The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 88 117 113
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -4
Contract jobs citing Wireless 30 27 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.270% 0.843% 0.667%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.847% 2.459% 2.911%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 11
Average daily rate £331 £275 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.45% +1.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £172 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £394 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 1
Average hourly rate £13.50 £19.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.94% -52.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
619 1098 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.20% 34.30% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 225 196
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 46 67
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.51 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Wireless across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +11 11 £165 -34.00% 2
Bracknell - 6 £438 -
Wokingham - 1 - - 1
Newbury - - - -
Slough - - - - 6
Thatcham - - - -
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 25 (51.02%) Telecoms
2 19 (38.78%) Windows
3 14 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 10 (20.41%) GSM
5 9 (18.37%) Windows XP
5 9 (18.37%) .NET
5 9 (18.37%) Cisco
6 8 (16.33%) 3G
6 8 (16.33%) SQL
6 8 (16.33%) MS Excel
6 8 (16.33%) SCCM
7 7 (14.29%) VB
8 6 (12.24%) Blackberry
8 6 (12.24%) J2EE
8 6 (12.24%) WAN
8 6 (12.24%) Windows 7
8 6 (12.24%) Retail
9 5 (10.20%) StarTeam
9 5 (10.20%) Unit Testing
9 5 (10.20%) VBA
9 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
9 5 (10.20%) MS Access
9 5 (10.20%) LAN
10 4 (8.163%) SyncML
10 4 (8.163%) Project Management
10 4 (8.163%) RTCP
10 4 (8.163%) RTP
10 4 (8.163%) GIS
10 4 (8.163%) ESRI
10 4 (8.163%) Handset

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 9 (18.37%) .NET
2 6 (12.24%) J2EE
3 4 (8.163%) J2ME
3 4 (8.163%) WAP
3 4 (8.163%) SyncML
4 1 (2.041%) Application Packaging
4 1 (2.041%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.082%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.041%) Lync
2 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.122%) MS Office
3 1 (2.041%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.41%) GSM
2 8 (16.33%) 3G
3 6 (12.24%) WAN
4 5 (10.20%) LAN
5 4 (8.163%) DNS
5 4 (8.163%) RTCP
5 4 (8.163%) RTP
6 3 (6.122%) 2G
6 3 (6.122%) MPLS
6 3 (6.122%) OSPF
6 3 (6.122%) EIGRP
6 3 (6.122%) GPRS
6 3 (6.122%) VoIP
6 3 (6.122%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.122%) DHCP
6 3 (6.122%) Ethernet
7 2 (4.082%) VPN
7 2 (4.082%) WCDMA
7 2 (4.082%) SDH
7 2 (4.082%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
1 5 (10.20%) MS Access
2 4 (8.163%) GIS
3 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) StarTeam
General
1 25 (51.02%) Telecoms
2 6 (12.24%) Retail
3 4 (8.163%) Marketing
4 2 (4.082%) Billing
5 1 (2.041%) French Language
5 1 (2.041%) German Language
5 1 (2.041%) Finance
5 1 (2.041%) Back Office
5 1 (2.041%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (18.37%) Support Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Architect
4 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.163%) Analyst
5 4 (8.163%) Network Manager
6 3 (6.122%) J2EE Architect
6 3 (6.122%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.082%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Systems Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Consultant
7 2 (4.082%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.082%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Blackberry
2 4 (8.163%) Handset
2 4 (8.163%) N-Tier
2 4 (8.163%) iPhone
2 4 (8.163%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.122%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.041%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (38.78%) Windows
2 9 (18.37%) Windows XP
3 6 (12.24%) Windows 7
4 4 (8.163%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.163%) Android
5 3 (6.122%) UNIX
6 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.20%) Unit Testing
2 4 (8.163%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (8.163%) ITIL
2 4 (8.163%) PRINCE2
2 4 (8.163%) Project Management
2 4 (8.163%) E-business
2 4 (8.163%) Data Security
2 4 (8.163%) Network Design
3 3 (6.122%) SOA
3 3 (6.122%) TOGAF
4 2 (4.082%) Business Transformation
4 2 (4.082%) Integration Testing
4 2 (4.082%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (4.082%) Incident Management
4 2 (4.082%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (4.082%) WFM
4 2 (4.082%) Performance Management
4 2 (4.082%) OOD
4 2 (4.082%) OO
4 2 (4.082%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) SQL
2 7 (14.29%) VB
3 5 (10.20%) VBA
4 4 (8.163%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.122%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.041%) C#
6 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.163%) Degree
2 3 (6.122%) CCNP
2 3 (6.122%) CCNA
2 3 (6.122%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.082%) CCIE
3 2 (4.082%) PMP
3 2 (4.082%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.041%) MCP
4 1 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) SCCM
2 1 (2.041%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Cisco
2 4 (8.163%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.163%) ESRI
3 2 (4.082%) Cramer
3 2 (4.082%) VMware
3 2 (4.082%) LANDesk
3 2 (4.082%) Riverbed
3 2 (4.082%) HP
3 2 (4.082%) Dell
4 1 (2.041%) Intel
4 1 (2.041%) Citrix
4 1 (2.041%) Juniper
4 1 (2.041%) Genesys
4 1 (2.041%) Ericsson
4 1 (2.041%) Informatica
4 1 (2.041%) Motorola
4 1 (2.041%) CheckPoint
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