Bristol Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Bristol 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bletchley Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chalfont St Giles Chathill Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Ilford Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Preston Queensferry Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Widnes Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	10
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	67	74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.086 %	0.083 %
As % of the category below	14.82 %	15.71 %
Daily rates quoted	12	16
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£338
Average daily rate	£322	£343
% change on same period last year	-5.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£324
% change on same period last year	+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.33	£17.18
Average hourly rate	£20.68	£18.36
% change on same period last year	+12.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.03	£19.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+8.37 %
General Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	452	471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.580 %	0.529 %
Daily rates quoted	182	170
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£354
Average daily rate	£352	£366
% change on same period last year	-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.91	£20.63
Average hourly rate	£22.24	£22.54
% change on same period last year	-1.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.56	£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.74	£26.10
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
Telecoms South West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 16 (14.41 %) .NET 1 16 (14.41 %) SQL Server 2 13 (11.71 %) Unix 3 12 (10.81 %) Microsoft 4 11 (9.910 %) Windows 4 11 (9.910 %) SQL 5 10 (9.009 %) Oracle 5 10 (9.009 %) ITIL 6 9 (8.108 %) C# 7 8 (7.207 %) Solaris 7 8 (7.207 %) Cisco 7 8 (7.207 %) QuickTest Pro 7 8 (7.207 %) Firewall 8 7 (6.306 %) Remedy 8 7 (6.306 %) Netcool

8 7 (6.306 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 8 7 (6.306 %) Broadband 8 7 (6.306 %) WebLogic 9 6 (5.405 %) CRM 9 6 (5.405 %) SAN 9 6 (5.405 %) VERITAS 9 6 (5.405 %) Workflow 9 6 (5.405 %) Oracle Workflow 9 6 (5.405 %) Data Analysis 9 6 (5.405 %) .NET Framework 10 5 (4.505 %) MS PowerPoint 10 5 (4.505 %) Finance 10 5 (4.505 %) Project Management 10 5 (4.505 %) BS7799 10 5 (4.505 %) MS Excel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Bristol 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 1 16 (14.41 %) .NET 2 6 (5.405 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (1.802 %) SOAP 3 2 (1.802 %) XML 3 2 (1.802 %) WSDL 3 2 (1.802 %) Middleware 4 1 (0.901 %) Series 60 4 1 (0.901 %) WebSphere 4 1 (0.901 %) WebServices 4 1 (0.901 %) J2EE 4 1 (0.901 %) WPF 4 1 (0.901 %) Mason	Application Platforms 1 7 (6.306 %) WebLogic 2 6 (5.405 %) Oracle Workflow 3 2 (1.802 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.802 %) IIS 3 2 (1.802 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (0.901 %) Apache
Applications 1 5 (4.505 %) MS Excel 1 5 (4.505 %) MS PowerPoint 2 4 (3.604 %) MS Project 3 3 (2.703 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.802 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 8 (7.207 %) Firewall 2 7 (6.306 %) Broadband 3 6 (5.405 %) SAN 4 4 (3.604 %) Internet 5 2 (1.802 %) 3G 5 2 (1.802 %) LAN 5 2 (1.802 %) WAN 5 2 (1.802 %) VPN 5 2 (1.802 %) 2G 6 1 (0.901 %) BSS 6 1 (0.901 %) LLU 6 1 (0.901 %) Network Security 6 1 (0.901 %) Wireless 6 1 (0.901 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.901 %) GPRS 6 1 (0.901 %) MPLS 6 1 (0.901 %) DSLAM 6 1 (0.901 %) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (14.41 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.703 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (1.802 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (1.802 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 2 (1.802 %) OLAP 3 2 (1.802 %) OLTP 3 2 (1.802 %) RDBMS 3 2 (1.802 %) VLDB 4 1 (0.901 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.901 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.901 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence	Development Applications 1 8 (7.207 %) QuickTest Pro 2 4 (3.604 %) LoadRunner 2 4 (3.604 %) WinRunner 2 4 (3.604 %) FitNesse 3 2 (1.802 %) TestDirector 3 2 (1.802 %) Rational Rose 3 2 (1.802 %) ARTiSAN 4 1 (0.901 %) NUnit 4 1 (0.901 %) Visual Studio
General 1 5 (4.505 %) Finance 2 3 (2.703 %) Music 3 2 (1.802 %) Billing 3 2 (1.802 %) Government 3 2 (1.802 %) Military 4 1 (0.901 %) Retail 4 1 (0.901 %) Multimedia 4 1 (0.901 %) Legal 4 1 (0.901 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 22 (19.82 %) Analyst 2 11 (9.910 %) Security Engineer 3 10 (9.009 %) Architect 3 10 (9.009 %) Developer 4 9 (8.108 %) C# Developer 5 7 (6.306 %) Project Manager 5 7 (6.306 %) Test Manager 5 7 (6.306 %) Test Analyst 6 6 (5.405 %) .NET Developer 7 5 (4.505 %) Senior Analyst 7 5 (4.505 %) Senior Test Analyst 7 5 (4.505 %) Team Leader 8 4 (3.604 %) Service Desk Analyst 8 4 (3.604 %) Support Team Leader 8 4 (3.604 %) Data Analyst 8 4 (3.604 %) DBA 8 4 (3.604 %) Service Analyst 8 4 (3.604 %) Coordinator 9 3 (2.703 %) Consultant 9 3 (2.703 %) Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.802 %) Replication 2 1 (0.901 %) Web 2.0 2 1 (0.901 %) Statistics 2 1 (0.901 %) Data Extraction	Operating Systems 1 13 (11.71 %) Unix 2 11 (9.910 %) Windows 3 8 (7.207 %) Solaris 4 2 (1.802 %) Linux 4 2 (1.802 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.901 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.901 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (9.009 %) ITIL 2 6 (5.405 %) CRM 2 6 (5.405 %) Workflow 2 6 (5.405 %) Data Analysis 3 5 (4.505 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (4.505 %) Project Management 4 4 (3.604 %) Stakeholder Management 4 4 (3.604 %) Test Management 5 3 (2.703 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 3 (2.703 %) Penetration Testing 5 3 (2.703 %) DoDAF 5 3 (2.703 %) MODAF 5 3 (2.703 %) Project Planning 5 3 (2.703 %) TOGAF 5 3 (2.703 %) E-Commerce 6 2 (1.802 %) UML 6 2 (1.802 %) Network Planning 6 2 (1.802 %) Six Sigma 6 2 (1.802 %) Software Testing 6 2 (1.802 %) Integration Testing	Programming Languages 1 11 (9.910 %) SQL 2 9 (8.108 %) C# 3 4 (3.604 %) C 4 3 (2.703 %) Java 5 2 (1.802 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (0.901 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.901 %) Korn 6 1 (0.901 %) Perl 6 1 (0.901 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (3.604 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (2.703 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.901 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (0.901 %) Degree 3 1 (0.901 %) CCNA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (6.306 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 5 (4.505 %) BS7799 3 2 (1.802 %) ISO9000 4 1 (0.901 %) COBIT 4 1 (0.901 %) QA
System Software 1 4 (3.604 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.703 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.901 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (0.901 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 7 (6.306 %) Netcool 2 2 (1.802 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (1.802 %) EMC Navisphere 3 1 (0.901 %) Netcool/Proviso
Vendors 1 12 (10.81 %) Microsoft 2 10 (9.009 %) Oracle 3 8 (7.207 %) Cisco 4 7 (6.306 %) Remedy 5 6 (5.405 %) VERITAS 6 4 (3.604 %) Compuware 6 4 (3.604 %) SAP 7 3 (2.703 %) Business Objects 7 3 (2.703 %) HP 8 2 (1.802 %) EMC 8 2 (1.802 %) Lotus 8 2 (1.802 %) Telelogic 9 1 (0.901 %) Cramer 9 1 (0.901 %) Hummingbird 9 1 (0.901 %) VMware 9 1 (0.901 %) Brocade 9 1 (0.901 %) BT 9 1 (0.901 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.901 %) Alcatel 9 1 (0.901 %) Empirix