The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NetHawk 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 NetHawk 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 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 NetHawk Oyj.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetHawk
Rank 521 582 579
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -3
Contract jobs citing NetHawk 8 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Vendors category 0.037% 0.007% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £298 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £375 -
% change year-on-year
-20.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £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 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

NetHawk
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NetHawk Jobs Demand Trend

NetHawk
Daily Rate Trend

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

NetHawk Daily Rate Trend

NetHawk
Daily Rate Histogram

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

NetHawk Daily Rate Histogram

NetHawk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NetHawk Hourly Rate Trend

NetHawk
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetHawk 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 +50 6 £298 -20.66%
South East +19 5 £245 -
Berkshire +19 5 £245 -
Newbury - 2 - -
South West - 1 £350 -
Bristol - 1 £350 -

NetHawk
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 36 (97.30%) Telecoms
2 35 (94.59%) Wireshark
3 34 (91.89%) 2G
3 34 (91.89%) 3G
4 33 (89.19%) GSM
4 33 (89.19%) 3GPP
5 32 (86.49%) WCDMA
6 27 (72.97%) Ericsson
6 27 (72.97%) Radio Access Network
7 22 (59.46%) ISEB
8 20 (54.05%) RNC
9 19 (51.35%) RANAP
10 15 (40.54%) Migration
11 4 (10.81%) Degree
12 2 (5.405%) Back Office
12 2 (5.405%) LTE
12 2 (5.405%) HTTP
12 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
12 2 (5.405%) UNIX
12 2 (5.405%) Linux
12 2 (5.405%) LDAP
12 2 (5.405%) GPRS
13 1 (2.703%) UMTS
13 1 (2.703%) ISUP
13 1 (2.703%) INAP
13 1 (2.703%) Network Architecture
13 1 (2.703%) Nokia Siemens Networks
13 1 (2.703%) MGW
13 1 (2.703%) HSPA
13 1 (2.703%) SIGTRAN

NetHawk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 35 (94.59%) Wireshark
2 34 (91.89%) 2G
2 34 (91.89%) 3G
3 33 (89.19%) GSM
3 33 (89.19%) 3GPP
4 32 (86.49%) WCDMA
5 27 (72.97%) Radio Access Network
6 20 (54.05%) RNC
7 19 (51.35%) RANAP
8 2 (5.405%) LTE
8 2 (5.405%) HTTP
8 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.405%) LDAP
8 2 (5.405%) GPRS
9 1 (2.703%) UMTS
9 1 (2.703%) ISUP
9 1 (2.703%) INAP
9 1 (2.703%) MGW
9 1 (2.703%) HSPA
9 1 (2.703%) SIGTRAN
General
1 36 (97.30%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.405%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (91.89%) Test Engineer
2 23 (62.16%) RAN Engineer
3 10 (27.03%) 3G Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Back Office Engineer
5 1 (2.703%) Tester
5 1 (2.703%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.703%) Verification Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.405%) UNIX
1 2 (5.405%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Migration
2 1 (2.703%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 22 (59.46%) ISEB
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
Vendors
1 27 (72.97%) Ericsson
2 1 (2.703%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (2.703%) Huawei
2 1 (2.703%) Agilent