The first table below looks at the demand for LTE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LTE 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 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
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 48 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing LTE 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.875% 0.163% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.797% 0.806% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £253 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.82% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £335 £225
% change year-on-year
-14.17% +48.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £43.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-10.40% +8.12%
All Communications & Networking
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 124 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 15.10% 20.23% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 37
Average daily rate £425 £388 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £263 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 15
Average hourly rate £26.50 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.77% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £22.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.30 £42.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
LTE
South West

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Swindon - 2 £253 -
LTE
South West

LTE
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Huawei
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Hudson
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UMTS
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) 3G

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) UMTS
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Hudson
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Huawei
1 1 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 1 (20.00%) Nokia