The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Coventry 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 22 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 6 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 2.830% 3.861% -
As % of the General category 5.769% 10.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £95 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-65.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
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
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
104 95 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 49.06% 36.68% 40.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 17
Average daily rate £375 £400 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £506 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 4
Average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £31.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.34% -6.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Telecoms
West Midlands

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 11 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) VB
3 6 (27.27%) MS Access
4 5 (22.73%) SLA
5 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 4 (18.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (13.64%) ASIC
6 3 (13.64%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 3 (13.64%) Xilinx
6 3 (13.64%) VHDL
6 3 (13.64%) Verilog
6 3 (13.64%) ATM
6 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
7 2 (9.091%) Workflow
7 2 (9.091%) GSM
7 2 (9.091%) SDH
7 2 (9.091%) UMTS
7 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
7 2 (9.091%) Citrix
7 2 (9.091%) Ericsson
7 2 (9.091%) Windows
7 2 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (9.091%) .NET
7 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
7 2 (9.091%) C
7 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (9.091%) .NET
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (18.18%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Ethernet
2 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (13.64%) ATM
3 2 (9.091%) GSM
3 2 (9.091%) SDH
3 2 (9.091%) UMTS
4 1 (4.545%) 3G
4 1 (4.545%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (27.27%) MS Access
3 2 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Developer
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) ASIC Design Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Coordinator
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.091%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) ASIC
1 3 (13.64%) VHDL
1 3 (13.64%) Verilog
1 3 (13.64%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Windows
1 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
2 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 2 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (4.545%) Logistics
3 1 (4.545%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) VB
3 2 (9.091%) C
3 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Xilinx
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) Citrix
2 2 (9.091%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.545%) Twitter
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013