The first table below looks at the demand for UTRAN 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 UTRAN over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)
Rank - 140 -
Contract jobs citing UTRAN 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.031% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.186% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £251 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.56% -16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £36.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -5.19%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
292 537 380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.53% 16.55% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 276 154
Average daily rate £353 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.87% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £265 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 38 54
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.93 £18.95 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.10 £42.50 £41.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
UTRAN
England

UTRAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West UTRAN Jobs Demand Trend

UTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West UTRAN Daily Rate Trend

UTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West UTRAN Hourly Rate Trend

UTRAN
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing UTRAN 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 UTRAN.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network

UTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing UTRAN 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 UTRAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia