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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland 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
Rank5637
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads5293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.104 %
As % of the category below4.479 %7.573 %
Daily rates quoted1436
Average minimum daily rate£327£241
Average daily rate£346£249
% change on same period last year+39.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£257
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£324
% change on same period last year+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00£51.00
Average hourly rate£11.00£60.17
% change on same period last year-81.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£69.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£23.70
% change on same period last year+8.37 %
General ScotlandGeneral
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads11611228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.490 %1.380 %
Daily rates quoted308281
Average minimum daily rate£353£308
Average daily rate£375£322
% change on same period last year+16.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£372
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted3142
Average minimum hourly rate£18.92£25.63
Average hourly rate£20.23£27.88
% change on same period last year-27.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.54£30.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.74£26.10
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Telecoms UKTelecoms
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Scotland Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1GlasgowUp+1319£416+52.80 %
2EdinburghDown-2015£226-7.78 %
3AberdeenDown-1114£533+357.79 %
4West LothianDown-12--
Telecoms UKTelecoms
UK

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

127 (26.47 %)Cisco
222 (21.57 %)Windows
316 (15.69 %)VoIP
415 (14.71 %)LAN
415 (14.71 %)Microsoft
514 (13.73 %)WAN
613 (12.75 %)Unix
613 (12.75 %)Finance
712 (11.76 %)MPLS
811 (10.78 %)Cisco Certification
910 (9.804 %)CCNA
109 (8.824 %)CCNP
118 (7.843 %)Intec
118 (7.843 %)VERITAS
118 (7.843 %)Shell Script
118 (7.843 %)Sun
118 (7.843 %)Active Directory
118 (7.843 %)Solaris
118 (7.843 %)Oracle
118 (7.843 %)Billing
127 (6.863 %)Oracle Application Server
127 (6.863 %)Oracle RMAN
127 (6.863 %)SQL Server
127 (6.863 %)MySQL
127 (6.863 %)Oracle 9i
127 (6.863 %)SLA
127 (6.863 %)Oracle 10g
127 (6.863 %)TCP/IP
127 (6.863 %)Workflow
136 (5.882 %)Avaya

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland 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
12 (1.961 %)HTML
12 (1.961 %)JSP
12 (1.961 %)Hibernate
12 (1.961 %)Spring
12 (1.961 %)AJAX
21 (0.980 %).NET
21 (0.980 %)J2EE
21 (0.980 %)EJB
Application Platforms
17 (6.863 %)Oracle Application Server
24 (3.922 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (2.941 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.961 %)WebLogic
42 (1.961 %)JBoss
42 (1.961 %)Tomcat
51 (0.980 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.980 %)GroupWise
51 (0.980 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.980 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
15 (4.902 %)MS Office
24 (3.922 %)MS Excel
32 (1.961 %)MS Project
Business Applications
12 (1.961 %)SunGard Vivista
21 (0.980 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
116 (15.69 %)VoIP
215 (14.71 %)LAN
314 (13.73 %)WAN
412 (11.76 %)MPLS
57 (6.863 %)TCP/IP
66 (5.882 %)PBX
66 (5.882 %)OSPF
66 (5.882 %)BGP
75 (4.902 %)VPN
75 (4.902 %)DNS
84 (3.922 %)SDH
84 (3.922 %)Firewall
84 (3.922 %)Wireless
93 (2.941 %)CTI
93 (2.941 %)Nortel Meridian
93 (2.941 %)PSTN
93 (2.941 %)ISDN
102 (1.961 %)GSM
102 (1.961 %)SNMP
102 (1.961 %)DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (6.863 %)MySQL
17 (6.863 %)SQL Server
17 (6.863 %)Oracle 9i
17 (6.863 %)Oracle 10g
26 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (3.922 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
11 (0.980 %)TestDirector
General
113 (12.75 %)Finance
28 (7.843 %)Billing
33 (2.941 %)Insurance
33 (2.941 %)Retail
42 (1.961 %)Banking
42 (1.961 %)Education
42 (1.961 %)Government
51 (0.980 %)Health
51 (0.980 %)Chemicals
51 (0.980 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (0.980 %)Electronics
51 (0.980 %)Marketing
Job Titles
111 (10.78 %)Analyst
29 (8.824 %)Administrator
37 (6.863 %)DBA
37 (6.863 %)Oracle DBA
46 (5.882 %)Project Manager
46 (5.882 %)Support Analyst
46 (5.882 %)Telecoms Engineer
55 (4.902 %)Network Engineer
55 (4.902 %)Support Engineer
64 (3.922 %)2nd Line Support
64 (3.922 %)Telecoms Analyst
64 (3.922 %)Voice Analyst
64 (3.922 %)Cisco Engineer
73 (2.941 %)Senior Technical Analyst
73 (2.941 %)Technical Analyst
73 (2.941 %)SQL DBA
73 (2.941 %)Provisioning Engineer
73 (2.941 %)Telecoms Project Manager
73 (2.941 %)Applications Support
73 (2.941 %)Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
13 (2.941 %)IVR
21 (0.980 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (0.980 %)PDA
21 (0.980 %)Client/Server
21 (0.980 %)Blackberry
21 (0.980 %)Handset
Operating Systems
122 (21.57 %)Windows
213 (12.75 %)Unix
38 (7.843 %)Solaris
45 (4.902 %)Windows 2000
45 (4.902 %)Windows NT
53 (2.941 %)Windows XP
53 (2.941 %)Linux
62 (1.961 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.980 %)NetWare
71 (0.980 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
17 (6.863 %)Workflow
26 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
35 (4.902 %)Project Management
35 (4.902 %)Change Management
35 (4.902 %)ITIL
44 (3.922 %)Migration
53 (2.941 %)Network Planning
62 (1.961 %)Supplier Management
62 (1.961 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (0.980 %)Manual Testing
71 (0.980 %)Data Migration
71 (0.980 %)Automated Testing
Programming Languages
18 (7.843 %)Shell Script
24 (3.922 %)SQL
32 (1.961 %)VBScript
32 (1.961 %)VB
32 (1.961 %)Java
41 (0.980 %)JavaScript
Qualifications
111 (10.78 %)Cisco Certification
210 (9.804 %)CCNA
39 (8.824 %)CCNP
45 (4.902 %)CCVP
53 (2.941 %)Degree
61 (0.980 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.980 %)Check Point Certification
61 (0.980 %)CCIP
61 (0.980 %)MCSE
61 (0.980 %)PhD
61 (0.980 %)CCDA
61 (0.980 %)CCDP
61 (0.980 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (6.863 %)SLA
System Software
18 (7.843 %)Active Directory
27 (6.863 %)Oracle RMAN
36 (5.882 %)NetBackup
41 (0.980 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
12 (1.961 %)MIMEsweeper
21 (0.980 %)MOM
21 (0.980 %)ARCserve
Vendors
127 (26.47 %)Cisco
215 (14.71 %)Microsoft
38 (7.843 %)Sun
38 (7.843 %)Oracle
38 (7.843 %)VERITAS
38 (7.843 %)Intec
46 (5.882 %)Avaya
55 (4.902 %)Nortel
64 (3.922 %)Business Objects
64 (3.922 %)SAP
64 (3.922 %)Cramer
73 (2.941 %)Mapinfo
73 (2.941 %)Red Hat
73 (2.941 %)Novell
82 (1.961 %)Nokia
82 (1.961 %)SunGard
82 (1.961 %)CheckPoint
91 (0.980 %)BT
91 (0.980 %)Mitel
91 (0.980 %)Fujitsu
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