The first table below looks at the demand for the 3G Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G Engineer
Rank 526 541 568
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +27
Contract jobs requiring a 3G Engineer 4 37 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.063% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.069% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 7
Average daily rate - £255 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £255 £300
% change year-on-year
- -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

3G Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3G Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

3G Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

3G Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

3G Engineer Daily Rate Trend

3G Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

3G Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

3G Engineer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +15 2 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

3G Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 3G Engineer in their job title 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 with 3G Engineer in their job title.

1 22 (100.00%) 3G
2 19 (86.36%) 2G
3 15 (68.18%) Telecoms
4 14 (63.64%) RNC
4 14 (63.64%) Radio Access Network
5 13 (59.09%) Ericsson
6 11 (50.00%) 3GPP
7 10 (45.45%) GSM
7 10 (45.45%) WCDMA
7 10 (45.45%) NetHawk
7 10 (45.45%) RANAP
7 10 (45.45%) Wireshark
8 9 (40.91%) Migration
9 8 (36.36%) ISEB
10 6 (27.27%) Huawei
11 4 (18.18%) Degree
11 4 (18.18%) LTE
12 3 (13.64%) Network Planning
12 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
13 2 (9.091%) ATM
13 2 (9.091%) Mapinfo
13 2 (9.091%) BSS
13 2 (9.091%) Actix
13 2 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
14 1 (4.545%) SAP
14 1 (4.545%) HNC
14 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
14 1 (4.545%) MS Access
14 1 (4.545%) SDH
14 1 (4.545%) UMTS

3G Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 3G Engineer in their job title 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 with 3G Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (100.00%) 3G
2 19 (86.36%) 2G
3 14 (63.64%) RNC
3 14 (63.64%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (50.00%) 3GPP
5 10 (45.45%) GSM
5 10 (45.45%) RANAP
5 10 (45.45%) Wireshark
5 10 (45.45%) WCDMA
6 4 (18.18%) LTE
7 2 (9.091%) ATM
7 2 (9.091%) BSS
8 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
8 1 (4.545%) DNS
8 1 (4.545%) HSPA
8 1 (4.545%) SDH
8 1 (4.545%) UMTS
8 1 (4.545%) UTRAN
8 1 (4.545%) MPLS
8 1 (4.545%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) MS Access
General
1 15 (68.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Front Office
2 1 (4.545%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Statistics
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Migration
2 3 (13.64%) Network Planning
2 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) Network Architecture
3 1 (4.545%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) ISEB
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.545%) HNC
3 1 (4.545%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) UAG
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Ericsson
2 10 (45.45%) NetHawk
3 6 (27.27%) Huawei
4 2 (9.091%) Actix
4 2 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (9.091%) Mapinfo
5 1 (4.545%) BT
5 1 (4.545%) Cramer
5 1 (4.545%) Nokia
5 1 (4.545%) SAP
5 1 (4.545%) Alcatel-Lucent