The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Halifax 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 22 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 1.250% - 0.893%
As % of the General category 1.563% - 1.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £335 £343
% change year-on-year
+1.11% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +13.11%
All of the General Category
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
128 190 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 80.00% 84.44% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 177 69
Average daily rate £388 £380 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.10% -6.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Telecoms
West Yorkshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) VRRP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) VRRP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
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