The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 63 82 87
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +5
Contract jobs citing 3G 17 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.474% 0.807% 0.871%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.995% 4.943% 5.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -31.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.35% -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
Average hourly rate - £41.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
189 263 301
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.39% 16.33% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 114 148
Average daily rate £331 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.51% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
3G
South East

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Guildford -6 13 £294 -
3G
South East

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 43 (86.00%) 2G
2 42 (84.00%) Telecoms
3 32 (64.00%) Radio Access Network
4 17 (34.00%) Ericsson
5 15 (30.00%) LTE
6 13 (26.00%) RNC
7 12 (24.00%) Migration
8 10 (20.00%) ATM
9 8 (16.00%) QA
9 8 (16.00%) 4G
9 8 (16.00%) Validation
10 6 (12.00%) SDH
10 6 (12.00%) Ethernet
11 4 (8.000%) GSM
11 4 (8.000%) XML
11 4 (8.000%) UNIX
11 4 (8.000%) Cramer
12 3 (6.000%) Military
12 3 (6.000%) Finance
12 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (6.000%) Project Management
12 3 (6.000%) Change Management
12 3 (6.000%) STL
12 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
12 3 (6.000%) C++
12 3 (6.000%) UMTS
12 3 (6.000%) Solaris
12 3 (6.000%) Linux
13 2 (4.000%) Degree
13 2 (4.000%) RANAP

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (8.000%) XML
2 3 (6.000%) STL
3 1 (2.000%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.000%) MS Office
2 1 (2.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 43 (86.00%) 2G
2 32 (64.00%) Radio Access Network
3 15 (30.00%) LTE
4 13 (26.00%) RNC
5 10 (20.00%) ATM
6 8 (16.00%) 4G
7 6 (12.00%) SDH
7 6 (12.00%) Ethernet
8 4 (8.000%) GSM
9 3 (6.000%) UMTS
10 2 (4.000%) RANAP
10 2 (4.000%) NBAP
10 2 (4.000%) TCP/IP
10 2 (4.000%) IPv4
10 2 (4.000%) SS7
10 2 (4.000%) 2.5G
11 1 (2.000%) Wireless
11 1 (2.000%) DWDM
11 1 (2.000%) MPLS
11 1 (2.000%) WCDMA
General
1 42 (84.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.000%) Military
2 3 (6.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Solutions Architect
1 17 (34.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Configuration Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.000%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (6.000%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (6.000%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.000%) Transmission Engineer
5 3 (6.000%) Circuiting Engineer
6 2 (4.000%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.000%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) Network Manager
7 1 (2.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Desktop Support
7 1 (2.000%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) OSS Architect
7 1 (2.000%) RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.000%) Smartphone
1 1 (2.000%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.000%) UNIX
2 3 (6.000%) Solaris
2 3 (6.000%) Linux
3 2 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) Migration
2 8 (16.00%) Validation
3 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (6.000%) Project Management
3 3 (6.000%) Change Management
3 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
4 2 (4.000%) Network Planning
4 2 (4.000%) Change Control
4 2 (4.000%) ITIL
4 2 (4.000%) B2B
4 2 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.000%) Data Management
5 1 (2.000%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.000%) eTOM
5 1 (2.000%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.000%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.000%) Workflow
5 1 (2.000%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.000%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.000%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (4.000%) Degree
1 2 (4.000%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.000%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.000%) PMP
2 1 (2.000%) MCP
2 1 (2.000%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) QA
2 2 (4.000%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) Ericsson
2 4 (8.000%) Cramer
3 2 (4.000%) Citrix
3 2 (4.000%) HP
3 2 (4.000%) BT
4 1 (2.000%) Primavera
4 1 (2.000%) Dell
4 1 (2.000%) Nokia
4 1 (2.000%) Sun
4 1 (2.000%) LANDesk
4 1 (2.000%) Nokia Siemens Networks