citrix
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (30.77%) HP
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 4 (30.77%) MCSE
5 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
5 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
5 4 (30.77%) Siemens

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) TCP/IP
1 10 (76.92%) LAN
2 9 (69.23%) VoIP
3 5 (38.46%) WAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) Internet
3 5 (38.46%) Wireless
3 5 (38.46%) Unified Communications
3 5 (38.46%) PABX
4 1 (7.692%) Broadband
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Desktop Support
2 4 (30.77%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Technician
4 2 (15.38%) Voice Support Technician
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Blackberry
2 5 (38.46%) IVR
3 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.692%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
1 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
1 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (38.46%) Network Management
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Information Management
4 3 (23.08%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) MCSE
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
1 5 (38.46%) Avaya
2 4 (30.77%) Siemens
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Nortel
3 1 (7.692%) BT
3 1 (7.692%) Mitel
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