The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 38 42 40
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 6 12 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.408% 2.105% 3.182%
As % of the General category 4.196% 5.286% 9.722%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
Average daily rate £350 £200 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £329 £340
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -1.58%
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
143 227 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 33.57% 39.82% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 153 123
Average daily rate £390 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £277 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Telecoms Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
South Wales -3 4 £350 +75.00%
West Wales +8 2 - -
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) Oracle
3 8 (30.77%) WebLogic
4 6 (23.08%) ClearQuest
4 6 (23.08%) Java
4 6 (23.08%) ClearCase
4 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 6 (23.08%) Liferay
5 5 (19.23%) Spring
5 5 (19.23%) JSF
5 5 (19.23%) XPath
5 5 (19.23%) UML
5 5 (19.23%) SAS
5 5 (19.23%) Eclipse
5 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
5 5 (19.23%) SQL
5 5 (19.23%) XML
5 5 (19.23%) XSD
5 5 (19.23%) DOM
5 5 (19.23%) XSLT
5 5 (19.23%) CSS
5 5 (19.23%) JAXP
5 5 (19.23%) SAX
5 5 (19.23%) J2EE
5 5 (19.23%) WebLogic Portal
6 4 (15.38%) Integration Testing
6 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 4 (15.38%) Oracle Payroll
6 4 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Management

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 5 (19.23%) Spring
1 5 (19.23%) JSF
1 5 (19.23%) XML
1 5 (19.23%) XSD
1 5 (19.23%) DOM
1 5 (19.23%) XSLT
1 5 (19.23%) CSS
1 5 (19.23%) JAXP
1 5 (19.23%) SAX
1 5 (19.23%) J2EE
2 3 (11.54%) Hibernate
2 3 (11.54%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (30.77%) WebLogic
2 6 (23.08%) Liferay
3 5 (19.23%) SAS
3 5 (19.23%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (7.692%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.846%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) ATM
1 2 (7.692%) Broadband
1 2 (7.692%) GSM
1 2 (7.692%) LAN
1 2 (7.692%) SDH
1 2 (7.692%) UMTS
1 2 (7.692%) WAN
1 2 (7.692%) 3G
1 2 (7.692%) Internet
1 2 (7.692%) Wireless
1 2 (7.692%) LLU
1 2 (7.692%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (7.692%) RNC
2 1 (3.846%) DAB
2 1 (3.846%) Firewall
2 1 (3.846%) SAN
2 1 (3.846%) HTTP
2 1 (3.846%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (3.846%) Base SAS
3 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.846%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) ClearQuest
1 6 (23.08%) ClearCase
2 5 (19.23%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.846%) Maven
3 1 (3.846%) Ant
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Developer
2 5 (19.23%) Java Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAS Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Java Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) DBA
5 2 (7.692%) Architect
5 2 (7.692%) Oracle DBA
5 2 (7.692%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Architect
6 1 (3.846%) SAS Developer
6 1 (3.846%) SAP Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Chief Technology Officer
6 1 (3.846%) Release Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Photography
1 2 (7.692%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.846%) CESG
2 1 (3.846%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) AIX
2 2 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) UML
2 4 (15.38%) Integration Testing
2 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
2 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 3 (11.54%) Change Control
3 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) Project Management
3 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
3 3 (11.54%) RUP
3 3 (11.54%) DSDM
4 1 (3.846%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
4 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.846%) Migration
4 1 (3.846%) Numerical Analysis
4 1 (3.846%) Release Management
4 1 (3.846%) Performance Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) Java
2 5 (19.23%) XPath
2 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
3 1 (3.846%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (7.692%) CCNA
4 2 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.846%) Degree
5 1 (3.846%) CISM
5 1 (3.846%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (3.846%) Nagios
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (7.692%) IBM
2 2 (7.692%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 2 (7.692%) BT
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
3 1 (3.846%) SAP
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft