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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 63 53 20
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -33
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 10 18 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.563% 2.913% 7.815%
As % of the General category 6.849% 10.91% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 40
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £22,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All of the General Category
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
146 165 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 22.81% 26.70% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 120 135 146
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £59,600 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Telecoms
West Midlands

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
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Job
Vacancies
Stafford +6 2 £25,000 -37.50%
Tamworth - 2 £21,000 -
Telecoms
West Midlands

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 19 (59.38%) Degree
2 16 (50.00%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Marketing
3 10 (31.25%) Business Development
4 8 (25.00%) C++
4 8 (25.00%) Java
4 8 (25.00%) VB
4 8 (25.00%) ADSL
4 8 (25.00%) SDH
4 8 (25.00%) Electronics
4 8 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 6 (18.75%) Windows
6 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
7 4 (12.50%) WAN
7 4 (12.50%) LAN
7 4 (12.50%) ERP
7 4 (12.50%) Time Management
8 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (9.375%) PABX
8 3 (9.375%) PBX
8 3 (9.375%) VoIP
8 3 (9.375%) Avaya
8 3 (9.375%) Change Management
8 3 (9.375%) Management Information System
8 3 (9.375%) Wireless
8 3 (9.375%) Data Mining
8 3 (9.375%) CMS
8 3 (9.375%) VMware
8 3 (9.375%) Retail

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (3.125%) jQuery
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
1 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.125%) CSS
1 1 (3.125%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Google Apps
2 1 (3.125%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) ADSL
1 8 (25.00%) SDH
2 4 (12.50%) WAN
2 4 (12.50%) LAN
3 3 (9.375%) PABX
3 3 (9.375%) PBX
3 3 (9.375%) VoIP
3 3 (9.375%) Wireless
4 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.250%) DNS
5 1 (3.125%) Internet
5 1 (3.125%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) Data Mining
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Marketing
3 8 (25.00%) Electronics
4 3 (9.375%) Retail
4 3 (9.375%) Billing
5 2 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Graduate
2 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
3 3 (9.375%) Audit Analyst
3 3 (9.375%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.375%) Telecoms Analyst
3 3 (9.375%) Telecoms Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Avaya Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (3.125%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.125%) Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.250%) SaaS
2 2 (6.250%) Statistics
3 1 (3.125%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (6.250%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.125%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Business Development
2 8 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (12.50%) ERP
3 4 (12.50%) Time Management
4 3 (9.375%) Change Management
5 2 (6.250%) Document Management
5 2 (6.250%) Business Continuity
5 2 (6.250%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.250%) Project Management
5 2 (6.250%) CRM
5 2 (6.250%) Capacity Management
6 1 (3.125%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.125%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.125%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) C++
1 8 (25.00%) Java
1 8 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (3.125%) C#
2 1 (3.125%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.125%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (3.125%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.375%) Avaya
2 3 (9.375%) VMware
3 2 (6.250%) Citrix
3 2 (6.250%) Cisco
3 2 (6.250%) Google
4 1 (3.125%) IBM
4 1 (3.125%) HP
4 1 (3.125%) Nortel
4 1 (3.125%) Symantec