The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ericsson products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ericsson 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Ericsson.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ericsson
Rank 366 308 436
Rank change year-on-year
-58 +128
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 171 303 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.369% 0.520% 0.250%
As % of the Vendors category 0.785% 1.119% 0.537%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 50 20
Average daily rate £290 £271 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.91% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £217 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £376 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £263 £280
% change year-on-year
+10.47% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.50
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Ericsson
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ericsson within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Ericsson Jobs Demand Trend

Ericsson
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ericsson Daily Rate Trend

Ericsson
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ericsson within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Ericsson Daily Rate Histogram

Ericsson
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ericsson Hourly Rate Trend

Ericsson
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ericsson 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 -59 117 £275 +1.38%
South East -23 90 £275 +10.00%
Berkshire -24 71 £273 +14.73%
Newbury +8 20 £430 +89.01%
Reading -31 19 £273 +21.11%
Surrey +39 17 £318 -29.44%
Guildford - 15 £318 -
Scotland -7 10 £290 -
North West +10 6 - -
Slough -8 6 £200 -28.75%
London +4 4 £325 -0.07%
Warrington - 3 - -
Cheshire - 3 - -
East of England +1 2 £270 -22.85%
Hemel Hempstead +1 2 £270 -
Hertfordshire -7 2 £270 -22.85%
Edinburgh - 2 - -
South West +23 1 £350 -
Manchester +10 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £350 -

Ericsson
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Ericsson 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 Ericsson.

1 276 (68.83%) Telecoms
2 189 (47.13%) 3G
3 171 (42.64%) 2G
4 161 (40.15%) Radio Access Network
5 115 (28.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 104 (25.94%) LTE
7 96 (23.94%) ATM
8 77 (19.20%) Ethernet
9 73 (18.20%) Huawei
10 72 (17.96%) SDH
11 68 (16.96%) RNC
12 65 (16.21%) Project Management
13 61 (15.21%) Migration
14 51 (12.72%) GSM
15 47 (11.72%) WCDMA
16 39 (9.726%) MPLS
16 39 (9.726%) 3GPP
17 35 (8.728%) Perl
17 35 (8.728%) NEC
18 32 (7.980%) UNIX
18 32 (7.980%) Nortel
19 31 (7.731%) SQL
20 29 (7.232%) Oracle
21 27 (6.733%) NetHawk
22 26 (6.484%) Validation
22 26 (6.484%) 4G
23 25 (6.234%) Wireshark
24 24 (5.985%) Degree
25 21 (5.237%) Nokia
26 20 (4.988%) SLA

Ericsson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Ericsson 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 Ericsson. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (4.489%) .NET
2 17 (4.239%) XML
3 4 (0.998%) XHTML
3 4 (0.998%) HTML
3 4 (0.998%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.249%) ASP
4 1 (0.249%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (0.998%) WebLogic
1 4 (0.998%) Apache
1 4 (0.998%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (0.249%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.746%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.998%) MS Office
3 1 (0.249%) Maya
3 1 (0.249%) PrintSoft PReS
3 1 (0.249%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.998%) Taleo
2 1 (0.249%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.249%) SAP APO
2 1 (0.249%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 189 (47.13%) 3G
2 171 (42.64%) 2G
3 161 (40.15%) Radio Access Network
4 104 (25.94%) LTE
5 96 (23.94%) ATM
6 77 (19.20%) Ethernet
7 72 (17.96%) SDH
8 68 (16.96%) RNC
9 51 (12.72%) GSM
10 47 (11.72%) WCDMA
11 39 (9.726%) 3GPP
11 39 (9.726%) MPLS
12 26 (6.484%) 4G
13 25 (6.234%) Wireshark
14 20 (4.988%) RANAP
15 16 (3.990%) UMTS
15 16 (3.990%) TCP/IP
16 14 (3.491%) UTRAN
17 13 (3.242%) WAN
17 13 (3.242%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.244%) MySQL
2 8 (1.995%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.746%) MS Access
4 4 (0.998%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.998%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.998%) Big Data
5 2 (0.499%) GIS
6 1 (0.249%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.249%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.249%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (0.998%) Subversion
2 1 (0.249%) Eclipse
General
1 276 (68.83%) Telecoms
2 11 (2.743%) Back Office
3 7 (1.746%) Finance
3 7 (1.746%) Billing
4 4 (0.998%) Front Office
4 4 (0.998%) German Language
5 3 (0.748%) Electronics
5 3 (0.748%) Marketing
5 3 (0.748%) Dutch Language
5 3 (0.748%) French Language
6 2 (0.499%) Law
6 2 (0.499%) Legal
7 1 (0.249%) Games
7 1 (0.249%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (14.21%) Design Engineer
2 51 (12.72%) Transmission Engineer
3 45 (11.22%) Test Engineer
4 41 (10.22%) Integration Engineer
4 41 (10.22%) Architect
5 37 (9.227%) Solutions Architect
5 37 (9.227%) RAN Engineer
6 30 (7.481%) OSS Engineer
7 27 (6.733%) Project Manager
8 16 (3.990%) Developer
9 15 (3.741%) Transmission Planner
10 13 (3.242%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.242%) 3G Engineer
11 12 (2.993%) Field Engineer
12 11 (2.743%) Implementation Manager
12 11 (2.743%) Configuration Engineer
13 10 (2.494%) Network Engineer
14 9 (2.244%) Consultant
15 7 (1.746%) Back Office Engineer
15 7 (1.746%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (1.995%) Management Information System
2 7 (1.746%) Handset
3 6 (1.496%) Computer Science
4 4 (0.998%) Open Source
5 3 (0.748%) Wiki
5 3 (0.748%) Statistics
6 2 (0.499%) IPTV
7 1 (0.249%) PMI
7 1 (0.249%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.249%) NGOSS
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.980%) UNIX
2 11 (2.743%) Windows
2 11 (2.743%) Linux
3 5 (1.247%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (16.21%) Project Management
2 61 (15.21%) Migration
3 26 (6.484%) Validation
4 17 (4.239%) Resource Management
5 14 (3.491%) Web Development
5 14 (3.491%) Fault Management
5 14 (3.491%) Performance Management
6 13 (3.242%) Capacity Planning
6 13 (3.242%) Change Control
7 12 (2.993%) Network Design
8 11 (2.743%) Incident Management
8 11 (2.743%) ITIL
8 11 (2.743%) Network Management
9 10 (2.494%) Service Delivery
9 10 (2.494%) eTOM
10 9 (2.244%) Configuration Management
11 8 (1.995%) PRINCE2
11 8 (1.995%) Project Planning
12 7 (1.746%) Network Architecture
13 6 (1.496%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.728%) Perl
2 31 (7.731%) SQL
3 18 (4.489%) Java
4 15 (3.741%) C++
5 12 (2.993%) C#
5 12 (2.993%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.746%) C
7 6 (1.496%) PHP
7 6 (1.496%) Python
8 4 (0.998%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.748%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.249%) R
10 1 (0.249%) VB
10 1 (0.249%) RPG
Qualifications
1 24 (5.985%) Degree
2 16 (3.990%) ISEB
3 11 (2.743%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.494%) PMP
5 4 (0.998%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.748%) HNC
6 3 (0.748%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.748%) CCNA
7 2 (0.499%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.499%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.249%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.249%) ISSEP
8 1 (0.249%) PhD
8 1 (0.249%) CCIE
8 1 (0.249%) CCNP
8 1 (0.249%) CCIP
8 1 (0.249%) CNA
8 1 (0.249%) Novell Certification
8 1 (0.249%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.988%) SLA
2 11 (2.743%) QA
3 1 (0.249%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.249%) GCP
3 1 (0.249%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.249%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.249%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.998%) Netcool
2 1 (0.249%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 115 (28.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 73 (18.20%) Huawei
3 35 (8.728%) NEC
4 32 (7.980%) Nortel
5 29 (7.232%) Oracle
6 27 (6.733%) NetHawk
7 21 (5.237%) Nokia
8 16 (3.990%) BT
9 12 (2.993%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 11 (2.743%) Cisco
11 10 (2.494%) Citrix
12 8 (1.995%) Greenplum
13 7 (1.746%) Mapinfo
14 6 (1.496%) Siemens
14 6 (1.496%) Business Objects
15 5 (1.247%) Cramer
16 4 (0.998%) ZTE
16 4 (0.998%) Sun
16 4 (0.998%) Red Hat
17 3 (0.748%) Remedy
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