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Switch Engineer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Switch Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Switch Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Switch Engineer
Rank 553 586 570
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Switch Engineer 1 3 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.006% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £22.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £22.38
% change year-on-year
- -28.49%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Switch Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Switch Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Switch Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Switch Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Switch Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Switch Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Switch Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Switch Engineer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Switch Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
England +13 1 £175 -
Hampshire - - - -
South East - - - -

Switch Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Switch Engineer in their job title 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 with Switch Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) GSM
1 2 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 2 (66.67%) 3G
1 2 (66.67%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (66.67%) MGW
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) TMap
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) GPRS
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) RNC
2 1 (33.33%) Huawei
2 1 (33.33%) DMS-100
2 1 (33.33%) RANAP
2 1 (33.33%) UTRAN
2 1 (33.33%) TELNET
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISUP
2 1 (33.33%) SCCP
2 1 (33.33%) WCDMA
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) FTP
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification

Switch Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Switch Engineer in their job title 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 with Switch Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) 3G
1 2 (66.67%) GSM
1 2 (66.67%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (66.67%) MGW
2 1 (33.33%) WCDMA
2 1 (33.33%) FTP
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) GPRS
2 1 (33.33%) UTRAN
2 1 (33.33%) TELNET
2 1 (33.33%) ISUP
2 1 (33.33%) SCCP
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) RNC
2 1 (33.33%) DMS-100
2 1 (33.33%) RANAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) TMap
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ericsson
2 1 (33.33%) Huawei
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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