The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 Manchester 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 50 43 46
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +3
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 23 42 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.516% 3.228% 2.411%
As % of the General category 7.077% 9.396% 5.814%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 3
Average daily rate £293 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.62% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £17.42 £8.28 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+110.38% -52.68%
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
325 447 430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.56% 34.36% 41.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 202 169
Average daily rate £353 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £259 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 19
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.49% -1.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Rochdale - 2 £175 -
Salford - 1 £300 -
Bolton - 1 - -
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 12 (18.46%) Finance
2 9 (13.85%) 3G
2 9 (13.85%) DWDM
2 9 (13.85%) 2G
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.231%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.231%) SQL
4 6 (9.231%) Ethernet
4 6 (9.231%) Retail
5 5 (7.692%) Ruby
5 5 (7.692%) LDAP
5 5 (7.692%) ATM
5 5 (7.692%) C
5 5 (7.692%) SQL Server
6 4 (6.154%) Perl
6 4 (6.154%) Web Services
6 4 (6.154%) Linux
6 4 (6.154%) Apache
6 4 (6.154%) MS Visio
6 4 (6.154%) UNIX
6 4 (6.154%) Cisco
6 4 (6.154%) IBM
6 4 (6.154%) Active Directory
6 4 (6.154%) Project Management
6 4 (6.154%) Red Hat
6 4 (6.154%) Netcool
6 4 (6.154%) Nagios
6 4 (6.154%) Huawei
6 4 (6.154%) Network Design
6 4 (6.154%) QA

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (6.154%) Web Services
2 3 (4.615%) .NET
2 3 (4.615%) ASP.NET
2 3 (4.615%) CSS
3 2 (3.077%) JSP
3 2 (3.077%) Servlets
3 2 (3.077%) XML
3 2 (3.077%) Spring
3 2 (3.077%) Ajax
3 2 (3.077%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.077%) JSON
3 2 (3.077%) JSTL
3 2 (3.077%) jQuery
3 2 (3.077%) HTML5
3 2 (3.077%) CSS3
4 1 (1.538%) JPA
4 1 (1.538%) JSR 286
4 1 (1.538%) JSR 168
4 1 (1.538%) Spring Web Flow
4 1 (1.538%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.154%) Apache
2 3 (4.615%) SAS
3 1 (1.538%) CICS
3 1 (1.538%) PowerExchange
3 1 (1.538%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.538%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.154%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.077%) MS Office
2 2 (3.077%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.077%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.538%) BPCS
2 1 (1.538%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.538%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.538%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) 3G
1 9 (13.85%) DWDM
1 9 (13.85%) 2G
2 6 (9.231%) Ethernet
3 5 (7.692%) LDAP
3 5 (7.692%) ATM
4 3 (4.615%) GSM
4 3 (4.615%) SDH
4 3 (4.615%) UMTS
4 3 (4.615%) RNC
4 3 (4.615%) LTE
4 3 (4.615%) 4G
5 2 (3.077%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (3.077%) Firewall
6 1 (1.538%) Wireless
6 1 (1.538%) Symposium
6 1 (1.538%) BSS
6 1 (1.538%) PBX
6 1 (1.538%) Broadband
6 1 (1.538%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.077%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.538%) DB2
3 1 (1.538%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.538%) Informix
3 1 (1.538%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.538%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.538%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.538%) PowerCenter
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.077%) Eclipse
1 2 (3.077%) NetBeans
2 1 (1.538%) Subversion
2 1 (1.538%) Cucumber
General
1 12 (18.46%) Finance
2 6 (9.231%) Retail
3 3 (4.615%) Banking
4 2 (3.077%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.538%) Back Office
5 1 (1.538%) Law
5 1 (1.538%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.538%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (12.31%) Project Manager
1 8 (12.31%) Developer
2 7 (10.77%) Analyst
3 6 (9.231%) Field Engineer
4 4 (6.154%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (6.154%) Systems Support
4 4 (6.154%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.154%) Systems Support Engineer
5 2 (3.077%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 2 (3.077%) Transmission Engineer
5 2 (3.077%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (3.077%) Architect
5 2 (3.077%) Applications Developer
5 2 (3.077%) Senior Manager
5 2 (3.077%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (3.077%) Web Developer
5 2 (3.077%) Consultant
5 2 (3.077%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.077%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.077%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.154%) Wiki
2 2 (3.077%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.538%) SaaS
3 1 (1.538%) PMI
3 1 (1.538%) NHS
3 1 (1.538%) NPfIT
3 1 (1.538%) Replication
3 1 (1.538%) Tandem
3 1 (1.538%) Derivative
3 1 (1.538%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.154%) UNIX
1 4 (6.154%) Linux
2 2 (3.077%) Windows
2 2 (3.077%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.538%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (6.154%) Project Management
1 4 (6.154%) Network Design
2 3 (4.615%) Logistics
2 3 (4.615%) Network Management
2 3 (4.615%) ETL
2 3 (4.615%) ITIL
2 3 (4.615%) PRINCE2
3 2 (3.077%) ERP
3 2 (3.077%) PRINCE
3 2 (3.077%) Service Delivery
3 2 (3.077%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (3.077%) MVC
4 1 (1.538%) Workflow
4 1 (1.538%) SIEM
4 1 (1.538%) Change Control
4 1 (1.538%) Customer Insight
4 1 (1.538%) Analytics
4 1 (1.538%) Information Governance
4 1 (1.538%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (1.538%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.231%) JavaScript
1 6 (9.231%) SQL
2 5 (7.692%) C
2 5 (7.692%) Ruby
3 4 (6.154%) Perl
4 3 (4.615%) C#
5 2 (3.077%) Java
6 1 (1.538%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.538%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.538%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.538%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (4.615%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.077%) PMP
3 1 (1.538%) Degree
3 1 (1.538%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.538%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.538%) HNC
3 1 (1.538%) CCDA
3 1 (1.538%) CCDP
3 1 (1.538%) ISEB
3 1 (1.538%) CISSP
3 1 (1.538%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.538%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.154%) QA
2 1 (1.538%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.154%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.154%) Netcool
1 4 (6.154%) Nagios
1 4 (6.154%) Puppet
2 1 (1.538%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (1.538%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.154%) Cisco
2 4 (6.154%) IBM
2 4 (6.154%) Red Hat
2 4 (6.154%) Huawei
3 3 (4.615%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 3 (4.615%) Remedy
4 2 (3.077%) Oracle
4 2 (3.077%) BMC
4 2 (3.077%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.538%) Informatica
5 1 (1.538%) Unica
5 1 (1.538%) Sybase
5 1 (1.538%) SAP
5 1 (1.538%) HP
5 1 (1.538%) Nortel
5 1 (1.538%) Avaya
5 1 (1.538%) BT
5 1 (1.538%) NEC
5 1 (1.538%) Cramer