The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Wiltshire 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
Handsets
Rank - 52 49
Contract jobs citing Handset 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire - 0.163% 0.363%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.833% 2.247%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £265 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.96% -29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
99 120 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 21.66% 19.58% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 60 36
Average daily rate £423 £375 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.66% +12.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £36.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.86% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Handset
South West

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Handset across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Wiltshire Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mitel
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Mitel