The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 37 40 36
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 10 5 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.488% 1.205% 3.571%
As % of the General category 7.752% 3.623% 8.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £329 £340
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Average hourly rate £31.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -1.58%
All of the General Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
129 138 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 32.09% 33.25% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 62 58
Average daily rate £375 £396 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +30.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £170 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 15 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% -24.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.15 £30.00 £38.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basildon - 3 - -
Brentwood - 2 - -
Harlow - 2 - -
Stanford-le-Hope - 1 - -
Thurrock - 1 - -
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 10 (50.00%) LAN
2 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 9 (45.00%) MPLS
3 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
4 6 (30.00%) Windows
4 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (30.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (25.00%) ERP
5 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 5 (25.00%) SaaS
6 4 (20.00%) Cisco
6 4 (20.00%) Siemens
6 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (15.00%) CCNA
7 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
7 3 (15.00%) CCNP
7 3 (15.00%) ITIL
7 3 (15.00%) BT
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
8 2 (10.00%) Lync
8 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
8 2 (10.00%) IP Telephony
8 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
8 2 (10.00%) Firewall
8 2 (10.00%) Wireless
8 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
8 2 (10.00%) Use Case
8 2 (10.00%) MS Project
8 2 (10.00%) UML
8 2 (10.00%) MS Excel

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 (5.000%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Project
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) LAN
2 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 9 (45.00%) MPLS
3 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (10.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) VoIP
3 2 (10.00%) BGP
3 2 (10.00%) DPNSS
3 2 (10.00%) Q.931
3 2 (10.00%) H.323
4 1 (5.000%) SAN
4 1 (5.000%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.000%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Network Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
6 1 (5.000%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.000%) Business Data Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (25.00%) ERP
3 3 (15.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Use Case
4 2 (10.00%) UML
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.000%) Six Sigma
5 1 (5.000%) Release Management
5 1 (5.000%) Time Management
5 1 (5.000%) Web Development
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) DMAIC
5 1 (5.000%) DFSS
5 1 (5.000%) Change Management
5 1 (5.000%) SEO
5 1 (5.000%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (15.00%) CCNA
3 3 (15.00%) CCNP
4 2 (10.00%) CCIP
4 2 (10.00%) CCDP
5 1 (5.000%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.000%) UAG
2 1 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco
2 4 (20.00%) Siemens
3 3 (15.00%) BT
4 2 (10.00%) Dell
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix
5 1 (5.000%) CA
5 1 (5.000%) VMware