The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank - 84 -
Contract jobs citing GSM 0 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.447% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 3.571% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £258 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £280 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.26% -13.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
231 196 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.41% 12.52% 8.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 100 33
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £188 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 18
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £23.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -35.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £34.00 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
GSM
Yorkshire

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 5 (83.33%) UMTS
1 5 (83.33%) 3G
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
1 5 (83.33%) 2G
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Amdocs
4 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) UMTS
1 5 (83.33%) 3G
1 5 (83.33%) 2G
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Amdocs