The first table below looks at the demand for GSM 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 GSM 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
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 71 89 97
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +8
Contract jobs citing GSM 9 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.781% 0.372% 0.327%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.762% 2.281% 1.993%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £280 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.26% -13.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.25 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
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%
GSM
South East

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GSM 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 -7 7 - -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
GSM
South East

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 22 (84.62%) Telecoms
2 16 (61.54%) UMTS
3 15 (57.69%) LTE
4 10 (38.46%) Linux
5 9 (34.62%) C++
5 9 (34.62%) STL
6 8 (30.77%) WCDMA
7 7 (26.92%) Project Management
7 7 (26.92%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 6 (23.08%) GCC
8 6 (23.08%) GDB
8 6 (23.08%) Asterisk PBX
8 6 (23.08%) Trac
8 6 (23.08%) SLA
8 6 (23.08%) Cisco
8 6 (23.08%) VoIP
8 6 (23.08%) PBX
8 6 (23.08%) OO
8 6 (23.08%) OOD
8 6 (23.08%) Subversion
9 4 (15.38%) 2G
9 4 (15.38%) 3G
9 4 (15.38%) Configuration Management
9 4 (15.38%) UNIX
9 4 (15.38%) Citrix
10 3 (11.54%) Ericsson
10 3 (11.54%) Solaris
10 3 (11.54%) RTP
10 3 (11.54%) Military

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (34.62%) STL
2 6 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (3.846%) WAP
3 1 (3.846%) Web Services
3 1 (3.846%) XML
3 1 (3.846%) .NET
3 1 (3.846%) SOAP
3 1 (3.846%) WCF
3 1 (3.846%) JSON
3 1 (3.846%) soapUI
3 1 (3.846%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) ActiveMQ
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) UMTS
2 15 (57.69%) LTE
3 8 (30.77%) WCDMA
4 7 (26.92%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (23.08%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (23.08%) VoIP
5 6 (23.08%) PBX
6 4 (15.38%) 2G
6 4 (15.38%) 3G
7 3 (11.54%) RTP
7 3 (11.54%) RANAP
7 3 (11.54%) GGSN
7 3 (11.54%) SGSN
8 2 (7.692%) CDMA
9 1 (3.846%) Wireless
9 1 (3.846%) MGW
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) GCC
1 6 (23.08%) GDB
1 6 (23.08%) Trac
1 6 (23.08%) Subversion
2 1 (3.846%) JUnit
2 1 (3.846%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) JMeter
2 1 (3.846%) Hudson
2 1 (3.846%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.846%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (84.62%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Software Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.692%) OSS Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) RAN Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.846%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Developer
5 1 (3.846%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.846%) Applied Mathematics
1 1 (3.846%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Linux
2 4 (15.38%) UNIX
3 3 (11.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Project Management
2 6 (23.08%) OO
2 6 (23.08%) OOD
3 4 (15.38%) Configuration Management
4 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.692%) Performance Management
5 2 (7.692%) Fault Management
6 1 (3.846%) SOA
6 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.846%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.846%) TDD
6 1 (3.846%) Regression Testing
6 1 (3.846%) BDD
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (3.846%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) C++
2 1 (3.846%) C
2 1 (3.846%) C#
2 1 (3.846%) Java
2 1 (3.846%) PHP
2 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) ISEB
2 1 (3.846%) PMP
2 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) Citrix
3 3 (11.54%) Ericsson
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, MAP, CAMEL, Boost, HLR, Auc, MSC, VLR, SMSC, SGSN, GGSN,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013