The first table below looks at the demand for MGW 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 MGW 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Media Gateway (MGW)
Rank - - 98
Contract jobs citing MGW 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - 0.107%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.656%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £263 £350
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
193 266 305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.78% 16.52% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 116 149
Average daily rate £330 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -14.28%
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 22 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 £15.75 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MGW
South East

MGW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey MGW Jobs Demand Trend

MGW
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey MGW Daily Rate Trend

MGW
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) GSM
3 1 (25.00%) WCDMA
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) LTE
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network

MGW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) GSM
1 1 (25.00%) WCDMA
1 1 (25.00%) LTE
1 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) OSS Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Ericsson