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The first part of the table below 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 9 February 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.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11467263
Rank change year-on-year
Down-47Up+196
Matching contract IT job ads632958450
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.444 %2.083 %0.550 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category12.36 %14.28 %4.083 %
Daily rates quoted593036
Average daily rate£290£325£313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76 %+4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£275£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£392£417£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£329£313
% change year-on-year
-8.670 %+5.120 %
Hourly rates quoted241149
Average hourly rate£19.50£21.50£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.300 %-46.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£16.50£21.95
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£32.50£40.00
% change year-on-year
-12.30 %-18.75 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 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-51594£285-12.30 %
South EastDown-13304£278-19.33 %
BerkshireDown-12133£300+9.09 %
LondonUp+4395£265-14.51 %
North WestNo change094£195-29.09 %
MiddlesexUp+2292--
CheshireUp+1648£195-29.09 %
South WestUp+2129£325-
City of LondonNew entry-28£300-
BuckinghamshireUp+1426£210-40.08 %
ManchesterDown-1826--
WiltshireUp+3422£325-
HayesUp+320£190-
Milton KeynesUp+1219£210-40.08 %
WarringtonUp+1119£195-
West MidlandsDown-4319--
SwindonUp+2516£325-
Northern IrelandNew entry-13--
HampshireDown-2212--
East of EnglandDown-6412£280-13.84 %
ReadingDown-3211--
HertfordshireDown-3710£300-7.69 %
BirminghamUp+47--
NewburyDown-16£255-
SurreyDown-36£263-
YorkshireUp+65£575-
West YorkshireNew entry-5£575-
HalifaxNew entry-4--
SloughNo change03£70-
CoventryDown-83--

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1895 (67.75 %)Telecoms
2755 (57.15 %)2G
3564 (42.69 %)Ericsson
4539 (40.80 %)Nokia
5250 (18.93 %)RNC
6199 (15.06 %)SLA
7139 (10.52 %)Nortel
8132 (9.992 %)Nokia NetAct
9127 (9.614 %)Lucent
10118 (8.933 %)Alcatel
1198 (7.419 %)NEC
1296 (7.267 %)Front Office
1389 (6.737 %)UMTS
1481 (6.132 %)Back Office
1578 (5.905 %)GSM
1669 (5.223 %)Cramer
1766 (4.996 %)ATM
1865 (4.921 %)SDH
1960 (4.542 %)UNIX
2059 (4.466 %)Statistics
2157 (4.315 %)WCDMA
2256 (4.239 %)SQL
2355 (4.164 %)XML
2355 (4.164 %)GPRS
2452 (3.936 %)Wireless
2550 (3.785 %)Spreadsheet
2649 (3.709 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
2649 (3.709 %)C
2744 (3.331 %)3GPP
2842 (3.179 %)Windows

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
155 (4.164 %)XML
212 (0.908 %).NET
37 (0.530 %)HTML
37 (0.530 %)ODBC
45 (0.379 %)COM
54 (0.303 %)Web Services
63 (0.227 %)J2EE
63 (0.227 %)ASP
63 (0.227 %)WML
63 (0.227 %)XML-RPC
72 (0.151 %)OpenGL
72 (0.151 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.151 %)SOAP
72 (0.151 %)RSS
72 (0.151 %)GTK+
72 (0.151 %)Silverlight
81 (0.076 %)SAP Business Workflow
81 (0.076 %)WPF
81 (0.076 %)AJAX
81 (0.076 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (0.303 %)Lotus Notes
23 (0.227 %)MQSeries
32 (0.151 %)BizTalk Server
32 (0.151 %)SharePoint
32 (0.151 %)Lotus Domino
41 (0.076 %)IIS
41 (0.076 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (3.785 %)Spreadsheet
235 (2.650 %)MS Excel
330 (2.271 %)MS Office
413 (0.984 %)SPSS
413 (0.984 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.303 %)Adobe Illustrator
54 (0.303 %)MS Visio
62 (0.151 %)InDesign
62 (0.151 %)Photoshop
62 (0.151 %)MS Project
71 (0.076 %)QuarkXPress
71 (0.076 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.076 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (0.076 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1755 (57.15 %)2G
2250 (18.93 %)RNC
3132 (9.992 %)Nokia NetAct
489 (6.737 %)UMTS
578 (5.905 %)GSM
666 (4.996 %)ATM
765 (4.921 %)SDH
857 (4.315 %)WCDMA
955 (4.164 %)GPRS
1052 (3.936 %)Wireless
1144 (3.331 %)3GPP
1240 (3.028 %)UTRAN
1335 (2.650 %)SGSN
1434 (2.574 %)TCP/IP
1526 (1.968 %)2.5G
1625 (1.893 %)Firewall
1724 (1.817 %)GGSN
1823 (1.741 %)DNS
1823 (1.741 %)DHCP
1920 (1.514 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (3.179 %)MS Access
216 (1.211 %)BusinessObjects
315 (1.136 %)Data Mining
413 (0.984 %)Clementine
512 (0.908 %)SQL Server
68 (0.606 %)DB2
77 (0.530 %)MySQL
86 (0.454 %)GIS
94 (0.303 %)Datawarehouse
94 (0.303 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.227 %)Oracle 10g
103 (0.227 %)PowerCenter
112 (0.151 %)Easytrieve
112 (0.151 %)Oracle 9i
121 (0.076 %)SQL Server 2008
121 (0.076 %)PerformancePoint
121 (0.076 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
121 (0.076 %)DB2 UDB
121 (0.076 %)SQL Server Integration Services
121 (0.076 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (1.817 %)ClearCase
223 (1.741 %)ClearQuest
36 (0.454 %)TestDirector
42 (0.151 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.076 %)Expression Blend
51 (0.076 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1895 (67.75 %)Telecoms
296 (7.267 %)Front Office
381 (6.132 %)Back Office
418 (1.363 %)Finance
514 (1.060 %)Health
613 (0.984 %)Publishing
712 (0.908 %)Billing
810 (0.757 %)Banking
95 (0.379 %)Government
104 (0.303 %)Retail
104 (0.303 %)Multimedia
113 (0.227 %)Auditing
113 (0.227 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.151 %)Electronics
122 (0.151 %)Electric
122 (0.151 %)Interactive Media
122 (0.151 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.076 %)Online Games
131 (0.076 %)Local Government
131 (0.076 %)Animation
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1267 (20.21 %)RAN Engineer
2231 (17.49 %)Field Engineer
3128 (9.690 %)Support Engineer
462 (4.693 %)3G Engineer
558 (4.391 %)Back Office Engineer
649 (3.709 %)1st Line Support
649 (3.709 %)Analyst
746 (3.482 %)Performance Engineer
845 (3.407 %)Switch Engineer
944 (3.331 %)Data Transcript Engineer
1034 (2.574 %)Test Engineer
1133 (2.498 %)Ericsson Engineer
1230 (2.271 %)Network Engineer
1230 (2.271 %)1st Line Support Engineer
1326 (1.968 %)Developer
1425 (1.893 %)Architect
1522 (1.665 %)Software Engineer
1621 (1.590 %)3rd Line Support
1621 (1.590 %)Design Engineer
1719 (1.438 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
159 (4.466 %)Statistics
234 (2.574 %)Handset
39 (0.681 %)Blackberry
47 (0.530 %)VHDL
56 (0.454 %)NHS
65 (0.379 %)Mathematics
65 (0.379 %)Mainframe
74 (0.303 %)Device Driver
74 (0.303 %)Spanish Language
74 (0.303 %)Data Protection Act
83 (0.227 %)IBM Mainframe
83 (0.227 %)Client/Server
83 (0.227 %)Management Information System
92 (0.151 %)Firmware
92 (0.151 %)Computer Science
92 (0.151 %)Smartphone
92 (0.151 %)PDA
92 (0.151 %)Open Source
101 (0.076 %)Visualisation
101 (0.076 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
160 (4.542 %)UNIX
242 (3.179 %)Windows
313 (0.984 %)Windows XP
410 (0.757 %)Linux
57 (0.530 %)Windows Vista
63 (0.227 %)Embedded Linux
72 (0.151 %)Windows CE
81 (0.076 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.076 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.076 %)Windows NT
81 (0.076 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.076 %)AIX
81 (0.076 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (2.725 %)Incident Management
233 (2.498 %)Network Design
233 (2.498 %)Workflow
330 (2.271 %)Service Management
426 (1.968 %)Network Planning
522 (1.665 %)Configuration Management
522 (1.665 %)Resource Management
621 (1.590 %)Statistical Analysis
720 (1.514 %)Process Management
720 (1.514 %)Test Automation
818 (1.363 %)Fault Management
818 (1.363 %)Capacity Planning
916 (1.211 %)CRM
1015 (1.136 %)Data Modelling
1015 (1.136 %)Project Management
1015 (1.136 %)Migration
1114 (1.060 %)Data Analysis
1114 (1.060 %)Workflow Management
1114 (1.060 %)Requirements Analysis
1212 (0.908 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
156 (4.239 %)SQL
249 (3.709 %)C
328 (2.120 %)C++
425 (1.893 %)VB
518 (1.363 %)Tcl
610 (0.757 %)Perl
610 (0.757 %)Embedded C
78 (0.606 %)Embedded C++
85 (0.379 %)COBOL
85 (0.379 %)C#
85 (0.379 %)Shell Script
93 (0.227 %)PL/SQL
102 (0.151 %)Java
102 (0.151 %)Python
111 (0.076 %)TTCN
111 (0.076 %)C-shell
111 (0.076 %)Bash shell
111 (0.076 %)VB6
111 (0.076 %)RPG
111 (0.076 %)Delphi
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (1.060 %)Degree
27 (0.530 %)Security Cleared
35 (0.379 %)SC Cleared
35 (0.379 %)HND
35 (0.379 %)CCNA
35 (0.379 %)Cisco Certification
44 (0.303 %)ITIL Certification
52 (0.151 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.076 %)DV Cleared
61 (0.076 %)MCPD
61 (0.076 %)MCP
61 (0.076 %)MCSD
61 (0.076 %)HNC
61 (0.076 %)CCNP
61 (0.076 %)PMP
61 (0.076 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.076 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.076 %)ISEB
61 (0.076 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1199 (15.06 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.303 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
125 (1.893 %)SCOM
22 (0.151 %)DameWare
22 (0.151 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.076 %)OVPI
31 (0.076 %)OpenView
31 (0.076 %)Tivoli
31 (0.076 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1564 (42.69 %)Ericsson
2539 (40.80 %)Nokia
3139 (10.52 %)Nortel
4127 (9.614 %)Lucent
5118 (8.933 %)Alcatel
698 (7.419 %)NEC
769 (5.223 %)Cramer
849 (3.709 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
939 (2.952 %)Oracle
1035 (2.650 %)SAP
1133 (2.498 %)Siemens
1229 (2.195 %)Microsoft
1327 (2.044 %)Remedy
1417 (1.287 %)NetHawk
1516 (1.211 %)Mapinfo
1516 (1.211 %)Business Objects
1614 (1.060 %)Cognos
1710 (0.757 %)Motorola
188 (0.606 %)HP
195 (0.379 %)Cisco