The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 27 30 18
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -12
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 145 115 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 8.362% 6.647% 9.952%
As % of the General category 20.00% 15.31% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 94 69 96
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,300 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
725 751 701
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 41.81% 43.41% 37.51%
Number of salaries quoted 570 632 533
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 100 (40.32%) Digital Media
2 52 (20.97%) JavaScript
3 48 (19.35%) Linux
4 47 (18.95%) HTML
5 44 (17.74%) CSS
6 43 (17.34%) .NET
6 43 (17.34%) Finance
7 40 (16.13%) Security Cleared
8 39 (15.73%) UNIX
9 37 (14.92%) Cisco
10 33 (13.31%) SQL
10 33 (13.31%) XML
11 32 (12.90%) Degree
12 31 (12.50%) SQL Server
12 31 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
12 31 (12.50%) Juniper
13 29 (11.69%) Java
13 29 (11.69%) C#
13 29 (11.69%) Firewall
14 28 (11.29%) MySQL
15 26 (10.48%) PHP
16 25 (10.08%) Agile Software Development
17 24 (9.677%) CCNP
17 24 (9.677%) Network Security
17 24 (9.677%) Apple iOS
18 22 (8.871%) Windows
19 21 (8.468%) CheckPoint
19 21 (8.468%) F5
19 21 (8.468%) Cisco ASA
19 21 (8.468%) Cisco PIX

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 47 (18.95%) HTML
2 44 (17.74%) CSS
3 43 (17.34%) .NET
4 33 (13.31%) XML
5 19 (7.661%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.242%) XSLT
7 11 (4.435%) Web Services
8 10 (4.032%) J2EE
9 7 (2.823%) JSON
9 7 (2.823%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (2.419%) JSP
10 6 (2.419%) POSIX
10 6 (2.419%) Ajax
11 5 (2.016%) Java EE
11 5 (2.016%) WSH
12 4 (1.613%) LINQ
12 4 (1.613%) jQuery
12 4 (1.613%) WCF
13 3 (1.210%) Apache Flex
13 3 (1.210%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 11 (4.435%) Magento
2 9 (3.629%) CMS
3 7 (2.823%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (2.823%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (2.823%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (2.823%) Apache
3 7 (2.823%) MS Exchange
4 5 (2.016%) IIS
5 4 (1.613%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.613%) Windows Azure
6 3 (1.210%) GlassFish
7 1 (0.403%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.403%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.403%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.242%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.403%) MS Project
2 1 (0.403%) MS Office
2 1 (0.403%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.823%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.210%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.806%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.806%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.69%) Firewall
2 24 (9.677%) Network Security
3 21 (8.468%) Cisco ASA
3 21 (8.468%) Cisco PIX
4 14 (5.645%) MPLS
5 13 (5.242%) Internet
5 13 (5.242%) WAN
6 12 (4.839%) VoIP
6 12 (4.839%) DNS
7 11 (4.435%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.032%) VPN
8 10 (4.032%) Ethernet
9 9 (3.629%) HTTP
10 8 (3.226%) LAN
11 7 (2.823%) DSL
11 7 (2.823%) DWDM
11 7 (2.823%) SDH
12 6 (2.419%) SSL
12 6 (2.419%) IPsec
12 6 (2.419%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 28 (11.29%) MySQL
3 8 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.210%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.210%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.210%) Informix
5 2 (0.806%) MS Access
5 2 (0.806%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.806%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.403%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.403%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.403%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.403%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 12 (4.839%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.016%) Subversion
3 4 (1.613%) Ant
3 4 (1.613%) Maven
4 3 (1.210%) StarTeam
4 3 (1.210%) Flex Builder
4 3 (1.210%) Git (software)
4 3 (1.210%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.210%) NetBeans
5 2 (0.806%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 43 (17.34%) Finance
2 19 (7.661%) Marketing
3 15 (6.048%) Retail
3 15 (6.048%) Electronics
3 15 (6.048%) Manufacturing
4 6 (2.419%) Automotive
5 5 (2.016%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.613%) Military
6 4 (1.613%) Advertising
7 3 (1.210%) Avionics
7 3 (1.210%) Billing
8 2 (0.806%) Banking
8 2 (0.806%) Legal
8 2 (0.806%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.403%) Local Government
9 1 (0.403%) Music
Job Titles
1 71 (28.63%) Developer
2 23 (9.274%) Network Engineer
3 22 (8.871%) Software Developer
3 22 (8.871%) Security Engineer
4 19 (7.661%) Firewall Engineer
4 19 (7.661%) Network Security Engineer
5 18 (7.258%) Development Manager
5 18 (7.258%) Software Engineer
6 17 (6.855%) Analyst
7 16 (6.452%) Web Developer
8 14 (5.645%) .NET Developer
8 14 (5.645%) .NET Software Developer
9 13 (5.242%) Software Manager
9 13 (5.242%) PHP Web Developer
9 13 (5.242%) PHP Developer
9 13 (5.242%) Consultant
10 12 (4.839%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (4.839%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (4.839%) .NET Software Engineer
10 12 (4.839%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 100 (40.32%) Digital Media
2 18 (7.258%) Clustering
3 11 (4.435%) iPhone
4 10 (4.032%) iPad
5 8 (3.226%) DTV
5 8 (3.226%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.226%) Computer Science
6 7 (2.823%) Web 2.0
6 7 (2.823%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.419%) Chip and PIN
7 6 (2.419%) Replication
7 6 (2.419%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.613%) Physics
9 3 (1.210%) Device Driver
9 3 (1.210%) VHDL
9 3 (1.210%) Firmware
10 2 (0.806%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.806%) Social Media
10 2 (0.806%) Blog
10 2 (0.806%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.35%) Linux
2 39 (15.73%) UNIX
3 24 (9.677%) Apple iOS
4 22 (8.871%) Windows
5 19 (7.661%) Android
6 12 (4.839%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (4.839%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (3.629%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.016%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.016%) Windows XP
9 3 (1.210%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (10.08%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (6.855%) ITIL
3 16 (6.452%) Project Management
3 16 (6.452%) Scrum
4 15 (6.048%) Business Development
4 15 (6.048%) OOP
5 13 (5.242%) MVC
5 13 (5.242%) OO
5 13 (5.242%) E-Commerce
6 12 (4.839%) Load Balancing
7 10 (4.032%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (4.032%) Programme Management
7 10 (4.032%) Service Management
7 10 (4.032%) Kanban
7 10 (4.032%) Software Engineering
8 9 (3.629%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (3.226%) PRINCE2
9 8 (3.226%) TDD
9 8 (3.226%) Migration
9 8 (3.226%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.97%) JavaScript
2 33 (13.31%) SQL
3 29 (11.69%) Java
3 29 (11.69%) C#
4 26 (10.48%) PHP
5 14 (5.645%) Python
5 14 (5.645%) Objective-C
6 13 (5.242%) C
7 10 (4.032%) Perl
8 9 (3.629%) Bash shell
8 9 (3.629%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.419%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.419%) C++
10 5 (2.016%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.210%) ActionScript 3.0
11 3 (1.210%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.210%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 40 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 32 (12.90%) Degree
3 31 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (9.677%) CCNP
5 19 (7.661%) CCSE
5 19 (7.661%) JNCIS
6 16 (6.452%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.823%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.823%) MCSE
7 7 (2.823%) MCT
8 4 (1.613%) CCIP
8 4 (1.613%) CCNA
8 4 (1.613%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.210%) APMP
9 3 (1.210%) PMP
10 2 (0.806%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.806%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.806%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.403%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.403%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.629%) SLA
2 3 (1.210%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.210%) HMG Infosec
2 3 (1.210%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.403%) GCP
System Software
1 16 (6.452%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.419%) Varnish
3 5 (2.016%) Xen
3 5 (2.016%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.016%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (3.629%) Puppet
2 2 (0.806%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.403%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (14.92%) Cisco
2 31 (12.50%) Juniper
3 21 (8.468%) CheckPoint
3 21 (8.468%) F5
4 19 (7.661%) Blue Coat
4 19 (7.661%) Websense
5 14 (5.645%) Microsoft
6 13 (5.242%) Zend
7 12 (4.839%) SAP
8 11 (4.435%) Cognizant
9 10 (4.032%) Apple
10 9 (3.629%) Avaya
10 9 (3.629%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.629%) Oracle
11 7 (2.823%) VMware
12 6 (2.419%) Nortel
12 6 (2.419%) Mitel
13 5 (2.016%) Huawei
13 5 (2.016%) ZTE
13 5 (2.016%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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