Buckinghamshire Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Buckinghamshire 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	26	31
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	81	63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.104 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	10.56 %	10.34 %
Daily rates quoted	49	34
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£358
Average daily rate	£407	£389
% change on same period last year	+4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£412	£421
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£324
% change on same period last year	+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.37	£14.50
Average hourly rate	£25.51	£16.25
% change on same period last year	+56.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.65	£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+8.37 %
General Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	767	609
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.984 %	0.684 %
Daily rates quoted	236	136
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£345
Average daily rate	£388	£368
% change on same period last year	+5.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.63	£28.57
Average hourly rate	£26.08	£30.23
% change on same period last year	-13.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.52	£31.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.74	£26.10
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
Telecoms South East

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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Telecoms
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Buckinghamshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Milton Keynes	+14	61	£404	+18.93 %
2	Marlow	-8	3	£550	+28.15 %
3	Chalfont St Giles	-	2	-	-
4	Gerrards Cross	-	1	-	-
4	Bletchley	-1	1	-	-

Telecoms South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 55 (39.57 %) Windows 2 39 (28.06 %) ITIL 3 36 (25.90 %) OpenView 3 36 (25.90 %) OVOW 4 35 (25.18 %) ITSM 5 28 (20.14 %) Cisco 6 22 (15.83 %) Microsoft Certification 6 22 (15.83 %) MCSE 7 21 (15.11 %) SQL 7 21 (15.11 %) HP 7 21 (15.11 %) CNE 7 21 (15.11 %) Novell Certification 7 21 (15.11 %) Government 8 20 (14.39 %) Windows Server 2003 9 19 (13.67 %) Oracle

10 17 (12.23 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 17 (12.23 %) CiscoWorks 10 17 (12.23 %) OVPA 10 17 (12.23 %) OVPI 11 15 (10.79 %) Migration 12 10 (7.194 %) Avaya 12 10 (7.194 %) Microsoft 12 10 (7.194 %) Windows NT 13 9 (6.475 %) PBX 14 8 (5.755 %) VoIP 14 8 (5.755 %) Unix 14 8 (5.755 %) Linux 14 8 (5.755 %) Internet 14 8 (5.755 %) Windows Vista 15 7 (5.036 %) Exchange Server 5.5

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 1 (0.719 %) HTML 1 1 (0.719 %) .NET 1 1 (0.719 %) J2EE 1 1 (0.719 %) ADO.NET 1 1 (0.719 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (0.719 %) Struts 1 1 (0.719 %) XML 1 1 (0.719 %) XHTML 1 1 (0.719 %) WebSphere 1 1 (0.719 %) .NET Framework 1 1 (0.719 %) Fusebox	Application Platforms 1 7 (5.036 %) Exchange Server 5.5 2 5 (3.597 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 4 (2.878 %) Apache 3 4 (2.878 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (1.439 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (0.719 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.719 %) ColdFusion 5 1 (0.719 %) CMS
Applications 1 6 (4.317 %) MS Office 2 4 (2.878 %) MS Excel 3 2 (1.439 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.719 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (1.439 %) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking 1 9 (6.475 %) PBX 2 8 (5.755 %) VoIP 2 8 (5.755 %) Internet 3 7 (5.036 %) DNS 4 6 (4.317 %) SAN 4 6 (4.317 %) TCP/IP 5 5 (3.597 %) LAN 5 5 (3.597 %) WAN 6 4 (2.878 %) LDAP 7 3 (2.158 %) Broadband 7 3 (2.158 %) CTI 7 3 (2.158 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.719 %) SS7 8 1 (0.719 %) Q.931 8 1 (0.719 %) Firewall 8 1 (0.719 %) ASN.1 8 1 (0.719 %) ISDN 8 1 (0.719 %) DHCP 8 1 (0.719 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (12.23 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 3 (2.158 %) SQL Server 3 2 (1.439 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.719 %) ReportNet 4 1 (0.719 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.719 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (0.719 %) Cognos Powerplay 4 1 (0.719 %) Cognos Impromptu 4 1 (0.719 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (0.719 %) DTS 4 1 (0.719 %) ETL 4 1 (0.719 %) DecisionStream 4 1 (0.719 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 1 (0.719 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (0.719 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 21 (15.11 %) Government 2 5 (3.597 %) Finance 3 2 (1.439 %) Telemarketing 3 2 (1.439 %) Health 4 1 (0.719 %) Legal 4 1 (0.719 %) Banking 4 1 (0.719 %) Multimedia 4 1 (0.719 %) Billing 4 1 (0.719 %) Marketing 4 1 (0.719 %) Construction 4 1 (0.719 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 24 (17.27 %) Consultant 2 16 (11.51 %) Analyst 2 16 (11.51 %) OpenView Specialist 3 14 (10.07 %) Architect 4 11 (7.914 %) Project Manager 5 8 (5.755 %) Solutions Architect 6 6 (4.317 %) Developer 7 5 (3.597 %) Technical Consultant 7 5 (3.597 %) Change Manager 7 5 (3.597 %) Auditor 8 4 (2.878 %) Exchange Consultant 9 3 (2.158 %) Deployment Project Manager 9 3 (2.158 %) SAN Specialist 9 3 (2.158 %) Helpdesk Support 9 3 (2.158 %) Administrator 9 3 (2.158 %) Fraud Analyst 9 3 (2.158 %) Java Developer 9 3 (2.158 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 9 3 (2.158 %) UNIX Administrator 9 3 (2.158 %) Systems Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.597 %) IPTV 2 3 (2.158 %) IVR 3 2 (1.439 %) PDA 3 2 (1.439 %) Credit Risk 3 2 (1.439 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.439 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 55 (39.57 %) Windows 2 20 (14.39 %) Windows Server 2003 3 10 (7.194 %) Windows NT 4 8 (5.755 %) Linux 4 8 (5.755 %) Unix 4 8 (5.755 %) Windows Vista 5 7 (5.036 %) Solaris 6 6 (4.317 %) FreeBSD 7 2 (1.439 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (0.719 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 39 (28.06 %) ITIL 2 35 (25.18 %) ITSM 3 15 (10.79 %) Migration 4 7 (5.036 %) PRINCE2 4 7 (5.036 %) Project Management 4 7 (5.036 %) Process Management 5 5 (3.597 %) Change Management 5 5 (3.597 %) PRINCE 5 5 (3.597 %) Fault Management 6 4 (2.878 %) Validation 6 4 (2.878 %) UML 7 3 (2.158 %) Data Migration 8 2 (1.439 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 2 (1.439 %) Project Planning 8 2 (1.439 %) Problem Management 8 2 (1.439 %) Release Management 8 2 (1.439 %) Risk Management 9 1 (0.719 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (0.719 %) Programme Management 9 1 (0.719 %) Information Management
Programming Languages 1 21 (15.11 %) SQL 2 4 (2.878 %) Java 3 3 (2.158 %) C 4 1 (0.719 %) C++ 4 1 (0.719 %) Perl 4 1 (0.719 %) PHP 4 1 (0.719 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (0.719 %) VB.NET 4 1 (0.719 %) ABAP 4 1 (0.719 %) Python 4 1 (0.719 %) Embedded C 4 1 (0.719 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 22 (15.83 %) Microsoft Certification 1 22 (15.83 %) MCSE 2 21 (15.11 %) CNE 2 21 (15.11 %) Novell Certification 3 5 (3.597 %) Cisco Certification 4 4 (2.878 %) CCNP 5 3 (2.158 %) CCNA 6 2 (1.439 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 2 (1.439 %) CCVP 6 2 (1.439 %) Degree 6 2 (1.439 %) SCSP 7 1 (0.719 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 1 (0.719 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.158 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 3 (2.158 %) GAAP 2 1 (0.719 %) SLA	System Software 1 5 (3.597 %) NetBackup 2 2 (1.439 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.719 %) MailMarshal
Systems Management 1 36 (25.90 %) OpenView 1 36 (25.90 %) OVOW 2 17 (12.23 %) OVPA 2 17 (12.23 %) OVPI 2 17 (12.23 %) CiscoWorks 3 7 (5.036 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 6 (4.317 %) OVSD 5 3 (2.158 %) HP Data Protector 6 2 (1.439 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 28 (20.14 %) Cisco 2 21 (15.11 %) HP 3 19 (13.67 %) Oracle 4 10 (7.194 %) Microsoft 4 10 (7.194 %) Avaya 5 6 (4.317 %) Sun 6 5 (3.597 %) VERITAS 7 4 (2.878 %) Red Hat 8 3 (2.158 %) CA 9 2 (1.439 %) PeopleSoft 9 2 (1.439 %) Symantec 9 2 (1.439 %) McAfee Security 9 2 (1.439 %) AppSense 9 2 (1.439 %) Northgate 10 1 (0.719 %) 3Com 10 1 (0.719 %) Cognos 10 1 (0.719 %) Compaq