The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 20 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 Taunton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 7 10 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 12.50% 5.128% -
As % of the General category 25.00% 25.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £30,000 £25,646 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.97% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Taunton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
20 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 50.00% 20.51% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 2
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +95.65%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
Somerset

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Taunton 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 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (80.00%) jQuery
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Taunton 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 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco