The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Motorola 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 Motorola 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 Motorola, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Motorola
Rank 526 567 580
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +13
Contract jobs citing Motorola 4 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the Vendors category 0.018% 0.041% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £275 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 -
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
Average hourly rate £40.25 £45.00 £30.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.55% +48.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.05 £45.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £45.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.25 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year
-10.55% -
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%

Motorola
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Motorola Jobs Demand Trend

Motorola
Daily Rate Trend

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

Motorola Daily Rate Trend

Motorola
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Motorola Hourly Rate Trend

Motorola
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Motorola 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 +41 4 £275 -8.33%
South West +24 2 - -
Devon - 2 - -
South East +22 1 £275 -
East of England +11 1 £275 +32.53%
Hertfordshire +3 1 £275 +32.53%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £275 -
Watford - 1 £275 -
Reading - 1 £275 -
London - 1 £275 -
Leeds - 1 - -
Hounslow - 1 £275 -

Motorola
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (50.00%) C
2 5 (41.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Wireless
3 4 (33.33%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) VHDL
3 4 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) Linux
4 3 (25.00%) CDMA
4 3 (25.00%) Ethernet
4 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 2 (16.67%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) UMTS
5 2 (16.67%) HP
5 2 (16.67%) Intel
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) GSM
5 2 (16.67%) Altera
5 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (8.333%) Renesas
6 1 (8.333%) F5
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (8.333%) DMVPN
6 1 (8.333%) LAN
6 1 (8.333%) Broadband

Motorola
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) CDMA
2 3 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (16.67%) GSM
3 2 (16.67%) UMTS
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (8.333%) 3G
4 1 (8.333%) BGP
4 1 (8.333%) EIGRP
4 1 (8.333%) Firewall
4 1 (8.333%) WiMAX
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (8.333%) LTE
4 1 (8.333%) DMVPN
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (8.333%) WLAN
4 1 (8.333%) WAN
4 1 (8.333%) LAN
4 1 (8.333%) SNMP
4 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) DSP Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) RF Design Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) IP Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) RF Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (33.33%) VHDL
3 1 (8.333%) Firmware
3 1 (8.333%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (8.333%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
2 1 (8.333%) Network Design
2 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
2 4 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (8.333%) Perl
4 1 (8.333%) VB
4 1 (8.333%) Tcl
4 1 (8.333%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) CCNP
3 1 (8.333%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) OpenView
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco
1 2 (16.67%) HP
1 2 (16.67%) Intel
1 2 (16.67%) Altera
2 1 (8.333%) F5
2 1 (8.333%) Renesas
2 1 (8.333%) Nortel
2 1 (8.333%) Juniper
2 1 (8.333%) BMC
2 1 (8.333%) Nokia
2 1 (8.333%) QNX
2 1 (8.333%) OPNET
2 1 (8.333%) 3Com
2 1 (8.333%) Green Hills
2 1 (8.333%) Xilinx
2 1 (8.333%) TippingPoint