The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 39 54 43
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -11
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 14 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.091% 0.317% 1.336%
As % of the General category 10.85% 1.250% 6.593%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
Average daily rate £340 £256 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.68% -11.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £345
% change year-on-year
-1.14% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £11.00 - £11.00
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
129 160 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 28.48% 25.40% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 81 55
Average daily rate £400 £433 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.51% +33.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £531 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 4
Average hourly rate £24.50 £23.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.15% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford +13 9 £370 +5.71%
Banbury - 1 - -
Bicester - 1 £325 -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 7 (38.89%) Programme Management
3 7 (38.89%) Electronics
3 7 (38.89%) DTV
3 7 (38.89%) SAP
3 7 (38.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (38.89%) Marketing
3 7 (38.89%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (27.78%) Citrix
5 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 3 (16.67%) VoIP
6 3 (16.67%) SOA
6 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (16.67%) Firewall
6 3 (16.67%) Middleware
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
6 3 (16.67%) SCCM
6 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (11.11%) Time Management
7 2 (11.11%) Computer Security
7 2 (11.11%) Riverbed
7 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
7 2 (11.11%) HTML5
7 2 (11.11%) BDD
7 2 (11.11%) F5
7 2 (11.11%) SpecFlow

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (16.67%) Middleware
2 2 (11.11%) HTML5
2 2 (11.11%) jQuery
2 2 (11.11%) WCF
2 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (5.556%) Java EE
3 1 (5.556%) OC4J
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (5.556%) IIS
1 1 (5.556%) Apache
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (5.556%) Lync
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 3 (16.67%) VoIP
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) VLAN
3 2 (11.11%) IP Telephony
3 2 (11.11%) MPLS
3 2 (11.11%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) PBX
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (5.556%) Internet
4 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SpecFlow
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Electronics
2 7 (38.89%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Graduate
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) DTV
2 2 (11.11%) Handset
3 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.556%) Open Source
3 1 (5.556%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Solaris
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
4 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.556%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (38.89%) Programme Management
2 7 (38.89%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (16.67%) SOA
3 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.11%) Time Management
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Security
4 2 (11.11%) BDD
4 2 (11.11%) Automation Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) TDD
4 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) MVC
4 2 (11.11%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (5.556%) ITIL
5 1 (5.556%) CRM
5 1 (5.556%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C#
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB
2 1 (5.556%) CCA
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.556%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
2 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) SAP
2 5 (27.78%) Citrix
3 2 (11.11%) Riverbed
3 2 (11.11%) F5
3 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.11%) Blue Coat
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Juniper
3 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) Lagan