The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 21 28 27
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.688% 1.619% 2.258%
As % of the General category 11.63% 5.333% 7.609%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £300 - £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £335 £345
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.47% +6.92%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
43 75 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 23.12% 30.36% 29.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 19
Average daily rate £450 £375 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £500 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 22
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +63.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (40.00%) ATM
1 4 (40.00%) GSM
1 4 (40.00%) SDH
1 4 (40.00%) UMTS
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) LoadRunner
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) New Media
3 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (10.00%) RNC
3 1 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (10.00%) Nokia
3 1 (10.00%) 3G
3 1 (10.00%) MPLS
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (10.00%) LTE
3 1 (10.00%) Telematics
3 1 (10.00%) Nokia NetAct

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (10.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) ATM
1 4 (40.00%) GSM
1 4 (40.00%) SDH
1 4 (40.00%) UMTS
2 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (10.00%) RNC
2 1 (10.00%) 3G
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
2 1 (10.00%) LTE
2 1 (10.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (10.00%) 4G
2 1 (10.00%) 2G
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Databuild Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) RAN Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) New Media
2 1 (10.00%) Telematics
2 1 (10.00%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCNA
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Nokia
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
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