The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Bradford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 25 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 0.645% 1.875% -
As % of the General category 1.786% 4.688% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £550 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
-11.29% -3.12%
All of the General Category
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
56 64 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 36.13% 40.00% 47.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 12
Average daily rate £340 £375 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +53.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £8.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Telecoms
West Yorkshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) CIMA
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (25.00%) ACCA

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) 4G
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Junior
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ACCA
1 1 (25.00%) CIMA