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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Telecoms Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Telecommunications Engineer (Telecomms Engineer)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank483421569
Rank change year-on-year
Down-62Up+148
Matching contract IT job ads102031
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.021 %0.051 %0.038 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.023 %0.055 %0.041 %
Daily rates quoted6103
Average daily rate£384£190£175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+101.84 %+8.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£265£110£145
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£427£300£183
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£163£175
% change year-on-year
+109.23 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted026
Average hourly rate-£22.25£25.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--13.17 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£19.50£28.25
% change year-on-year
--30.97 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441973611776460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.56 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted201431156723643
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted252830286720
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.67£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %

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.

Telecoms Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Telecoms Engineer Demand Trend

Telecoms Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the UK.

Telecoms Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Telecoms Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Telecoms Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the UK.

Telecoms Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Telecoms Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-5310£384+101.84 %
LondonDown-674£419+120.26 %
South EastDown-72--
East SussexNew entry-2--
West MidlandsUp+111--
BirminghamUp+21--
South WestDown-71£330+26.31 %
BristolNew entry-1£330-

Telecoms Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telecoms Engineer in their job title 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 with Telecoms Engineer in their job title.

123 (100.00 %)Telecoms
24 (17.39 %)3G
24 (17.39 %)VoIP
24 (17.39 %)Cisco
24 (17.39 %)Nortel
24 (17.39 %)Avaya
24 (17.39 %)Degree
33 (13.04 %)Chartered Engineer
33 (13.04 %)Symposium
33 (13.04 %)Mitel
33 (13.04 %)Health
33 (13.04 %)Nortel Meridian
33 (13.04 %)VLAN
33 (13.04 %)Panasonic
33 (13.04 %)CiscoWorks
33 (13.04 %)Handset
42 (8.696 %)2G
42 (8.696 %)MGCP
42 (8.696 %)H.323
42 (8.696 %)Nokia
42 (8.696 %)B2B
42 (8.696 %)LAN
42 (8.696 %)PBX
42 (8.696 %)C
42 (8.696 %)IP Telephony
51 (4.348 %)Network Design
51 (4.348 %)RNC
51 (4.348 %)Advertising
51 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
51 (4.348 %)MGW

Telecoms Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telecoms Engineer in their job title 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 with Telecoms Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Office
11 (4.348 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (17.39 %)3G
14 (17.39 %)VoIP
23 (13.04 %)Symposium
23 (13.04 %)Nortel Meridian
23 (13.04 %)VLAN
32 (8.696 %)2G
32 (8.696 %)MGCP
32 (8.696 %)H.323
32 (8.696 %)LAN
32 (8.696 %)PBX
32 (8.696 %)IP Telephony
41 (4.348 %)RNC
41 (4.348 %)MGW
41 (4.348 %)SGSN
41 (4.348 %)Nokia NetAct
41 (4.348 %)GPRS
41 (4.348 %)UMTS
41 (4.348 %)Firewall
41 (4.348 %)Wireless
41 (4.348 %)CTI
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (100.00 %)Telecoms
23 (13.04 %)Health
31 (4.348 %)Advertising
31 (4.348 %)Electronics
31 (4.348 %)Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (13.04 %)Handset
21 (4.348 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.696 %)B2B
21 (4.348 %)Network Design
21 (4.348 %)Problem Management
21 (4.348 %)Fault Management
21 (4.348 %)Security Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (8.696 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (17.39 %)Degree
23 (13.04 %)Chartered Engineer
31 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
31 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
31 (4.348 %)CCNP
31 (4.348 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.348 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (13.04 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (17.39 %)Cisco
14 (17.39 %)Nortel
14 (17.39 %)Avaya
23 (13.04 %)Mitel
23 (13.04 %)Panasonic
32 (8.696 %)Nokia
41 (4.348 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
41 (4.348 %)Genesys
41 (4.348 %)Ericsson
41 (4.348 %)EMC
41 (4.348 %)Siemens