Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Link2G
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank191167445
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+278
Matching contract IT job ads397338156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.822 %0.857 %0.190 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category7.218 %5.678 %1.453 %
Daily rates quoted39135
Average daily rate£215£220£288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.270 %-23.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£200£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£325£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£210£275
% change year-on-year
+21.42 %-23.63 %
Hourly rates quoted1214
Average hourly rate£28.50£23.75£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %-25.78 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£23.75£34.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-30.14 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5500595310738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.39 %15.09 %13.06 %
Daily rates quoted212715172824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5306221508
Average hourly rate£23.00£23.31£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.320 %-10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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.

2G
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2G within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

2G Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G within the UK.

2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2G within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

2G Daily Rate Histogram

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G within the UK.

2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-26367£215-2.27 %
South EastDown-13157£255+27.50 %
LondonUp+1687£214-19.33 %
North WestUp+2078£200-27.27 %
MiddlesexNew entry-75£210-
CheshireUp+1053£200-27.27 %
BerkshireDown-3148£253+26.25 %
WarringtonUp+823£200-
City of LondonNew entry-19£175-
HayesNew entry-17£190-
HertfordshireDown-1516£193-40.76 %
East of EnglandDown-3616£193-40.76 %
ManchesterDown-414--
West MidlandsDown-512--
BuckinghamshireUp+18£438-
ReadingDown-208£130-35.00 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-6--
South WestDown-25£244-
Northern IrelandNew entry-5--
NewburyDown-44--
BirminghamUp+43--
HampshireDown-383£255-
SloughDown-52--
BristolNew entry-2--
North EastNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+51--
AmershamDown-21£425-
LutonDown-91--
ScotlandDown-141--
KentNew entry-1--

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 2G 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 2G.

1761 (92.35 %)3G
2606 (73.54 %)Ericsson
3595 (72.21 %)Telecoms
4287 (34.83 %)Nokia
5138 (16.75 %)Lucent
6115 (13.96 %)Alcatel
7114 (13.83 %)Nortel
8113 (13.71 %)SLA
994 (11.41 %)RNC
1089 (10.80 %)NEC
1174 (8.981 %)Cramer
1174 (8.981 %)Statistics
1268 (8.252 %)GSM
1354 (6.553 %)Spreadsheet
1452 (6.311 %)Nokia NetAct
1452 (6.311 %)UMTS
1551 (6.189 %)SDH
1648 (5.825 %)GPRS
1739 (4.733 %)Front Office
1829 (3.519 %)Workflow
1926 (3.155 %)Remedy
1926 (3.155 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
2025 (3.034 %)WCDMA
2122 (2.670 %)SGSN
2221 (2.549 %)Siemens
2320 (2.427 %)XML
2320 (2.427 %)MGW
2419 (2.306 %)GGSN
2518 (2.184 %)Oracle
2518 (2.184 %)BSS

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (2.427 %)XML
22 (0.243 %)MFC
31 (0.121 %)ATL
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
154 (6.553 %)Spreadsheet
28 (0.971 %)MS Office
37 (0.850 %)MS Excel
45 (0.607 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.243 %)MS Visio
52 (0.243 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1761 (92.35 %)3G
294 (11.41 %)RNC
368 (8.252 %)GSM
452 (6.311 %)Nokia NetAct
452 (6.311 %)UMTS
551 (6.189 %)SDH
648 (5.825 %)GPRS
725 (3.034 %)WCDMA
822 (2.670 %)SGSN
920 (2.427 %)MGW
1019 (2.306 %)GGSN
1118 (2.184 %)BSS
1217 (2.063 %)2.5G
1310 (1.214 %)HSDPA
149 (1.092 %)ATM
156 (0.728 %)Wireless
156 (0.728 %)SMS
164 (0.485 %)UTRAN
164 (0.485 %)3GPP
164 (0.485 %)TCP/IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (1.092 %)MS Access
22 (0.243 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1595 (72.21 %)Telecoms
239 (4.733 %)Front Office
315 (1.820 %)Back Office
46 (0.728 %)Health
54 (0.485 %)Billing
63 (0.364 %)Electric
63 (0.364 %)Finance
71 (0.121 %)Education
71 (0.121 %)Electronics
71 (0.121 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1253 (30.70 %)Field Engineer
293 (11.29 %)RAN Engineer
349 (5.947 %)Support Engineer
444 (5.340 %)Data Transcript Engineer
543 (5.218 %)Switch Engineer
640 (4.854 %)3G Engineer
739 (4.733 %)Ericsson Engineer
825 (3.034 %)Performance Engineer
917 (2.063 %)RAN Performance Engineer
1013 (1.578 %)Network Engineer
1013 (1.578 %)Transmission Planner
1013 (1.578 %)Implementation Engineer
1112 (1.456 %)3G Optimisation Engineer
1211 (1.335 %)Test Engineer
1310 (1.214 %)Back Office Engineer
149 (1.092 %)Transmission Engineer
149 (1.092 %)1st Line Support
149 (1.092 %)Radio Engineer
158 (0.971 %)Installations Engineer
158 (0.971 %)Transmission Planning Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
174 (8.981 %)Statistics
27 (0.850 %)Handset
31 (0.121 %)NGOSS
31 (0.121 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (1.456 %)UNIX
21 (0.121 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (3.519 %)Workflow
218 (2.184 %)Process Management
317 (2.063 %)Service Management
412 (1.456 %)Network Planning
510 (1.214 %)Incident Management
68 (0.971 %)Workflow Management
77 (0.850 %)Project Management
86 (0.728 %)Network Design
94 (0.485 %)Validation
103 (0.364 %)Resource Management
103 (0.364 %)Project Planning
103 (0.364 %)Performance Testing
103 (0.364 %)Use Case
103 (0.364 %)Capacity Planning
103 (0.364 %)Network Architecture
103 (0.364 %)Software Architecture
103 (0.364 %)Data Management
103 (0.364 %)Stakeholder Management
103 (0.364 %)Benchmarking
112 (0.243 %)ITIL
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (2.063 %)SQL
214 (1.699 %)C
35 (0.607 %)C++
42 (0.243 %)Embedded C
42 (0.243 %)Python
42 (0.243 %)Perl
51 (0.121 %)VB
51 (0.121 %)Embedded C++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (0.728 %)Degree
22 (0.243 %)ITIL Certification
22 (0.243 %)HND
31 (0.121 %)PMP
31 (0.121 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.121 %)Cisco Certification
31 (0.121 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1113 (13.71 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.121 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1606 (73.54 %)Ericsson
2287 (34.83 %)Nokia
3138 (16.75 %)Lucent
4115 (13.96 %)Alcatel
5114 (13.83 %)Nortel
689 (10.80 %)NEC
774 (8.981 %)Cramer
826 (3.155 %)Remedy
826 (3.155 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
921 (2.549 %)Siemens
1018 (2.184 %)Oracle
1110 (1.214 %)SAP
1110 (1.214 %)Mapinfo
1110 (1.214 %)Microsoft
121 (0.121 %)Actix
121 (0.121 %)BT