The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 38 47 26
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -21
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 30 26 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.699% 2.634% 4.968%
As % of the General category 13.57% 6.500% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 26
Average daily rate £350 £413 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £458 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £345
% change year-on-year
+0.76% -5.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -1.58%
All of the General Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
221 400 527
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.25% 40.53% 48.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 199 214
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.25 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +26.86%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +2 5 £288 +27.77%
High Wycombe -2 2 £350 -15.15%
Beaconsfield - 2 £275 -
Amersham -2 1 - -
Iver - 1 £300 -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 63 (57.27%) PRINCE2
2 45 (40.91%) Radio Access Network
3 44 (40.00%) Project Management
4 33 (30.00%) ITIL
5 31 (28.18%) 3G
6 30 (27.27%) 2G
7 18 (16.36%) 4G
8 17 (15.45%) Finance
8 17 (15.45%) GAP Analysis
9 16 (14.55%) Programme Management
9 16 (14.55%) Business Analysis
9 16 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (13.64%) Incident Management
11 13 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (11.82%) Requirements Analysis
11 13 (11.82%) PRINCE
12 12 (10.91%) Change Management
13 10 (9.091%) HOOD
13 10 (9.091%) Risk Management
13 10 (9.091%) Logistics
14 9 (8.182%) Microsoft
15 8 (7.273%) Cisco
15 8 (7.273%) Service Management
15 8 (7.273%) Quality Management
15 8 (7.273%) Service Delivery
15 8 (7.273%) Performance Management
16 7 (6.364%) WAN
16 7 (6.364%) SharePoint
17 6 (5.455%) MS Project
17 6 (5.455%) Network Performance Management

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (1.818%) Middleware
2 1 (0.909%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.364%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.727%) ESB
3 1 (0.909%) Apache
3 1 (0.909%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (5.455%) MS Project
2 5 (4.545%) MS Office
2 5 (4.545%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.909%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.909%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 45 (40.91%) Radio Access Network
2 31 (28.18%) 3G
3 30 (27.27%) 2G
4 18 (16.36%) 4G
5 7 (6.364%) WAN
6 5 (4.545%) LAN
7 3 (2.727%) LTE
8 2 (1.818%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.818%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.818%) VLAN
8 2 (1.818%) ISDN
8 2 (1.818%) VPN
9 1 (0.909%) HTTP
9 1 (0.909%) SAN
9 1 (0.909%) Intranet
9 1 (0.909%) OSPF
9 1 (0.909%) BGP
9 1 (0.909%) Wireless
9 1 (0.909%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.909%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 3 (2.727%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (0.909%) MSI
2 1 (0.909%) AdminStudio
General
1 17 (15.45%) Finance
2 3 (2.727%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.818%) Billing
4 1 (0.909%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (19.09%) Analyst
2 18 (16.36%) Service Manager
2 18 (16.36%) Performance Manager
2 18 (16.36%) Service Performance Manager
3 17 (15.45%) Transition Manager
4 10 (9.091%) Coordinator
4 10 (9.091%) Project Coordinator
4 10 (9.091%) Project Analyst
5 7 (6.364%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.545%) Operations Manager
7 4 (3.636%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.727%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.727%) Developer
8 3 (2.727%) Administrator
8 3 (2.727%) Cisco Specialist
8 3 (2.727%) Programme Director
9 2 (1.818%) Web Business Analyst
9 2 (1.818%) Telecoms Business Analyst
9 2 (1.818%) Report Analyst
9 2 (1.818%) Online Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.727%) SaaS
2 2 (1.818%) Data Integration
2 2 (1.818%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.909%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.818%) Windows
2 1 (0.909%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (57.27%) PRINCE2
2 44 (40.00%) Project Management
3 33 (30.00%) ITIL
4 17 (15.45%) GAP Analysis
5 16 (14.55%) Programme Management
5 16 (14.55%) Business Analysis
5 16 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (13.64%) Incident Management
7 13 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (11.82%) Requirements Analysis
7 13 (11.82%) PRINCE
8 12 (10.91%) Change Management
9 10 (9.091%) HOOD
9 10 (9.091%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.091%) Logistics
10 8 (7.273%) Service Management
10 8 (7.273%) Quality Management
10 8 (7.273%) Service Delivery
10 8 (7.273%) Performance Management
11 6 (5.455%) Network Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.818%) C
1 2 (1.818%) SQL
2 1 (0.909%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (4.545%) Degree
2 4 (3.636%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (3.636%) ISEB
2 4 (3.636%) PMP
2 4 (3.636%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.727%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.727%) CCNP
3 3 (2.727%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.727%) CCVP
3 3 (2.727%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.818%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.909%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.909%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.909%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.818%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.909%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (0.909%) XenApp
1 1 (0.909%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.909%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (8.182%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.273%) Cisco
3 3 (2.727%) BT
3 3 (2.727%) Talend
4 2 (1.818%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.909%) Citrix
5 1 (0.909%) Informatica
5 1 (0.909%) Nokia
5 1 (0.909%) Capita
5 1 (0.909%) Mitel
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