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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Stevenage 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 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank108
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below6.667 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£400£292
Average daily rate£470£292
% change on same period last year+61.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£540£292
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£368
% change on same period last year-6.98 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.35£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.41 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads3039
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.039 %
Daily rates quoted28
Average minimum daily rate£325£340
Average daily rate£373£347
% change on same period last year+7.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted1624
Average minimum hourly rate£31.95£23.31
Average hourly rate£32.77£25.21
% change on same period last year+29.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.60£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£27.05
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Telecoms HertfordshireTelecoms
Hertfordshire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Stevenage Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

12 (40.00 %)UNIX
12 (40.00 %)Solaris
12 (40.00 %)Cisco
12 (40.00 %)Sun
21 (20.00 %)Intel
21 (20.00 %)CISSP
21 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (20.00 %)NetScreen
21 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)CORBA
21 (20.00 %)FreeBSD
21 (20.00 %)OOD
21 (20.00 %)C++
21 (20.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)XML
21 (20.00 %)AIX
21 (20.00 %)HPUX
21 (20.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)Construction
21 (20.00 %)CCSA
21 (20.00 %)CCSE
21 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
21 (20.00 %)IPTV
21 (20.00 %)LLU
21 (20.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)CORBA
11 (20.00 %)XML
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)NetScreen
11 (20.00 %)Firewall
11 (20.00 %)LLU
11 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Construction
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Architect
21 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Software Architect
21 (20.00 %)Technical Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Senior Software Architect
21 (20.00 %)Firewall Engineer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)IPTV
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)UNIX
12 (40.00 %)Solaris
21 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)FreeBSD
21 (20.00 %)AIX
21 (20.00 %)HPUX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)UML
11 (20.00 %)OO
11 (20.00 %)OOD
11 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
11 (20.00 %)Integration Testing
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C++
11 (20.00 %)Java
11 (20.00 %)SQL
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CISSP
11 (20.00 %)CCSA
11 (20.00 %)CCSE
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Cisco
12 (40.00 %)Sun
21 (20.00 %)Intel
21 (20.00 %)CheckPoint