The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 35 58 58
Rank change year-on-year
+23 0
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 62 23 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.699% 2.629% 1.797%
As % of the General category 18.29% 8.745% 5.944%
Number of salaries quoted 61 18 15
Average salary £55,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £40,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
339 263 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 31.16% 30.06% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 280 234 263
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £24,750 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Telecoms Jobs Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Luton +3 23 £50,000 +25.00%
Bedford - 9 £55,000 - 1
Dunstable - 7 £60,000 -
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms.

1 51 (56.67%) Cisco
2 35 (38.89%) Finance
3 34 (37.78%) Firewall
3 34 (37.78%) Juniper
3 34 (37.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 30 (33.33%) Change Management
5 29 (32.22%) Load Balancing
6 24 (26.67%) Cisco IOS
7 22 (24.44%) Network Security
7 22 (24.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 22 (24.44%) DNS
8 20 (22.22%) Supplier Management
9 17 (18.89%) Infoblox
10 16 (17.78%) Degree
11 15 (16.67%) Wireless
12 14 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (15.56%) Unified Communications
13 13 (14.44%) VoIP
14 11 (12.22%) Avaya
15 10 (11.11%) 3G
15 10 (11.11%) CCNP
16 9 (10.00%) WAN
16 9 (10.00%) LAN
16 9 (10.00%) SLA
16 9 (10.00%) MS Visio
16 9 (10.00%) Capacity Management
17 8 (8.889%) Cisco ASA
17 8 (8.889%) 2G
17 8 (8.889%) C
18 7 (7.778%) MS Excel

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.444%) Cocoa
1 4 (4.444%) iOS SDK
2 3 (3.333%) .NET
3 2 (2.222%) HTML
4 1 (1.111%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.778%) CMS
2 6 (6.667%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (2.222%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 9 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 7 (7.778%) MS Excel
3 6 (6.667%) MS Office
4 3 (3.333%) FrameMaker
4 3 (3.333%) XMetaL
5 2 (2.222%) Solid Edge
Communications & Networking
1 34 (37.78%) Firewall
2 24 (26.67%) Cisco IOS
3 22 (24.44%) Network Security
3 22 (24.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 22 (24.44%) DNS
4 15 (16.67%) Wireless
5 14 (15.56%) Unified Communications
6 13 (14.44%) VoIP
7 10 (11.11%) 3G
8 9 (10.00%) WAN
8 9 (10.00%) LAN
9 8 (8.889%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (8.889%) 2G
10 7 (7.778%) 3GPP
10 7 (7.778%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (6.667%) GPRS
12 5 (5.556%) GSM
12 5 (5.556%) Internet
13 4 (4.444%) 2.5G
13 4 (4.444%) UTRAN
Development Applications
1 4 (4.444%) Xcode
2 3 (3.333%) XMLSpy
General
1 35 (38.89%) Finance
2 6 (6.667%) Marketing
3 3 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.111%) Automotive
4 1 (1.111%) Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (45.56%) Network Manager
2 9 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
3 5 (5.556%) Development Manager
3 5 (5.556%) Installations Engineer
3 5 (5.556%) Sales Manager
4 4 (4.444%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (4.444%) Team Leader
4 4 (4.444%) Developer
4 4 (4.444%) iOS Developer
4 4 (4.444%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 3 (3.333%) Architect
5 3 (3.333%) Author
5 3 (3.333%) Technical Author
5 3 (3.333%) Support Specialist
5 3 (3.333%) C++ Team Leader
5 3 (3.333%) Communications Engineer
5 3 (3.333%) Technical Writer
5 3 (3.333%) Software Team Leader
5 3 (3.333%) Avaya Engineer
5 3 (3.333%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.444%) iPhone
2 4 (4.444%) IVR
2 4 (4.444%) iPad
2 4 (4.444%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.333%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.778%) Windows
2 4 (4.444%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (37.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 30 (33.33%) Change Management
3 29 (32.22%) Load Balancing
4 20 (22.22%) Supplier Management
5 9 (10.00%) Capacity Management
6 7 (7.778%) TDD
7 6 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (5.556%) OO
8 5 (5.556%) Time Management
9 4 (4.444%) Performance Management
9 4 (4.444%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (4.444%) Workflow
9 4 (4.444%) OOP
9 4 (4.444%) Network Management
10 3 (3.333%) ERP
10 3 (3.333%) Business Development
10 3 (3.333%) Content Management
11 2 (2.222%) Service Delivery
12 1 (1.111%) CRM
12 1 (1.111%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.889%) C
2 5 (5.556%) C++
3 4 (4.444%) Objective-C
4 2 (2.222%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (17.78%) Degree
2 14 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.11%) CCNP
4 5 (5.556%) Postgraduate
5 4 (4.444%) CCNA
6 3 (3.333%) HNC
7 1 (1.111%) CCIE
7 1 (1.111%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.00%) SLA
2 4 (4.444%) ISO 9000
2 4 (4.444%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.111%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 4 (4.444%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (2.222%) OpenView
Vendors
1 51 (56.67%) Cisco
2 34 (37.78%) Juniper
3 17 (18.89%) Infoblox
4 11 (12.22%) Avaya
5 4 (4.444%) Genesys
5 4 (4.444%) Apple
6 3 (3.333%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.222%) HP
8 1 (1.111%) Twitter
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