LTE 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 LTE skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LTE over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 343 426 510
Rank change year-on-year
+83 +84
Contract jobs citing LTE 201 158 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.433% 0.271% 0.121%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.975% 1.728% 0.936%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 5
Average daily rate £300 £330 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £261 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £435 £326
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £335 £225
% change year-on-year
-14.17% +48.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 27
Average hourly rate £38.75 £42.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £34.90 £34.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.75 £50.00 £44.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £43.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-10.40% +8.12%
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UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
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 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LTE within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

LTE Daily Rate Histogram

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LTE within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

LTE Hourly Rate Histogram

LTE
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +76 168 £300 -9.09%
South East +20 102 £288 +2.67%
Berkshire +20 75 £280 +6.46%
East of England +33 25 £325 -9.72%
Reading -5 17 £280 +11.55%
Hampshire -9 16 £293 -22.00%
Cambridgeshire +24 13 £325 +4.00%
Cambridge +24 13 £325 +4.00%
London +35 12 £300 -7.69%
Surrey +26 12 £294 -
Hertfordshire +14 12 £265 -29.33%
Slough 0 10 £163 -
Guildford - 9 £288 -
South West +24 8 £258 -9.25%
Royston - 6 - -
Bristol +11 4 £289 +0.43%
Wiltshire +4 4 £253 -9.82%
Midlands - 4 £300 -
City of London +17 3 £500 -
Newbury - 2 £275 -
Swindon - 2 £253 -
Farnborough - 2 £238 -
North West - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 292 (63.89%) Telecoms
2 234 (51.20%) 3G
3 169 (36.98%) Radio Access Network
4 151 (33.04%) 2G
5 125 (27.35%) 4G
6 99 (21.66%) Ericsson
7 92 (20.13%) UMTS
8 91 (19.91%) GSM
9 86 (18.82%) 3GPP
10 82 (17.94%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 77 (16.85%) C
12 72 (15.75%) ATM
13 66 (14.44%) Wireless
14 62 (13.57%) Project Management
15 56 (12.25%) Huawei
16 55 (12.04%) Handset
17 54 (11.82%) Ethernet
18 51 (11.16%) Migration
19 50 (10.94%) C++
20 47 (10.28%) WCDMA
21 44 (9.628%) RNC
22 37 (8.096%) Network Design
22 37 (8.096%) UTRAN
23 36 (7.877%) MPLS
24 33 (7.221%) Degree
25 32 (7.002%) SDH
25 32 (7.002%) CDMA
26 28 (6.127%) GPRS
26 28 (6.127%) Resource Management
27 26 (5.689%) Nokia

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (2.188%) .NET
2 9 (1.969%) XML
3 8 (1.751%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.532%) STL
5 6 (1.313%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 5 (1.094%) ASP
7 4 (0.875%) WAP
7 4 (0.875%) Flash
8 1 (0.219%) WPF
8 1 (0.219%) EJB 3.0
8 1 (0.219%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.219%) Java EE
8 1 (0.219%) EJB
8 1 (0.219%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.438%) SAS
2 1 (0.219%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (3.063%) MS Office
2 13 (2.845%) MS Excel
3 3 (0.656%) MS Project
4 2 (0.438%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.219%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.219%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.845%) Taleo
2 2 (0.438%) Minerva
3 1 (0.219%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 234 (51.20%) 3G
2 169 (36.98%) Radio Access Network
3 151 (33.04%) 2G
4 125 (27.35%) 4G
5 92 (20.13%) UMTS
6 91 (19.91%) GSM
7 86 (18.82%) 3GPP
8 72 (15.75%) ATM
9 66 (14.44%) Wireless
10 54 (11.82%) Ethernet
11 47 (10.28%) WCDMA
12 44 (9.628%) RNC
13 37 (8.096%) UTRAN
14 36 (7.877%) MPLS
15 32 (7.002%) SDH
15 32 (7.002%) CDMA
16 28 (6.127%) GPRS
17 23 (5.033%) WiMAX
18 21 (4.595%) HSPA
19 15 (3.282%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.751%) Big Data
1 8 (1.751%) NoSQL
2 7 (1.532%) MS Access
3 6 (1.313%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.219%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (2.188%) Subversion
2 6 (1.313%) Trac
2 6 (1.313%) GCC
2 6 (1.313%) GDB
3 3 (0.656%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.219%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.219%) Hudson
4 1 (0.219%) ClearCase
General
1 292 (63.89%) Telecoms
2 12 (2.626%) Electronics
3 11 (2.407%) Finance
4 9 (1.969%) Back Office
5 7 (1.532%) Legal
6 6 (1.313%) Multimedia
6 6 (1.313%) German Language
7 4 (0.875%) Law
7 4 (0.875%) French Language
8 2 (0.438%) Marketing
8 2 (0.438%) Billing
8 2 (0.438%) Front Office
8 2 (0.438%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.219%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.219%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.219%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.219%) Military
9 1 (0.219%) Banking
9 1 (0.219%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (15.75%) Design Engineer
2 55 (12.04%) Architect
3 50 (10.94%) Test Engineer
4 49 (10.72%) Solutions Architect
5 33 (7.221%) Transmission Engineer
6 32 (7.002%) RAN Engineer
7 31 (6.783%) Software Engineer
8 26 (5.689%) Project Manager
9 23 (5.033%) Network Engineer
10 18 (3.939%) Developer
11 16 (3.501%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (3.501%) DSP Engineer
12 15 (3.282%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (2.845%) RF Engineer
14 11 (2.407%) Radio Engineer
14 11 (2.407%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.407%) Analyst
15 10 (2.188%) Business Analyst
15 10 (2.188%) Senior Manager
16 9 (1.969%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.04%) Handset
2 11 (2.407%) Device Driver
3 9 (1.969%) VHDL
4 8 (1.751%) Computer Science
4 8 (1.751%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (1.532%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.094%) Firmware
7 4 (0.875%) ASIC
7 4 (0.875%) IPTV
7 4 (0.875%) Open Source
8 3 (0.656%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.656%) Statistics
9 2 (0.438%) iPhone
9 2 (0.438%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.438%) Physics
10 1 (0.219%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.219%) Java Card
10 1 (0.219%) Clustering
10 1 (0.219%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.219%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.595%) Linux
2 12 (2.626%) UNIX
2 12 (2.626%) Windows
3 9 (1.969%) Android
4 4 (0.875%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.438%) Solaris
6 1 (0.219%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.219%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.219%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (13.57%) Project Management
2 51 (11.16%) Migration
3 37 (8.096%) Network Design
4 28 (6.127%) Resource Management
5 18 (3.939%) Network Planning
6 17 (3.720%) Network Architecture
6 17 (3.720%) Capacity Planning
7 16 (3.501%) Fault Management
7 16 (3.501%) Validation
8 14 (3.063%) Configuration Management
8 14 (3.063%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (2.845%) Multithreading
10 12 (2.626%) ITIL
10 12 (2.626%) Software Engineering
11 11 (2.407%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (2.407%) eTOM
11 11 (2.407%) Data Management
12 10 (2.188%) Business Analysis
12 10 (2.188%) Network Management
13 9 (1.969%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 77 (16.85%) C
2 50 (10.94%) C++
3 25 (5.470%) Embedded C
4 22 (4.814%) Perl
5 17 (3.720%) Embedded C++
6 16 (3.501%) Java
7 15 (3.282%) SQL
8 10 (2.188%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.969%) TTCN
10 5 (1.094%) R
10 5 (1.094%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.094%) Python
11 3 (0.656%) VB
11 3 (0.656%) C#
12 2 (0.438%) VBA
12 2 (0.438%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.438%) Tcl
13 1 (0.219%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (7.221%) Degree
2 6 (1.313%) PhD
3 5 (1.094%) ISEB
3 5 (1.094%) PMP
3 5 (1.094%) PMI Certification
4 4 (0.875%) HND
5 3 (0.656%) HNC
6 2 (0.438%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.438%) CCNP
7 1 (0.219%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.219%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.219%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.219%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.219%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.219%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.501%) SLA
2 2 (0.438%) QA
3 1 (0.219%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.219%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.656%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (1.094%) Netcool
2 1 (0.219%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.219%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 99 (21.66%) Ericsson
2 82 (17.94%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 56 (12.25%) Huawei
4 26 (5.689%) Nokia
5 21 (4.595%) NEC
6 18 (3.939%) BT
7 14 (3.063%) Agilent
8 13 (2.845%) Mapinfo
9 12 (2.626%) Cisco
9 12 (2.626%) Business Objects
10 11 (2.407%) Citrix
11 9 (1.969%) Anite
11 9 (1.969%) Oracle
12 8 (1.751%) Cramer
13 6 (1.313%) Greenplum
14 5 (1.094%) Actix
14 5 (1.094%) Amdocs
14 5 (1.094%) JBoss
15 4 (0.875%) Microsoft
15 4 (0.875%) Symantec
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