The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank - 116 -
Contract jobs citing 2G 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.125% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.943% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £285 £300
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.57% -17.64%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
345 318 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 17.43% 13.28% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 163 78
Average daily rate £300 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 39 25
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £33.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) Huawei
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (50.00%) Ericsson

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 3G Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
West Yorkshire
To support the RAN Optimisation teams as required. Successful candidates must have strong skills in GSM, GPRS, UMTS and LTE network architectures and operation. Working knowledge of Fault...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £140 - £160 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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