The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 3 11 1
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 7 3 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 29.17% 6.122% 34.78%
As % of the General category 38.89% 12.50% 55.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 14
Average salary £70,000 £47,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.36% -26.92%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
18 24 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 75.00% 48.98% 63.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 23
Average salary £68,750 £55,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,550 £49,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £82,500
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Thames Valley Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) XML
1 5 (62.50%) Python
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) BSS
2 3 (37.50%) Billing
2 3 (37.50%) QA
2 3 (37.50%) Product Management
3 2 (25.00%) REST
3 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Fujitsu
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Tomcat
3 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (25.00%) JMS
3 2 (25.00%) SNMP
3 2 (25.00%) SLA
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 5 (62.50%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) JMS
2 2 (25.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) BSS
2 2 (25.00%) SNMP
General
1 3 (37.50%) Billing
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Sales Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Account Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Account Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Product Management
2 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (25.00%) Change Control
2 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Fujitsu