The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms 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 terms in our General category for the Aberdeen 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
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 10 19 19
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 16 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 11.35% 5.319% 5.291%
As % of the General category 45.71% 27.78% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
Average daily rate £400 £328 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.13% -19.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £326 £395
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £466 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £345
% change year-on-year
+0.76% -5.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £44.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -27.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -1.58%
All of the General Category
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
35 36 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 24.82% 19.15% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 11
Average daily rate £339 £346 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.16% +0.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £273 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 £468 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
Average hourly rate £15.77 £23.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.17% +55.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £15.85 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.91 £30.65 £38.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
Scotland

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Aberdeen Telecoms Jobs Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Aberdeen Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (70.00%) Cisco
2 13 (43.33%) IP Telephony
2 13 (43.33%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (40.00%) CCNP
4 11 (36.67%) LAN
4 11 (36.67%) WAN
4 11 (36.67%) Degree
4 11 (36.67%) Riverbed
5 9 (30.00%) Wireless
6 8 (26.67%) VoIP
6 8 (26.67%) CCIE
6 8 (26.67%) Time Management
7 7 (23.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 7 (23.33%) CCTV
7 7 (23.33%) PABX
7 7 (23.33%) VPN
7 7 (23.33%) SAP
7 7 (23.33%) BGP
7 7 (23.33%) EIGRP
7 7 (23.33%) Data Management
8 6 (20.00%) Maximo
8 6 (20.00%) MGCP
8 6 (20.00%) H.323
8 6 (20.00%) Remedy
8 6 (20.00%) ITIL
8 6 (20.00%) Citrix
8 6 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (20.00%) SAP GTS
8 6 (20.00%) SAP CCM

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (20.00%) Maximo
2 6 (20.00%) SAP GTS
2 6 (20.00%) SAP CCM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) IP Telephony
2 11 (36.67%) LAN
2 11 (36.67%) WAN
3 9 (30.00%) Wireless
4 8 (26.67%) VoIP
5 7 (23.33%) PABX
5 7 (23.33%) VPN
5 7 (23.33%) BGP
5 7 (23.33%) EIGRP
6 6 (20.00%) MGCP
6 6 (20.00%) H.323
6 6 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (16.67%) Firewall
8 3 (10.00%) VSAT
8 3 (10.00%) VLAN
9 1 (3.333%) DNS
9 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) Xcelsius
1 1 (3.333%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (3.333%) MS Access
1 1 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (3.333%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.667%) Finance
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.333%) SAP Architect
5 1 (3.333%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.333%) IT Technician
5 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.333%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.333%) Applications Support
5 1 (3.333%) Administrator
5 1 (3.333%) Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support Specialist
5 1 (3.333%) Network Support
5 1 (3.333%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) CCTV
2 5 (16.67%) SCADA
2 5 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.333%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) UNIX
2 2 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Time Management
2 7 (23.33%) Data Management
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL
4 3 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 3 (10.00%) Service Management
4 3 (10.00%) Workflow
4 3 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.333%) Network Management
5 1 (3.333%) Change Control
5 1 (3.333%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) C
2 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (40.00%) CCNP
3 11 (36.67%) Degree
4 8 (26.67%) CCIE
5 4 (13.33%) CCNA
6 2 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (6.667%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 21 (70.00%) Cisco
2 11 (36.67%) Riverbed
3 7 (23.33%) SAP
4 6 (20.00%) Remedy
4 6 (20.00%) Citrix
5 5 (16.67%) Nortel
6 4 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 4 (13.33%) Avaya
6 4 (13.33%) Juniper
6 4 (13.33%) Mitel
6 4 (13.33%) Aruba
7 3 (10.00%) VMware
7 3 (10.00%) Blue Coat
8 2 (6.667%) HP
8 2 (6.667%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.333%) NetApp
9 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
9 1 (3.333%) Oracle
9 1 (3.333%) Business Objects
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