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The table below looks at the demand for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) skills within the Warwickshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 16 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGlobal System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
16 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank32-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.704 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£307
% change on same period last year+4.27 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.46£36.41
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Warwickshire
Matching contract IT job ads81128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.116 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted1914
Average minimum daily rate£409£250
Average daily rate£426£267
% change on same period last year+59.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£443£285
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted2660
Average minimum hourly rate£31.37£32.68
Average hourly rate£33.21£37.29
% change on same period last year-10.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£41.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.24£28.77
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
GSM West MidlandsGSM
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

GSM
Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire GSM Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GSM across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing GSM 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 GSM.

13 (60.00 %)3G
22 (40.00 %)Telecoms
22 (40.00 %)GPRS
22 (40.00 %)UMTS
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)SLA
31 (20.00 %)Nokia
31 (20.00 %)Windows CE
31 (20.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)C++
31 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)2G
31 (20.00 %)TETRA
31 (20.00 %)Project Management

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing GSM 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 GSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)3G
22 (40.00 %)GPRS
22 (40.00 %)UMTS
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)2G
31 (20.00 %)TETRA
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Telecoms
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Performance Engineer
31 (20.00 %)3G Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Implementation Engineer
31 (20.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Developer
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows CE
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C#
11 (20.00 %)C++
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Nokia