Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Croydon 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 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank27-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.151 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£333
% change on same period last year+17.98 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£26.79
% change on same period last year+5.55 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads9387
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted3725
Average minimum daily rate£370£375
Average daily rate£410£392
% change on same period last year+4.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£379
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted49
Average minimum hourly rate£28.60£29.19
Average hourly rate£31.10£29.64
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.60£30.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.38£26.52
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Telecoms LondonTelecoms
London

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Croydon Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Telecoms across the Croydon region.

Croydon Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

13 (42.86 %)SQL
13 (42.86 %).NET
13 (42.86 %)Cisco
13 (42.86 %)Active Directory
13 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Health
22 (28.57 %)3G
22 (28.57 %)2G
22 (28.57 %)BSS
22 (28.57 %)HP
22 (28.57 %)Nortel
22 (28.57 %)Ericsson
22 (28.57 %)Nokia
22 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (28.57 %)LAN
22 (28.57 %)VoIP
22 (28.57 %)WAN
22 (28.57 %)SAP
22 (28.57 %)HNC
22 (28.57 %)Windows
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)Intranet
31 (14.29 %)Internet
31 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Degree
31 (14.29 %)Computer Science
31 (14.29 %)Investment Banking

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (42.86 %).NET
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
11 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)LAN
12 (28.57 %)VoIP
12 (28.57 %)WAN
12 (28.57 %)3G
12 (28.57 %)2G
12 (28.57 %)BSS
21 (14.29 %)Wireless
21 (14.29 %)Intranet
21 (14.29 %)Internet
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Health
31 (14.29 %)Law
31 (14.29 %)Legal
31 (14.29 %)Banking
31 (14.29 %)Investment Banking
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Analyst
13 (42.86 %)Infrastructure Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Switch Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Implementation Manager
31 (14.29 %)Telecoms Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Computer Science
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
12 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)SQL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)HNC
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (14.29 %)Degree
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (42.86 %)Active Directory
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Cisco
22 (28.57 %)SAP
22 (28.57 %)HP
22 (28.57 %)Nortel
22 (28.57 %)Ericsson
22 (28.57 %)Nokia
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft