The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 572 1059 646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.88% 33.67% 21.71%
As % of the General category 55.80% 67.11% 54.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 211 149
Average daily rate £320 £305 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.91% -8.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £220 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £329 £340
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
Average hourly rate £15.00 £27.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.45% -12.00%
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
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1025 1578 1192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.80% 50.17% 40.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 466 401
Average daily rate £370 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £469 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 42
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading -3 127 £225 -17.43%
Slough +1 71 £361 +11.07%
Newbury 0 60 £363 +52.63%
Bracknell -6 10 £438 +21.52%
Maidenhead -10 8 £258 -37.19%
Wokingham 0 1 - -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 285 (22.49%) 3G
2 246 (19.42%) Radio Access Network
3 204 (16.10%) Project Management
4 174 (13.73%) Ericsson
5 169 (13.34%) 2G
6 157 (12.39%) LTE
7 124 (9.787%) ATM
8 118 (9.313%) Finance
9 107 (8.445%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 100 (7.893%) SQL
11 97 (7.656%) Ethernet
12 95 (7.498%) Degree
13 87 (6.867%) Migration
14 83 (6.551%) SDH
15 78 (6.156%) GSM
16 76 (5.998%) Oracle
16 76 (5.998%) PRINCE2
17 74 (5.841%) ITIL
18 71 (5.604%) MS Excel
19 64 (5.051%) UNIX
19 64 (5.051%) MPLS
19 64 (5.051%) Stakeholder Management
20 63 (4.972%) BSS
21 62 (4.893%) Billing
21 62 (4.893%) Network Design
22 61 (4.815%) 3GPP
23 60 (4.736%) .NET
24 56 (4.420%) Windows
25 55 (4.341%) SLA
26 54 (4.262%) Fault Management

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 60 (4.736%) .NET
2 35 (2.762%) ASP.NET
3 27 (2.131%) Web Services
3 27 (2.131%) WCF
4 26 (2.052%) XML
5 22 (1.736%) HTML
6 19 (1.500%) Middleware
7 18 (1.421%) jQuery
8 13 (1.026%) ASP.NET MVC
8 13 (1.026%) CSS
9 11 (0.868%) HTML5
10 10 (0.789%) J2EE
11 8 (0.631%) WAP
12 6 (0.474%) ASP
13 5 (0.395%) LINQ
14 4 (0.316%) XHTML
15 3 (0.237%) Oracle Fusion
15 3 (0.237%) SOAP
16 2 (0.158%) Spring
16 2 (0.158%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 14 (1.105%) ESB
2 11 (0.868%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.789%) Lotus Notes
3 10 (0.789%) CMS
4 7 (0.552%) Apache
5 5 (0.395%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.316%) WebLogic Portal
6 4 (0.316%) MS Exchange
6 4 (0.316%) MSMQ
6 4 (0.316%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.237%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.158%) SAS
8 2 (0.158%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.079%) Drupal
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (0.079%) Amazon AWS
9 1 (0.079%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.079%) Lync
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 71 (5.604%) MS Excel
2 49 (3.867%) MS Office
3 38 (2.999%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.579%) MS Project
5 15 (1.184%) MS PowerPoint
6 12 (0.947%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.631%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.474%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.474%) InDesign
9 5 (0.395%) OmniGraffle
10 4 (0.316%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.237%) XMetaL
12 1 (0.079%) Google Apps
12 1 (0.079%) Office 365
12 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.079%) SPSS
12 1 (0.079%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 21 (1.657%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.026%) CSG Singleview
3 5 (0.395%) Agresso
4 4 (0.316%) CODA-Financials
4 4 (0.316%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.316%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.237%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.237%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.237%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.237%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.158%) Oracle SCM
6 2 (0.158%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.158%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.158%) Oracle BRM
7 1 (0.079%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.079%) CA Clarity
7 1 (0.079%) Minerva
7 1 (0.079%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.079%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 285 (22.49%) 3G
2 246 (19.42%) Radio Access Network
3 169 (13.34%) 2G
4 157 (12.39%) LTE
5 124 (9.787%) ATM
6 97 (7.656%) Ethernet
7 83 (6.551%) SDH
8 78 (6.156%) GSM
9 64 (5.051%) MPLS
10 63 (4.972%) BSS
11 61 (4.815%) 3GPP
12 53 (4.183%) 4G
13 50 (3.946%) RNC
14 42 (3.315%) WCDMA
15 38 (2.999%) UMTS
16 32 (2.526%) WAN
17 31 (2.447%) LAN
17 31 (2.447%) Wireshark
18 30 (2.368%) OSPF
19 29 (2.289%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.183%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.605%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (1.657%) MS Access
4 17 (1.342%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.947%) MySQL
6 8 (0.631%) Big Data
6 8 (0.631%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.552%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (0.395%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.316%) SQL Server 2000
10 3 (0.237%) BusinessObjects XI
10 3 (0.237%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (0.158%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.158%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (0.079%) Data Mart
12 1 (0.079%) GIS
12 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.079%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.079%) DB2
12 1 (0.079%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 25 (1.973%) SpecFlow
2 18 (1.421%) JIRA
3 12 (0.947%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (0.868%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.710%) ERwin
6 8 (0.631%) Subversion
7 7 (0.552%) Selenium
8 6 (0.474%) Dreamweaver
9 5 (0.395%) StarTeam
9 5 (0.395%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.395%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.079%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.079%) Xcode
10 1 (0.079%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.079%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.079%) ClearCase
10 1 (0.079%) Ant
10 1 (0.079%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.079%) LoadRunner
General
1 118 (9.313%) Finance
2 62 (4.893%) Billing
3 52 (4.104%) Marketing
4 39 (3.078%) Legal
4 39 (3.078%) Banking
5 19 (1.500%) Front Office
6 18 (1.421%) Law
7 14 (1.105%) Retail
8 13 (1.026%) Back Office
9 11 (0.868%) Aerospace
10 10 (0.789%) Advertising
11 7 (0.552%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.395%) Interactive Media
12 5 (0.395%) Military
13 3 (0.237%) Publishing
13 3 (0.237%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.158%) Electronics
15 1 (0.079%) Music
15 1 (0.079%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 184 (14.52%) Project Manager
2 121 (9.550%) Analyst
3 113 (8.919%) Architect
4 100 (7.893%) Design Engineer
5 83 (6.551%) Solutions Architect
6 80 (6.314%) Business Analyst
7 77 (6.077%) Developer
8 62 (4.893%) Test Engineer
9 59 (4.657%) Transmission Engineer
10 55 (4.341%) RAN Engineer
11 49 (3.867%) Designer
12 47 (3.710%) Administrator
13 45 (3.552%) Network Engineer
14 40 (3.157%) Coordinator
15 37 (2.920%) Integration Engineer
16 33 (2.605%) OSS Engineer
17 30 (2.368%) Solutions Designer
18 27 (2.131%) Support Engineer
19 24 (1.894%) Consultant
19 24 (1.894%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.210%) Management Information System
2 23 (1.815%) Handset
3 17 (1.342%) PMI
4 16 (1.263%) Digital Media
5 13 (1.026%) Computer Science
6 12 (0.947%) Blackberry
7 8 (0.631%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.552%) Smart Meter
9 6 (0.474%) Economics
9 6 (0.474%) Data Extraction
9 6 (0.474%) Statistics
10 4 (0.316%) N-Tier
10 4 (0.316%) Open Source
10 4 (0.316%) SaaS
10 4 (0.316%) iPhone
10 4 (0.316%) Wiki
10 4 (0.316%) CMDB
11 3 (0.237%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.237%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.237%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.051%) UNIX
2 56 (4.420%) Windows
3 45 (3.552%) Linux
4 17 (1.342%) Windows 7
4 17 (1.342%) Windows XP
5 11 (0.868%) Solaris
6 10 (0.789%) Android
7 9 (0.710%) HPUX
8 7 (0.552%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (0.395%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.316%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.158%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.158%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.158%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.079%) Nucleus RTOS
12 1 (0.079%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.079%) AIX
12 1 (0.079%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.079%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (16.10%) Project Management
2 87 (6.867%) Migration
3 76 (5.998%) PRINCE2
4 74 (5.841%) ITIL
5 64 (5.051%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (4.893%) Network Design
7 54 (4.262%) Fault Management
8 44 (3.473%) UML
8 44 (3.473%) Business Analysis
9 41 (3.236%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (3.078%) Service Delivery
10 39 (3.078%) Scrum
11 38 (2.999%) Performance Management
12 35 (2.762%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (2.762%) CRM
12 35 (2.762%) Use Case
13 34 (2.684%) Resource Management
14 33 (2.605%) Programme Management
15 29 (2.289%) Service Management
15 29 (2.289%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 100 (7.893%) SQL
2 43 (3.394%) Perl
3 40 (3.157%) C#
4 32 (2.526%) C
5 25 (1.973%) Java
6 20 (1.579%) VBA
7 15 (1.184%) VB
8 14 (1.105%) C++
9 11 (0.868%) PHP
10 10 (0.789%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.631%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.474%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.316%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.316%) Bash shell
14 3 (0.237%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.237%) Python
15 2 (0.158%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.158%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.079%) ALGOL
16 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 95 (7.498%) Degree
2 52 (4.104%) PMI Certification
3 43 (3.394%) PMP
4 40 (3.157%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (3.078%) ISEB
6 26 (2.052%) SC Cleared
6 26 (2.052%) Security Cleared
7 21 (1.657%) CCNP
7 21 (1.657%) CCNA
8 15 (1.184%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 11 (0.868%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.710%) CBAP
11 8 (0.631%) CCIE
11 8 (0.631%) HND
11 8 (0.631%) CIMA
12 6 (0.474%) ACCA
12 6 (0.474%) HNC
13 5 (0.395%) MCDST
13 5 (0.395%) MCP
13 5 (0.395%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.341%) SLA
2 12 (0.947%) QA
3 7 (0.552%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.316%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.158%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.158%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.079%) BS25999
System Software
1 17 (1.342%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.474%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.158%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.158%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (0.158%) Xen
4 1 (0.079%) Postfix
4 1 (0.079%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.079%) XenApp
4 1 (0.079%) XenServer
4 1 (0.079%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.079%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.079%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.079%) NFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.579%) Netcool
2 12 (0.947%) HP Quality Center
3 11 (0.868%) Ionix
4 4 (0.316%) OpenView
4 4 (0.316%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (0.237%) SCCM
5 3 (0.237%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.158%) Control-M
6 2 (0.158%) SCOM
7 1 (0.079%) Splunk
7 1 (0.079%) TeMIP
7 1 (0.079%) HP NNM
7 1 (0.079%) Nagios
7 1 (0.079%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 174 (13.73%) Ericsson
2 107 (8.445%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 76 (5.998%) Oracle
4 54 (4.262%) Huawei
5 52 (4.104%) Cisco
6 51 (4.025%) Microsoft
7 41 (3.236%) Nokia
8 32 (2.526%) Remedy
9 31 (2.447%) Business Objects
9 31 (2.447%) NetHawk
10 29 (2.289%) HP
11 26 (2.052%) NEC
12 24 (1.894%) Citrix
13 21 (1.657%) BMC
14 20 (1.579%) Cramer
14 20 (1.579%) Teradata
15 19 (1.500%) BT
15 19 (1.500%) SAP
16 18 (1.421%) Greenplum
17 16 (1.263%) Ab Initio
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Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £482.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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The suitable PMO Co-ordinator will be required to have the following skills, abilities and experience: - Definition & implementation of PMO standards & processes - Production & maintenance of high level & detailed...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £395 - £396 per day
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Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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