Cambridgeshire Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire 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 15 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 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 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	17
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	56	61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.072 %	0.069 %
As % of the category below	14.89 %	19.61 %
Daily rates quoted	8	8
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£296
Average daily rate	£359	£307
% change on same period last year	+17.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£323
% change on same period last year	+9.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.31	£34.17
Average hourly rate	£27.44	£37.92
% change on same period last year	-27.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.56	£41.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.78	£23.61
% change on same period last year	+9.21 %
General Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	376	311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.482 %	0.349 %
Daily rates quoted	116	58
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£329
Average daily rate	£393	£346
% change on same period last year	+13.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.62	£23.95
Average hourly rate	£28.90	£25.58
% change on same period last year	+12.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.18	£27.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£26.00
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Telecoms East of England

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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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	Cambridge	-2	44	£357	+16.38 %
2	Peterborough	-28	3	-	-

Telecoms East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 26 (28.89 %) SQL Server 2 22 (24.44 %) Microsoft 3 21 (23.33 %) Banking 4 20 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2005 5 17 (18.89 %) C# 5 17 (18.89 %) MS Exchange 6 16 (17.78 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 15 (16.67 %) Windows 8 14 (15.56 %) .NET 8 14 (15.56 %) DNS 9 13 (14.44 %) XML 10 12 (13.33 %) C 10 12 (13.33 %) OLAP 10 12 (13.33 %) SQL 10 12 (13.33 %) Linux

10 12 (13.33 %) MCSE 10 12 (13.33 %) Microsoft Certification 10 12 (13.33 %) Windows Server 2003 11 10 (11.11 %) SQL Server 7 11 10 (11.11 %) Finance 12 9 (10.00 %) Web Development 12 9 (10.00 %) SharePoint 12 9 (10.00 %) C++ 12 9 (10.00 %) Java 13 8 (8.889 %) WebServices 13 8 (8.889 %) WAN 13 8 (8.889 %) MPLS 13 8 (8.889 %) Exchange Server 2003 14 7 (7.778 %) IVR 14 7 (7.778 %) Retail

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 14 (15.56 %) .NET 2 13 (14.44 %) XML 3 8 (8.889 %) WebServices 4 4 (4.444 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 4 (4.444 %) VXML 4 4 (4.444 %) HTML 4 4 (4.444 %) ASP.NET 5 3 (3.333 %) J2EE 5 3 (3.333 %) .NET Remoting 5 3 (3.333 %) J2ME 5 3 (3.333 %) WCF 6 2 (2.222 %) XSLT 6 2 (2.222 %) Velocity 6 2 (2.222 %) WinForms 6 2 (2.222 %) AJAX 6 2 (2.222 %) Struts 6 2 (2.222 %) EJB 6 2 (2.222 %) JDBC 7 1 (1.111 %) JSP 7 1 (1.111 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 17 (18.89 %) MS Exchange 2 16 (17.78 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 9 (10.00 %) SharePoint 4 8 (8.889 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (2.222 %) JBoss 6 1 (1.111 %) Smallworld
Applications 1 6 (6.667 %) MS Excel 2 3 (3.333 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.111 %) Pro/ENGINEER	Business Applications 1 3 (3.333 %) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking 1 14 (15.56 %) DNS 2 8 (8.889 %) WAN 2 8 (8.889 %) MPLS 3 7 (7.778 %) LAN 4 6 (6.667 %) VoIP 4 6 (6.667 %) Firewall 4 6 (6.667 %) Wireless 5 5 (5.556 %) 3G 5 5 (5.556 %) TCP/IP 5 5 (5.556 %) 3GPP 6 3 (3.333 %) SMS 6 3 (3.333 %) TELNET 6 3 (3.333 %) 2G 7 2 (2.222 %) GPRS 7 2 (2.222 %) GSM 7 2 (2.222 %) LDAP 7 2 (2.222 %) Bluetooth 7 2 (2.222 %) UMTS 7 2 (2.222 %) Internet 8 1 (1.111 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (28.89 %) SQL Server 2 20 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (13.33 %) OLAP 4 10 (11.11 %) SQL Server 7 5 6 (6.667 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (4.444 %) BusinessObjects 6 4 (4.444 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (4.444 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 4 (4.444 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 3 (3.333 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 3 (3.333 %) Crystal Reports 7 3 (3.333 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (1.111 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 3 (3.333 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (2.222 %) Ant 2 2 (2.222 %) JUnit 2 2 (2.222 %) Eclipse 3 1 (1.111 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (1.111 %) Bugzilla 3 1 (1.111 %) PVCS 3 1 (1.111 %) ClearCase	General 1 21 (23.33 %) Banking 2 10 (11.11 %) Finance 3 7 (7.778 %) Retail 4 6 (6.667 %) Electronics 5 5 (5.556 %) Manufacturing 6 3 (3.333 %) Health 7 2 (2.222 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (2.222 %) Insurance 8 1 (1.111 %) Online Banking 8 1 (1.111 %) Multimedia 8 1 (1.111 %) Construction 8 1 (1.111 %) Electric 8 1 (1.111 %) Government
Job Titles 1 33 (36.67 %) Developer 2 10 (11.11 %) SQL Developer 3 9 (10.00 %) Software Engineer 3 9 (10.00 %) Analyst 4 8 (8.889 %) Support Analyst 4 8 (8.889 %) 2nd Line Support 4 8 (8.889 %) SQL Server Developer 5 6 (6.667 %) Remedy Developer 6 5 (5.556 %) 3rd Line Support 7 4 (4.444 %) Support Engineer 7 4 (4.444 %) Datawarehouse Developer 8 3 (3.333 %) Systems Integrator 8 3 (3.333 %) .NET Developer 9 2 (2.222 %) C# Developer 9 2 (2.222 %) Embedded Software Engineer 9 2 (2.222 %) Test Engineer 9 2 (2.222 %) VB.NET Developer 9 2 (2.222 %) Web Developer 9 2 (2.222 %) Consultant 9 2 (2.222 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (7.778 %) IVR 2 4 (4.444 %) Speech Recognition 3 3 (3.333 %) Cryptography 3 3 (3.333 %) Computer Science 3 3 (3.333 %) JavaCard 4 2 (2.222 %) Mathematics 4 2 (2.222 %) Device Driver 4 2 (2.222 %) Handset 5 1 (1.111 %) EPoS 5 1 (1.111 %) ASIC 5 1 (1.111 %) Management Information System 5 1 (1.111 %) VAX 5 1 (1.111 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 5 1 (1.111 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 15 (16.67 %) Windows 2 12 (13.33 %) Linux 2 12 (13.33 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (2.222 %) Unix 4 1 (1.111 %) Symbian OS 4 1 (1.111 %) Embedded Linux 4 1 (1.111 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (10.00 %) Web Development 2 7 (7.778 %) ITIL 2 7 (7.778 %) OO 3 5 (5.556 %) Agile Software Development 4 4 (4.444 %) Business Intelligence 5 2 (2.222 %) Configuration Management 5 2 (2.222 %) MVC 5 2 (2.222 %) Validation 5 2 (2.222 %) Refactoring 5 2 (2.222 %) ERP 5 2 (2.222 %) Continuous Integration 6 1 (1.111 %) Data Migration 6 1 (1.111 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (1.111 %) OOD 6 1 (1.111 %) Performance Testing 6 1 (1.111 %) Migration 6 1 (1.111 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (1.111 %) Logistics 6 1 (1.111 %) Software Engineering 6 1 (1.111 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 17 (18.89 %) C# 2 12 (13.33 %) SQL 2 12 (13.33 %) C 3 9 (10.00 %) C++ 3 9 (10.00 %) Java 4 7 (7.778 %) VB.NET 5 4 (4.444 %) VBA 5 4 (4.444 %) Transact-SQL 6 3 (3.333 %) JavaScript 6 3 (3.333 %) Assembly Language 7 2 (2.222 %) Embedded C 7 2 (2.222 %) Perl 8 1 (1.111 %) PHP 8 1 (1.111 %) VB 8 1 (1.111 %) Python 8 1 (1.111 %) Magik 8 1 (1.111 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 12 (13.33 %) MCSE 1 12 (13.33 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (4.444 %) Degree 3 1 (1.111 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.111 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (3.333 %) MSMQ 1 3 (3.333 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 3 (3.333 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 22 (24.44 %) Microsoft 2 7 (7.778 %) Oracle 2 7 (7.778 %) Remedy 3 6 (6.667 %) Cisco 4 4 (4.444 %) Business Objects 4 4 (4.444 %) Cognos 5 2 (2.222 %) Nokia 5 2 (2.222 %) Siemens 5 2 (2.222 %) MKS 6 1 (1.111 %) Axiom 6 1 (1.111 %) Nortel 6 1 (1.111 %) Ericsson 6 1 (1.111 %) Symbian