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This section looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HSDPA over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank151167
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.136 %0.220 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£260
% change on same period last year+43.02 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£40.00£35.00
% change on same period last year+14.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£38.33
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads735911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.970 %0.907 %
Daily rates quoted209214
Average minimum daily rate£307£327
Average daily rate£331£343
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted112147
Average minimum hourly rate£25.12£24.87
Average hourly rate£27.11£26.69
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.11£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

HSDPA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HSDPA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West HSDPA Demand Trend

HSDPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West HSDPA Daily Rate Trend

HSDPA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West HSDPA Hourly Rate Trend

HSDPA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSDPA within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireDown-21--
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

HSDPA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

111 (91.67 %)UMTS
29 (75.00 %)SMS
29 (75.00 %)3GPP
29 (75.00 %)UTRAN
37 (58.33 %)C
43 (25.00 %)ISEB
43 (25.00 %)Perl
43 (25.00 %)Software Testing
52 (16.67 %)3G
61 (8.333 %)Wireless
61 (8.333 %)Telecoms
61 (8.333 %)2G
61 (8.333 %)Handset
61 (8.333 %)TestDirector
61 (8.333 %)Tcl
61 (8.333 %)Linux
61 (8.333 %)OO
61 (8.333 %)Python
61 (8.333 %)C++
61 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
61 (8.333 %)NetHawk
61 (8.333 %)WiMAX
61 (8.333 %)RNC
61 (8.333 %)HSUPA
61 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
61 (8.333 %)Integration Testing

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)UMTS
29 (75.00 %)SMS
29 (75.00 %)3GPP
29 (75.00 %)UTRAN
32 (16.67 %)3G
41 (8.333 %)Wireless
41 (8.333 %)2G
41 (8.333 %)WiMAX
41 (8.333 %)RNC
41 (8.333 %)HSUPA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)TestDirector
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
23 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Systems Test Engineer
32 (16.67 %)UMTS Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Solutions Architect
41 (8.333 %)C Software Engineer
41 (8.333 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Architect
41 (8.333 %)Tester
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Handset
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Software Testing
21 (8.333 %)OO
21 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
21 (8.333 %)Integration Testing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (58.33 %)C
23 (25.00 %)Perl
31 (8.333 %)Tcl
31 (8.333 %)Python
31 (8.333 %)C++
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)ISEB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)NetHawk