North West Telecoms Contracts

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.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bletchley Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chalfont St Giles Chathill Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Ilford Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Preston Queensferry Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Widnes Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	40	31
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	139	133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.178 %	0.149 %
As % of the category below	7.907 %	10.09 %
Daily rates quoted	28	33
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 quoted	10	16
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 West
Matching contract IT job ads	1758	1318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.256 %	1.481 %
Daily rates quoted	581	358
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 quoted	123	88
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Manchester	+13	80	£338	-2.87 %
2	Cheshire	-9	31	£267	-10.83 %
3	Merseyside	-11	9	£308	+5.45 %
4	Lancashire	-21	6	£362	+28.11 %

Telecoms 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.

1 34 (12.98 %) Finance 2 26 (9.924 %) 3G 3 24 (9.160 %) Cisco 4 21 (8.015 %) MS Office 5 20 (7.634 %) SLA 6 19 (7.252 %) Datawarehouse 6 19 (7.252 %) Billing 7 18 (6.870 %) Unix 7 18 (6.870 %) Oracle 7 18 (6.870 %) Project Management 8 17 (6.489 %) Java 9 16 (6.107 %) MS Visio 9 16 (6.107 %) Business Intelligence 9 16 (6.107 %) WAN 10 15 (5.725 %) PBX

10 15 (5.725 %) UMTS 10 15 (5.725 %) Data Modelling 10 15 (5.725 %) MS Excel 10 15 (5.725 %) XML 10 15 (5.725 %) Migration 10 15 (5.725 %) Enterprise Architecture 11 14 (5.344 %) Knowledge Management 11 14 (5.344 %) Risk Assessment 11 14 (5.344 %) SQL 12 13 (4.962 %) Windows 12 13 (4.962 %) GSM 12 13 (4.962 %) VoIP 12 13 (4.962 %) Symbian 13 12 (4.580 %) TCP/IP 13 12 (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 1 15 (5.725 %) XML 2 10 (3.817 %) .NET 3 7 (2.672 %) J2EE 3 7 (2.672 %) HTML 4 5 (1.908 %) ASP.NET 5 4 (1.527 %) JSP 5 4 (1.527 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.763 %) UIQ 6 2 (0.763 %) XSD 6 2 (0.763 %) XSL 6 2 (0.763 %) CSS 6 2 (0.763 %) Spring 6 2 (0.763 %) AJAX 6 2 (0.763 %) LINQ 7 1 (0.382 %) Ruby on Rails 7 1 (0.382 %) JDBC 7 1 (0.382 %) SOAP 7 1 (0.382 %) Struts 7 1 (0.382 %) EJB 7 1 (0.382 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 5 (1.908 %) Portal Infranet 2 4 (1.527 %) SharePoint 3 2 (0.763 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (0.763 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 1 (0.382 %) JBoss 4 1 (0.382 %) Papyrus 4 1 (0.382 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.382 %) CMS 4 1 (0.382 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 21 (8.015 %) MS Office 2 16 (6.107 %) MS Visio 3 15 (5.725 %) MS Excel 4 6 (2.290 %) MS Project 5 2 (0.763 %) AutoCAD 5 2 (0.763 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 3 (1.145 %) SAP Oil and Gas 2 2 (0.763 %) Siebel Analytics 3 1 (0.382 %) SAP SD 3 1 (0.382 %) SAP MM
Communications & Networking 1 26 (9.924 %) 3G 2 16 (6.107 %) WAN 3 15 (5.725 %) UMTS 3 15 (5.725 %) PBX 4 13 (4.962 %) GSM 4 13 (4.962 %) VoIP 5 12 (4.580 %) TCP/IP 5 12 (4.580 %) LAN 6 8 (3.053 %) RNC 6 8 (3.053 %) IP Telephony 7 7 (2.672 %) 2G 8 6 (2.290 %) VPN 9 4 (1.527 %) ISDN 9 4 (1.527 %) MD110 9 4 (1.527 %) Firewall 9 4 (1.527 %) Wi-Fi 9 4 (1.527 %) DNS 10 3 (1.145 %) SAN 10 3 (1.145 %) Wireless 10 3 (1.145 %) Symposium	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (7.252 %) Datawarehouse 2 8 (3.053 %) SQL Server 3 4 (1.527 %) BusinessObjects 4 3 (1.145 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (1.145 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (0.763 %) MS Access 5 2 (0.763 %) RDBMS 6 1 (0.382 %) Oracle OWB 6 1 (0.382 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 1 (0.382 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (0.382 %) Oracle Forms 1 1 (0.382 %) Rational Rose 1 1 (0.382 %) Eclipse 1 1 (0.382 %) TestDirector	General 1 34 (12.98 %) Finance 2 19 (7.252 %) Billing 3 12 (4.580 %) Construction 4 6 (2.290 %) Government 4 6 (2.290 %) Legal 5 5 (1.908 %) Electric 6 4 (1.527 %) Health 7 3 (1.145 %) Retail 8 2 (0.763 %) Retail Banking 8 2 (0.763 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (0.763 %) Banking 8 2 (0.763 %) Pharmaceutical 8 2 (0.763 %) Electronics 9 1 (0.382 %) Auditing 9 1 (0.382 %) Insurance 9 1 (0.382 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 47 (17.94 %) Analyst 2 30 (11.45 %) Consultant 3 21 (8.015 %) Developer 4 18 (6.870 %) Project Manager 4 18 (6.870 %) Business Analyst 4 18 (6.870 %) Payroll Consultant 5 15 (5.725 %) Technical Lead 5 15 (5.725 %) Data Centre Engineer 6 12 (4.580 %) Telecoms Analyst 7 11 (4.198 %) Support Engineer 8 9 (3.435 %) Administrator 9 8 (3.053 %) Software Engineer 9 8 (3.053 %) Telecoms Business Analyst 10 7 (2.672 %) Development Support Engineer 10 7 (2.672 %) Software Development Engineer 10 7 (2.672 %) Software Support Engineer 10 7 (2.672 %) Coordinator 11 6 (2.290 %) Programme Manager 11 6 (2.290 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 11 6 (2.290 %) Infrastructure Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (1.908 %) Video Conferencing 2 4 (1.527 %) Replication 3 3 (1.145 %) AS400 3 3 (1.145 %) Statistics 4 2 (0.763 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.382 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.382 %) Chip and PIN 5 1 (0.382 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.382 %) IVR 5 1 (0.382 %) CCTV
Operating Systems 1 18 (6.870 %) Unix 2 13 (4.962 %) Windows 3 8 (3.053 %) Solaris 4 7 (2.672 %) Linux 5 4 (1.527 %) Windows NT 5 4 (1.527 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (1.145 %) AIX 7 2 (0.763 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (6.870 %) Project Management 2 16 (6.107 %) Business Intelligence 3 15 (5.725 %) Data Modelling 3 15 (5.725 %) Migration 3 15 (5.725 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 14 (5.344 %) Knowledge Management 4 14 (5.344 %) Risk Assessment 5 8 (3.053 %) ITIL 6 7 (2.672 %) PRINCE2 6 7 (2.672 %) Incident Management 6 7 (2.672 %) Business Analysis 7 5 (1.908 %) Network Planning 8 4 (1.527 %) CRM 9 3 (1.145 %) Technical Architecture 10 2 (0.763 %) Supplier Management 10 2 (0.763 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (0.763 %) Data Management 10 2 (0.763 %) Network Design 10 2 (0.763 %) UML 10 2 (0.763 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 17 (6.489 %) Java 2 14 (5.344 %) SQL 3 11 (4.198 %) C++ 4 9 (3.435 %) C# 5 8 (3.053 %) PL/SQL 6 3 (1.145 %) JavaScript 6 3 (1.145 %) VBScript 7 2 (0.763 %) Korn 7 2 (0.763 %) Transact-SQL 8 1 (0.382 %) C 8 1 (0.382 %) VB 8 1 (0.382 %) VB.NET 8 1 (0.382 %) Smalltalk 8 1 (0.382 %) Embedded C++ 8 1 (0.382 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 12 (4.580 %) Cisco Certification 2 9 (3.435 %) CCIE 3 7 (2.672 %) MCSE 3 7 (2.672 %) Microsoft Certification 4 6 (2.290 %) Degree 4 6 (2.290 %) CCNA 5 5 (1.908 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 5 (1.908 %) CCVP 6 3 (1.145 %) PMP 6 3 (1.145 %) PMI Certification 6 3 (1.145 %) ISEB 7 2 (0.763 %) MCSD 7 2 (0.763 %) HNC 8 1 (0.382 %) CCNP 8 1 (0.382 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.382 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (0.382 %) NVQ Level 3 8 1 (0.382 %) OCP 8 1 (0.382 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 20 (7.634 %) SLA 2 5 (1.908 %) QA 3 1 (0.382 %) BS7799	System Software 1 10 (3.817 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.382 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (0.382 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 1 (0.382 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.382 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 24 (9.160 %) Cisco 2 18 (6.870 %) Oracle 3 13 (4.962 %) Symbian 4 12 (4.580 %) Ericsson 5 11 (4.198 %) Mitel 5 11 (4.198 %) Microsoft 6 9 (3.435 %) Cramer 7 6 (2.290 %) Nokia 7 6 (2.290 %) SAP 8 5 (1.908 %) Siebel 8 5 (1.908 %) Polycom 9 4 (1.527 %) VMware 9 4 (1.527 %) Business Objects 9 4 (1.527 %) IBM 9 4 (1.527 %) Nortel 10 3 (1.145 %) Avaya 10 3 (1.145 %) Actuate 10 3 (1.145 %) Brio 10 3 (1.145 %) Ab Initio 10 3 (1.145 %) BT