The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 47 53 31
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -22
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 10 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.975% 1.376% 4.690%
As % of the General category 3.759% 3.717% 9.459%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 15
Average daily rate £288 £225 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.77% -37.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £225 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £225 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.62% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +38.88%
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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
133 269 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 25.93% 37.00% 49.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 130 114
Average daily rate £315 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £240 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £423 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 23
Average hourly rate £16.70 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.30% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.04 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
Buckinghamshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) MS Office
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) SLA
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 2 (18.18%) Logistics
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (9.091%) Matrix Management
5 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) XenApp
5 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
5 1 (9.091%) ITIL V3
5 1 (9.091%) E-Learning
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (9.091%) Middleware
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MSI
1 1 (9.091%) AdminStudio
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Procurement Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Incident Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Assistant
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Applications Packager
3 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Incident Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Officer
3 1 (9.091%) Buyer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.091%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Logistics
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) Matrix Management
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (9.091%) XenApp
1 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Citrix
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco