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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the City of London region.

 Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank806857
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Down-11
Matching permanent IT job ads327241634
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London2.803 %2.922 %3.302 %
As % of the General category3.888 %4.090 %4.442 %
Salaries quoted287217559
Average salary£47,500£50,000£51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.000 %-2.910 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,600£27,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,250£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.000 %-6.250 %
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
8411589314274
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London72.10 %71.44 %74.34 %
Salaries quoted7215492311561
Average salary£57,500£55,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.540 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,000£32,500£34,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Telecoms LondonTelecoms
London

Telecoms
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

City of London Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the City of London region.

City of London Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1177 (28.27 %)Finance
2156 (24.92 %)Marketing
387 (13.90 %)Pensions
486 (13.74 %)SAS
579 (12.62 %)Windows
678 (12.46 %)Cisco
678 (12.46 %)Data Management
678 (12.46 %)Unica
678 (12.46 %)Unica Affinium
678 (12.46 %)Direct Marketing
766 (10.54 %)Linux
860 (9.585 %)SQL
956 (8.946 %)Degree
1055 (8.786 %)UNIX
1152 (8.307 %)Banking
1251 (8.147 %)Oracle
1350 (7.987 %)Java
1449 (7.827 %)C++
1547 (7.508 %)Internet
1644 (7.029 %)SQL Server
1644 (7.029 %)VoIP
1644 (7.029 %)Business Development
1742 (6.709 %)Retail
1742 (6.709 %)Broadband
1742 (6.709 %)Project Management
1841 (6.550 %)Cisco Certification
1939 (6.230 %)Games
2038 (6.070 %)VPN
2136 (5.751 %)Product Management
2234 (5.431 %)Juniper

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (4.792 %).NET
226 (4.153 %)ASP.NET
226 (4.153 %)XML
323 (3.674 %)WinForms
323 (3.674 %)WPF
418 (2.875 %)Web Services
516 (2.556 %)J2EE
614 (2.236 %)HTML
711 (1.757 %)CSS
89 (1.438 %)NHibernate
98 (1.278 %)LAMP
98 (1.278 %)AJAX
107 (1.118 %)JDBC
107 (1.118 %)STL
107 (1.118 %)Flash
107 (1.118 %)XHTML
107 (1.118 %)Boost C++ Libraries
107 (1.118 %)HTML5
116 (0.958 %)Spring
125 (0.799 %)Hibernate
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
186 (13.74 %)SAS
220 (3.195 %)MS Exchange
315 (2.396 %)WebLogic
413 (2.077 %)Exchange Server 2007
413 (2.077 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (0.479 %)CMS
53 (0.479 %)ESB
53 (0.479 %)IIS
53 (0.479 %)MQSeries
62 (0.319 %)SharePoint
62 (0.319 %)Rendezvous
62 (0.319 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.319 %)Apache
62 (0.319 %)Tomcat
62 (0.319 %)TIBCO EMS
71 (0.160 %)Plone
71 (0.160 %)Office Project Server
71 (0.160 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (4.473 %)MS Excel
223 (3.674 %)MS Office
310 (1.597 %)MS Visio
310 (1.597 %)MS Project
47 (1.118 %)Photoshop
54 (0.639 %)Adobe Illustrator
54 (0.639 %)SPSS
54 (0.639 %)QuarkXPress
63 (0.479 %)Fireworks
71 (0.160 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
178 (12.46 %)Unica Affinium
22 (0.319 %)TIBCO iProcess
22 (0.319 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.319 %)BusinessWorks
22 (0.319 %)Singl.eView
22 (0.319 %)RMDS
31 (0.160 %)Nortel Periphonics
31 (0.160 %)SAP Business One
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
147 (7.508 %)Internet
244 (7.029 %)VoIP
342 (6.709 %)Broadband
438 (6.070 %)VPN
531 (4.952 %)MPLS
628 (4.473 %)Ethernet
628 (4.473 %)Wireless
724 (3.834 %)Firewall
820 (3.195 %)Network Security
919 (3.035 %)BGP
919 (3.035 %)DWDM
1018 (2.875 %)SNMP
1117 (2.716 %)OSPF
1216 (2.556 %)SDH
1315 (2.396 %)LAN
1414 (2.236 %)TCP/IP
1513 (2.077 %)VLAN
1612 (1.917 %)WAN
1612 (1.917 %)3G
1710 (1.597 %)NetScreen
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (7.029 %)SQL Server
227 (4.313 %)SQL Server 2008
326 (4.153 %)Datawarehouse
421 (3.355 %)Oracle 10g
510 (1.597 %)Oracle 11g
66 (0.958 %)SQL Server Integration Services
66 (0.958 %)ETL
66 (0.958 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
66 (0.958 %)Oracle 9i
75 (0.799 %)MySQL
75 (0.799 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (0.799 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (0.639 %)OLAP
84 (0.639 %)Oracle OLAP
84 (0.639 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
84 (0.639 %)GIS
93 (0.479 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.319 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.319 %)DTS
111 (0.160 %)MS Access
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (2.236 %)JUnit
213 (2.077 %)Subversion
38 (1.278 %)WinRunner
47 (1.118 %)Ant
56 (0.958 %)Selenium
56 (0.958 %)QuickTest Pro
65 (0.799 %)JIRA
65 (0.799 %)Mercurial
72 (0.319 %)Maven
72 (0.319 %)Eclipse
81 (0.160 %)IntelliJ
81 (0.160 %)TestDirector
81 (0.160 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.160 %)JSUnit
81 (0.160 %)Git (software)
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1177 (28.27 %)Finance
2156 (24.92 %)Marketing
387 (13.90 %)Pensions
452 (8.307 %)Banking
542 (6.709 %)Retail
639 (6.230 %)Games
724 (3.834 %)Electronics
724 (3.834 %)Music
821 (3.355 %)Investment Banking
917 (2.716 %)Health
1016 (2.556 %)Online Games
1016 (2.556 %)Billing
1114 (2.236 %)Back Office
1114 (2.236 %)Financial Institution
1213 (2.077 %)Front Office
1213 (2.077 %)Education
1213 (2.077 %)Law
138 (1.278 %)Legal
146 (0.958 %)Insurance
155 (0.799 %)Electric
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
184 (13.42 %)Developer
256 (8.946 %)Analyst
330 (4.792 %)Senior Manager
428 (4.473 %)DBA
527 (4.313 %)Project Manager
626 (4.153 %)Architect
626 (4.153 %)Business Manager
724 (3.834 %)Java Developer
823 (3.674 %)C# Developer
823 (3.674 %)Development Manager
823 (3.674 %)WinForms Developer
922 (3.514 %)Consultant
922 (3.514 %)Oracle DBA
922 (3.514 %)Business Development Manager
1021 (3.355 %)Network Engineer
1021 (3.355 %)Business Analyst
1118 (2.875 %)Administrator
1216 (2.556 %)Team Leader
1315 (2.396 %)Product Manager
1414 (2.236 %)Service Manager
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
128 (4.473 %)Handset
218 (2.875 %)French Language
315 (2.396 %)Blackberry
414 (2.236 %)Management Information System
414 (2.236 %)Spanish Language
511 (1.757 %)Web 2.0
511 (1.757 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
511 (1.757 %)Fixed Income
511 (1.757 %)Multithreading
69 (1.438 %)iPhone
78 (1.278 %)Client/Server
87 (1.118 %)Equities
87 (1.118 %)German Language
87 (1.118 %)Video Conferencing
96 (0.958 %)Computer Science
96 (0.958 %)Replication
105 (0.799 %)Italian Language
105 (0.799 %)Clustering
105 (0.799 %)Derivative
114 (0.639 %)Streaming Media
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
179 (12.62 %)Windows
266 (10.54 %)Linux
355 (8.786 %)UNIX
420 (3.195 %)Windows Server 2003
515 (2.396 %)Solaris
614 (2.236 %)Windows XP
79 (1.438 %)Android
86 (0.958 %)CentOS
95 (0.799 %)HPUX
104 (0.639 %)Red Hat Linux
113 (0.479 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (0.479 %)Windows 2000
122 (0.319 %)Symbian OS
122 (0.319 %)Windows Mobile
131 (0.160 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
178 (12.46 %)Data Management
178 (12.46 %)Direct Marketing
244 (7.029 %)Business Development
342 (6.709 %)Project Management
436 (5.751 %)Product Management
531 (4.952 %)CRM
630 (4.792 %)TDD
729 (4.633 %)Service Delivery
828 (4.473 %)ITIL
828 (4.473 %)PRINCE2
926 (4.153 %)Scrum
1025 (3.994 %)Business Intelligence
1025 (3.994 %)Product Marketing
1119 (3.035 %)Agile Software Development
1218 (2.875 %)Disaster Recovery
1317 (2.716 %)Service Management
1416 (2.556 %)E-Commerce
1514 (2.236 %)Business Analysis
1611 (1.757 %)B2B
1611 (1.757 %)Change Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
160 (9.585 %)SQL
250 (7.987 %)Java
349 (7.827 %)C++
430 (4.792 %)C
524 (3.834 %)C#
620 (3.195 %)PL/SQL
713 (2.077 %)Perl
713 (2.077 %)Shell Script
812 (1.917 %)VB
911 (1.757 %)JavaScript
109 (1.438 %)Python
117 (1.118 %)Ruby
126 (0.958 %)OCaml
134 (0.639 %)T-SQL
143 (0.479 %)PHP
152 (0.319 %)Delphi
152 (0.319 %)Tcl
161 (0.160 %)Scala
161 (0.160 %)VBA
161 (0.160 %)SAS Macro
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
156 (8.946 %)Degree
241 (6.550 %)Cisco Certification
327 (4.313 %)Microsoft Certification
426 (4.153 %)CCNA
524 (3.834 %)MCTS
623 (3.674 %)MCP
722 (3.514 %)MCAD
722 (3.514 %)MCSD
815 (2.396 %)CCNP
99 (1.438 %)PRINCE2 Certification
108 (1.278 %)PMP
108 (1.278 %)PMI Certification
117 (1.118 %)CCIE
126 (0.958 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
126 (0.958 %)Security Cleared
134 (0.639 %)MCSE
143 (0.479 %)MBA
152 (0.319 %)ITIL Certification
152 (0.319 %)MCITP
152 (0.319 %)ISEB
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.077 %)SLA
113 (2.077 %)QA
23 (0.479 %)BS25999
23 (0.479 %)BS7799
32 (0.319 %)ISO27001
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (3.195 %)Oracle RAC
29 (1.438 %)Oracle RMAN
34 (0.639 %)Active Directory
41 (0.160 %)Citrix Presentation Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (2.875 %)Data Guard
26 (0.958 %)DameWare
34 (0.639 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.160 %)AutoSys
41 (0.160 %)ARCserve
41 (0.160 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.160 %)Cisco IPCC
41 (0.160 %)SolarWinds Orion
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
178 (12.46 %)Cisco
178 (12.46 %)Unica
251 (8.147 %)Oracle
334 (5.431 %)Juniper
427 (4.313 %)Microsoft
519 (3.035 %)Nortel
615 (2.396 %)BT
711 (1.757 %)Sun
810 (1.597 %)Bloomberg
99 (1.438 %)Tradeweb
99 (1.438 %)HP
99 (1.438 %)JBoss
99 (1.438 %)BEA
99 (1.438 %)Alcatel
108 (1.278 %)CheckPoint
108 (1.278 %)VMware
117 (1.118 %)TIBCO
117 (1.118 %)Reuters
117 (1.118 %)Avaya
117 (1.118 %)Symbian