The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 21 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 Peterborough 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 15 17 25
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 2.151% 2.353% 0.917%
As % of the General category 5.263% 8.000% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £525 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +138.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-11.29% -5.34%
All of the General Category
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
38 25 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 40.86% 29.41% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 18
Average daily rate £446 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £433 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £504 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £32.00 £30.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.91% -5.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
Cambridgeshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Peterborough Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) VLAN
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (28.57%) RIP
2 2 (28.57%) SNMP
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) OSPF
2 2 (28.57%) BGP
2 2 (28.57%) VRRP
2 2 (28.57%) NetScreen
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) IPsec
2 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Network Management
2 2 (28.57%) FWSM
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (28.57%) HSRP
3 1 (14.29%) Migration

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 (42.86%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (28.57%) RIP
1 2 (28.57%) SNMP
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) OSPF
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) VRRP
1 2 (28.57%) NetScreen
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) IPsec
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (28.57%) FWSM
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (28.57%) HSRP
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Support Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Deskside Support
2 2 (28.57%) Deskside Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Deskside Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Genesys Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
1 2 (28.57%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Siebel
3 1 (14.29%) Genesys