The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 22 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 Glasgow 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 64 36 51
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +15
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 13 24 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.356% 3.057% 1.164%
As % of the General category 3.148% 5.455% 2.432%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £425 £370 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.86% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £345
% change year-on-year
-1.14% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -50.00%
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
413 440 329
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 43.07% 56.05% 47.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 224 191
Average daily rate £350 £338 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 £9.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Telecoms
Scotland

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 9 (34.62%) Retail
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 5 (19.23%) Hibernate
4 5 (19.23%) Java
4 5 (19.23%) Spring
4 5 (19.23%) Workflow
4 5 (19.23%) Banking
4 5 (19.23%) Workflow Management
5 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (15.38%) Network Planning
5 4 (15.38%) Data Entry
5 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 4 (15.38%) HND
5 4 (15.38%) GIS
5 4 (15.38%) CAD
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) SLA
6 3 (11.54%) ArcGIS
6 3 (11.54%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) Cramer
6 3 (11.54%) Games
6 3 (11.54%) Broadband
6 3 (11.54%) SQL
6 3 (11.54%) Multithreading
6 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.54%) Open Source
6 3 (11.54%) MongoDB

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 5 (19.23%) Hibernate
1 5 (19.23%) Spring
2 2 (7.692%) JPA
2 2 (7.692%) JSF
2 2 (7.692%) XMLBeans
2 2 (7.692%) EJB
2 2 (7.692%) CSS
2 2 (7.692%) JDBC
2 2 (7.692%) JSP
2 2 (7.692%) Servlets
2 2 (7.692%) SOAP
2 2 (7.692%) Web Services
2 2 (7.692%) XML
2 2 (7.692%) HTML
2 2 (7.692%) JMS
2 2 (7.692%) TopLink
3 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.846%) .NET
3 1 (3.846%) J2EE
3 1 (3.846%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.846%) LiveLink
2 1 (3.846%) Documentum
2 1 (3.846%) MTS
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.846%) Alfresco
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Broadband
2 2 (7.692%) Wireless
2 2 (7.692%) 3G
3 1 (3.846%) Intranet
3 1 (3.846%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) GIS
2 3 (11.54%) MongoDB
2 3 (11.54%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.846%) EDRMS
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Maven
2 1 (3.846%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (34.62%) Retail
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Banking
4 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Games
5 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.692%) Local Government
6 2 (7.692%) Law
7 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Developer
2 5 (19.23%) Java Developer
3 4 (15.38%) GIS Technician
3 4 (15.38%) Programme Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Tester
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Tester
6 1 (3.846%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) C++ Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Agile Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) C++/Java Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Avaya Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) ScrumMaster
6 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Open Source
2 2 (7.692%) Photography
2 2 (7.692%) Smartphone
2 2 (7.692%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.846%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Workflow
1 5 (19.23%) Workflow Management
2 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (15.38%) Network Planning
2 4 (15.38%) Data Entry
2 4 (15.38%) CAD
2 4 (15.38%) Project Management
2 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.54%) Scrum
3 3 (11.54%) Multithreading
4 2 (7.692%) BDD
4 2 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) TDD
4 2 (7.692%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.692%) UML
4 2 (7.692%) OO
4 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) Scala
3 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.846%) C
4 1 (3.846%) C#
4 1 (3.846%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) HND
2 2 (7.692%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Cramer
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle
4 1 (3.846%) Avaya
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