Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Nokia NetAct skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Nokia NetAct over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

 Nokia NetAct
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank413214603
Rank change year-on-year
Down-199Up+389
Matching contract IT job ads573118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.130 %0.676 %0.010 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category1.114 %4.636 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted290
Average daily rate£388£295-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.35 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£295-
% change year-on-year
+31.35 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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.

Nokia NetAct
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Nokia NetAct within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Nokia NetAct Demand Trend

Nokia NetAct
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nokia NetAct Daily Rate Trend

Nokia NetAct
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nokia NetAct within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-19654£388+31.35 %
South EastDown-7034£388+40.90 %
BerkshireDown-3628£388+40.90 %
North WestUp+412--
ReadingDown-176--
HertfordshireDown-356--
East of EnglandDown-426--
ManchesterDown-54--
CheshireDown-103--
WarringtonUp+12--
BirminghamUp+51--
West MidlandsDown-171--

Nokia NetAct
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct.

1148 (89.70 %)Nokia
2132 (80.00 %)3G
3129 (78.18 %)Telecoms
4112 (67.88 %)RNC
551 (30.91 %)XML
649 (29.70 %)2G
748 (29.09 %)Back Office
841 (24.85 %)Oracle
940 (24.24 %)ATM
1033 (20.00 %)SQL
1132 (19.39 %)Statistics
1230 (18.18 %)SAP
1327 (16.36 %)Ericsson
1327 (16.36 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
1424 (14.55 %)UMTS
1519 (11.52 %)MS Access
1618 (10.91 %)Siemens
1715 (9.091 %)LAN
1814 (8.485 %)GSM
1912 (7.273 %)Nortel
2011 (6.667 %)BSS
2110 (6.061 %)SGSN
2110 (6.061 %)ODBC
227 (4.242 %)VB
227 (4.242 %)SDH
227 (4.242 %)Ethernet
227 (4.242 %)Oracle 10g
235 (3.030 %)Packet Switching
235 (3.030 %)Spreadsheet
244 (2.424 %)Cisco

Nokia NetAct
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nokia NetAct 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 Nokia NetAct. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
151 (30.91 %)XML
210 (6.061 %)ODBC
31 (0.606 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (3.030 %)Spreadsheet
22 (1.212 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1132 (80.00 %)3G
2112 (67.88 %)RNC
349 (29.70 %)2G
440 (24.24 %)ATM
524 (14.55 %)UMTS
615 (9.091 %)LAN
714 (8.485 %)GSM
811 (6.667 %)BSS
910 (6.061 %)SGSN
107 (4.242 %)SDH
107 (4.242 %)Ethernet
115 (3.030 %)Packet Switching
124 (2.424 %)DNS
133 (1.818 %)GGSN
141 (0.606 %)TETRA
141 (0.606 %)Firewall
141 (0.606 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (11.52 %)MS Access
27 (4.242 %)Oracle 10g
34 (2.424 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.606 %)ETL
41 (0.606 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.606 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1129 (78.18 %)Telecoms
248 (29.09 %)Back Office
32 (1.212 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
188 (53.33 %)RAN Engineer
245 (27.27 %)Performance Engineer
333 (20.00 %)Back Office Engineer
426 (15.76 %)RAN Performance Engineer
520 (12.12 %)RAN Configuration Engineer
520 (12.12 %)Configuration Engineer
614 (8.485 %)Network Engineer
713 (7.879 %)Support Engineer
811 (6.667 %)Network Performance Engineer
910 (6.061 %)3G Engineer
108 (4.848 %)Solutions Architect
108 (4.848 %)Architect
117 (4.242 %)Switch Engineer
117 (4.242 %)Databuild Engineer
126 (3.636 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
126 (3.636 %)3rd Line Support
133 (1.818 %)Design Engineer
133 (1.818 %)Quality Engineer
133 (1.818 %)Radio Engineer
133 (1.818 %)Transmission Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (19.39 %)Statistics
21 (0.606 %)Clustering
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (0.606 %)UNIX
11 (0.606 %)Windows
11 (0.606 %)HPUX
11 (0.606 %)Solaris
11 (0.606 %)Linux
11 (0.606 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (2.424 %)Data Management
23 (1.818 %)Network Design
32 (1.212 %)Network Planning
41 (0.606 %)Workflow
41 (0.606 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (0.606 %)Configuration Management
41 (0.606 %)Fault Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (20.00 %)SQL
27 (4.242 %)VB
33 (1.818 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (0.606 %)HNC
11 (0.606 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.212 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.606 %)MetaFrame
11 (0.606 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1148 (89.70 %)Nokia
241 (24.85 %)Oracle
330 (18.18 %)SAP
427 (16.36 %)Ericsson
427 (16.36 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
518 (10.91 %)Siemens
612 (7.273 %)Nortel
74 (2.424 %)Cisco
83 (1.818 %)Mapinfo
83 (1.818 %)HP
83 (1.818 %)Huawei
91 (0.606 %)Cramer
91 (0.606 %)Citrix
91 (0.606 %)Red Hat
91 (0.606 %)IBM
91 (0.606 %)Sun