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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Portsmouth 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank619
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.007 %
As % of the category below23.81 %8.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£324
% change on same period last year+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted133
Average minimum hourly rate£30.62£31.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£31.83
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.38£32.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£23.70
% change on same period last year+8.37 %
General PortsmouthGeneral
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads10575
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£305£263
Average daily rate£325£263
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£263
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£372
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted5224
Average minimum hourly rate£27.42£30.29
Average hourly rate£28.36£30.94
% change on same period last year-8.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.29£31.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.74£26.10
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Telecoms HampshireTelecoms
Hampshire

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region over the past 3 months.

Portsmouth Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

124 (30.00 %)Military
216 (20.00 %)Government
313 (16.25 %)Change Management
412 (15.00 %)Configuration Management
510 (12.50 %)UML
68 (10.00 %)ATM
76 (7.500 %)MS Office
76 (7.500 %)Test Management
84 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
84 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
93 (3.750 %)Active Directory
93 (3.750 %)Red Hat
93 (3.750 %)Unix
93 (3.750 %)HPUX
93 (3.750 %)Linux
93 (3.750 %)Validation
93 (3.750 %)Electronics
93 (3.750 %)Chemicals
93 (3.750 %)Degree
102 (2.500 %)NASTRAN
102 (2.500 %)FMECA
102 (2.500 %)VMware
102 (2.500 %)Performance Testing
102 (2.500 %)Risk Analysis
102 (2.500 %)Nortel Meridian
102 (2.500 %)Mathematics
102 (2.500 %)Physics
102 (2.500 %)QA
102 (2.500 %)Electric
102 (2.500 %)CATIA

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (1.250 %)XML
11 (1.250 %)CORBA
11 (1.250 %)XML Schema
Applications
16 (7.500 %)MS Office
22 (2.500 %)CATIA
22 (2.500 %)NASTRAN
31 (1.250 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
18 (10.00 %)ATM
24 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.500 %)Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (1.250 %)SQL Server
11 (1.250 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
12 (2.500 %)LabVIEW
21 (1.250 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.250 %)Flash
General
124 (30.00 %)Military
216 (20.00 %)Government
34 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
43 (3.750 %)Electronics
43 (3.750 %)Chemicals
52 (2.500 %)Electric
61 (1.250 %)Finance
61 (1.250 %)Aerospace
61 (1.250 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
123 (28.75 %)Systems Engineer
211 (13.75 %)Software Engineer
310 (12.50 %)Integration Engineer
49 (11.25 %)Test Engineer
57 (8.750 %)Test Development Engineer
66 (7.500 %)Software Integration Engineer
66 (7.500 %)Microwave Engineer
75 (6.250 %)Design Engineer
83 (3.750 %)Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Linux Systems Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Communications Engineer
92 (2.500 %)Linux Administrator
92 (2.500 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Systems Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Senior Systems Engineer
92 (2.500 %)Security Engineer
92 (2.500 %)RF Engineer
92 (2.500 %)Team Leader
92 (2.500 %)UNIX Administrator
101 (1.250 %)Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
12 (2.500 %)Mathematics
12 (2.500 %)Physics
Operating Systems
13 (3.750 %)Unix
13 (3.750 %)HPUX
13 (3.750 %)Linux
21 (1.250 %)Windows XP
21 (1.250 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
113 (16.25 %)Change Management
212 (15.00 %)Configuration Management
310 (12.50 %)UML
46 (7.500 %)Test Management
53 (3.750 %)Validation
62 (2.500 %)Project Management
62 (2.500 %)FMECA
62 (2.500 %)Risk Analysis
62 (2.500 %)Performance Testing
71 (1.250 %)Facility Management
71 (1.250 %)Finite Element Analysis
71 (1.250 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (1.250 %)SSADM
71 (1.250 %)CAD
71 (1.250 %)CAE
Programming Languages
12 (2.500 %)C++
21 (1.250 %)Java
21 (1.250 %)VB
21 (1.250 %)C
Qualifications
13 (3.750 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.500 %)QA
21 (1.250 %)SLA
21 (1.250 %)ISO12207
System Software
13 (3.750 %)Active Directory
Vendors
13 (3.750 %)Red Hat
22 (2.500 %)VMware
22 (2.500 %)Cisco
22 (2.500 %)Microsoft
22 (2.500 %)Nortel
31 (1.250 %)Novell
31 (1.250 %)HP
31 (1.250 %)ION Trading
31 (1.250 %)Primavera
31 (1.250 %)SAP
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