The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead 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 11 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 8 38 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 10.26% 47.50% 22.58%
As % of the General category 33.33% 79.17% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
Average daily rate £258 £410 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.19% +36.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £184 £410 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £410 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £329 £340
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
24 48 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 30.77% 60.00% 54.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 26
Average daily rate £350 £410 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.63% +290.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £302 £89
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £410 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £20.00 £39.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -49.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
Berkshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Maidenhead Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 (39.13%) LTE
2 7 (30.43%) 3G
2 7 (30.43%) 2G
3 6 (26.09%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
3 6 (26.09%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 5 (21.74%) NEC
4 5 (21.74%) Huawei
4 5 (21.74%) ATM
4 5 (21.74%) SDH
4 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
4 5 (21.74%) Ericsson
5 4 (17.39%) UNIX
5 4 (17.39%) XML
5 4 (17.39%) HNC
5 4 (17.39%) HND
5 4 (17.39%) Perl
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 4 (17.39%) CCNP
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (13.04%) Oracle
7 2 (8.696%) HTML
7 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
7 2 (8.696%) MS Office
7 2 (8.696%) SAP
7 2 (8.696%) MS Access
7 2 (8.696%) Windows
7 2 (8.696%) Linux
7 2 (8.696%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (8.696%) Billing

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 4 (17.39%) XML
2 2 (8.696%) HTML
3 1 (4.348%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) MS Project Server
1 1 (4.348%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) MS Office
3 1 (4.348%) Google Apps
3 1 (4.348%) Acrobat
3 1 (4.348%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.348%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) LTE
2 7 (30.43%) 3G
2 7 (30.43%) 2G
3 5 (21.74%) ATM
3 5 (21.74%) SDH
3 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
4 2 (8.696%) 4G
4 2 (8.696%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (4.348%) Nokia NetAct
5 1 (4.348%) SGSN
5 1 (4.348%) BSS
5 1 (4.348%) Wireless
5 1 (4.348%) FTP
5 1 (4.348%) SMS
5 1 (4.348%) UMTS
5 1 (4.348%) DHCP
5 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) MS Access
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Billing
1 2 (8.696%) Marketing
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Legal
2 1 (4.348%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Test Leader
2 2 (8.696%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (8.696%) Architect
2 2 (8.696%) Administrator
2 2 (8.696%) Test Engineer
2 2 (8.696%) Radio Engineer
2 2 (8.696%) Databuild Engineer
2 2 (8.696%) Build Engineer
2 2 (8.696%) Data Build Engineer
3 1 (4.348%) Project Support Coordinator
3 1 (4.348%) Senior Architect
3 1 (4.348%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (4.348%) OSS Architect
3 1 (4.348%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.348%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (4.348%) Coordinator
3 1 (4.348%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.348%) Developer
3 1 (4.348%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Data Integration
1 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.348%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) UNIX
2 2 (8.696%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Linux
2 2 (8.696%) Android
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.348%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (4.348%) Project Planning
1 1 (4.348%) Use Case
1 1 (4.348%) Fault Management
1 1 (4.348%) Performance Management
1 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
1 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
1 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management
1 1 (4.348%) Project Management
1 1 (4.348%) CRM
1 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
1 1 (4.348%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) Perl
3 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) HNC
1 4 (17.39%) HND
1 4 (17.39%) CCNP
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) TeMIP
1 1 (4.348%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 5 (21.74%) NEC
2 5 (21.74%) Huawei
2 5 (21.74%) Ericsson
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
5 2 (8.696%) SAP
6 1 (4.348%) NetCracker
6 1 (4.348%) Google
6 1 (4.348%) Cramer
6 1 (4.348%) Dell
6 1 (4.348%) Niku
6 1 (4.348%) Informatica
6 1 (4.348%) Quark