The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symbian 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 Vendors for the Staffordshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Symbian 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.136% - -
As % of the Vendors category 2.273% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £303 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £300 £333
% change year-on-year
+29.58% -9.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £27.50
All Vendors
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
44 114 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 50.00% 53.27% 28.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 12
Average daily rate £244 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £215 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £366 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 8
Average hourly rate £15.16 £16.86 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.08% -43.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.78 £12.16 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.29 £30.50 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Symbian
West Midlands

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Symbian across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Staffordshire Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL