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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the West Lothian 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank124
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below7.692 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£348
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£24.55
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
West Lothian
Matching contract IT job ads1312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted53
Average minimum daily rate£369£230
Average daily rate£381£250
% change on same period last year+52.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.00
Average hourly rate-£11.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.83£27.05
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Telecoms ScotlandTelecoms
Scotland

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 West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Telecoms Daily Rate Trend

Telecoms
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LivingstonDown-91--
Telecoms ScotlandTelecoms
Scotland

Telecoms
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)UML
11 (33.33 %)CRM
11 (33.33 %)Windows NT
11 (33.33 %)SOA
11 (33.33 %)Chordiant
11 (33.33 %)LAN
11 (33.33 %)SDH
11 (33.33 %)WAN
11 (33.33 %)SLA
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
11 (33.33 %)MPLS
11 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
11 (33.33 %)Workflow
11 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
11 (33.33 %)WiMAX
11 (33.33 %)WebSphere

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)WebSphere
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)LAN
11 (33.33 %)SDH
11 (33.33 %)WAN
11 (33.33 %)MPLS
11 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
11 (33.33 %)WiMAX
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Design Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Radio Engineer
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows NT
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)UML
11 (33.33 %)CRM
11 (33.33 %)SOA
11 (33.33 %)Workflow
11 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)SLA
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Chordiant
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