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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Oxfordshire 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 22 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to 22 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4746
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads95
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.006 %
As % of the category below6.000 %4.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£325
% change on same period last year+9.36 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£17.67£10.00
Average hourly rate£18.50£10.00
% change on same period last year+84.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.33£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.22£23.76
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
General OxfordshireGeneral
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads150125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted2914
Average minimum daily rate£309£281
Average daily rate£323£290
% change on same period last year+11.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£372
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted2723
Average minimum hourly rate£19.03£17.31
Average hourly rate£21.25£18.67
% change on same period last year+13.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.47£20.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.73£26.46
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Telecoms South EastTelecoms
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

LocationRank 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
OxfordNo change05£350-
Telecoms South EastTelecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

19 (50.00 %)Cisco
26 (33.33 %)VoIP
26 (33.33 %)WAN
35 (27.78 %)Windows
44 (22.22 %)LAN
53 (16.67 %)IPCC
62 (11.11 %)Active Directory
62 (11.11 %)Citrix
62 (11.11 %)Siemens
62 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (11.11 %)Internet
62 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
62 (11.11 %)CCVP
62 (11.11 %)Broadband
62 (11.11 %)PBX
62 (11.11 %)PSTN
62 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (5.556 %)Release Management
71 (5.556 %)Multithreading
71 (5.556 %)Billing
71 (5.556 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (5.556 %)Korn
71 (5.556 %)IBM
71 (5.556 %)Microsoft
71 (5.556 %)IVR
71 (5.556 %)DNS
71 (5.556 %)B2B
71 (5.556 %)Linux
71 (5.556 %)MS Excel
71 (5.556 %)ClearCase

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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
11 (5.556 %).NET
11 (5.556 %)ASP
11 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
Applications
11 (5.556 %)MS PowerPoint
11 (5.556 %)MS Excel
11 (5.556 %)MS Project
11 (5.556 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
16 (33.33 %)VoIP
16 (33.33 %)WAN
24 (22.22 %)LAN
33 (16.67 %)IPCC
42 (11.11 %)Internet
42 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
42 (11.11 %)Broadband
42 (11.11 %)PBX
42 (11.11 %)PSTN
51 (5.556 %)DNS
51 (5.556 %)ADSL
51 (5.556 %)3G
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)SQL Server
Development Applications
11 (5.556 %)ClearCase
General
11 (5.556 %)Billing
11 (5.556 %)Finance
11 (5.556 %)Education
11 (5.556 %)Legal
Job Titles
15 (27.78 %)VoIP Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Consultant
23 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Service Manager
32 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Telecoms Engineer
41 (5.556 %)IT Trainer
41 (5.556 %)Project Administrator
41 (5.556 %)Performance Manager
41 (5.556 %)Data Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Project Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Software Developer
41 (5.556 %)Trainer
41 (5.556 %)Developer
41 (5.556 %)Support Technician
41 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Technical Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)Multithreading
11 (5.556 %)IVR
Operating Systems
15 (27.78 %)Windows
22 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (5.556 %)Linux
31 (5.556 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
11 (5.556 %)Release Management
11 (5.556 %)B2B
11 (5.556 %)Configuration Management
11 (5.556 %)Change Management
11 (5.556 %)HOOD
Programming Languages
11 (5.556 %)Korn
11 (5.556 %)C
11 (5.556 %)C#
11 (5.556 %)Perl
11 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
11 (5.556 %)SQL
11 (5.556 %)VB
11 (5.556 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
12 (11.11 %)CCVP
System Software
12 (11.11 %)Active Directory
12 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
19 (50.00 %)Cisco
22 (11.11 %)Citrix
22 (11.11 %)Siemens
31 (5.556 %)IBM
31 (5.556 %)Microsoft
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