Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) skills within the Tyne and Wear region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HSDPA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£287
% change on same period last year-9.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£39.72
% change on same period last year+13.28 %
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads5484
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted1618
Average minimum daily rate£270£256
Average daily rate£282£262
% change on same period last year+7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted1010
Average minimum hourly rate£20.16£19.63
Average hourly rate£21.26£22.13
% change on same period last year-3.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.37£24.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
HSDPA North EastHSDPA
North East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

HSDPA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HSDPA across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Tyne and Wear HSDPA Demand Trend

HSDPA
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)ADSL
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)WAP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (100.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (100.00 %)Wi-Fi
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Billing
11 (100.00 %)IPTV

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)WAP
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)ADSL
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Wi-Fi
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Billing
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)3rd Line Support
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)IPTV
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft