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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Northampton 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 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2819
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.460 %8.333 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£363£303
Average daily rate£363£309
% change on same period last year+17.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£363
% change on same period last year+3.73 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.15£25.81
% change on same period last year-2.56 %
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Northampton
Matching contract IT job ads13796
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.193 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted9948
Average minimum daily rate£424£395
Average daily rate£446£427
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£20.67£18.43
Average hourly rate£20.67£18.79
% change on same period last year+10.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.67£19.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Telecoms NorthamptonshireTelecoms
Northamptonshire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northampton Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Northampton region.

Northampton Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

12 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
12 (50.00 %)VoIP
12 (50.00 %)Nortel
12 (50.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Teradata
21 (25.00 %)Programme Management
21 (25.00 %)Summit
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
21 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)OLAP
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)UNIX
21 (25.00 %)AIX
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)Cognos
21 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (25.00 %)SAS

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)WebSphere
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)SAS
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Summit
11 (25.00 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)VoIP
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)OLAP
11 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Project Manager
21 (25.00 %)Technical Architect
21 (25.00 %)Technical Project Manager
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Technical Manager
21 (25.00 %)Architect
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)AIX
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Programme Management
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Nortel
21 (25.00 %)Teradata
21 (25.00 %)Cognos
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft