Telecoms Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 39 50 70
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +20
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 104 96 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.528% 3.031% 2.176%
As % of the General category 12.71% 8.832% 5.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 40 9
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £255 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.62% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
Average hourly rate £38.25 £26.15 £9.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.27% +184.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.26 £11.85 £6.64
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £29.23 £15.84
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 818 1087 1318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 35.61% 34.32% 42.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 566 728
Average daily rate £354 £363 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.41% +10.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £519 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 40 52
Average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% +22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £30.00 £40.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +31 66 £360 -5.57%
Manchester -7 23 £293 -10.00%
Lancashire 0 3 - -
Merseyside +10 2 £340 +18.26%
Cumbria +7 1 - -
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 39 (19.60%) Finance
2 20 (10.05%) Cisco
2 20 (10.05%) Web Development
2 20 (10.05%) Drupal
3 19 (9.548%) Knowledge Management
3 19 (9.548%) Microsoft
3 19 (9.548%) PHP
4 17 (8.543%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.040%) Retail
5 16 (8.040%) Logistics
6 15 (7.538%) SQL
6 15 (7.538%) ITIL
7 14 (7.035%) Security Cleared
8 13 (6.533%) 3G
9 12 (6.030%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (6.030%) Project Management
10 11 (5.528%) 2G
10 11 (5.528%) MS Excel
10 11 (5.528%) ERP
11 10 (5.025%) SAP
11 10 (5.025%) SQL Server
11 10 (5.025%) DWDM
11 10 (5.025%) SaaS
12 9 (4.523%) Radio Access Network
12 9 (4.523%) Avaya
12 9 (4.523%) JavaScript
12 9 (4.523%) Linux
13 8 (4.020%) PRINCE2
13 8 (4.020%) UNIX
13 8 (4.020%) Windows

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (4.020%) .NET
2 5 (2.513%) ASP.NET
2 5 (2.513%) VXML
3 4 (2.010%) Web Services
4 3 (1.508%) CSS
4 3 (1.508%) jQuery
5 2 (1.005%) HTML5
5 2 (1.005%) CSS3
5 2 (1.005%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.005%) JSON
5 2 (1.005%) JSTL
5 2 (1.005%) HTML
5 2 (1.005%) JSP
5 2 (1.005%) Servlets
5 2 (1.005%) XML
5 2 (1.005%) ASP
5 2 (1.005%) Spring
5 2 (1.005%) Ajax
6 1 (0.503%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.503%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 20 (10.05%) Drupal
2 5 (2.513%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (2.010%) Apache
4 3 (1.508%) SAS
5 2 (1.005%) PowerExchange
5 2 (1.005%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.503%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.503%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.503%) CICS
6 1 (0.503%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (5.528%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.020%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.518%) MS Office
4 4 (2.010%) MS Project
5 3 (1.508%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.508%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.508%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (1.005%) SAP R/3
2 2 (1.005%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.503%) BPCS
3 1 (0.503%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.503%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.503%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.503%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.533%) 3G
2 11 (5.528%) 2G
3 10 (5.025%) DWDM
4 9 (4.523%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (4.020%) Internet
5 8 (4.020%) ATM
5 8 (4.020%) Ethernet
6 7 (3.518%) VoIP
6 7 (3.518%) WAN
6 7 (3.518%) LAN
7 6 (3.015%) LDAP
7 6 (3.015%) IP Telephony
8 5 (2.513%) VPN
8 5 (2.513%) SDH
8 5 (2.513%) DHCP
8 5 (2.513%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (2.513%) Cisco ICM
8 5 (2.513%) Wireless
9 4 (2.010%) RNC
9 4 (2.010%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.025%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.508%) MS Access
3 2 (1.005%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.005%) PowerCenter
3 2 (1.005%) DB2
3 2 (1.005%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.005%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.503%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.503%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.503%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.503%) Informix
4 1 (0.503%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.503%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.503%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.503%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.503%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.508%) ClearQuest
1 3 (1.508%) InstallShield
1 3 (1.508%) Visual Studio
1 3 (1.508%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (1.508%) FinalBuilder
2 2 (1.005%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.005%) NetBeans
3 1 (0.503%) Subversion
3 1 (0.503%) Cucumber
General
1 39 (19.60%) Finance
2 17 (8.543%) Manufacturing
3 16 (8.040%) Retail
4 8 (4.020%) Banking
4 8 (4.020%) Law
5 6 (3.015%) Marketing
6 4 (2.010%) Electronics
7 3 (1.508%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.503%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (17.09%) Developer
2 25 (12.56%) Analyst
3 20 (10.05%) Project Manager
3 20 (10.05%) Drupal Developer
4 18 (9.045%) PHP Drupal Developer
5 12 (6.030%) Voice Engineer
6 10 (5.025%) Coordinator
7 8 (4.020%) Project Coordinator
8 7 (3.518%) Support Analyst
8 7 (3.518%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (3.518%) Cisco Voice Engineer
9 6 (3.015%) Telecoms Project Manager
9 6 (3.015%) Architect
9 6 (3.015%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.015%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.015%) Field Engineer
10 5 (2.513%) Systems Support
10 5 (2.513%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.513%) .NET Developer
10 5 (2.513%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.025%) SaaS
2 4 (2.010%) Wiki
2 4 (2.010%) NHS
2 4 (2.010%) IVR
3 3 (1.508%) DTV
4 2 (1.005%) Firmware
4 2 (1.005%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.005%) FMCG
4 2 (1.005%) IPTV
4 2 (1.005%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.005%) PMI
5 1 (0.503%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.503%) Derivative
5 1 (0.503%) CMDB
5 1 (0.503%) Tandem
5 1 (0.503%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.503%) NPfIT
5 1 (0.503%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.503%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.523%) Linux
2 8 (4.020%) UNIX
2 8 (4.020%) Windows
3 7 (3.518%) Windows XP
4 4 (2.010%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.005%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.503%) AIX
6 1 (0.503%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.503%) VME
6 1 (0.503%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (10.05%) Web Development
2 19 (9.548%) Knowledge Management
3 16 (8.040%) Logistics
4 15 (7.538%) ITIL
5 12 (6.030%) Project Management
6 11 (5.528%) ERP
7 8 (4.020%) PRINCE2
7 8 (4.020%) Change Management
8 7 (3.518%) Information Security
8 7 (3.518%) Incident Management
9 5 (2.513%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (2.513%) Network Design
9 5 (2.513%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (2.010%) Service Management
10 4 (2.010%) ETL
10 4 (2.010%) Network Management
11 3 (1.508%) Change Control
11 3 (1.508%) Digital Marketing
11 3 (1.508%) Service Delivery
11 3 (1.508%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.548%) PHP
2 15 (7.538%) SQL
3 9 (4.523%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.020%) C#
5 6 (3.015%) C
6 5 (2.513%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.513%) Perl
6 5 (2.513%) Ruby
7 3 (1.508%) VB6
7 3 (1.508%) VB
7 3 (1.508%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 3 (1.508%) Java
8 2 (1.005%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.503%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.503%) COBOL
9 1 (0.503%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.503%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 14 (7.035%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.030%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (4.020%) CIPD
3 8 (4.020%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.015%) CCDP
5 5 (2.513%) CCNP
6 4 (2.010%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.010%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.508%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.508%) MCDST
7 3 (1.508%) MCITP
7 3 (1.508%) MCP
7 3 (1.508%) MCSE
8 2 (1.005%) CCNA
8 2 (1.005%) Degree
8 2 (1.005%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.005%) PMP
9 1 (0.503%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.503%) Avaya Certification
9 1 (0.503%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.513%) SLA
2 4 (2.010%) QA
3 3 (1.508%) BS25999
3 3 (1.508%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.508%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 7 (3.518%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.503%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.503%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.503%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.015%) Cisco UCCE
2 5 (2.513%) Netcool
2 5 (2.513%) Nagios
3 4 (2.010%) Puppet
4 3 (1.508%) ServiceCenter
4 3 (1.508%) OpenView
5 2 (1.005%) SCCM
6 1 (0.503%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.503%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.503%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 20 (10.05%) Cisco
2 19 (9.548%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.025%) SAP
4 9 (4.523%) Avaya
5 6 (3.015%) Siemens
6 5 (2.513%) Lotus
6 5 (2.513%) HP
6 5 (2.513%) Nortel
6 5 (2.513%) IBM
6 5 (2.513%) Ericsson
6 5 (2.513%) F5
6 5 (2.513%) ArcSight
7 4 (2.010%) Verint
7 4 (2.010%) Huawei
7 4 (2.010%) Remedy
7 4 (2.010%) BT
7 4 (2.010%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.010%) Genesys
8 3 (1.508%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 3 (1.508%) Oracle
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