The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 21 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 Dorset 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 29 24 34
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 0.463% 3.333% 1.967%
As % of the General category 1.136% 5.844% 3.141%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £300 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-11.29% -5.34%
All of the General Category
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
88 154 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 40.74% 57.04% 62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 109 118
Average daily rate £365 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £280 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
Average hourly rate £12.72 £25.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.13% +28.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.42 £23.20 £11.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.11 £27.85 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -2 1 £300 -16.66%
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Banking Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
1 1 (33.33%) Process Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint