Telecoms Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 21 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 Bedfordshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 28 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +12
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.058% 2.509% 1.365%
As % of the General category 2.667% 5.344% 4.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £300 £425 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% +42.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £40.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-11.29% -5.34%
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 75 131 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 39.68% 46.95% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 48
Average daily rate £400 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £225 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
Average hourly rate £32.75 £38.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.81% +26.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Luton -4 2 £300 -29.41%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 3 (37.50%) Wireless
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) CCNP
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (12.50%) Nagios
3 1 (12.50%) 3G
3 1 (12.50%) ECDL
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) 3G
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) 2G
3 1 (12.50%) LTE
General
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support
2 2 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ECDL
2 1 (12.50%) HND
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 9000
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nagios
1 1 (12.50%) Cacti
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter
2 1 (12.50%) Polycom
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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