The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 74 88 97
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +9
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 7 23 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.736% 1.651% 0.543%
As % of the General category 1.892% 4.628% 1.111%
Number of salaries quoted 7 23 6
Average salary £24,250 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.77% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,250 £25,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £45,500 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
370 497 630
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 38.91% 35.68% 48.84%
Number of salaries quoted 312 412 504
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Harlow - 3 £22,250 -
Chelmsford +20 2 £24,250 -35.33%
Basildon - 1 £45,000 -
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Linux
4 4 (33.33%) C
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (25.00%) HNC
5 3 (25.00%) HND
5 3 (25.00%) MCSE
5 3 (25.00%) VoIP
5 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (25.00%) Back Office
5 3 (25.00%) MCDST
6 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 2 (16.67%) Device Driver
6 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
6 2 (16.67%) UNIX
6 2 (16.67%) C++
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Firmware
6 2 (16.67%) VxWorks
6 2 (16.67%) QNX
6 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
7 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
7 1 (8.333%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (8.333%) Internet

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
1 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
1 1 (8.333%) WCF
1 1 (8.333%) WPF
1 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
1 1 (8.333%) jQuery
1 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (8.333%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (8.333%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) Lync
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) VoIP
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) IP Telephony
2 1 (8.333%) NGN
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MSTest
1 1 (8.333%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 3 (25.00%) Back Office
1 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.333%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware
1 2 (16.67%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 2 (16.67%) VxWorks
3 2 (16.67%) UNIX
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) OOP
1 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
1 1 (8.333%) MVC
1 1 (8.333%) TDD
1 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
1 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
1 1 (8.333%) Dependency Injection
1 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C
2 2 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
3 1 (8.333%) XAML
3 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) HNC
1 3 (25.00%) HND
1 3 (25.00%) MCSE
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (25.00%) MCDST
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) QNX
4 1 (8.333%) Aastra
4 1 (8.333%) Intel
4 1 (8.333%) Avaya
4 1 (8.333%) NetApp
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