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3G Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 3G 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 3G over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 94 78 91
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +13
Contract jobs citing 3G 3 25 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 1.101% 0.363%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.149% 8.681% 2.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Average daily rate - £275 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £313
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £38.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-11.84% +1.33%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 261 288 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.55% 12.68% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 111 136
Average daily rate £288 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.87% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £140 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £375 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 36
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.00 £26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
3G
England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Coventry +8 2 - -
Birmingham - 1 - -
Warwickshire - - - -
3G
England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 7 (46.67%) 2G
3 4 (26.67%) Ethernet
3 4 (26.67%) LTE
3 4 (26.67%) SLA
4 3 (20.00%) Windows
4 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 3 (20.00%) Cramer
4 3 (20.00%) 4G
5 2 (13.33%) Android
5 2 (13.33%) TOAD
5 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Ericsson
5 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (13.33%) MS Access
5 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
5 2 (13.33%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
5 2 (13.33%) VB
5 2 (13.33%) .NET
5 2 (13.33%) Oracle
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (13.33%) MS Office
5 2 (13.33%) ATM
5 2 (13.33%) GSM
5 2 (13.33%) SDH
6 1 (6.667%) UMTS

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) 2G
2 4 (26.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (26.67%) LTE
3 3 (20.00%) 4G
4 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (13.33%) ATM
4 2 (13.33%) GSM
4 2 (13.33%) SDH
5 1 (6.667%) UMTS
5 1 (6.667%) Broadband
5 1 (6.667%) GPRS
5 1 (6.667%) Wireless
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) 2.5G
5 1 (6.667%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) TOAD
1 2 (13.33%) MS Access
1 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) JIRA
1 1 (6.667%) Xcode
General
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Electronics
2 1 (6.667%) Local Government
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Test Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Field Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.667%) Telematics
2 1 (6.667%) Handset
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.667%) Mac OS X
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
3 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.667%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
1 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
1 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
1 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
1 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
1 1 (6.667%) Network Planning
1 1 (6.667%) Logistics
1 1 (6.667%) Scrum
1 1 (6.667%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
1 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
1 2 (13.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) SLA
2 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Cramer
2 2 (13.33%) Ericsson
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Dell
3 1 (6.667%) Avaya
3 1 (6.667%) BT
3 1 (6.667%) Apple
3 1 (6.667%) Google
3 1 (6.667%) Huawei
3 1 (6.667%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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