The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Stevenage 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 1 14 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 17 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 38.64% 3.390% -
As % of the General category 80.95% 22.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £335 £343
% change year-on-year
+1.11% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +13.11%
All of the General Category
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
21 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 47.73% 15.25% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £238 £325 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.92% +35.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Telecoms
Hertfordshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 14 (60.87%) Java
1 14 (60.87%) XML
1 14 (60.87%) JBoss
1 14 (60.87%) Symantec
1 14 (60.87%) Android
2 12 (52.17%) IPTV
2 12 (52.17%) Streaming Video
2 12 (52.17%) Subversion
2 12 (52.17%) 3G
3 9 (39.13%) Validation
3 9 (39.13%) Military
3 9 (39.13%) Avionics
3 9 (39.13%) SCOM
4 8 (34.78%) Degree
4 8 (34.78%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Perl
6 1 (4.348%) ASIC
6 1 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 14 (60.87%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) 3G
Development Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Subversion
General
1 9 (39.13%) Military
1 9 (39.13%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Developer
1 14 (60.87%) Android Developer
2 8 (34.78%) Validation Engineer
3 1 (4.348%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) IPTV
1 12 (52.17%) Streaming Video
2 1 (4.348%) ASIC
2 1 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Validation
2 8 (34.78%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) Java
2 2 (8.696%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) JBoss
1 14 (60.87%) Symantec