The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 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 for the Warrington region.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 18 17 14
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing 2G 3 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 2.400% 1.020% 3.529%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.64% 9.091% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £283 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
22 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 17.60% 11.22% 9.412%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 2
Average daily rate £450 £330 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -22.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
2G
Cheshire

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Warrington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Warrington 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Warrington region.

Warrington 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Warrington region.

Warrington 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 4 (100.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) Ericsson
3 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (50.00%) WCDMA
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) RNC
3 2 (50.00%) RANAP
3 2 (50.00%) NBAP
3 2 (50.00%) SS7
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) Perl
4 1 (25.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) LTE

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
2 2 (50.00%) SS7
2 2 (50.00%) RNC
2 2 (50.00%) RANAP
2 2 (50.00%) NBAP
2 2 (50.00%) ATM
2 2 (50.00%) WCDMA
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Ericsson