The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS 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
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank - 106 93
Contract jobs citing UMTS 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.134% 0.054%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.064% 0.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £235
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +15.62%
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%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Top 8 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) 3G

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Ericsson