The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 16 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 26 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 7.602% 3.828% 1.600%
As % of the General category 27.96% 17.58% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 1
Average daily rate £360 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.62% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
93 91 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 27.19% 21.77% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 49 29
Average daily rate £355 £305 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.39% -8.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £225 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 11
Average hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £11.50 £13.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £48.75 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
Cambridgeshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 12 (31.58%) Python
2 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 7 (18.42%) VPN
4 7 (18.42%) C
5 5 (13.16%) MS Office
5 5 (13.16%) Change Management
5 5 (13.16%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (13.16%) Incident Management
5 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
6 4 (10.53%) Wireless
6 4 (10.53%) Windows
6 4 (10.53%) Linux
6 4 (10.53%) Embedded C
6 4 (10.53%) Mac OS X
7 3 (7.895%) C++
7 3 (7.895%) Java
7 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
7 3 (7.895%) Degree
8 2 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (5.263%) Android
8 2 (5.263%) iPhone
8 2 (5.263%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (5.263%) Test Automation
8 2 (5.263%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (5.263%) iPad
8 2 (5.263%) Game Development
8 2 (5.263%) High Availability
8 2 (5.263%) Windows 7
8 2 (5.263%) Wi-Fi

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (5.263%) HTML
2 1 (2.632%) .NET
2 1 (2.632%) CSS
2 1 (2.632%) Web Services
2 1 (2.632%) XML
2 1 (2.632%) WinForms
2 1 (2.632%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.632%) WPF
2 1 (2.632%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.632%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Office
2 2 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) VPN
2 4 (10.53%) Wireless
3 2 (5.263%) VoIP
3 2 (5.263%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.632%) Internet
4 1 (2.632%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) JIRA
General
1 2 (5.263%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (39.47%) Developer
2 14 (36.84%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Web Developer
3 5 (13.16%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support
4 4 (10.53%) Test Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) C Developer
4 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (7.895%) Python Developer
5 3 (7.895%) Embedded C Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Web Applications Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Desktop Team Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Desktop Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.263%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.263%) iPhone
2 2 (5.263%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (5.263%) iPad
3 1 (2.632%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.632%) Streaming Media
3 1 (2.632%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.632%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Mac OS X
1 4 (10.53%) Windows
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
2 2 (5.263%) Windows XP
2 2 (5.263%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (5.263%) Android
2 2 (5.263%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.632%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.16%) Change Management
1 5 (13.16%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (13.16%) Incident Management
1 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
2 2 (5.263%) Test Automation
2 2 (5.263%) Game Development
2 2 (5.263%) High Availability
2 2 (5.263%) Benchmarking
2 2 (5.263%) Regression Testing
3 1 (2.632%) TDD
3 1 (2.632%) Asset Management
3 1 (2.632%) OO
3 1 (2.632%) Software Testing
3 1 (2.632%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) C
3 4 (10.53%) Embedded C
4 3 (7.895%) C++
4 3 (7.895%) Java
5 2 (5.263%) C#
5 2 (5.263%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.632%) Ruby
6 1 (2.632%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.632%) PHP
6 1 (2.632%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) QA
System Software
1 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.263%) Cisco
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle
3 1 (2.632%) Citrix
3 1 (2.632%) Perforce
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