Handset 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 prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 429 404 479
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +75
Contract jobs citing Handset 101 174 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.218% 0.299% 0.178%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.826% 1.219% 0.631%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 54 29
Average daily rate £300 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.51% +2.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £202 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £258 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.58% -31.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 26
Average hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +191.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.26 £12.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £48.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £38.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-1.96% +22.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12228 14275 17282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.35% 24.50% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7363 8396 10253
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £251 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 663 728
Average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £12.50 £11.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Handset Hourly Rate Histogram

Handset
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 Handset 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 -19 94 £300 -2.51%
London +21 55 £300 -15.78%
South East -13 27 £308 +36.66%
Berkshire -7 16 £225 -10.35%
City of London +15 11 £300 -33.33%
Hampshire -3 8 £345 +72.50%
Reading +3 7 £275 +9.56%
South West +18 6 £203 -11.86%
Somerset +6 3 £200 -15.70%
Taunton +4 3 £200 -15.70%
Bournemouth +3 3 £205 -8.88%
Dorset +2 3 £205 -8.88%
Farnborough - 3 £345 -
North West +12 2 £450 +63.63%
East of England -3 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Slough - 2 £163 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 - -
Oxford - 2 £340 -
Scotland - 2 - -
Manchester +9 1 - -
Middlesex +2 1 - -
Maidenhead -8 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £303 -
Wales - 1 - -
South Wales - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £350 -
Docklands, London - 1 £463 -

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 91 (41.18%) Windows
2 71 (32.13%) Blackberry
3 70 (31.67%) Telecoms
4 56 (25.34%) LTE
5 55 (24.89%) Android
6 49 (22.17%) 3G
7 48 (21.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 48 (21.72%) Windows XP
8 46 (20.81%) 3GPP
8 46 (20.81%) Finance
9 43 (19.46%) Banking
10 40 (18.10%) ITIL
10 40 (18.10%) Citrix
11 35 (15.84%) Project Management
11 35 (15.84%) Legal
12 34 (15.38%) Apple iOS
13 30 (13.57%) Mobile App
13 30 (13.57%) C
14 29 (13.12%) C++
14 29 (13.12%) Wireless
15 28 (12.67%) UMTS
15 28 (12.67%) UTRAN
16 26 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
16 26 (11.76%) Law
17 24 (10.86%) Document Management
17 24 (10.86%) Active Directory
17 24 (10.86%) 4G
17 24 (10.86%) XenApp
17 24 (10.86%) Smartphone
17 24 (10.86%) Degree

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (9.050%) HTML5
2 12 (5.430%) .NET
3 11 (4.977%) Web Services
4 10 (4.525%) J2ME
5 8 (3.620%) XML
5 8 (3.620%) GWT
6 7 (3.167%) WAP
6 7 (3.167%) iOS SDK
7 6 (2.715%) RESTful
8 5 (2.262%) REST
8 5 (2.262%) WebSphere
8 5 (2.262%) SOAP
9 4 (1.810%) JSON
9 4 (1.810%) soapUI
10 3 (1.357%) HTML
11 2 (0.905%) Flash
11 2 (0.905%) JMS
11 2 (0.905%) jQuery
12 1 (0.452%) Middleware
12 1 (0.452%) JCE
Application Platforms
1 48 (21.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 9 (4.072%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (3.620%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.620%) MS Exchange
4 6 (2.715%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.357%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.357%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (1.357%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (1.357%) Lync
5 3 (1.357%) CMS
5 3 (1.357%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.905%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.905%) IIS
6 2 (0.905%) Apache
6 2 (0.905%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.452%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (0.452%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 17 (7.692%) MS Office
2 13 (5.882%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.357%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.905%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.452%) Vectorworks
5 1 (0.452%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.452%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 56 (25.34%) LTE
2 49 (22.17%) 3G
3 46 (20.81%) 3GPP
4 29 (13.12%) Wireless
5 28 (12.67%) UMTS
5 28 (12.67%) UTRAN
6 24 (10.86%) 4G
7 22 (9.955%) GSM
8 20 (9.050%) CDMA
8 20 (9.050%) Radio Access Network
9 18 (8.145%) VoIP
10 17 (7.692%) ATM
10 17 (7.692%) LAN
10 17 (7.692%) TCP/IP
11 16 (7.240%) GPRS
12 13 (5.882%) HTTP
13 12 (5.430%) WCDMA
13 12 (5.430%) WiMAX
14 11 (4.977%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (4.977%) HSPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.525%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.810%) DbVisualizer
3 3 (1.357%) MySQL
4 2 (0.905%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.452%) MS Access
5 1 (0.452%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.452%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (7.692%) PhoneGap
2 10 (4.525%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 3 (1.357%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.357%) Selenium
3 3 (1.357%) Subversion
4 2 (0.905%) Maven
4 2 (0.905%) WebLogic Workshop
4 2 (0.905%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.452%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.452%) JProfiler
5 1 (0.452%) EasyMock
5 1 (0.452%) Xcode
5 1 (0.452%) Ant
5 1 (0.452%) JUnit
5 1 (0.452%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.452%) LoadRunner
General
1 70 (31.67%) Telecoms
2 46 (20.81%) Finance
3 43 (19.46%) Banking
4 35 (15.84%) Legal
5 26 (11.76%) Law
6 17 (7.692%) Music
7 7 (3.167%) Marketing
8 5 (2.262%) French Language
8 5 (2.262%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.810%) Back Office
9 4 (1.810%) Electronics
9 4 (1.810%) Music Industry
9 4 (1.810%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.357%) Local Government
11 2 (0.905%) Billing
12 1 (0.452%) Retail
12 1 (0.452%) Advertising
12 1 (0.452%) Games
12 1 (0.452%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (19.91%) Analyst
2 37 (16.74%) Developer
3 30 (13.57%) Service Analyst
3 30 (13.57%) Service Desk Analyst
4 21 (9.502%) Design Engineer
5 20 (9.050%) RAN Engineer
6 19 (8.597%) Test Engineer
7 18 (8.145%) Mobile Developer
8 14 (6.335%) Desktop Support
9 11 (4.977%) Applications Developer
9 11 (4.977%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 10 (4.525%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.525%) Field Engineer
10 10 (4.525%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.525%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.620%) Technical Leader
11 8 (3.620%) Android Developer
12 6 (2.715%) 2nd Line Support
13 5 (2.262%) Support Analyst
13 5 (2.262%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 71 (32.13%) Blackberry
2 30 (13.57%) Mobile App
3 24 (10.86%) Smartphone
4 23 (10.41%) iPhone
5 12 (5.430%) iPad
6 10 (4.525%) Social Network
6 10 (4.525%) Device Driver
7 9 (4.072%) Mobile Banking
8 8 (3.620%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (3.620%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.715%) IVR
10 5 (2.262%) VHDL
10 5 (2.262%) NHS
10 5 (2.262%) Firmware
10 5 (2.262%) Computer Science
11 4 (1.810%) ASIC
12 3 (1.357%) Economics
13 2 (0.905%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.905%) Mobile Payment
14 1 (0.452%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 91 (41.18%) Windows
2 55 (24.89%) Android
3 48 (21.72%) Windows XP
4 34 (15.38%) Apple iOS
5 19 (8.597%) Windows 7
6 17 (7.692%) Linux
7 14 (6.335%) Windows Mobile
8 11 (4.977%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (4.072%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (3.167%) UNIX
11 5 (2.262%) Windows Phone
12 3 (1.357%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.905%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.452%) Windows Phone 7
14 1 (0.452%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.452%) CentOS
14 1 (0.452%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.452%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.10%) ITIL
2 35 (15.84%) Project Management
3 24 (10.86%) Document Management
4 19 (8.597%) Network Design
5 17 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (7.692%) Resource Management
6 14 (6.335%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (5.882%) TDD
8 10 (4.525%) Validation
8 10 (4.525%) Multithreading
9 9 (4.072%) Embedded Software Development
9 9 (4.072%) Automated Testing
10 8 (3.620%) Test Automation
11 7 (3.167%) Network Management
11 7 (3.167%) Logistics
11 7 (3.167%) Migration
12 6 (2.715%) OO
12 6 (2.715%) Software Testing
12 6 (2.715%) Performance Testing
13 5 (2.262%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.57%) C
2 29 (13.12%) C++
3 20 (9.050%) Java
4 9 (4.072%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.620%) Embedded C
5 8 (3.620%) Embedded C++
6 6 (2.715%) Python
6 6 (2.715%) Perl
7 5 (2.262%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.810%) R
8 4 (1.810%) Groovy
8 4 (1.810%) SQL
9 3 (1.357%) PHP
9 3 (1.357%) TTCN
10 2 (0.905%) ActionScript 3.0
10 2 (0.905%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.905%) Ruby
10 2 (0.905%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.905%) C#
11 1 (0.452%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 26 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
2 24 (10.86%) Degree
3 13 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (3.167%) ISEB
5 6 (2.715%) MCSE
6 5 (2.262%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.262%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.262%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.810%) MCDST
8 3 (1.357%) MCITP
8 3 (1.357%) CCNA
9 2 (0.905%) MCSA
9 2 (0.905%) CCIE
9 2 (0.905%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.452%) MCTS
10 1 (0.452%) Avaya Certification
10 1 (0.452%) ECDL
10 1 (0.452%) ACCA
10 1 (0.452%) CIMA
10 1 (0.452%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.335%) QA
2 5 (2.262%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.810%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (10.86%) Active Directory
1 24 (10.86%) XenApp
2 4 (1.810%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.357%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.715%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.905%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (0.905%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (0.905%) Backup Exec
2 2 (0.905%) WSUS
2 2 (0.905%) SCCM
2 2 (0.905%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.452%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 40 (18.10%) Citrix
2 20 (9.050%) Cisco
2 20 (9.050%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 17 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 12 (5.430%) Avaya
5 9 (4.072%) Lotus
6 8 (3.620%) Apple
6 8 (3.620%) Agilent
7 7 (3.167%) Huawei
7 7 (3.167%) Nortel
7 7 (3.167%) HP
7 7 (3.167%) Ericsson
8 6 (2.715%) VMware
9 5 (2.262%) Siemens
10 4 (1.810%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.810%) BT
10 4 (1.810%) Anite
10 4 (1.810%) Mitel
11 3 (1.357%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.357%) Juniper
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