Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

 3G
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6324121
Rank change year-on-year
Down-39Up+97
Matching contract IT job ads17824
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands1.125 %4.767 %0.122 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category7.798 %28.67 %1.067 %
Daily rates quoted122
Average daily rate£123£200£333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.75 %-39.84 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£300£275
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.50£32.50£40.00
% change year-on-year
+12.30 %-18.75 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
218286375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.43 %16.63 %11.42 %
Daily rates quoted796583
Average daily rate£300£325£301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+8.150 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£226£215£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£500£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted352870
Average hourly rate£25.00£22.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63 %-6.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.75£12.25£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
3G England3G
England

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.

3G
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HerefordshireDown-23--
BirminghamDown-83--
WarwickshireDown-51£123-38.75 %
CoventryDown-71--
3G England3G
England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

136 (90.00 %)Telecoms
232 (80.00 %)2G
325 (62.50 %)Ericsson
415 (37.50 %)Nokia
59 (22.50 %)Lucent
59 (22.50 %)Alcatel
67 (17.50 %)SDH
67 (17.50 %)UMTS
67 (17.50 %)GSM
67 (17.50 %)Network Planning
75 (12.50 %)Statistics
75 (12.50 %)C
75 (12.50 %)UNIX
84 (10.00 %)MS Access
84 (10.00 %)RNC
84 (10.00 %)Nortel
93 (7.500 %)GGSN
93 (7.500 %)SGSN
93 (7.500 %)MGW
93 (7.500 %)MS Excel
93 (7.500 %)MS Office
93 (7.500 %)Health
93 (7.500 %)Project Management
102 (5.000 %)2.5G
102 (5.000 %)SLA
102 (5.000 %)Microsoft
102 (5.000 %)Cramer
111 (2.500 %)MS PowerPoint
111 (2.500 %)Nokia NetAct
111 (2.500 %)Matrix Management

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (7.500 %)MS Excel
13 (7.500 %)MS Office
21 (2.500 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (80.00 %)2G
27 (17.50 %)SDH
27 (17.50 %)UMTS
27 (17.50 %)GSM
34 (10.00 %)RNC
43 (7.500 %)GGSN
43 (7.500 %)SGSN
43 (7.500 %)MGW
52 (5.000 %)2.5G
61 (2.500 %)Nokia NetAct
61 (2.500 %)VoIP
61 (2.500 %)WAN
61 (2.500 %)Ethernet
61 (2.500 %)ATM
61 (2.500 %)LAN
61 (2.500 %)Wireless
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (10.00 %)MS Access
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (90.00 %)Telecoms
23 (7.500 %)Health
31 (2.500 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (32.50 %)Field Engineer
26 (15.00 %)Transmission Engineer
34 (10.00 %)Switch Engineer
43 (7.500 %)Transmission Planning Engineer
43 (7.500 %)3G Engineer
43 (7.500 %)3G Optimisation Engineer
52 (5.000 %)Project Manager
52 (5.000 %)Network Engineer
61 (2.500 %)Project Coordinator
61 (2.500 %)Service Desk Analyst
61 (2.500 %)Network Manager
61 (2.500 %)Technical Manager
61 (2.500 %)Network Project Manager
61 (2.500 %)Access Transmission Engineer
61 (2.500 %)Technical Project Manager
61 (2.500 %)Service Analyst
61 (2.500 %)Analyst
61 (2.500 %)Coordinator
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (12.50 %)Statistics
21 (2.500 %)Danish Language
21 (2.500 %)German Language
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (12.50 %)UNIX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (17.50 %)Network Planning
23 (7.500 %)Project Management
31 (2.500 %)Matrix Management
31 (2.500 %)Workflow
31 (2.500 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (2.500 %)Service Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (12.50 %)C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.000 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.500 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (62.50 %)Ericsson
215 (37.50 %)Nokia
39 (22.50 %)Lucent
39 (22.50 %)Alcatel
44 (10.00 %)Nortel
52 (5.000 %)Microsoft
52 (5.000 %)Cramer
61 (2.500 %)SAP
61 (2.500 %)Mapinfo