The first table below looks at the demand for HSPA skills 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 HSPA over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
Rank - 138 -
Contract jobs citing HSPA 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.030% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.183% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £238 £603
% change year-on-year
+15.78% -60.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £41.25
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
293 547 376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.31% 16.51% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 280 154
Average daily rate £350 £400 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 56
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
HSPA
England

HSPA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West HSPA Jobs Demand Trend

HSPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West HSPA Daily Rate Trend

HSPA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West HSPA Hourly Rate Trend

HSPA
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HSPA 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 HSPA.

1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) RNC
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) GGSN
1 1 (100.00%) SGSN
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) MGW
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network

HSPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HSPA 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 HSPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) RNC
1 1 (100.00%) GGSN
1 1 (100.00%) SGSN
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) MGW
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) RAN Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei