The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank - 104 -
Contract jobs citing UMTS 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.267% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.151% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £258 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-15.73% +11.25%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
309 279 195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.61% 12.42% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 140 82
Average daily rate £300 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £194 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 35 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -52.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire UMTS Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 5 (100.00%) GSM
1 5 (100.00%) 3G
1 5 (100.00%) 2G
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) MS Office
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Amdocs

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) GSM
1 5 (100.00%) 3G
1 5 (100.00%) 2G
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Amdocs