GSM Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for GSM 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 GSM over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank - 102 93
Contract jobs citing GSM 0 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.312% 0.054%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.482% 0.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £150 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £280 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.82% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 239 282 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.22% 12.55% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 103 115
Average daily rate £283 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.72% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £146 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £423 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 43
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
GSM
England

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) SDH
1 2 (66.67%) UMTS
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
1 2 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 2 (66.67%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) GPRS
2 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) 3G
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Telematics
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SDH
1 2 (66.67%) UMTS
1 2 (66.67%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) GPRS
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) 3G
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ericsson
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