The first 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 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 of the Communications & Networking category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank 493 548 542
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -6
Contract jobs citing WCDMA 36 36 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.062% 0.069%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.533% 0.394% 0.531%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 6
Average daily rate £288 £270 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% -6.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £375 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.57% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 16
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.50 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% +1.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £37.10 £28.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £41.90 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WCDMA Jobs Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
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 WCDMA 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 +37 24 £245 -9.25%
South East +17 16 £245 +8.88%
Berkshire +13 8 £245 -5.76%
Hampshire - 6 £238 -
Cambridge +13 2 - -
East of England +13 2 - -
Cambridgeshire +13 2 - -
Farnborough - 2 £238 -
Cheshire - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Newbury - 2 - -
Warrington - 2 - -
Reading +8 1 - -

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 84 (84.85%) GSM
2 72 (72.73%) Telecoms
3 68 (68.69%) 3G
4 59 (59.60%) Radio Access Network
5 55 (55.56%) 2G
6 47 (47.47%) LTE
6 47 (47.47%) Ericsson
7 42 (42.42%) 3GPP
8 34 (34.34%) RNC
9 32 (32.32%) NetHawk
10 31 (31.31%) Wireshark
11 29 (29.29%) ISEB
12 26 (26.26%) RANAP
13 22 (22.22%) Migration
14 21 (21.21%) Wireless
15 16 (16.16%) UMTS
15 16 (16.16%) GPRS
16 15 (15.15%) TCP/IP
17 14 (14.14%) Degree
18 12 (12.12%) Handset
19 11 (11.11%) XML
19 11 (11.11%) Configuration Management
20 10 (10.10%) ATM
21 9 (9.091%) HSPA
21 9 (9.091%) Perl
21 9 (9.091%) 4G
22 8 (8.081%) C
22 8 (8.081%) UNIX
22 8 (8.081%) Agilent
23 7 (7.071%) Resource Management

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 11 (11.11%) XML
2 5 (5.051%) WAP
Applications
1 2 (2.020%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 84 (84.85%) GSM
2 68 (68.69%) 3G
3 59 (59.60%) Radio Access Network
4 55 (55.56%) 2G
5 47 (47.47%) LTE
6 42 (42.42%) 3GPP
7 34 (34.34%) RNC
8 31 (31.31%) Wireshark
9 26 (26.26%) RANAP
10 21 (21.21%) Wireless
11 16 (16.16%) UMTS
11 16 (16.16%) GPRS
12 15 (15.15%) TCP/IP
13 10 (10.10%) ATM
14 9 (9.091%) HSPA
14 9 (9.091%) 4G
15 7 (7.071%) SS7
16 6 (6.061%) NBAP
16 6 (6.061%) WiMAX
17 5 (5.051%) MGW
General
1 72 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 3 (3.030%) French Language
2 3 (3.030%) German Language
2 3 (3.030%) Back Office
3 2 (2.020%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.010%) Front Office
4 1 (1.010%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 54 (54.55%) Test Engineer
2 28 (28.28%) RAN Engineer
3 10 (10.10%) 3G Engineer
4 9 (9.091%) Integration Engineer
5 8 (8.081%) Verification Engineer
5 8 (8.081%) OSS Engineer
6 7 (7.071%) Configuration Engineer
6 7 (7.071%) Field Engineer
7 6 (6.061%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (6.061%) Architect
8 4 (4.040%) Consultant
9 3 (3.030%) RNC Engineer
9 3 (3.030%) Implementation Manager
9 3 (3.030%) Back Office Engineer
9 3 (3.030%) Rollout Manager
9 3 (3.030%) Network Engineer
10 2 (2.020%) Developer
10 2 (2.020%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.020%) Delivery Manager
10 2 (2.020%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Handset
2 5 (5.051%) Computer Science
2 5 (5.051%) ASIC
3 4 (4.040%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.040%) Firmware
4 1 (1.010%) Statistics
4 1 (1.010%) VHDL
4 1 (1.010%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.081%) UNIX
2 4 (4.040%) Linux
3 1 (1.010%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.22%) Migration
2 11 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 7 (7.071%) Resource Management
4 6 (6.061%) Performance Management
4 6 (6.061%) Fault Management
4 6 (6.061%) Validation
5 5 (5.051%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.040%) Performance Testing
6 4 (4.040%) Logistics
7 3 (3.030%) Network Planning
8 2 (2.020%) Data Analysis
8 2 (2.020%) Network Design
8 2 (2.020%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (2.020%) Network Architecture
8 2 (2.020%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.010%) Network Management
9 1 (1.010%) Digital Signal Processing
9 1 (1.010%) Signal Processing
9 1 (1.010%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (1.010%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.091%) Perl
2 8 (8.081%) C
3 7 (7.071%) Python
4 5 (5.051%) Java
4 5 (5.051%) SQL
4 5 (5.051%) R
5 4 (4.040%) C++
6 2 (2.020%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.020%) VB
7 1 (1.010%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (29.29%) ISEB
2 14 (14.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.020%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) SLA
2 1 (1.010%) GCP
Vendors
1 47 (47.47%) Ericsson
2 32 (32.32%) NetHawk
3 8 (8.081%) Agilent
4 6 (6.061%) Citrix
4 6 (6.061%) Huawei
5 3 (3.030%) Anite
6 2 (2.020%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 1 (1.010%) Perforce
7 1 (1.010%) Actix
7 1 (1.010%) Nokia
7 1 (1.010%) NEC