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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2133
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below27.27 %3.226 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£286
% change on same period last year+6.28 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.98£32.01
% change on same period last year-15.70 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads1131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£342£299
Average daily rate£362£316
% change on same period last year+14.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted413
Average minimum hourly rate£26.75£17.75
Average hourly rate£27.25£18.61
% change on same period last year+46.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.75£19.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Wireless across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire Wireless Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Wireless across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Wireless Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Wireless across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordNew entry-2--
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of England

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Wireless 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless.

12 (66.67 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (33.33 %)VoIP
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)VMware
21 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (33.33 %)WatchGuard
21 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Wireless also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)VoIP
11 (33.33 %)VPN
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Server Support
11 (33.33 %)Support Technician
11 (33.33 %)RF Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Server Support Technician
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
11 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
11 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)VMware
11 (33.33 %)WatchGuard