The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 49 53 17
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -36
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 40 35 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.791% 3.590% 10.44%
As % of the General category 15.33% 9.589% 22.68%
Number of salaries quoted 39 35 88
Average salary £36,400 £39,250 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.26% -5.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £26,888 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £62,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
261 365 410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 24.74% 37.44% 46.02%
Number of salaries quoted 230 327 393
Average salary £36,400 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,400 £27,050 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
Wales

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff -3 34 £36,100 -24.00%
Newport -9 1 - -
Neath Port Talbot - 1 £24,250 -
Telecoms
Wales

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 38 (31.40%) SQL
2 35 (28.93%) Java
3 30 (24.79%) Degree
4 28 (23.14%) RESTful
4 28 (23.14%) HTML
5 27 (22.31%) Banking
6 26 (21.49%) Finance
7 25 (20.66%) Spring
8 24 (19.83%) JavaScript
8 24 (19.83%) CSS
9 23 (19.01%) Web Services
9 23 (19.01%) XML
9 23 (19.01%) OO
10 22 (18.18%) Security Cleared
11 21 (17.36%) Unit Testing
12 19 (15.70%) Project Management
12 19 (15.70%) Apache
12 19 (15.70%) SC Cleared
13 17 (14.05%) INSURE/90
13 17 (14.05%) RPG IV
13 17 (14.05%) Retail
13 17 (14.05%) Tomcat
13 17 (14.05%) RPG
13 17 (14.05%) DTV
14 16 (13.22%) UNIX
14 16 (13.22%) Digital Media
15 14 (11.57%) Internet
16 13 (10.74%) SAN
17 12 (9.917%) VoIP
17 12 (9.917%) DB2

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 28 (23.14%) RESTful
1 28 (23.14%) HTML
2 25 (20.66%) Spring
3 24 (19.83%) CSS
4 23 (19.01%) Web Services
4 23 (19.01%) XML
5 9 (7.438%) Hibernate
6 8 (6.612%) SOAP
7 5 (4.132%) EJB 3.0
7 5 (4.132%) J2EE
7 5 (4.132%) JSP
7 5 (4.132%) EJB
8 4 (3.306%) Struts
8 4 (3.306%) XSLT
9 3 (2.479%) HTML5
9 3 (2.479%) .NET
10 2 (1.653%) Spring MVC
11 1 (0.826%) jQuery
11 1 (0.826%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 19 (15.70%) Apache
2 17 (14.05%) Tomcat
3 7 (5.785%) MS Exchange
4 6 (4.959%) Lync
4 6 (4.959%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (4.959%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (2.479%) WordPress
5 3 (2.479%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.826%) GlassFish
6 1 (0.826%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.479%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.826%) MS Project
2 1 (0.826%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 17 (14.05%) INSURE/90
2 1 (0.826%) SAP SM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.57%) Internet
2 13 (10.74%) SAN
3 12 (9.917%) VoIP
4 6 (4.959%) DNS
4 6 (4.959%) DHCP
4 6 (4.959%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.479%) HTTP
6 2 (1.653%) 4G
7 1 (0.826%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.826%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.826%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.826%) Wireless
7 1 (0.826%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.917%) DB2
2 7 (5.785%) MySQL
2 7 (5.785%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.959%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.306%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.479%) Oracle OLAP
5 3 (2.479%) OLAP
5 3 (2.479%) GIS
6 1 (0.826%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.826%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (5.785%) JIRA
2 5 (4.132%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.653%) Maven
4 1 (0.826%) Subversion
4 1 (0.826%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.826%) Ant
4 1 (0.826%) Xcode
General
1 27 (22.31%) Banking
2 26 (21.49%) Finance
3 17 (14.05%) Retail
4 10 (8.264%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.653%) Games
6 1 (0.826%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 33 (27.27%) Developer
2 22 (18.18%) Java Developer
2 22 (18.18%) Analyst
3 20 (16.53%) Project Manager
4 14 (11.57%) Architect
5 13 (10.74%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (9.917%) Analyst Programmer
6 12 (9.917%) Programmer
7 11 (9.091%) Consultant
8 9 (7.438%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.438%) Customer Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.438%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.438%) Infrastructure Architect
9 8 (6.612%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 8 (6.612%) Senior Programmer
10 6 (4.959%) Implementation Engineer
11 5 (4.132%) Web Developer
11 5 (4.132%) Network Consultant
12 4 (3.306%) Senior Developer
12 4 (3.306%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.05%) DTV
2 16 (13.22%) Digital Media
3 12 (9.917%) AS400
4 10 (8.264%) STB
5 6 (4.959%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (4.132%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (3.306%) iPhone
8 2 (1.653%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.826%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.826%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.826%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.826%) Social Media
9 1 (0.826%) iPad
9 1 (0.826%) SaaS
9 1 (0.826%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.22%) UNIX
2 10 (8.264%) Windows
3 6 (4.959%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (4.959%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (3.306%) Android
5 2 (1.653%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.01%) OO
2 21 (17.36%) Unit Testing
3 19 (15.70%) Project Management
4 12 (9.917%) Service Management
5 10 (8.264%) PRINCE
5 10 (8.264%) Business Development
6 8 (6.612%) UML
7 7 (5.785%) Web Development
7 7 (5.785%) OOP
7 7 (5.785%) OOD
8 4 (3.306%) System Testing
9 3 (2.479%) ETL
9 3 (2.479%) MVC
10 2 (1.653%) PRINCE2
10 2 (1.653%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (1.653%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (1.653%) Data Analysis
11 1 (0.826%) Operations Management
11 1 (0.826%) Incident Management
11 1 (0.826%) Telemarketing
Programming Languages
1 38 (31.40%) SQL
2 35 (28.93%) Java
3 24 (19.83%) JavaScript
4 17 (14.05%) RPG IV
4 17 (14.05%) RPG
5 12 (9.917%) RPG/400
6 10 (8.264%) PHP
7 4 (3.306%) PHP5
8 3 (2.479%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.826%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 30 (24.79%) Degree
2 22 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 19 (15.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.959%) MCSE
4 6 (4.959%) MCSA
4 6 (4.959%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.959%) MCITP
5 1 (0.826%) APMP
5 1 (0.826%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.826%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.959%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.826%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.826%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.653%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.653%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (1.653%) NetBackup
1 2 (1.653%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (1.653%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 11 (9.091%) Cisco
2 9 (7.438%) Fujitsu
3 7 (5.785%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.785%) BT
4 6 (4.959%) Dialogic
5 5 (4.132%) Oracle
6 3 (2.479%) Google
6 3 (2.479%) Juniper
6 3 (2.479%) Business Objects
6 3 (2.479%) ESRI
7 2 (1.653%) SAP
7 2 (1.653%) Sun
7 2 (1.653%) Hitachi
7 2 (1.653%) NetApp
7 2 (1.653%) IBM
7 2 (1.653%) HP
7 2 (1.653%) EMC
8 1 (0.826%) Mitel
8 1 (0.826%) Brocade
8 1 (0.826%) Veeam