The first table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2.5G 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 for the West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2.5G
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing 2.5G 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
239 289 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.64% 12.89% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 104 117
Average daily rate £283 £265 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.60% -14.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £142 £140 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 38 44
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.40 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
2.5G
England

2.5G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2.5G across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 2.5G Jobs Demand Trend

2.5G
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G.

1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

2.5G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer