The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Surrey 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 14 26 25
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 86 85 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 6.947% 5.329% 5.758%
As % of the General category 17.48% 17.17% 15.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 45 41
Average daily rate £301 £335 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.29% -6.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £208 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £510 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £335 £345
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.35 £32.50 £37.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.25 £42.50 £41.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.47% +6.92%
All of the General Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
492 495 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 39.74% 31.03% 36.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 291 319
Average daily rate £400 £375 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 27
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £24.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +44.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £14.30 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey Telecoms Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey Telecoms Hourly Rate Histogram

Telecoms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Guildford +3 38 £294 -21.40% 5
Leatherhead +8 7 £305 -18.66%
Camberley -9 5 £313 +51.51%
Staines -4 4 - - 3
Reigate +6 3 £275 -42.10% 2
Woking -4 3 - - 2
Weybridge - 2 - -
Redhill +1 1 £250 -43.18%
Farnham - 1 - -
Godstone - - - -
Epsom - - - -
Oxted - - - -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 36 (17.39%) 3G
2 34 (16.43%) Radio Access Network
3 32 (15.46%) 2G
4 30 (14.49%) Ericsson
4 30 (14.49%) LTE
5 25 (12.08%) Project Management
6 24 (11.59%) Ethernet
6 24 (11.59%) Degree
7 23 (11.11%) Finance
8 22 (10.63%) C#
9 21 (10.14%) SOA
9 21 (10.14%) Cisco
10 20 (9.662%) Linux
11 19 (9.179%) GSM
11 19 (9.179%) PRINCE2
12 18 (8.696%) .NET
12 18 (8.696%) UMTS
13 17 (8.213%) Project Planning
14 16 (7.729%) Migration
15 15 (7.246%) VoIP
15 15 (7.246%) XML
16 14 (6.763%) Windows
16 14 (6.763%) SQL
16 14 (6.763%) C++
16 14 (6.763%) MS Excel
17 13 (6.280%) Oracle
17 13 (6.280%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 13 (6.280%) Manufacturing
17 13 (6.280%) Subversion
17 13 (6.280%) WCF

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 18 (8.696%) .NET
2 15 (7.246%) XML
3 13 (6.280%) WCF
4 12 (5.797%) STL
5 11 (5.314%) Silverlight
5 11 (5.314%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 6 (2.899%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.415%) Web Services
7 5 (2.415%) SOAP
8 4 (1.932%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (1.932%) POSIX
9 3 (1.449%) WPF
10 2 (0.966%) soapUI
10 2 (0.966%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (0.966%) J2EE
11 1 (0.483%) Middleware
11 1 (0.483%) WAP
11 1 (0.483%) ADO
11 1 (0.483%) ASP
11 1 (0.483%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.382%) Apache
2 5 (2.415%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.932%) CM System
4 2 (0.966%) Amazon AWS
4 2 (0.966%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.483%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.483%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.483%) CMS
5 1 (0.483%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.483%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.483%) ESB
5 1 (0.483%) Mule
5 1 (0.483%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 14 (6.763%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.314%) MS Office
3 10 (4.831%) MS Project
4 3 (1.449%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.966%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.899%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.966%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.39%) 3G
2 34 (16.43%) Radio Access Network
3 32 (15.46%) 2G
4 30 (14.49%) LTE
5 24 (11.59%) Ethernet
6 19 (9.179%) GSM
7 18 (8.696%) UMTS
8 15 (7.246%) VoIP
9 11 (5.314%) PBX
9 11 (5.314%) Asterisk PBX
9 11 (5.314%) 4G
10 10 (4.831%) RNC
10 10 (4.831%) DWDM
11 9 (4.348%) RANAP
12 8 (3.865%) Firewall
12 8 (3.865%) LAN
12 8 (3.865%) ATM
13 7 (3.382%) RTP
13 7 (3.382%) WAN
14 6 (2.899%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.932%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.966%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (0.966%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (0.966%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.966%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (0.966%) GIS
2 2 (0.966%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.483%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (0.483%) MS Access
3 1 (0.483%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.483%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.483%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.280%) Subversion
2 11 (5.314%) GCC
2 11 (5.314%) GDB
2 11 (5.314%) Trac
3 5 (2.415%) ClearCase
4 3 (1.449%) Selenium
5 2 (0.966%) JIRA
5 2 (0.966%) Hudson
5 2 (0.966%) Moq
6 1 (0.483%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.483%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.483%) JUnit
6 1 (0.483%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.483%) Rational Rose
6 1 (0.483%) NUnit
6 1 (0.483%) Telelogic TAU
6 1 (0.483%) JMeter
6 1 (0.483%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.483%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.483%) WebDriver
General
1 23 (11.11%) Finance
2 13 (6.280%) Manufacturing
3 6 (2.899%) Retail
4 5 (2.415%) Marketing
5 2 (0.966%) Electronics
5 2 (0.966%) Aerospace
5 2 (0.966%) Law
5 2 (0.966%) Banking
6 1 (0.483%) Games
6 1 (0.483%) Military
6 1 (0.483%) Back Office
6 1 (0.483%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.483%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (16.91%) Project Manager
2 23 (11.11%) Developer
3 21 (10.14%) Architect
4 20 (9.662%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (8.696%) Software Engineer
6 12 (5.797%) .NET Developer
7 11 (5.314%) Analyst
8 9 (4.348%) C# Developer
8 9 (4.348%) Field Engineer
9 8 (3.865%) C# .NET Developer
9 8 (3.865%) Project Planner
9 8 (3.865%) C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (3.382%) Project Coordinator
10 7 (3.382%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.382%) Configuration Engineer
11 6 (2.899%) Transmission Engineer
12 5 (2.415%) Design Engineer
12 5 (2.415%) Implementation Manager
12 5 (2.415%) Administrator
12 5 (2.415%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.831%) SaaS
2 7 (3.382%) DTV
3 5 (2.415%) PMI
4 3 (1.449%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.449%) Open Source
4 3 (1.449%) Mathematics
5 2 (0.966%) Computer Science
5 2 (0.966%) Social Media
5 2 (0.966%) Smart Meter
5 2 (0.966%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.966%) IaaS
5 2 (0.966%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.483%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.483%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.483%) NHS
6 1 (0.483%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.483%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.483%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.483%) Statistics
6 1 (0.483%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.662%) Linux
2 14 (6.763%) Windows
3 7 (3.382%) Solaris
4 6 (2.899%) Windows 7
5 5 (2.415%) UNIX
6 3 (1.449%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.966%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.966%) Android
7 2 (0.966%) CentOS
8 1 (0.483%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.483%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.483%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.483%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.483%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (12.08%) Project Management
2 21 (10.14%) SOA
3 19 (9.179%) PRINCE2
4 17 (8.213%) Project Planning
5 16 (7.729%) Migration
6 12 (5.797%) CRM
6 12 (5.797%) OOD
7 11 (5.314%) ERP
7 11 (5.314%) OO
8 10 (4.831%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (4.348%) Configuration Management
9 9 (4.348%) PRINCE
9 9 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (3.865%) Critical Path Analysis
10 8 (3.865%) Change Control
11 7 (3.382%) Network Management
12 6 (2.899%) Validation
12 6 (2.899%) Scrum
12 6 (2.899%) Network Planning
13 5 (2.415%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.63%) C#
2 14 (6.763%) SQL
2 14 (6.763%) C++
3 12 (5.797%) C
4 10 (4.831%) Java
5 8 (3.865%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.415%) VBA
7 3 (1.449%) Perl
7 3 (1.449%) PHP
8 2 (0.966%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.483%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.483%) VBScript
9 1 (0.483%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.483%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.483%) Python
9 1 (0.483%) AWK
9 1 (0.483%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.483%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (11.59%) Degree
2 13 (6.280%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 12 (5.797%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.831%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.348%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.865%) PMP
7 3 (1.449%) ISEB
8 2 (0.966%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.483%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.483%) CCNA
9 1 (0.483%) CCDA
9 1 (0.483%) MCSE
9 1 (0.483%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.314%) QA
2 1 (0.483%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.899%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.483%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.483%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.483%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.483%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.483%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (14.49%) Ericsson
2 21 (10.14%) Cisco
3 13 (6.280%) Oracle
4 11 (5.314%) SAP
5 10 (4.831%) Microsoft
6 9 (4.348%) Huawei
7 7 (3.382%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 6 (2.899%) Juniper
8 6 (2.899%) McAfee
9 5 (2.415%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (2.415%) Radware
10 4 (1.932%) Cramer
10 4 (1.932%) Siebel
10 4 (1.932%) Citrix
10 4 (1.932%) Nortel
11 3 (1.449%) NEC
12 2 (0.966%) BT
12 2 (0.966%) Teradata
12 2 (0.966%) Business Objects
12 2 (0.966%) Nokia
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