3G Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first 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 21 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 of the Communications & Networking category.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 235 164 254
Rank change year-on-year
-71 +90
Contract jobs citing 3G 366 662 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.775% 1.132% 0.710%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.329% 7.218% 5.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 98 65
Average daily rate £295 £280 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.35% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £199 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £315
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 35 28
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.80 £15.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £45.20 £46.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -8.38%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6868 9171 7760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.55% 15.69% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3354 4160 3539
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 546 614 779
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £45.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

3G Daily Rate Histogram

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 21 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 -61 322 £295 +5.35%
South East -18 206 £300 +17.41%
Berkshire -11 151 £285 +5.55%
East of England +12 39 £320 -28.88%
Reading -29 37 £275 +2.80%
London -4 33 £275 -19.11%
Hertfordshire +12 32 £315 -30.00%
Hampshire -14 23 £425 +49.77%
Surrey +26 21 £300 +9.09%
Guildford -6 15 £300 -
Newbury 0 14 £285 +42.50%
Buckinghamshire -2 10 - -
Stevenage - 10 - -
Scotland -7 9 - -
City of London +16 8 £150 -18.91%
Cambridge +17 7 £325 -
Cambridgeshire +16 7 £325 -
North West -10 7 - -
Slough -9 6 £403 +40.00%
South West -6 5 £263 -25.00%
Glasgow - 5 - -
Cheshire +6 4 - -
Andover - 4 £500 -
Bristol 0 3 £175 -63.15%
Warrington -1 3 - -
Coventry 0 2 £150 -
Maidenhead -3 2 - -
West Midlands -8 2 £150 -45.45%
Swansea - 2 - -
Royston - 2 - -

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 543 (65.11%) Telecoms
2 430 (51.56%) 2G
3 304 (36.45%) Radio Access Network
4 231 (27.70%) LTE
5 187 (22.42%) Ericsson
6 152 (18.23%) 4G
7 132 (15.83%) ATM
8 121 (14.51%) GSM
8 121 (14.51%) Project Management
9 118 (14.15%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 109 (13.07%) RNC
11 104 (12.47%) Windows
12 100 (11.99%) 3GPP
13 96 (11.51%) Wireless
14 93 (11.15%) UMTS
15 78 (9.353%) MS Office
16 74 (8.873%) Broadband
17 72 (8.633%) C
17 72 (8.633%) Migration
18 71 (8.513%) Ethernet
19 70 (8.393%) Microsoft
20 67 (8.034%) WCDMA
21 65 (7.794%) SDH
21 65 (7.794%) ITIL
22 63 (7.554%) Huawei
23 59 (7.074%) VPN
24 58 (6.954%) PRINCE2
25 55 (6.595%) Active Directory
26 54 (6.475%) SQL
27 52 (6.235%) XML

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 52 (6.235%) XML
2 40 (4.796%) .NET
3 13 (1.559%) J2EE
4 10 (1.199%) HTML
5 9 (1.079%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.959%) WAP
7 5 (0.600%) XHTML
7 5 (0.600%) STL
8 4 (0.480%) ASP
8 4 (0.480%) Flash
9 3 (0.360%) CSS
10 2 (0.240%) Web Services
10 2 (0.240%) COM
11 1 (0.120%) ADO.NET
11 1 (0.120%) DHTML
11 1 (0.120%) Middleware
11 1 (0.120%) OpenGL
11 1 (0.120%) jQuery
11 1 (0.120%) JSON
11 1 (0.120%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (1.679%) MS Exchange
2 10 (1.199%) Lotus Notes
3 5 (0.600%) Apache
3 5 (0.600%) WebLogic
3 5 (0.600%) WebLogic Portal
3 5 (0.600%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.480%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (0.360%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.360%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.240%) CMS
6 2 (0.240%) SAS
6 2 (0.240%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.120%) GroupWise
7 1 (0.120%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 78 (9.353%) MS Office
2 49 (5.875%) MS Excel
3 40 (4.796%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.839%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (0.600%) MS Project
6 3 (0.360%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.120%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (0.360%) Taleo
2 2 (0.240%) assyst
3 1 (0.120%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (0.120%) Agresso
3 1 (0.120%) Maximo
3 1 (0.120%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 430 (51.56%) 2G
2 304 (36.45%) Radio Access Network
3 231 (27.70%) LTE
4 152 (18.23%) 4G
5 132 (15.83%) ATM
6 121 (14.51%) GSM
7 109 (13.07%) RNC
8 100 (11.99%) 3GPP
9 96 (11.51%) Wireless
10 93 (11.15%) UMTS
11 74 (8.873%) Broadband
12 71 (8.513%) Ethernet
13 67 (8.034%) WCDMA
14 65 (7.794%) SDH
15 59 (7.074%) VPN
16 49 (5.875%) UTRAN
17 47 (5.635%) TCP/IP
18 41 (4.916%) GPRS
19 40 (4.796%) MPLS
20 35 (4.197%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.477%) MS Access
2 24 (2.878%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.319%) SQL Server 2000
4 8 (0.959%) NoSQL
4 8 (0.959%) Big Data
5 6 (0.719%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.600%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (0.600%) MySQL
7 4 (0.480%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (0.480%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (0.480%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (0.360%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.360%) TOAD
9 1 (0.120%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.477%) Subversion
2 5 (0.600%) StarTeam
3 3 (0.360%) JIRA
4 2 (0.240%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.120%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.120%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.120%) Xcode
General
1 543 (65.11%) Telecoms
2 43 (5.156%) Finance
3 35 (4.197%) Banking
4 20 (2.398%) Marketing
4 20 (2.398%) Back Office
5 9 (1.079%) Military
6 8 (0.959%) German Language
6 8 (0.959%) Front Office
7 6 (0.719%) Multimedia
7 6 (0.719%) Billing
8 5 (0.600%) Electronics
8 5 (0.600%) French Language
9 4 (0.480%) Retail
10 3 (0.360%) Legal
10 3 (0.360%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.240%) Local Government
11 2 (0.240%) Law
11 2 (0.240%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.120%) Automotive
12 1 (0.120%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (8.753%) Design Engineer
2 72 (8.633%) RAN Engineer
3 68 (8.153%) Architect
4 66 (7.914%) Test Engineer
5 63 (7.554%) Solutions Architect
6 58 (6.954%) Developer
7 57 (6.835%) Analyst
8 51 (6.115%) Project Manager
9 38 (4.556%) Transmission Engineer
10 27 (3.237%) Desktop Support
11 26 (3.118%) Android Developer
12 25 (2.998%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.878%) Integration Engineer
13 24 (2.878%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.758%) Support Analyst
14 23 (2.758%) Field Engineer
14 23 (2.758%) Service Manager
15 22 (2.638%) 3G Engineer
15 22 (2.638%) Business Analyst
15 22 (2.638%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.755%) Handset
2 47 (5.635%) Blackberry
3 29 (3.477%) IPTV
4 25 (2.998%) Streaming Video
5 14 (1.679%) Device Driver
6 12 (1.439%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.079%) Embedded Systems
7 9 (1.079%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.079%) VHDL
8 8 (0.959%) PDA
8 8 (0.959%) iPhone
9 7 (0.839%) Open Source
9 7 (0.839%) Computer Science
10 5 (0.600%) Firmware
10 5 (0.600%) Smartcard
11 4 (0.480%) PMI
12 3 (0.360%) iPad
12 3 (0.360%) Social Media
12 3 (0.360%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.360%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 104 (12.47%) Windows
2 52 (6.235%) UNIX
3 35 (4.197%) Android
4 31 (3.717%) Linux
5 27 (3.237%) Windows 7
6 24 (2.878%) Windows XP
7 16 (1.918%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (1.199%) Oracle Linux
9 9 (1.079%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (1.079%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.719%) Solaris
11 3 (0.360%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.360%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.240%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.120%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.120%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.120%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (14.51%) Project Management
2 72 (8.633%) Migration
3 65 (7.794%) ITIL
4 58 (6.954%) PRINCE2
5 48 (5.755%) Network Design
6 42 (5.036%) Validation
7 36 (4.317%) Network Planning
8 34 (4.077%) Change Management
9 33 (3.957%) Resource Management
10 24 (2.878%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (2.878%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (2.518%) Network Architecture
12 20 (2.398%) eTOM
12 20 (2.398%) GAP Analysis
12 20 (2.398%) PRINCE
13 18 (2.158%) Business Analysis
14 17 (2.038%) Performance Management
15 16 (1.918%) Logistics
16 15 (1.799%) Risk Management
16 15 (1.799%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 72 (8.633%) C
2 54 (6.475%) SQL
3 49 (5.875%) C++
3 49 (5.875%) Perl
4 48 (5.755%) Java
5 21 (2.518%) Embedded C
6 15 (1.799%) VBA
7 13 (1.559%) C#
8 12 (1.439%) PL/SQL
8 12 (1.439%) Embedded C++
9 11 (1.319%) Python
10 9 (1.079%) VB
10 9 (1.079%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.839%) TTCN
12 6 (0.719%) R
13 5 (0.600%) PHP
13 5 (0.600%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.480%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.360%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.240%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 52 (6.235%) Degree
2 27 (3.237%) ISEB
3 21 (2.518%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.158%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (2.158%) PMP
5 16 (1.918%) CCNP
5 16 (1.918%) CCNA
6 13 (1.559%) Security Cleared
7 12 (1.439%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.319%) CCIE
8 11 (1.319%) Check Point Certification
8 11 (1.319%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (1.319%) CCSE
9 8 (0.959%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.959%) MCSE
10 7 (0.839%) PhD
10 7 (0.839%) HND
11 5 (0.600%) CBAP
11 5 (0.600%) HNC
12 4 (0.480%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.118%) SLA
2 17 (2.038%) QA
3 6 (0.719%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.240%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.120%) GCP
5 1 (0.120%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.120%) BS25999
5 1 (0.120%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (6.595%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.839%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.600%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.480%) Xen
4 4 (0.480%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.480%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.240%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.240%) UAG
6 1 (0.120%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.120%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 12 (1.439%) SCCM
2 6 (0.719%) DameWare
3 5 (0.600%) SCOM
4 4 (0.480%) Netcool
5 3 (0.360%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.240%) OpenView
6 2 (0.240%) CiscoWorks
7 1 (0.120%) Sysprep
7 1 (0.120%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.120%) Cacti
7 1 (0.120%) HP NNM
7 1 (0.120%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 187 (22.42%) Ericsson
2 118 (14.15%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 70 (8.393%) Microsoft
4 63 (7.554%) Huawei
5 39 (4.676%) Nokia
6 38 (4.556%) Oracle
7 37 (4.436%) Cramer
8 34 (4.077%) NetHawk
9 33 (3.957%) Cisco
10 30 (3.597%) Symantec
11 29 (3.477%) JBoss
11 29 (3.477%) Citrix
12 27 (3.237%) NEC
13 25 (2.998%) BT
14 21 (2.518%) Dell
15 18 (2.158%) HP
16 14 (1.679%) Nortel
17 13 (1.559%) CheckPoint
18 12 (1.439%) Mapinfo
19 11 (1.319%) Agilent
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