The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 58 32 34
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +2
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 34 43 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 2.889% 6.031% 7.700%
As % of the General category 5.996% 14.63% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 76
Average salary £42,500 £32,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.81% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £125,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
567 294 377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 48.17% 41.23% 35.84%
Number of salaries quoted 479 257 330
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,250 £57,500 £50,150
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Folkestone - 7 £35,000 -
West Malling - 4 £35,000 -
Tunbridge Wells -5 1 £19,000 -30.90%
Canterbury - 1 £24,000 -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 17 (26.98%) SQL
2 14 (22.22%) Degree
3 12 (19.05%) E-Commerce
4 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
4 11 (17.46%) .NET
4 11 (17.46%) Windows
5 10 (15.87%) PHP
6 9 (14.29%) Retail
6 9 (14.29%) JavaScript
7 8 (12.70%) Java
7 8 (12.70%) Linux
7 8 (12.70%) ASP.NET
7 8 (12.70%) UNIX
7 8 (12.70%) SaaS
8 7 (11.11%) Unit Testing
8 7 (11.11%) MS Excel
8 7 (11.11%) ERP
8 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 7 (11.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (9.524%) VMware
9 6 (9.524%) Legal
9 6 (9.524%) HTML
9 6 (9.524%) SAN
10 5 (7.937%) Shell Script
10 5 (7.937%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (7.937%) C#
10 5 (7.937%) PL/SQL
10 5 (7.937%) VB.NET
10 5 (7.937%) CSS
10 5 (7.937%) Oracle

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 11 (17.46%) .NET
2 8 (12.70%) ASP.NET
3 6 (9.524%) HTML
4 5 (7.937%) CSS
5 4 (6.349%) Ajax
5 4 (6.349%) jQuery
6 3 (4.762%) ASP
7 2 (3.175%) Smarty
7 2 (3.175%) REST
7 2 (3.175%) SOAP
8 1 (1.587%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (4.762%) Apache
3 1 (1.587%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.762%) MS Office
3 1 (1.587%) MS Project
3 1 (1.587%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.524%) SAN
2 4 (6.349%) Broadband
3 3 (4.762%) MPLS
3 3 (4.762%) DSL
3 3 (4.762%) VPLS
3 3 (4.762%) NAS
4 2 (3.175%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.587%) Firewall
5 1 (1.587%) DMZ
5 1 (1.587%) Internet
5 1 (1.587%) LAN
5 1 (1.587%) VoIP
5 1 (1.587%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.349%) MySQL
3 2 (3.175%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.587%) DataStage
4 1 (1.587%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (7.937%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.175%) JIRA
3 1 (1.587%) Selenium
3 1 (1.587%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.587%) PHPUnit
General
1 9 (14.29%) Retail
2 7 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 6 (9.524%) Legal
4 5 (7.937%) Finance
5 4 (6.349%) Law
5 4 (6.349%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (6.349%) Marketing
6 1 (1.587%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.587%) Advertising
6 1 (1.587%) Games
6 1 (1.587%) Billing
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Developer
2 10 (15.87%) Software Developer
2 10 (15.87%) Consultant
2 10 (15.87%) Software Consultant
3 7 (11.11%) Programmer
3 7 (11.11%) Analyst
4 6 (9.524%) Administrator
4 6 (9.524%) Java Developer
4 6 (9.524%) Java Consultant
4 6 (9.524%) Java Software Developer
5 5 (7.937%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.349%) PHP Developer
7 3 (4.762%) Oracle Support Analyst
7 3 (4.762%) Oracle Analyst
7 3 (4.762%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.762%) Web Developer
7 3 (4.762%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.762%) NOC Engineer
8 2 (3.175%) VB6 Developer
8 2 (3.175%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) SaaS
2 3 (4.762%) Clustering
3 2 (3.175%) AS400
4 1 (1.587%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Linux
2 8 (12.70%) UNIX
3 4 (6.349%) Android
3 4 (6.349%) Apple iOS
3 4 (6.349%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.175%) AIX
4 2 (3.175%) HPUX
4 2 (3.175%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.05%) E-Commerce
2 7 (11.11%) ERP
2 7 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 5 (7.937%) Data Protection
3 5 (7.937%) System Testing
4 4 (6.349%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (6.349%) Data Modelling
4 4 (6.349%) OOP
5 3 (4.762%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (3.175%) Business Analysis
6 2 (3.175%) Web Development
6 2 (3.175%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (3.175%) OO
6 2 (3.175%) ITIL
6 2 (3.175%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.175%) UML
6 2 (3.175%) ETL
7 1 (1.587%) CAD
7 1 (1.587%) Project Management
7 1 (1.587%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) SQL
2 10 (15.87%) PHP
3 9 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 8 (12.70%) Java
5 5 (7.937%) C#
5 5 (7.937%) PL/SQL
5 5 (7.937%) VB.NET
5 5 (7.937%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.175%) VB6
6 2 (3.175%) RPG IV
6 2 (3.175%) RPG
6 2 (3.175%) VB
6 2 (3.175%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (4.762%) JNCIA
2 3 (4.762%) JNCIS
2 3 (4.762%) JNCIP
3 2 (3.175%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (3.175%) GNVQ
4 1 (1.587%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.587%) SLA
1 1 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.937%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.524%) VMware
3 5 (7.937%) Oracle
4 4 (6.349%) Citrix
4 4 (6.349%) Apple
4 4 (6.349%) BT
5 3 (4.762%) Juniper
6 2 (3.175%) Cisco
6 2 (3.175%) Sun
6 2 (3.175%) Facebook