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The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank102139
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.509 %0.211 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£200
Average daily rate£225£275
% change on same period last year-18.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£285
% change on same period last year+11.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.19£33.44
% change on same period last year-15.71 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads265473
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.428 %0.516 %
Daily rates quoted3582
Average minimum daily rate£323£300
Average daily rate£341£315
% change on same period last year+8.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£336
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted3879
Average minimum hourly rate£22.61£25.07
Average hourly rate£24.12£25.98
% change on same period last year-7.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.63£26.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
3G England3G
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

3G
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3G across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire 3G Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3G across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South YorkshireUp+243£225-18.18 %
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
3G England3G
England

3G
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

13 (42.86 %)Nokia
13 (42.86 %)2G
22 (28.57 %)XML
22 (28.57 %)VPN
22 (28.57 %)Nortel
22 (28.57 %)Ericsson
22 (28.57 %)Telecoms
22 (28.57 %)RNC
31 (14.29 %)SAP
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
31 (14.29 %)NHS

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)XML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (42.86 %)2G
22 (28.57 %)RNC
22 (28.57 %)VPN
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)2nd Line Support
21 (14.29 %)Desktop Support Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Technical Support Officer
21 (14.29 %)Switch Engineer
21 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Desktop Support
21 (14.29 %)Technical Support
21 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)NHS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Nokia
22 (28.57 %)Nortel
22 (28.57 %)Ericsson
31 (14.29 %)SAP