Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WCDMA skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCDMA over the 3 months to 19 March 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.

LinkWideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank436393542
Rank change year-on-year
Down-43Up+149
Matching contract IT job ads574858
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.118 %0.122 %0.071 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category1.036 %0.806 %0.540 %
Daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£225--
UK excluding London average daily rate£255--
Hourly rates quoted17424
Average hourly rate£35.00£38.75£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-3.120 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.00£37.50£33.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.50£43.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£38.75£40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.670 %-3.120 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5500595310738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.39 %15.09 %13.06 %
Daily rates quoted212715172824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5306221508
Average hourly rate£23.00£23.31£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.320 %-10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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.

WCDMA
Demand Trend

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

WCDMA Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCDMA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

WCDMA Hourly Rate Histogram

WCDMA
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 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-3555£225-
South EastDown-1120£255-
East of EnglandUp+2416--
CambridgeshireUp+1714--
CambridgeUp+812--
North WestUp+512--
CheshireNew entry-10--
MiddlesexNew entry-5--
HampshireDown-214£255-
WarringtonNew entry-3--
South WestDown-92--
HertfordshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireUp+41--
ManchesterDown-61--
FarnboroughNew entry-1--
LondonNew entry-1£195-

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

150 (56.18 %)3G
249 (55.06 %)Telecoms
329 (32.58 %)C
425 (28.09 %)2G
425 (28.09 %)LTE
521 (23.60 %)Embedded C
620 (22.47 %)3GPP
717 (19.10 %)GSM
816 (17.98 %)Ericsson
816 (17.98 %)Cramer
915 (16.85 %)SDH
1014 (15.73 %)NAS
1113 (14.61 %)C++
1212 (13.48 %)VHDL
1311 (12.36 %)CDMA
1311 (12.36 %)Embedded C++
149 (10.11 %)Wireless
149 (10.11 %)Lucent
149 (10.11 %)Network Design
149 (10.11 %)Capacity Planning
158 (8.989 %)GPRS
158 (8.989 %)UMTS
158 (8.989 %)SQL
158 (8.989 %)Process Management
158 (8.989 %)Workflow
167 (7.865 %)Resource Management
176 (6.742 %)Workflow Management
176 (6.742 %)Service Management
176 (6.742 %)HSDPA
176 (6.742 %)Nokia

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.124 %)WAP
11 (1.124 %)RSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (5.618 %)MS Excel
22 (2.247 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
150 (56.18 %)3G
225 (28.09 %)2G
225 (28.09 %)LTE
320 (22.47 %)3GPP
417 (19.10 %)GSM
515 (16.85 %)SDH
614 (15.73 %)NAS
711 (12.36 %)CDMA
89 (10.11 %)Wireless
98 (8.989 %)GPRS
98 (8.989 %)UMTS
106 (6.742 %)HSDPA
114 (4.494 %)Ethereal
114 (4.494 %)HSUPA
114 (4.494 %)HSPA
114 (4.494 %)TCP/IP
114 (4.494 %)UTRAN
122 (2.247 %)WiMAX
122 (2.247 %)SMS
131 (1.124 %)CDMA2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (5.618 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (2.247 %)ClearCase
21 (1.124 %)LabVIEW
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
149 (55.06 %)Telecoms
23 (3.371 %)Publishing
31 (1.124 %)Electronics
31 (1.124 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (21.35 %)Software Engineer
210 (11.24 %)Test Engineer
38 (8.989 %)DSP Engineer
46 (6.742 %)Systems Engineer
54 (4.494 %)RAN Engineer
54 (4.494 %)Transmission Planner
54 (4.494 %)RAN Performance Engineer
54 (4.494 %)RF Engineer
54 (4.494 %)Performance Engineer
54 (4.494 %)Systems Test Engineer
63 (3.371 %)Analyst
63 (3.371 %)Performance Analyst
72 (2.247 %)Capacity Analyst
72 (2.247 %)Verification Engineer
72 (2.247 %)Programmer
72 (2.247 %)Software Test Engineer
81 (1.124 %)Software Developer
81 (1.124 %)Architect
81 (1.124 %)Embedded C Programmer
81 (1.124 %)Customer Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (13.48 %)VHDL
25 (5.618 %)Handset
32 (2.247 %)Multithreading
41 (1.124 %)Device Driver
41 (1.124 %)Video Conferencing
41 (1.124 %)Mathematics
41 (1.124 %)Smartphone
41 (1.124 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (2.247 %)Windows
21 (1.124 %)Linux
21 (1.124 %)VxWorks
21 (1.124 %)Embedded Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (10.11 %)Network Design
19 (10.11 %)Capacity Planning
28 (8.989 %)Process Management
28 (8.989 %)Workflow
37 (7.865 %)Resource Management
46 (6.742 %)Workflow Management
46 (6.742 %)Service Management
55 (5.618 %)Statistical Analysis
63 (3.371 %)Benchmarking
63 (3.371 %)Validation
63 (3.371 %)Performance Testing
63 (3.371 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (2.247 %)Project Management
81 (1.124 %)PRINCE2
81 (1.124 %)Test Automation
81 (1.124 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
129 (32.58 %)C
221 (23.60 %)Embedded C
313 (14.61 %)C++
411 (12.36 %)Embedded C++
58 (8.989 %)SQL
64 (4.494 %)Perl
72 (2.247 %)TTCN
72 (2.247 %)Python
81 (1.124 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.124 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (1.124 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (4.494 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (17.98 %)Ericsson
116 (17.98 %)Cramer
29 (10.11 %)Lucent
36 (6.742 %)Nokia
41 (1.124 %)Alcatel
41 (1.124 %)Agilent