The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Wiltshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 32 14 8
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -6
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 18 50 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 4.027% 8.013% 10.48%
As % of the General category 8.911% 18.52% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 17
Average daily rate £425 £338 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.92% +1.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £256 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £516 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +14.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
-11.29% -3.12%
All of the General Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
202 270 267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 45.19% 43.27% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 200 153
Average daily rate £410 £366 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% -8.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £502 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 20
Average hourly rate £14.50 £37.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.33% +29.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £18.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £43.85 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Swindon -21 6 £503 +31.80%
Trowbridge - 1 £425 -
Corsham - 1 £425 -
Salisbury - 1 - -
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 35 (61.40%) Security Cleared
2 27 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 19 (33.33%) Service Management
4 15 (26.32%) C#
5 14 (24.56%) .NET
5 14 (24.56%) DV Cleared
6 13 (22.81%) Web Services
7 10 (17.54%) Oracle
7 10 (17.54%) VB
7 10 (17.54%) Oracle 9i
7 10 (17.54%) Siebel
7 10 (17.54%) Workflow
7 10 (17.54%) Migration
7 10 (17.54%) Oracle 11g
8 9 (15.79%) Windows
8 9 (15.79%) C
9 8 (14.04%) ITIL
9 8 (14.04%) Wireless
10 7 (12.28%) Linux
11 6 (10.53%) Finance
12 5 (8.772%) ITSM
12 5 (8.772%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (8.772%) SCCM
12 5 (8.772%) Compatibility Testing
12 5 (8.772%) Cisco
12 5 (8.772%) MSI
12 5 (8.772%) Project Management
12 5 (8.772%) Windows XP
12 5 (8.772%) JSP
12 5 (8.772%) PowerShell

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 14 (24.56%) .NET
2 13 (22.81%) Web Services
3 5 (8.772%) JSP
4 3 (5.263%) XML
5 2 (3.509%) Middleware
5 2 (3.509%) HTML
5 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.509%) WCF
5 2 (3.509%) jQuery
5 2 (3.509%) HTML5
6 1 (1.754%) WebGL
6 1 (1.754%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.754%) LINQ
6 1 (1.754%) CSS
6 1 (1.754%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.509%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.509%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (3.509%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.754%) Lync
2 1 (1.754%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Wireless
2 5 (8.772%) 4G
3 4 (7.018%) 3G
3 4 (7.018%) Firewall
3 4 (7.018%) Broadband
4 3 (5.263%) 2G
5 2 (3.509%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.509%) LTE
5 2 (3.509%) SMTP
5 2 (3.509%) DHCP
5 2 (3.509%) HTTP
5 2 (3.509%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.509%) DNS
5 2 (3.509%) S/MIME
6 1 (1.754%) Intranet
6 1 (1.754%) Internet
6 1 (1.754%) Nokia NetAct
6 1 (1.754%) GSM
6 1 (1.754%) LAN
6 1 (1.754%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Oracle 9i
1 10 (17.54%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (3.509%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.772%) MSI
2 2 (3.509%) LabVIEW
2 2 (3.509%) Subversion
3 1 (1.754%) Hudson
3 1 (1.754%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (3.509%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.509%) Marketing
3 1 (1.754%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) Consultant
2 9 (15.79%) Software Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Siebel Consultant
3 6 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Developer
4 5 (8.772%) Applications Packager
5 3 (5.263%) Architect
5 3 (5.263%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (5.263%) CLAS Consultant
6 2 (3.509%) Firewall Specialist
6 2 (3.509%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.509%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Security Specialist
6 2 (3.509%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.509%) Security Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) RF Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Cisco Architect
6 2 (3.509%) SharePoint Developer
6 2 (3.509%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) CESG
1 3 (5.263%) CESG CLAS
1 3 (5.263%) RMADS
2 2 (3.509%) SaaS
2 2 (3.509%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.754%) EPoS
3 1 (1.754%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Linux
3 5 (8.772%) Windows XP
3 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (8.772%) Windows 7
4 4 (7.018%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (3.509%) Android
5 2 (3.509%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.509%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Service Management
2 10 (17.54%) Workflow
2 10 (17.54%) Migration
3 8 (14.04%) ITIL
4 5 (8.772%) Project Management
4 5 (8.772%) ITSM
4 5 (8.772%) Compatibility Testing
4 5 (8.772%) Software Distribution
5 3 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 3 (5.263%) Integration Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (3.509%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.509%) TOGAF
6 2 (3.509%) Software Engineering
6 2 (3.509%) Validation
6 2 (3.509%) ERP
6 2 (3.509%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (3.509%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (3.509%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) C#
2 10 (17.54%) VB
3 9 (15.79%) C
4 5 (8.772%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.018%) C++
5 4 (7.018%) Perl
6 3 (5.263%) Embedded C
7 2 (3.509%) SQL
7 2 (3.509%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (61.40%) Security Cleared
2 27 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 14 (24.56%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.018%) Degree
5 1 (1.754%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.509%) JTAG
3 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.772%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.754%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 5 (8.772%) SCCM
2 3 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (3.509%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) Oracle
1 10 (17.54%) Siebel
2 5 (8.772%) Cisco
3 3 (5.263%) Juniper
4 2 (3.509%) McAfee
4 2 (3.509%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.509%) VMware
4 2 (3.509%) M86 Security
5 1 (1.754%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.754%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (1.754%) 3Com
5 1 (1.754%) Nokia
5 1 (1.754%) CheckPoint