The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 96 71 68
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -3
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 98 129 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 2.331% 3.433% 2.976%
As % of the General category 6.137% 9.969% 9.683%
Number of salaries quoted 70 86 105
Average salary £32,500 £38,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.58% +6.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £25,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £56,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All of the General Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1597 1294 1229
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 37.98% 34.43% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1268 1055 1041
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,125 £67,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheadle - 12 - - 2
Altrincham +4 5 £35,750 - 1
Rochdale +2 4 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Wigan +4 2 £34,500 -13.75%
Bolton +1 2 £45,000 +38.46%
Stockport -14 2 £42,500 +30.76%
Sale -11 1 - -
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 74 (27.82%) Finance
2 65 (24.44%) SQL
3 52 (19.55%) Broadband
4 47 (17.67%) Linux
5 46 (17.29%) Microsoft
6 44 (16.54%) VoIP
7 40 (15.04%) Cisco
7 40 (15.04%) Degree
8 39 (14.66%) Firewall
9 37 (13.91%) SLA
10 34 (12.78%) Windows
11 33 (12.41%) Java
11 33 (12.41%) Management Information System
12 30 (11.28%) SQL Server
12 30 (11.28%) CCNP
12 30 (11.28%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (10.90%) .NET
14 27 (10.15%) ASP.NET
14 27 (10.15%) Information Management
14 27 (10.15%) Communications Security
15 25 (9.398%) Oracle
16 24 (9.023%) Network Security
17 23 (8.647%) MS Excel
18 22 (8.271%) C#
18 22 (8.271%) Shell Script
18 22 (8.271%) Project Management
19 21 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
20 19 (7.143%) MS Office
21 18 (6.767%) Web Services
21 18 (6.767%) Oracle 8/8i

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 29 (10.90%) .NET
2 27 (10.15%) ASP.NET
3 18 (6.767%) Web Services
4 16 (6.015%) XML
5 15 (5.639%) HTML
6 14 (5.263%) jQuery
6 14 (5.263%) Hibernate
6 14 (5.263%) CSS
7 11 (4.135%) Spring
7 11 (4.135%) ASP.NET MVC
8 10 (3.759%) Swing
9 8 (3.008%) WCF
9 8 (3.008%) J2EE
10 6 (2.256%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 6 (2.256%) PostGIS
10 6 (2.256%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.880%) EDI
11 5 (1.880%) Google Maps API
11 5 (1.880%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 5 (1.880%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 13 (4.887%) MS Exchange
2 9 (3.383%) Apache
3 8 (3.008%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.256%) Lync
4 6 (2.256%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (2.256%) IIS
5 4 (1.504%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (1.504%) ESB
6 3 (1.128%) SAS
6 3 (1.128%) ArchestrA
6 3 (1.128%) WordPress
7 2 (0.752%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.376%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.376%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.376%) CMS
8 1 (0.376%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 23 (8.647%) MS Excel
2 19 (7.143%) MS Office
3 3 (1.128%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.128%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.752%) Office 365
5 1 (0.376%) MS Project
5 1 (0.376%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.256%) assyst
2 4 (1.504%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.752%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.752%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.752%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 52 (19.55%) Broadband
2 44 (16.54%) VoIP
3 39 (14.66%) Firewall
4 24 (9.023%) Network Security
5 18 (6.767%) Internet
6 16 (6.015%) MPLS
6 16 (6.015%) VPN
6 16 (6.015%) LAN
6 16 (6.015%) WAN
7 15 (5.639%) Cisco PIX
7 15 (5.639%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (3.759%) BGP
8 10 (3.759%) Ethernet
8 10 (3.759%) PBX
9 7 (2.632%) SAN
9 7 (2.632%) IP Telephony
9 7 (2.632%) DMS-100
10 6 (2.256%) MRTG
10 6 (2.256%) Unified Communications
10 6 (2.256%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.28%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.767%) Oracle 8/8i
3 13 (4.887%) SQL Server 2012
4 9 (3.383%) MySQL
4 9 (3.383%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.008%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (2.632%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (2.256%) SQL Server 2000
7 6 (2.256%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.504%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (1.504%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.128%) DB2
10 2 (0.752%) GIS
10 2 (0.752%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.376%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.376%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.376%) BODI
11 1 (0.376%) QlikView
11 1 (0.376%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.759%) Rational DOORS
1 10 (3.759%) Gradle
1 10 (3.759%) Maven
2 9 (3.383%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.256%) Subversion
4 3 (1.128%) Dreamweaver
5 2 (0.752%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.752%) Git (software)
5 2 (0.752%) Moq
5 2 (0.752%) Selenium
6 1 (0.376%) JUnit
6 1 (0.376%) JIRA
General
1 74 (27.82%) Finance
2 13 (4.887%) Retail
3 10 (3.759%) Military
4 8 (3.008%) Billing
5 7 (2.632%) Banking
5 7 (2.632%) Marketing
6 5 (1.880%) Electronics
6 5 (1.880%) Legal
6 5 (1.880%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.504%) Advertising
8 3 (1.128%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.752%) Local Government
9 2 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (16.54%) Developer
2 24 (9.023%) Analyst
3 23 (8.647%) Network Engineer
4 18 (6.767%) Support Technician
5 16 (6.015%) Support Engineer
6 15 (5.639%) Java Developer
6 15 (5.639%) Network Security Engineer
6 15 (5.639%) Security Engineer
6 15 (5.639%) Firewall Engineer
7 13 (4.887%) Consultant
8 10 (3.759%) Service Desk Supervisor
8 10 (3.759%) Account Director
8 10 (3.759%) .NET Developer
9 9 (3.383%) Service Analyst
9 9 (3.383%) Technical Support
10 8 (3.008%) Knowledge Analyst
10 8 (3.008%) Service Improvement Analyst
10 8 (3.008%) Web Developer
10 8 (3.008%) Account Manager
11 7 (2.632%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.41%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.383%) Computer Science
3 7 (2.632%) NHS
4 5 (1.880%) Social Media
5 4 (1.504%) Open Source
5 4 (1.504%) SCADA
5 4 (1.504%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.128%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.128%) CCTV
6 3 (1.128%) Statistics
6 3 (1.128%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (0.752%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.752%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.752%) Physics
7 2 (0.752%) Handset
7 2 (0.752%) Replication
7 2 (0.752%) DTV
7 2 (0.752%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.752%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (0.376%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.67%) Linux
2 34 (12.78%) Windows
3 15 (5.639%) UNIX
4 14 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (3.383%) Windows XP
6 8 (3.008%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.504%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.752%) CentOS
8 2 (0.752%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.752%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.752%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.752%) Windows Phone 8
8 2 (0.752%) Windows Phone
8 2 (0.752%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.752%) Fedora
8 2 (0.752%) Solaris
8 2 (0.752%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.376%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.376%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (10.15%) Information Management
1 27 (10.15%) Communications Security
2 22 (8.271%) Project Management
3 21 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
4 16 (6.015%) MVC
5 14 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 12 (4.511%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (4.511%) SOA
7 11 (4.135%) CRM
7 11 (4.135%) Scrum
8 9 (3.383%) Waterfall
9 8 (3.008%) Time Management
9 8 (3.008%) Business Development
9 8 (3.008%) Knowledge Management
9 8 (3.008%) TDD
10 7 (2.632%) OO
10 7 (2.632%) PRINCE2
10 7 (2.632%) ITIL
10 7 (2.632%) Service Management
10 7 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 65 (24.44%) SQL
2 33 (12.41%) Java
3 22 (8.271%) C#
3 22 (8.271%) Shell Script
4 16 (6.015%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.887%) C
6 12 (4.511%) C++
6 12 (4.511%) PHP
7 8 (3.008%) Perl
8 4 (1.504%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.504%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.752%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.752%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.752%) XAML
9 2 (0.752%) VB
9 2 (0.752%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.376%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (15.04%) Degree
2 30 (11.28%) CCNP
2 30 (11.28%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (5.639%) CCSE
3 15 (5.639%) JNCIS
4 9 (3.383%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.256%) ISEB
6 5 (1.880%) MCP
6 5 (1.880%) MCAD
6 5 (1.880%) MCSD
6 5 (1.880%) CCDP
6 5 (1.880%) MCTS
6 5 (1.880%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.504%) CCNA
8 3 (1.128%) CCIE
8 3 (1.128%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.752%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.752%) CISSP
9 2 (0.752%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.752%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.91%) SLA
2 7 (2.632%) ISO 9001
3 6 (2.256%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.504%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.128%) QA
6 1 (0.376%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.376%) BS7799
System Software
1 9 (3.383%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.632%) NFS
2 7 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.256%) Sendmail
3 6 (2.256%) SpamAssassin
3 6 (2.256%) FreeRADIUS
4 5 (1.880%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.752%) XenApp
5 2 (0.752%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.376%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.376%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.256%) Cacti
1 6 (2.256%) SolarWinds Orion
1 6 (2.256%) OpenView
1 6 (2.256%) Nagios
2 4 (1.504%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (1.504%) SCCM
2 4 (1.504%) SCOM
3 1 (0.376%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.376%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 46 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 40 (15.04%) Cisco
3 25 (9.398%) Oracle
4 15 (5.639%) CheckPoint
4 15 (5.639%) Juniper
4 15 (5.639%) Avaya
4 15 (5.639%) Websense
4 15 (5.639%) Blue Coat
4 15 (5.639%) F5
5 13 (4.887%) VMware
6 10 (3.759%) HP
6 10 (3.759%) Nortel
7 9 (3.383%) SAP
8 8 (3.008%) Google
9 7 (2.632%) Ericsson
10 6 (2.256%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.256%) IBM
10 6 (2.256%) Citrix
11 5 (1.880%) BT
11 5 (1.880%) Fujitsu
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