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The table below looks at the demand for Transaction Capabilities Applications Part (TCAP) skills within the Bracknell region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TCAP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransaction Capabilities Applications Part (TCAP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank27-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.429 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£625-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£750-
UK excluding London average daily rate£567£463
% change on same period last year+22.52 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads7053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted1616
Average minimum daily rate£364£310
Average daily rate£405£319
% change on same period last year+27.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted1013
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£22.48
Average hourly rate£24.21£24.61
% change on same period last year-1.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.14£26.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
TCAP BerkshireTCAP
Berkshire

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.

TCAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TCAP across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bracknell TCAP Demand Trend

TCAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bracknell TCAP Daily Rate Trend

TCAP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing TCAP 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 TCAP.

13 (100.00 %)SCCP
22 (66.67 %)INAP
22 (66.67 %)Network Design
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (66.67 %)GSM
22 (66.67 %)3GPP
22 (66.67 %)WCDMA
22 (66.67 %)SGSN
22 (66.67 %)MGW
31 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (33.33 %)SS7
31 (33.33 %)ISUP
31 (33.33 %)SMS
31 (33.33 %)SAP
31 (33.33 %)GPRS
31 (33.33 %)Billing
31 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (33.33 %)GGSN

TCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing TCAP 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 TCAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)SCCP
22 (66.67 %)INAP
22 (66.67 %)GSM
22 (66.67 %)3GPP
22 (66.67 %)WCDMA
22 (66.67 %)SGSN
22 (66.67 %)MGW
31 (33.33 %)GPRS
31 (33.33 %)SS7
31 (33.33 %)ISUP
31 (33.33 %)SMS
31 (33.33 %)GGSN
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Billing
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Network Consultant
12 (66.67 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Architect
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Network Design
21 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)SAP