Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank63246
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+183
Matching contract IT job ads812423
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.364 %0.549 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category16.98 %4.080 %
Daily rates quoted1244
Average daily rate£300£313
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-4.150 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£145£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£406£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£301
% change on same period last year-0.160 %
Hourly rates quoted2935
Average hourly rate£35.00£35.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.60£18.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£35.50
% change on same period last year+2.110 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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.

3G
Demand Trend

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

3G Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

3G Daily Rate Histogram

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

3G Hourly Rate Histogram

3G
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 3G within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+201803£300-0.33 %
South EastUp+90484£350+16.66 %
BerkshireUp+30346£330+5.60 %
East of EnglandUp+92127£300-7.69 %
HertfordshireUp+60122£313-3.84 %
West MidlandsUp+7853£300-
ReadingUp+4648--
North WestUp+7237--
HampshireUp+5132--
ManchesterUp+5222--
LondonUp+10218£420+29.23 %
South WestUp+2414--
BristolUp+2212--
MiddlesexUp+2811--
CheshireUp+4310--
BirminghamNew entry-7£208-
ScotlandUp+496--
SolihullDown-25£300-
CoventryUp+224--
MidlandsUp+463--
BuckinghamshireUp+332--
Milton KeynesUp+202--
CambridgeUp+122£95-
CambridgeshireUp+92£95-73.33 %
WarringtonUp+32--
M4 CorridorNew entry-2--
City of LondonUp+611--
East MidlandsUp+471--
SurreyUp+461£350-
WalesUp+271--

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 3G 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 3G.

11330 (74.43 %)Telecoms
2832 (46.56 %)Nokia
3565 (31.62 %)2G
4404 (22.61 %)Nokia NetAct
5403 (22.55 %)RNC
6349 (19.53 %)UMTS
7294 (16.45 %)Network Planning
8292 (16.34 %)SDH
9249 (13.93 %)ATM
10205 (11.47 %)Cramer
11190 (10.63 %)GSM
12177 (9.905 %)Ericsson
13147 (8.226 %)Nortel
14134 (7.499 %)XML
15132 (7.387 %)SLA
16129 (7.219 %)SAP
17113 (6.323 %)2.5G
18110 (6.156 %)SQL
19108 (6.044 %)Statistics
20107 (5.988 %)Siemens
2195 (5.316 %)Oracle
2288 (4.924 %)C
2386 (4.813 %)C++
2485 (4.757 %)NEC
2584 (4.701 %)UNIX
2676 (4.253 %)MS Access
2775 (4.197 %)WCDMA
2873 (4.085 %)Mapinfo
2972 (4.029 %)Network Design
3071 (3.973 %)SGSN

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1134 (7.499 %)XML
215 (0.839 %)ODBC
39 (0.504 %)ASP
39 (0.504 %).NET
44 (0.224 %)ASP.NET
44 (0.224 %)RSS
53 (0.168 %)MFC
53 (0.168 %)Middleware
62 (0.112 %)HTML
62 (0.112 %)SOAP
62 (0.112 %)ATL
62 (0.112 %)COM
62 (0.112 %)WAP
71 (0.056 %)EJB
71 (0.056 %)ADO
71 (0.056 %)LAMP
71 (0.056 %)WCF
71 (0.056 %)WPF
71 (0.056 %)Flash
71 (0.056 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (0.112 %)Lotus Notes
12 (0.112 %)MS Exchange
12 (0.112 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (0.056 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (2.518 %)Spreadsheet
218 (1.007 %)MS Excel
311 (0.616 %)MS Office
43 (0.168 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.056 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.448 %)Metrica
23 (0.168 %)WebTrends
31 (0.056 %)SAP SD
31 (0.056 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1565 (31.62 %)2G
2404 (22.61 %)Nokia NetAct
3403 (22.55 %)RNC
4349 (19.53 %)UMTS
5292 (16.34 %)SDH
6249 (13.93 %)ATM
7190 (10.63 %)GSM
8113 (6.323 %)2.5G
975 (4.197 %)WCDMA
1071 (3.973 %)SGSN
1152 (2.910 %)GPRS
1251 (2.854 %)UTRAN
1251 (2.854 %)LTE
1347 (2.630 %)MGW
1446 (2.574 %)GGSN
1446 (2.574 %)LAN
1542 (2.350 %)BSS
1640 (2.238 %)Ethernet
1738 (2.126 %)Packet Switching
1830 (1.679 %)TCP/IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
176 (4.253 %)MS Access
236 (2.015 %)BusinessObjects
313 (0.727 %)SQL Server
410 (0.560 %)PostgreSQL
56 (0.336 %)Oracle Reports
65 (0.280 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.168 %)GIS
82 (0.112 %)MySQL
91 (0.056 %)Data Cleansing
91 (0.056 %)Data Mining
91 (0.056 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.168 %)ClearCase
22 (0.112 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.056 %)JUnit
31 (0.056 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11330 (74.43 %)Telecoms
235 (1.959 %)Front Office
330 (1.679 %)Back Office
427 (1.511 %)Auditing
59 (0.504 %)Marketing
59 (0.504 %)Finance
59 (0.504 %)Health
66 (0.336 %)Education
66 (0.336 %)Multimedia
74 (0.224 %)Government
83 (0.168 %)Retail
83 (0.168 %)Legal
83 (0.168 %)Construction
83 (0.168 %)Electronics
92 (0.112 %)Local Government
101 (0.056 %)Music
101 (0.056 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.056 %)Games
101 (0.056 %)Military
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1495 (27.70 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
2150 (8.394 %)Performance Engineer
391 (5.092 %)Network Engineer
484 (4.701 %)3G Engineer
582 (4.589 %)Switch Engineer
647 (2.630 %)Radio Engineer
742 (2.350 %)Project Engineer
840 (2.238 %)Design Engineer
939 (2.182 %)Support Engineer
1032 (1.791 %)Project Manager
1032 (1.791 %)Software Engineer
1129 (1.623 %)Field Engineer
1227 (1.511 %)Developer
1227 (1.511 %)Coordinator
1325 (1.399 %)RNC Engineer
1423 (1.287 %)Systems Engineer
1522 (1.231 %)Analyst
1522 (1.231 %)Architect
1620 (1.119 %)1st Line Support
1620 (1.119 %)Project Coordinator
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1108 (6.044 %)Statistics
226 (1.455 %)VHDL
319 (1.063 %)Device Driver
418 (1.007 %)Handset
58 (0.448 %)Blackberry
66 (0.336 %)Firmware
74 (0.224 %)DTV
74 (0.224 %)IVR
74 (0.224 %)PDA
74 (0.224 %)Social Network
83 (0.168 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
83 (0.168 %)ASIC
92 (0.112 %)Mathematics
92 (0.112 %)Computer Science
92 (0.112 %)German Language
101 (0.056 %)Pocket PC
101 (0.056 %)Tandem
101 (0.056 %)Client/Server
101 (0.056 %)PMI
101 (0.056 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
184 (4.701 %)UNIX
239 (2.182 %)Windows
313 (0.727 %)Linux
49 (0.504 %)VxWorks
58 (0.448 %)Windows XP
67 (0.392 %)Windows CE
76 (0.336 %)Solaris
85 (0.280 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.224 %)Windows Server 2003
103 (0.168 %)Windows Mobile
103 (0.168 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.112 %)Nucleus RTOS
121 (0.056 %)pSOS
121 (0.056 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1294 (16.45 %)Network Planning
272 (4.029 %)Network Design
370 (3.917 %)Data Management
451 (2.854 %)Incident Management
549 (2.742 %)Project Planning
637 (2.071 %)Configuration Management
736 (2.015 %)Project Management
827 (1.511 %)Data Analysis
827 (1.511 %)Migration
921 (1.175 %)Resource Management
921 (1.175 %)Fault Management
1017 (0.951 %)PRINCE2
1116 (0.895 %)Performance Management
1212 (0.672 %)Statistical Analysis
1311 (0.616 %)ITIL
149 (0.504 %)Change Management
158 (0.448 %)Service Management
158 (0.448 %)Quality Management
167 (0.392 %)UML
167 (0.392 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1110 (6.156 %)SQL
288 (4.924 %)C
386 (4.813 %)C++
426 (1.455 %)Shell Script
523 (1.287 %)Perl
621 (1.175 %)PL/SQL
720 (1.119 %)Embedded C
817 (0.951 %)Embedded C++
99 (0.504 %)Java
106 (0.336 %)C#
106 (0.336 %)VB
114 (0.224 %)Pascal
114 (0.224 %)T-SQL
122 (0.112 %)Tcl
122 (0.112 %)VB.NET
122 (0.112 %)VBA
131 (0.056 %)Python
131 (0.056 %)Fortran
131 (0.056 %)PHP
131 (0.056 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (0.727 %)Degree
212 (0.672 %)PRINCE2 Certification
310 (0.560 %)Security Cleared
46 (0.336 %)SC Cleared
54 (0.224 %)HND
63 (0.168 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.112 %)CCIE
81 (0.056 %)CCNP
81 (0.056 %)CCIP
81 (0.056 %)MCSE
81 (0.056 %)MCSA
81 (0.056 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (0.056 %)CNE
81 (0.056 %)Novell Certification
81 (0.056 %)MCP
81 (0.056 %)PMP
81 (0.056 %)PMI Certification
81 (0.056 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1132 (7.387 %)SLA
23 (0.168 %)GMP
32 (0.112 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.056 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.336 %)Active Directory
21 (0.056 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (0.616 %)OpenView
111 (0.616 %)Netcool
111 (0.616 %)Nagios
21 (0.056 %)Cisco IPCC
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1832 (46.56 %)Nokia
2205 (11.47 %)Cramer
3177 (9.905 %)Ericsson
4147 (8.226 %)Nortel
5129 (7.219 %)SAP
6107 (5.988 %)Siemens
795 (5.316 %)Oracle
885 (4.757 %)NEC
973 (4.085 %)Mapinfo
1036 (2.015 %)Business Objects
1127 (1.511 %)Alcatel
1221 (1.175 %)Cisco
1317 (0.951 %)Microsoft
1415 (0.839 %)BEA
1514 (0.783 %)Remedy
1610 (0.560 %)HP
178 (0.448 %)BT
185 (0.280 %)PeopleSoft
193 (0.168 %)SurfControl
193 (0.168 %)Finjan