Dorset Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Dorset region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Amersham Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Chalfont St Giles Chathill Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Prestwick Reading Redditch Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	45
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	22	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	8.730 %	0.897 %
Daily rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum daily rate	£271	-
Average daily rate	£336	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£337
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.78	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£12.44	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-66.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.11	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.80	£24.09
% change on same period last year	+7.08 %
General Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads	252	223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.332 %	0.237 %
Daily rates quoted	139	131
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£353
Average daily rate	£410	£369
% change on same period last year	+10.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£372
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.10	£22.05
Average hourly rate	£27.67	£23.13
% change on same period last year	+19.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.24	£24.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.47	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Telecoms South West

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Telecoms within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Dorchester	-	6	£325	-
Bournemouth	-	4	£400	-
Poole	-	4	-	-

Telecoms South West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (41.38 %) C 2 10 (34.48 %) Windows 2 10 (34.48 %) VoIP 3 9 (31.03 %) Windows 2000 4 8 (27.59 %) ISDN 4 8 (27.59 %) DASS2 4 8 (27.59 %) DPNSS 4 8 (27.59 %) QSIG 5 7 (24.14 %) SS7 6 6 (20.69 %) Mac OS X 6 6 (20.69 %) Bluetooth 6 6 (20.69 %) GPRS 6 6 (20.69 %) Windows XP 6 6 (20.69 %) Wi-Fi 6 6 (20.69 %) Windows Mobile

6 6 (20.69 %) PDA 7 3 (10.34 %) LAN 7 3 (10.34 %) C++ 7 3 (10.34 %) WAN 7 3 (10.34 %) Swedish Language 8 2 (6.897 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (6.897 %) French Language 8 2 (6.897 %) Microsoft 8 2 (6.897 %) Nortel 8 2 (6.897 %) Symposium 8 2 (6.897 %) MS Excel 9 1 (3.448 %) Wireless 9 1 (3.448 %) Finance 9 1 (3.448 %) Aerospace 9 1 (3.448 %) Automotive

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 1 (3.448 %) .NET 1 1 (3.448 %) XML 1 1 (3.448 %) Motif	Applications 1 2 (6.897 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 10 (34.48 %) VoIP 2 8 (27.59 %) ISDN 2 8 (27.59 %) DASS2 2 8 (27.59 %) DPNSS 2 8 (27.59 %) QSIG 3 7 (24.14 %) SS7 4 6 (20.69 %) Wi-Fi 4 6 (20.69 %) Bluetooth 4 6 (20.69 %) GPRS 5 3 (10.34 %) LAN 5 3 (10.34 %) WAN 6 2 (6.897 %) Symposium 7 1 (3.448 %) Wireless 7 1 (3.448 %) INAP 7 1 (3.448 %) VPN 7 1 (3.448 %) WLAN	Development Applications 1 1 (3.448 %) LabVIEW
General 1 1 (3.448 %) Finance 1 1 (3.448 %) Aerospace 1 1 (3.448 %) Automotive 1 1 (3.448 %) Banking 1 1 (3.448 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 9 (31.03 %) Software Engineer 2 4 (13.79 %) Consultant 3 3 (10.34 %) Support Consultant 3 3 (10.34 %) Network Support 3 3 (10.34 %) 1st Line Support 4 2 (6.897 %) Programmer 4 2 (6.897 %) C Programmer 5 1 (3.448 %) Support Specialist 5 1 (3.448 %) 2nd Line Support 5 1 (3.448 %) Telecoms Engineer 5 1 (3.448 %) Helpdesk Technician 5 1 (3.448 %) Software Design Engineer 5 1 (3.448 %) Network Support Technician 5 1 (3.448 %) Telephony Engineer 5 1 (3.448 %) Design Engineer 5 1 (3.448 %) Network Technician 5 1 (3.448 %) Software Tester 5 1 (3.448 %) Test Engineer 5 1 (3.448 %) Support Technician 5 1 (3.448 %) Software Developer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (20.69 %) PDA 2 3 (10.34 %) Swedish Language 3 2 (6.897 %) French Language 4 1 (3.448 %) German Language 4 1 (3.448 %) Italian Language 4 1 (3.448 %) Russian Language 4 1 (3.448 %) Spanish Language 4 1 (3.448 %) Asset Management 4 1 (3.448 %) Dutch Language	Operating Systems 1 10 (34.48 %) Windows 2 9 (31.03 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (20.69 %) Windows XP 3 6 (20.69 %) Mac OS X 3 6 (20.69 %) Windows Mobile 4 1 (3.448 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (6.897 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (3.448 %) UML 2 1 (3.448 %) OOA/OOD 2 1 (3.448 %) OO 2 1 (3.448 %) OOD 2 1 (3.448 %) CAD 2 1 (3.448 %) CAE 2 1 (3.448 %) Project Management 2 1 (3.448 %) Validation 2 1 (3.448 %) Software Engineering 2 1 (3.448 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (3.448 %) Software Testing 2 1 (3.448 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (3.448 %) Manual Testing 2 1 (3.448 %) System Testing 2 1 (3.448 %) BC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 12 (41.38 %) C 2 3 (10.34 %) C++ 3 1 (3.448 %) VC++
Qualifications 1 1 (3.448 %) Degree	Vendors 1 2 (6.897 %) Microsoft 1 2 (6.897 %) Nortel