Maidenhead Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Maidenhead region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
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Rank	1	1
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	48	63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.062 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	42.86 %	52.07 %
Daily rates quoted	1	28
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£333
Average daily rate	£475	£372
% change on same period last year	+27.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£550	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£324
% change on same period last year	+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.65	£8.83
Average hourly rate	£10.39	£10.21
% change on same period last year	+1.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£11.13	£11.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+8.37 %
General Maidenhead
Matching contract IT job ads	112	121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.144 %	0.136 %
Daily rates quoted	13	38
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£323
Average daily rate	£358	£351
% change on same period last year	+1.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.47	£15.73
Average hourly rate	£11.22	£16.40
% change on same period last year	-31.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£11.97	£17.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.74	£26.10
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
Telecoms Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Telecoms
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Maidenhead region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Maidenhead region over the past 3 months.

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms.

1 33 (36.67 %) SLA 1 33 (36.67 %) Extranet 1 33 (36.67 %) French Language 2 24 (26.67 %) German Language 2 24 (26.67 %) Italian Language 3 12 (13.33 %) Solaris 4 11 (12.22 %) Unix 5 10 (11.11 %) BSS 6 9 (10.00 %) Sun 6 9 (10.00 %) Spanish Language 7 8 (8.889 %) Linux 8 7 (7.778 %) Project Management 8 7 (7.778 %) C 8 7 (7.778 %) SQL 8 7 (7.778 %) MySQL

8 7 (7.778 %) Oracle 8 7 (7.778 %) Internet 9 6 (6.667 %) MPLS 9 6 (6.667 %) Red Hat 9 6 (6.667 %) DNS 9 6 (6.667 %) Perl 9 6 (6.667 %) Apache 9 6 (6.667 %) LDAP 9 6 (6.667 %) AIX 9 6 (6.667 %) NGN 9 6 (6.667 %) Marketing 10 5 (5.556 %) Performance Management 10 5 (5.556 %) Finance 11 4 (4.444 %) Billing 11 4 (4.444 %) ADSL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (3.333 %) VXML 1 3 (3.333 %) X-Windows 2 1 (1.111 %) HTML 2 1 (1.111 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 6 (6.667 %) Apache 2 3 (3.333 %) WebLogic 3 1 (1.111 %) SAS
Applications 1 1 (1.111 %) MS Office 1 1 (1.111 %) MS Excel 1 1 (1.111 %) MS Visio 1 1 (1.111 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (1.111 %) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 33 (36.67 %) Extranet 2 10 (11.11 %) BSS 3 7 (7.778 %) Internet 4 6 (6.667 %) DNS 4 6 (6.667 %) MPLS 4 6 (6.667 %) LDAP 4 6 (6.667 %) NGN 5 4 (4.444 %) ADSL 5 4 (4.444 %) VoIP 6 3 (3.333 %) SDH 6 3 (3.333 %) ATM 6 3 (3.333 %) TCAP 6 3 (3.333 %) ISUP 6 3 (3.333 %) Wireless 6 3 (3.333 %) DWDM 7 2 (2.222 %) Broadband 7 2 (2.222 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (2.222 %) 3G 8 1 (1.111 %) OSPF 8 1 (1.111 %) BGP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (7.778 %) MySQL 2 3 (3.333 %) ETL 3 2 (2.222 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (2.222 %) SQL Server 4 1 (1.111 %) OLAP 4 1 (1.111 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 3 (3.333 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (2.222 %) RequisitePro 2 2 (2.222 %) JUnit 2 2 (2.222 %) TestDirector 2 2 (2.222 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 6 (6.667 %) Marketing 2 5 (5.556 %) Finance 3 4 (4.444 %) Billing 4 2 (2.222 %) Multimedia 4 2 (2.222 %) Education 5 1 (1.111 %) Health 5 1 (1.111 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 27 (30.00 %) Analyst 2 24 (26.67 %) Support Analyst 3 8 (8.889 %) Consultant 4 6 (6.667 %) UNIX Engineer 4 6 (6.667 %) Marketing Manager 4 6 (6.667 %) Senior UNIX Engineer 5 5 (5.556 %) Support Consultant 6 4 (4.444 %) Support Engineer 6 4 (4.444 %) Test Manager 6 4 (4.444 %) Project Manager 6 4 (4.444 %) Test Engineer 7 3 (3.333 %) Technical Assurance Specialist 7 3 (3.333 %) OSS Engineer 7 3 (3.333 %) Technical Support 7 3 (3.333 %) Architect 7 3 (3.333 %) Integration Manager 7 3 (3.333 %) Technical Support Engineer 7 3 (3.333 %) Technical Specialist 7 3 (3.333 %) Technical Engineer 8 2 (2.222 %) Report Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 33 (36.67 %) French Language 2 24 (26.67 %) German Language 2 24 (26.67 %) Italian Language 3 9 (10.00 %) Spanish Language 4 3 (3.333 %) IPTV 5 2 (2.222 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 12 (13.33 %) Solaris 2 11 (12.22 %) Unix 3 8 (8.889 %) Linux 4 6 (6.667 %) AIX 5 3 (3.333 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (7.778 %) Project Management 2 5 (5.556 %) Performance Management 3 4 (4.444 %) Integration Testing 3 4 (4.444 %) Test Management 4 3 (3.333 %) CRM 4 3 (3.333 %) Network Design 4 3 (3.333 %) Product Marketing 5 2 (2.222 %) TDD 5 2 (2.222 %) Network Planning 5 2 (2.222 %) Change Management 5 2 (2.222 %) Manual Testing 5 2 (2.222 %) Fault Management 5 2 (2.222 %) eTOM 5 2 (2.222 %) Competitor Analysis 6 1 (1.111 %) Software Testing 6 1 (1.111 %) Project Planning 6 1 (1.111 %) Performance Testing 6 1 (1.111 %) Validation 6 1 (1.111 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (1.111 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 7 (7.778 %) C 1 7 (7.778 %) SQL 2 6 (6.667 %) Perl 3 3 (3.333 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.111 %) PHP 4 1 (1.111 %) Java	Qualifications 1 4 (4.444 %) ISEB 2 2 (2.222 %) CIPD 3 1 (1.111 %) CCIE 3 1 (1.111 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (1.111 %) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 33 (36.67 %) SLA 2 1 (1.111 %) ISO14001 2 1 (1.111 %) ISO27001 2 1 (1.111 %) ISO9000 2 1 (1.111 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 3 (3.333 %) AquaLogic
Systems Management 1 4 (4.444 %) Netcool 2 3 (3.333 %) Netcool/Proviso 2 3 (3.333 %) OpenView 3 1 (1.111 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 9 (10.00 %) Sun 2 7 (7.778 %) Oracle 3 6 (6.667 %) Red Hat 4 4 (4.444 %) Cisco 5 3 (3.333 %) HP 5 3 (3.333 %) Ericsson 5 3 (3.333 %) Remedy 5 3 (3.333 %) Cramer 5 3 (3.333 %) Hummingbird 5 3 (3.333 %) Fujitsu 6 2 (2.222 %) Siebel 6 2 (2.222 %) Business Objects 7 1 (1.111 %) SAP 7 1 (1.111 %) IBM 7 1 (1.111 %) Microsoft 7 1 (1.111 %) Juniper 7 1 (1.111 %) Google