The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 5 13 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 10.64% 23.21% 5.357%
As % of the General category 22.73% 31.71% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 2
Average salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +4.34%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
22 41 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 46.81% 73.21% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 21 38 21
Average salary £62,500 £46,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.40% +45.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £30,800
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £58,000 £75,000
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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 4 (30.77%) Marketing
1 4 (30.77%) Product Management
1 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
2 3 (23.08%) BSS
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Billing
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.692%) Budget Control
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle
4 1 (7.692%) ZTE
4 1 (7.692%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (7.692%) Network Management
4 1 (7.692%) Comverse
4 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.692%) ESB
4 1 (7.692%) Computer Science

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) BSS
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) MPLS
3 1 (7.692%) BGP
3 1 (7.692%) ISUP
3 1 (7.692%) INAP
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
General
1 4 (30.77%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Billing
3 1 (7.692%) Legal
3 1 (7.692%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) OSS Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Pre Sales Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Designer
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Integration Architect
4 1 (7.692%) PMO Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Integration Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Recruitment Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) PMI
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Product Management
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Budget Control
3 1 (7.692%) Network Management
3 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.692%) Network Design
3 1 (7.692%) eTOM
3 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) CRM
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Information Security
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) CCIE
2 1 (7.692%) CCSP
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PMP
2 1 (7.692%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle
1 1 (7.692%) ZTE
1 1 (7.692%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 1 (7.692%) Comverse
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco
1 1 (7.692%) Amdocs
1 1 (7.692%) Convergys