The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 32 29 22
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -7
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 17 25 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.778% 4.019% 4.499%
As % of the General category 11.41% 12.14% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 8
Average daily rate £313 £350 £286
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +22.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £270 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £660 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
149 206 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 33.11% 33.12% 37.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 123 114
Average daily rate £363 £363 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £237 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £9.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +95.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
West Midlands

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 11 (25.58%) C#
2 10 (23.26%) .NET
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
3 8 (18.60%) MS Office
3 8 (18.60%) Windows
4 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
4 7 (16.28%) HTML
4 7 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (13.95%) Project Management
5 6 (13.95%) Web Services
6 5 (11.63%) SOAP
6 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
6 5 (11.63%) UNIX
6 5 (11.63%) SQL
6 5 (11.63%) WSDL
6 5 (11.63%) WAN
6 5 (11.63%) MPLS
6 5 (11.63%) MVC
7 4 (9.302%) Workflow
7 4 (9.302%) Finance
7 4 (9.302%) Migration
7 4 (9.302%) Cisco
7 4 (9.302%) LAN
7 4 (9.302%) JavaScript
7 4 (9.302%) CSS
7 4 (9.302%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
8 3 (6.977%) TOGAF
8 3 (6.977%) Marketing
8 3 (6.977%) .NET Framework

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 10 (23.26%) .NET
2 7 (16.28%) HTML
3 6 (13.95%) Web Services
4 5 (11.63%) SOAP
4 5 (11.63%) WSDL
5 4 (9.302%) CSS
6 3 (6.977%) .NET Framework
6 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET
7 2 (4.651%) WCF
7 2 (4.651%) LINQ
7 2 (4.651%) jQuery
7 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (4.651%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (2.326%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (2.326%) Ajax
8 1 (2.326%) soapUI
8 1 (2.326%) JSP
8 1 (2.326%) XHTML
8 1 (2.326%) STL
8 1 (2.326%) XML
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) MS Office
2 3 (6.977%) MS Project
2 3 (6.977%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.326%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.326%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.326%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.326%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) WAN
1 5 (11.63%) MPLS
2 4 (9.302%) LAN
3 2 (4.651%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.651%) DSL
3 2 (4.651%) Megaco
3 2 (4.651%) Broadband
3 2 (4.651%) SDH
3 2 (4.651%) VoIP
4 1 (2.326%) Softswitch
4 1 (2.326%) xDSL
4 1 (2.326%) LTE
4 1 (2.326%) VSAT
4 1 (2.326%) LLU
4 1 (2.326%) PBX
4 1 (2.326%) PSTN
4 1 (2.326%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.326%) HTTP
4 1 (2.326%) ISDN
4 1 (2.326%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.326%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (6.977%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (9.302%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Marketing
2 3 (6.977%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.651%) Electronics
3 2 (4.651%) Retail
3 2 (4.651%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Developer
2 8 (18.60%) Project Manager
3 6 (13.95%) .NET Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) NOC Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) Project Coordinator
5 4 (9.302%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (9.302%) Coordinator
5 4 (9.302%) Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.977%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.651%) C# Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Network Manager
7 2 (4.651%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.651%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Network Project Manager
7 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) NHS Business Analyst
8 1 (2.326%) Lead Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (6.977%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.651%) DTV
2 2 (4.651%) NHS
3 1 (2.326%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.326%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.326%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) UNIX
3 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.326%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.326%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.326%) Solaris
4 1 (2.326%) Linux
4 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (13.95%) Project Management
3 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
3 5 (11.63%) MVC
4 4 (9.302%) Workflow
4 4 (9.302%) Migration
5 3 (6.977%) TOGAF
5 3 (6.977%) OO
6 2 (4.651%) Quality Management
6 2 (4.651%) Programme Management
6 2 (4.651%) Service Management
6 2 (4.651%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.651%) CRM
6 2 (4.651%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.651%) Supplier Management
7 1 (2.326%) SIEM
7 1 (2.326%) Web Application Development
7 1 (2.326%) Analytics
7 1 (2.326%) BDD
7 1 (2.326%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) C#
2 5 (11.63%) SQL
3 4 (9.302%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.651%) Java
5 1 (2.326%) C++
5 1 (2.326%) Perl
5 1 (2.326%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.326%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.651%) Degree
2 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.326%) APMP
3 1 (2.326%) BC Cleared
3 1 (2.326%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.326%) HNC
3 1 (2.326%) HND
3 1 (2.326%) CCNA
3 1 (2.326%) ISEB
3 1 (2.326%) CISSP
3 1 (2.326%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.326%) CEH
3 1 (2.326%) GCIA
3 1 (2.326%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.977%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.326%) QA
2 1 (2.326%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.326%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.302%) Cisco
3 3 (6.977%) Ericsson
4 2 (4.651%) BT
4 2 (4.651%) SAP
4 2 (4.651%) Huawei
4 2 (4.651%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (2.326%) ArcSight
5 1 (2.326%) DevExpress
5 1 (2.326%) Cordys
5 1 (2.326%) Oracle
5 1 (2.326%) Cognos
5 1 (2.326%) Sun
5 1 (2.326%) Remedy
5 1 (2.326%) Cramer
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