The first table below looks at the demand for BSS 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 BSS over the 3 months to 22 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.
|
3 months to
22 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Base Station Subsystem (BSS) |
| Rank |
- |
95 |
98 |
| Contract jobs citing BSS |
0 |
15 |
1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands |
- |
0.656% |
0.054% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
- |
5.172% |
0.369% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| Average daily rate |
- |
£275 |
£235 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£439 |
£375 |
£338 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
- |
£16.50 |
- |
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category |
241 |
290 |
271 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands |
14.37% |
12.69% |
14.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
103 |
105 |
115 |
| Average daily rate |
£283 |
£275 |
£310 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£147 |
£150 |
£157 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£475 |
£421 |
£425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£315 |
£335 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
37 |
38 |
43 |
| Average hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£22.50 |
£24.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£11.85 |
£12.50 |
£13.10 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£29.50 |
£35.00 |
£35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£20.75 |
£25.38 |
£27.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
BSS
England |
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