The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 24 25 27
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 7 18 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.057% 4.196% 1.245%
As % of the General category 12.96% 17.31% 4.918%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 1
Average daily rate - £330 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £335 £340
% change year-on-year
+0.29% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.04 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year
- +10.16%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
54 104 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 23.58% 24.24% 25.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 47 20
Average daily rate £345 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £300 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £498 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
Average hourly rate £22.77 £20.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.73% -44.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.55 £15.00 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.75 £21.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +11 1 - - 2
Blackburn - - - -
Blackpool - - - -
Chorley - - - -
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) Perl
1 3 (27.27%) UNIX
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Netcool
1 3 (27.27%) Nagios
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Retail
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (9.091%) AppSense
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.091%) CA
3 1 (9.091%) Informatica
3 1 (9.091%) PowerCenter
3 1 (9.091%) PowerExchange
3 1 (9.091%) Remedy
3 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) DB2
3 1 (9.091%) MS Office
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) SCCM
3 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) DB2
1 1 (9.091%) PowerCenter
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Support
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX Support
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Support
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Informatica Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Change Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) UNIX
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
1 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 1 (9.091%) Service Management
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
2 1 (9.091%) Change Data Capture
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Netcool
1 3 (27.27%) Nagios
2 1 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.091%) CA
1 1 (9.091%) Informatica
1 1 (9.091%) Remedy
1 1 (9.091%) AppSense
1 1 (9.091%) Lumension
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Posted: 11 June 2013