Wiltshire Telecoms Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in contract IT jobs within the Wiltshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bletchley Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chalfont St Giles Chathill Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Ilford Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Preston Queensferry Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Widnes Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	12	31
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	89	41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.114 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	16.36 %	8.384 %
Daily rates quoted	24	5
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£249
Average daily rate	£366	£259
% change on same period last year	+41.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£324
% change on same period last year	+9.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.50	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£34.75	£21.50
% change on same period last year	+61.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.00	£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+8.37 %
General Wiltshire
Matching contract IT job ads	544	489
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.698 %	0.549 %
Daily rates quoted	245	177
Average minimum daily rate	£412	£386
Average daily rate	£441	£408
% change on same period last year	+8.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£471	£431
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	37	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.45	£33.64
Average hourly rate	£30.88	£36.79
% change on same period last year	-16.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.31	£39.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.74	£26.10
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
Telecoms South West

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Wiltshire region.

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Wiltshire region over the past 3 months.

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Telecoms across the Wiltshire region.

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Wiltshire region over the past 3 months.

Telecoms
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Wiltshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Swindon	+26	67	£354	+98.27 %
2	Chippenham	+2	4	-	-
3	Corsham	-	2	-	-

Telecoms South West

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms.

1 55 (26.96 %) C 2 46 (22.55 %) C++ 3 45 (22.06 %) UMTS 4 40 (19.61 %) 3G 5 29 (14.22 %) Perl 6 26 (12.75 %) Linux 6 26 (12.75 %) Unix 6 26 (12.75 %) Windows 7 19 (9.314 %) 3GPP 7 19 (9.314 %) HP 8 18 (8.824 %) SMS 9 16 (7.843 %) Government 9 16 (7.843 %) Embedded C 10 15 (7.353 %) IBM 10 15 (7.353 %) Device Driver

11 14 (6.863 %) ClearCase 11 14 (6.863 %) Oracle 12 13 (6.373 %) SQL Server 12 13 (6.373 %) SDH 13 12 (5.882 %) Embedded Linux 13 12 (5.882 %) Solaris 14 11 (5.392 %) Sun 14 11 (5.392 %) Embedded C++ 14 11 (5.392 %) Red Hat 14 11 (5.392 %) NetBackup 14 11 (5.392 %) Wireless 15 10 (4.902 %) VERITAS 15 10 (4.902 %) CTI 15 10 (4.902 %) Project Management 15 10 (4.902 %) VoIP

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 10 (4.902 %) CSS 2 5 (2.451 %) JSP 2 5 (2.451 %) X-Windows 2 5 (2.451 %) XMPP 3 4 (1.961 %) Adobe Flex 4 3 (1.471 %) VXML 5 2 (0.980 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 4 (1.961 %) IIS 1 4 (1.961 %) SAS 2 3 (1.471 %) Apache 3 2 (0.980 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (0.980 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 2 (0.980 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (0.490 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.490 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 6 (2.941 %) MS Office 2 3 (1.471 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.980 %) MS Visio 3 2 (0.980 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 1 (0.490 %) MATLAB 4 1 (0.490 %) Simulink	Business Applications 1 2 (0.980 %) Endur 2 1 (0.490 %) LabWindows 2 1 (0.490 %) Siebel Analytics 2 1 (0.490 %) Singl.eView
Communications & Networking 1 45 (22.06 %) UMTS 2 40 (19.61 %) 3G 3 19 (9.314 %) 3GPP 4 18 (8.824 %) SMS 5 13 (6.373 %) SDH 6 11 (5.392 %) Wireless 7 10 (4.902 %) VoIP 7 10 (4.902 %) CTI 8 9 (4.412 %) TCP/IP 8 9 (4.412 %) SAN 9 8 (3.922 %) DSL 10 7 (3.431 %) UTRAN 10 7 (3.431 %) CDMA 10 7 (3.431 %) WiMAX 10 7 (3.431 %) IPsec 11 6 (2.941 %) Nortel Meridian 11 6 (2.941 %) ATM 11 6 (2.941 %) Ethernet 11 6 (2.941 %) DWDM 12 5 (2.451 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (6.373 %) SQL Server 2 8 (3.922 %) ETL 3 4 (1.961 %) RDBMS 3 4 (1.961 %) Siebel EIM 4 1 (0.490 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.490 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.490 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.490 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.490 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 14 (6.863 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.490 %) Rational Rose 2 1 (0.490 %) ARTiSAN	General 1 16 (7.843 %) Government 2 7 (3.431 %) Finance 3 6 (2.941 %) Multimedia 4 5 (2.451 %) Retail 5 4 (1.961 %) Auditing 5 4 (1.961 %) Electric 5 4 (1.961 %) Legal 6 3 (1.471 %) Billing 7 2 (0.980 %) Military 8 1 (0.490 %) Criminal Justice 8 1 (0.490 %) Education
Job Titles 1 26 (12.75 %) Software Engineer 2 18 (8.824 %) Support Engineer 3 15 (7.353 %) Test Engineer 4 13 (6.373 %) Developer 5 12 (5.882 %) Analyst 5 12 (5.882 %) Software Test Engineer 6 9 (4.412 %) Consultant 7 8 (3.922 %) Network Engineer 8 6 (2.941 %) Architect 8 6 (2.941 %) Business Analyst 8 6 (2.941 %) Network Designer 8 6 (2.941 %) Technical Support 8 6 (2.941 %) Storage Engineer 8 6 (2.941 %) Real Time Developer 9 5 (2.451 %) Systems Engineer 9 5 (2.451 %) Technical Support Engineer 9 5 (2.451 %) Technical Engineer 10 4 (1.961 %) UNIX Engineer 10 4 (1.961 %) Telecoms Engineer 10 4 (1.961 %) Service Manager	Miscellaneous 1 15 (7.353 %) Device Driver 2 5 (2.451 %) Multithreading 3 4 (1.961 %) Video Conferencing 4 3 (1.471 %) Clustering 4 3 (1.471 %) IPTV 5 2 (0.980 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 26 (12.75 %) Linux 1 26 (12.75 %) Unix 1 26 (12.75 %) Windows 2 12 (5.882 %) Solaris 2 12 (5.882 %) Embedded Linux 3 5 (2.451 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (1.961 %) Windows NT 4 4 (1.961 %) VMS 4 4 (1.961 %) OpenVMS 5 3 (1.471 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (1.471 %) VxWorks 5 3 (1.471 %) pSOS 6 2 (0.980 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.490 %) ThreadX 7 1 (0.490 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (4.902 %) Project Management 2 9 (4.412 %) Code Coverage 2 9 (4.412 %) Network Design 3 7 (3.431 %) ITIL 3 7 (3.431 %) CRM 4 4 (1.961 %) Risk Management 4 4 (1.961 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (1.961 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (1.471 %) Time Management 5 3 (1.471 %) Release Management 5 3 (1.471 %) Performance Testing 5 3 (1.471 %) Network Planning 5 3 (1.471 %) Data Analysis 5 3 (1.471 %) EAI 5 3 (1.471 %) Data Modelling 6 2 (0.980 %) Stakeholder Management 6 2 (0.980 %) Test Management 6 2 (0.980 %) eTOM 7 1 (0.490 %) DoDAF 7 1 (0.490 %) MODAF
Programming Languages 1 55 (26.96 %) C 2 46 (22.55 %) C++ 3 29 (14.22 %) Perl 4 16 (7.843 %) Embedded C 5 11 (5.392 %) Embedded C++ 6 6 (2.941 %) SQL 7 3 (1.471 %) Shell Script 7 3 (1.471 %) Korn 8 2 (0.980 %) VBScript 8 2 (0.980 %) VB	Qualifications 1 6 (2.941 %) Degree 2 5 (2.451 %) CISSP 3 3 (1.471 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (1.471 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (1.471 %) CCIE 4 2 (0.980 %) MCP 4 2 (0.980 %) HNC 4 2 (0.980 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.490 %) MCSA 5 1 (0.490 %) HND 5 1 (0.490 %) Siebel Certification 5 1 (0.490 %) ACCA 5 1 (0.490 %) CIMA 5 1 (0.490 %) JNCIE 5 1 (0.490 %) CCNP 5 1 (0.490 %) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.451 %) SLA 1 5 (2.451 %) JSP 440 2 2 (0.980 %) ISO9001 2 2 (0.980 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 2 (0.980 %) QA	System Software 1 11 (5.392 %) NetBackup 2 8 (3.922 %) Active Directory 3 2 (0.980 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (0.490 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 8 (3.922 %) OpenView 2 6 (2.941 %) BMC PATROL	Vendors 1 19 (9.314 %) HP 2 15 (7.353 %) IBM 3 14 (6.863 %) Oracle 4 11 (5.392 %) Sun 4 11 (5.392 %) Red Hat 5 10 (4.902 %) VERITAS 5 10 (4.902 %) Fujitsu 6 9 (4.412 %) VMware 6 9 (4.412 %) Nortel 7 8 (3.922 %) Juniper 8 7 (3.431 %) Microsoft 9 6 (2.941 %) Siebel 9 6 (2.941 %) Avaya 9 6 (2.941 %) BMC 9 6 (2.941 %) Remedy 10 5 (2.451 %) StorageTek 10 5 (2.451 %) Symantec 10 5 (2.451 %) Ericsson 10 5 (2.451 %) Cisco 10 5 (2.451 %) Sybase