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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Birmingham region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank219
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads3783
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.093 %
As % of the category below14.29 %27.76 %
Daily rates quoted73
Average minimum daily rate£275£267
Average daily rate£294£300
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£323
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
Hourly rates quoted815
Average minimum hourly rate£29.63£18.00
Average hourly rate£33.63£19.43
% change on same period last year+73.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.63£20.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.78£23.61
% change on same period last year+9.21 %
General BirminghamGeneral
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads259299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.332 %0.336 %
Daily rates quoted6757
Average minimum daily rate£359£317
Average daily rate£381£344
% change on same period last year+10.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£372
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted2436
Average minimum hourly rate£18.09£24.50
Average hourly rate£20.07£25.43
% change on same period last year-21.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.06£26.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£26.00
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Telecoms West MidlandsTelecoms
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Telecoms
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Birmingham Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Birmingham Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms.

17 (12.96 %)Microsoft
26 (11.11 %)SNMP
35 (9.259 %)VoIP
35 (9.259 %)Java
35 (9.259 %)JavaScript
35 (9.259 %)Solaris
35 (9.259 %)ISDN
35 (9.259 %)PSTN
44 (7.407 %)ObjectStore
44 (7.407 %)OO
44 (7.407 %)Perl
44 (7.407 %)C
44 (7.407 %)C++
44 (7.407 %)HTML
44 (7.407 %)MS Office
44 (7.407 %)Unix
44 (7.407 %)CGI
44 (7.407 %)Internet
53 (5.556 %)Finance
53 (5.556 %)MPLS
53 (5.556 %)DSL
53 (5.556 %)Active Directory
53 (5.556 %)Windows
53 (5.556 %)MS Excel
62 (3.704 %)Broadband
62 (3.704 %)MS Visio
62 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
62 (3.704 %)LAN
62 (3.704 %)Oracle
62 (3.704 %)SQL Server

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (7.407 %)HTML
14 (7.407 %)CGI
21 (1.852 %)Hibernate
21 (1.852 %).NET
21 (1.852 %)J2EE
21 (1.852 %)ASP
21 (1.852 %)ASP.NET
21 (1.852 %)JDBC
Application Platforms
12 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
21 (1.852 %)CMS
21 (1.852 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (1.852 %)IIS
21 (1.852 %)Lotus Domino
Applications
14 (7.407 %)MS Office
23 (5.556 %)MS Excel
32 (3.704 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
11 (1.852 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
16 (11.11 %)SNMP
25 (9.259 %)ISDN
25 (9.259 %)PSTN
25 (9.259 %)VoIP
34 (7.407 %)Internet
43 (5.556 %)MPLS
43 (5.556 %)DSL
52 (3.704 %)WAN
52 (3.704 %)LAN
52 (3.704 %)Broadband
61 (1.852 %)DNS
61 (1.852 %)SDH
61 (1.852 %)SMTP
61 (1.852 %)Ethernet
61 (1.852 %)RIP
61 (1.852 %)EIGRP
61 (1.852 %)Nortel Norstar
61 (1.852 %)NGN
61 (1.852 %)OSPF
61 (1.852 %)BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (7.407 %)ObjectStore
22 (3.704 %)SQL Server
31 (1.852 %)Oracle Reports
General
13 (5.556 %)Finance
22 (3.704 %)Construction
22 (3.704 %)Electronics
22 (3.704 %)Insurance
31 (1.852 %)Electric
31 (1.852 %)Government
31 (1.852 %)Billing
Job Titles
16 (11.11 %)Consultant
24 (7.407 %)Coordinator
24 (7.407 %)Software Engineer
24 (7.407 %)Analyst
24 (7.407 %)Procurement Consultant
33 (5.556 %)Project Manager
33 (5.556 %)Product Manager
42 (3.704 %)Project Coordinator
42 (3.704 %)2nd Line Support
42 (3.704 %)Administrator
42 (3.704 %)Support Engineer
42 (3.704 %)Architect
42 (3.704 %)Network Engineer
42 (3.704 %)Data Analyst
42 (3.704 %)Telecoms Project Manager
51 (1.852 %)Microwave Engineer
51 (1.852 %)SOA Architect
51 (1.852 %)Implementation Engineer
51 (1.852 %)Avaya Engineer
51 (1.852 %)Data Integrity Analyst
Miscellaneous
11 (1.852 %)Smartcard
11 (1.852 %)Italian Language
11 (1.852 %)Portuguese Language
11 (1.852 %)Spanish Language
Operating Systems
15 (9.259 %)Solaris
24 (7.407 %)Unix
33 (5.556 %)Windows
41 (1.852 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
14 (7.407 %)OO
21 (1.852 %)E-Commerce
21 (1.852 %)SOA
21 (1.852 %)Project Management
21 (1.852 %)GAP Analysis
21 (1.852 %)Risk Management
21 (1.852 %)E-Procurement
21 (1.852 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (1.852 %)Document Management
21 (1.852 %)Data Analysis
21 (1.852 %)Test Scripting
21 (1.852 %)ITIL
21 (1.852 %)PRINCE2
Programming Languages
15 (9.259 %)Java
15 (9.259 %)JavaScript
24 (7.407 %)Perl
24 (7.407 %)C
24 (7.407 %)C++
31 (1.852 %)C#
Qualifications
12 (3.704 %)Degree
21 (1.852 %)CCNP
21 (1.852 %)CCNA
21 (1.852 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.852 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (1.852 %)Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.852 %)SLA
System Software
13 (5.556 %)Active Directory
Vendors
17 (12.96 %)Microsoft
22 (3.704 %)Nortel
22 (3.704 %)Avaya
22 (3.704 %)Oracle
22 (3.704 %)Cisco
31 (1.852 %)Lotus
31 (1.852 %)webMethods
31 (1.852 %)Fujitsu
31 (1.852 %)Sun
31 (1.852 %)HP
31 (1.852 %)Compaq
31 (1.852 %)Dell
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