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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the North West 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.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4031
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads139133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.149 %
As % of the category below7.907 %10.09 %
Daily rates quoted2833
Average minimum daily rate£282£291
Average daily rate£298£305
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£324
% change on same period last year+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted1016
Average minimum hourly rate£36.56£15.68
Average hourly rate£39.41£16.59
% change on same period last year+137.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.26£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£23.70
% change on same period last year+8.37 %
General North WestGeneral
North West
Matching contract IT job ads17581318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.256 %1.481 %
Daily rates quoted581358
Average minimum daily rate£358£320
Average daily rate£380£333
% change on same period last year+14.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£372
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted12388
Average minimum hourly rate£23.81£20.63
Average hourly rate£25.45£21.86
% change on same period last year+16.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.09£23.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.74£26.10
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Telecoms EnglandTelecoms
England

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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

North West Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterUp+1380£338-2.87 %
2CheshireDown-931£267-10.83 %
3MerseysideDown-119£308+5.45 %
4LancashireDown-216£362+28.11 %
Telecoms EnglandTelecoms
England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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.

134 (12.98 %)Finance
226 (9.924 %)3G
324 (9.160 %)Cisco
421 (8.015 %)MS Office
520 (7.634 %)SLA
619 (7.252 %)Datawarehouse
619 (7.252 %)Billing
718 (6.870 %)Unix
718 (6.870 %)Oracle
718 (6.870 %)Project Management
817 (6.489 %)Java
916 (6.107 %)MS Visio
916 (6.107 %)Business Intelligence
916 (6.107 %)WAN
1015 (5.725 %)PBX
1015 (5.725 %)UMTS
1015 (5.725 %)Data Modelling
1015 (5.725 %)MS Excel
1015 (5.725 %)XML
1015 (5.725 %)Migration
1015 (5.725 %)Enterprise Architecture
1114 (5.344 %)Knowledge Management
1114 (5.344 %)Risk Assessment
1114 (5.344 %)SQL
1213 (4.962 %)Windows
1213 (4.962 %)GSM
1213 (4.962 %)VoIP
1213 (4.962 %)Symbian
1312 (4.580 %)TCP/IP
1312 (4.580 %)Cisco Certification

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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
115 (5.725 %)XML
210 (3.817 %).NET
37 (2.672 %)J2EE
37 (2.672 %)HTML
45 (1.908 %)ASP.NET
54 (1.527 %)JSP
54 (1.527 %)WebServices
62 (0.763 %)UIQ
62 (0.763 %)XSD
62 (0.763 %)XSL
62 (0.763 %)CSS
62 (0.763 %)Spring
62 (0.763 %)AJAX
62 (0.763 %)LINQ
71 (0.382 %)Ruby on Rails
71 (0.382 %)JDBC
71 (0.382 %)SOAP
71 (0.382 %)Struts
71 (0.382 %)EJB
71 (0.382 %)ASP
Application Platforms
15 (1.908 %)Portal Infranet
24 (1.527 %)SharePoint
32 (0.763 %)BizTalk Server
32 (0.763 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (0.382 %)JBoss
41 (0.382 %)Papyrus
41 (0.382 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (0.382 %)CMS
41 (0.382 %)MS Exchange
Applications
121 (8.015 %)MS Office
216 (6.107 %)MS Visio
315 (5.725 %)MS Excel
46 (2.290 %)MS Project
52 (0.763 %)AutoCAD
52 (0.763 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
13 (1.145 %)SAP Oil and Gas
22 (0.763 %)Siebel Analytics
31 (0.382 %)SAP SD
31 (0.382 %)SAP MM
Communications & Networking
126 (9.924 %)3G
216 (6.107 %)WAN
315 (5.725 %)UMTS
315 (5.725 %)PBX
413 (4.962 %)GSM
413 (4.962 %)VoIP
512 (4.580 %)TCP/IP
512 (4.580 %)LAN
68 (3.053 %)RNC
68 (3.053 %)IP Telephony
77 (2.672 %)2G
86 (2.290 %)VPN
94 (1.527 %)ISDN
94 (1.527 %)MD110
94 (1.527 %)Firewall
94 (1.527 %)Wi-Fi
94 (1.527 %)DNS
103 (1.145 %)SAN
103 (1.145 %)Wireless
103 (1.145 %)Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
119 (7.252 %)Datawarehouse
28 (3.053 %)SQL Server
34 (1.527 %)BusinessObjects
43 (1.145 %)Oracle 10g
43 (1.145 %)Oracle 9i
52 (0.763 %)MS Access
52 (0.763 %)RDBMS
61 (0.382 %)Oracle OWB
61 (0.382 %)ETL
Development Applications
11 (0.382 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.382 %)Oracle Forms
11 (0.382 %)Rational Rose
11 (0.382 %)Eclipse
11 (0.382 %)TestDirector
General
134 (12.98 %)Finance
219 (7.252 %)Billing
312 (4.580 %)Construction
46 (2.290 %)Government
46 (2.290 %)Legal
55 (1.908 %)Electric
64 (1.527 %)Health
73 (1.145 %)Retail
82 (0.763 %)Retail Banking
82 (0.763 %)Manufacturing
82 (0.763 %)Banking
82 (0.763 %)Pharmaceutical
82 (0.763 %)Electronics
91 (0.382 %)Auditing
91 (0.382 %)Insurance
91 (0.382 %)Pensions
Job Titles
147 (17.94 %)Analyst
230 (11.45 %)Consultant
321 (8.015 %)Developer
418 (6.870 %)Project Manager
418 (6.870 %)Business Analyst
418 (6.870 %)Payroll Consultant
515 (5.725 %)Technical Lead
515 (5.725 %)Data Centre Engineer
612 (4.580 %)Telecoms Analyst
711 (4.198 %)Support Engineer
89 (3.435 %)Administrator
98 (3.053 %)Software Engineer
98 (3.053 %)Telecoms Business Analyst
107 (2.672 %)Development Support Engineer
107 (2.672 %)Software Development Engineer
107 (2.672 %)Software Support Engineer
107 (2.672 %)Coordinator
116 (2.290 %)Programme Manager
116 (2.290 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
116 (2.290 %)Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
15 (1.908 %)Video Conferencing
24 (1.527 %)Replication
33 (1.145 %)AS400
33 (1.145 %)Statistics
42 (0.763 %)Mainframe
51 (0.382 %)Management Information System
51 (0.382 %)Chip and PIN
51 (0.382 %)Clustering
51 (0.382 %)IVR
51 (0.382 %)CCTV
Operating Systems
118 (6.870 %)Unix
213 (4.962 %)Windows
38 (3.053 %)Solaris
47 (2.672 %)Linux
54 (1.527 %)Windows NT
54 (1.527 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (1.145 %)AIX
72 (0.763 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
118 (6.870 %)Project Management
216 (6.107 %)Business Intelligence
315 (5.725 %)Data Modelling
315 (5.725 %)Migration
315 (5.725 %)Enterprise Architecture
414 (5.344 %)Knowledge Management
414 (5.344 %)Risk Assessment
58 (3.053 %)ITIL
67 (2.672 %)PRINCE2
67 (2.672 %)Incident Management
67 (2.672 %)Business Analysis
75 (1.908 %)Network Planning
84 (1.527 %)CRM
93 (1.145 %)Technical Architecture
102 (0.763 %)Supplier Management
102 (0.763 %)Agile Software Development
102 (0.763 %)Data Management
102 (0.763 %)Network Design
102 (0.763 %)UML
102 (0.763 %)PRINCE
Programming Languages
117 (6.489 %)Java
214 (5.344 %)SQL
311 (4.198 %)C++
49 (3.435 %)C#
58 (3.053 %)PL/SQL
63 (1.145 %)JavaScript
63 (1.145 %)VBScript
72 (0.763 %)Korn
72 (0.763 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.382 %)C
81 (0.382 %)VB
81 (0.382 %)VB.NET
81 (0.382 %)Smalltalk
81 (0.382 %)Embedded C++
81 (0.382 %)Ruby
Qualifications
112 (4.580 %)Cisco Certification
29 (3.435 %)CCIE
37 (2.672 %)MCSE
37 (2.672 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (2.290 %)Degree
46 (2.290 %)CCNA
55 (1.908 %)PRINCE2 Certification
55 (1.908 %)CCVP
63 (1.145 %)PMP
63 (1.145 %)PMI Certification
63 (1.145 %)ISEB
72 (0.763 %)MCSD
72 (0.763 %)HNC
81 (0.382 %)CCNP
81 (0.382 %)CCDP
81 (0.382 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
81 (0.382 %)NVQ Level 3
81 (0.382 %)OCP
81 (0.382 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
120 (7.634 %)SLA
25 (1.908 %)QA
31 (0.382 %)BS7799
System Software
110 (3.817 %)Active Directory
21 (0.382 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.382 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
11 (0.382 %)OpenView
11 (0.382 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
124 (9.160 %)Cisco
218 (6.870 %)Oracle
313 (4.962 %)Symbian
412 (4.580 %)Ericsson
511 (4.198 %)Mitel
511 (4.198 %)Microsoft
69 (3.435 %)Cramer
76 (2.290 %)Nokia
76 (2.290 %)SAP
85 (1.908 %)Siebel
85 (1.908 %)Polycom
94 (1.527 %)VMware
94 (1.527 %)Business Objects
94 (1.527 %)IBM
94 (1.527 %)Nortel
103 (1.145 %)Avaya
103 (1.145 %)Actuate
103 (1.145 %)Brio
103 (1.145 %)Ab Initio
103 (1.145 %)BT
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