Milton Keynes Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Milton Keynes 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 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
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Rank	24	42
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	61	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.078 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	10.57 %	5.797 %
Daily rates quoted	44	8
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£326
Average daily rate	£404	£340
% change on same period last year	+18.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£323
% change on same period last year	+9.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.55	£14.33
Average hourly rate	£29.55	£16.83
% change on same period last year	+75.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.55	£19.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.78	£23.61
% change on same period last year	+9.21 %
General Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	577	345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.740 %	0.388 %
Daily rates quoted	192	60
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£333
Average daily rate	£380	£350
% change on same period last year	+8.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	39	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.16	£31.14
Average hourly rate	£29.35	£32.54
% change on same period last year	-9.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.54	£33.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£26.00
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Telecoms Buckinghamshire

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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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 Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the past 3 months.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 51 (50.50 %) Windows 2 39 (38.61 %) ITIL 3 36 (35.64 %) OpenView 3 36 (35.64 %) OVOW 4 35 (34.65 %) ITSM 5 27 (26.73 %) Cisco 6 22 (21.78 %) Microsoft Certification 6 22 (21.78 %) MCSE 7 21 (20.79 %) CNE 7 21 (20.79 %) Novell Certification 7 21 (20.79 %) HP 8 20 (19.80 %) Windows Server 2003 9 18 (17.82 %) SQL 9 18 (17.82 %) Oracle 9 18 (17.82 %) Government

10 17 (16.83 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 17 (16.83 %) CiscoWorks 10 17 (16.83 %) OVPA 10 17 (16.83 %) OVPI 11 12 (11.88 %) Migration 12 10 (9.901 %) Windows NT 13 8 (7.921 %) Windows Vista 14 7 (6.931 %) Exchange Server 5.5 14 7 (6.931 %) Process Management 14 7 (6.931 %) PRINCE2 14 7 (6.931 %) OpenView Configuration Management 15 6 (5.941 %) SAN 15 6 (5.941 %) OVSD 16 5 (4.950 %) Change Management 16 5 (4.950 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 1 (0.990 %) .NET 1 1 (0.990 %) J2EE 1 1 (0.990 %) ADO.NET 1 1 (0.990 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (0.990 %) Struts 1 1 (0.990 %) XML 1 1 (0.990 %) XHTML 1 1 (0.990 %) WebSphere 1 1 (0.990 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 7 (6.931 %) Exchange Server 5.5 2 5 (4.950 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 4 (3.960 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (0.990 %) Apache 5 1 (0.990 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 2 (1.980 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 6 (5.941 %) SAN 2 4 (3.960 %) WAN 2 4 (3.960 %) LAN 2 4 (3.960 %) Internet 2 4 (3.960 %) DNS 3 3 (2.970 %) Intranet 4 2 (1.980 %) Broadband 5 1 (0.990 %) LDAP 5 1 (0.990 %) VoIP 5 1 (0.990 %) DHCP 5 1 (0.990 %) HTTP 5 1 (0.990 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (16.83 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 2 (1.980 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.980 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.990 %) ReportNet 3 1 (0.990 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.990 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (0.990 %) Cognos Powerplay 3 1 (0.990 %) Cognos Impromptu 3 1 (0.990 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.990 %) DTS 3 1 (0.990 %) ETL 3 1 (0.990 %) DecisionStream 3 1 (0.990 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 1 (0.990 %) Visual Studio
General 1 18 (17.82 %) Government 2 4 (3.960 %) Finance 3 2 (1.980 %) Telemarketing 4 1 (0.990 %) Back Office 4 1 (0.990 %) Construction 4 1 (0.990 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 21 (20.79 %) Consultant 2 16 (15.84 %) OpenView Specialist 3 14 (13.86 %) Architect 4 11 (10.89 %) Analyst 5 8 (7.921 %) Solutions Architect 6 7 (6.931 %) Project Manager 7 5 (4.950 %) Technical Consultant 7 5 (4.950 %) Change Manager 7 5 (4.950 %) Auditor 8 4 (3.960 %) Exchange Consultant 9 3 (2.970 %) SAN Specialist 9 3 (2.970 %) Deployment Project Manager 9 3 (2.970 %) 1st Line Support 10 2 (1.980 %) Administrator 10 2 (1.980 %) Test Manager 10 2 (1.980 %) Systems Administrator 10 2 (1.980 %) Technical Project Manager 10 2 (1.980 %) Deployment Manager 10 2 (1.980 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 10 2 (1.980 %) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.980 %) Blackberry 1 2 (1.980 %) Clustering 1 2 (1.980 %) IPTV 1 2 (1.980 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 51 (50.50 %) Windows 2 20 (19.80 %) Windows Server 2003 3 10 (9.901 %) Windows NT 4 8 (7.921 %) Windows Vista 5 4 (3.960 %) Unix 5 4 (3.960 %) Solaris 5 4 (3.960 %) Linux 6 3 (2.970 %) FreeBSD 7 2 (1.980 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (0.990 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 39 (38.61 %) ITIL 2 35 (34.65 %) ITSM 3 12 (11.88 %) Migration 4 7 (6.931 %) Process Management 4 7 (6.931 %) PRINCE2 5 5 (4.950 %) Change Management 5 5 (4.950 %) Project Management 6 4 (3.960 %) Validation 6 4 (3.960 %) UML 6 4 (3.960 %) PRINCE 7 2 (1.980 %) Problem Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Data Migration 8 1 (0.990 %) Stakeholder Management	Programming Languages 1 18 (17.82 %) SQL 2 2 (1.980 %) C 3 1 (0.990 %) Java 3 1 (0.990 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (0.990 %) VB.NET 3 1 (0.990 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 22 (21.78 %) Microsoft Certification 1 22 (21.78 %) MCSE 2 21 (20.79 %) CNE 2 21 (20.79 %) Novell Certification 3 4 (3.960 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (2.970 %) CCNP 5 2 (1.980 %) CCNA 5 2 (1.980 %) Degree 5 2 (1.980 %) SCSP 6 1 (0.990 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.990 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.990 %) CCVP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.970 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 3 (2.970 %) GAAP 2 1 (0.990 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (1.980 %) Active Directory 1 2 (1.980 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.990 %) MailMarshal	Systems Management 1 36 (35.64 %) OpenView 1 36 (35.64 %) OVOW 2 17 (16.83 %) OVPA 2 17 (16.83 %) OVPI 2 17 (16.83 %) CiscoWorks 3 7 (6.931 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 6 (5.941 %) OVSD 5 3 (2.970 %) HP Data Protector 6 2 (1.980 %) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors 1 27 (26.73 %) Cisco 2 21 (20.79 %) HP 3 18 (17.82 %) Oracle 4 5 (4.950 %) Microsoft 5 3 (2.970 %) Sun 6 2 (1.980 %) CA 6 2 (1.980 %) VERITAS 6 2 (1.980 %) Symantec 6 2 (1.980 %) McAfee Security 6 2 (1.980 %) AppSense 7 1 (0.990 %) 3Com 7 1 (0.990 %) Red Hat 7 1 (0.990 %) Compaq 7 1 (0.990 %) Cognos