The first table below looks at the demand for Wireshark 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 Wireshark over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireshark
Rank 114 125 128
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Contract jobs citing Wireshark 6 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.251% 0.318% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.965% 0.923% 0.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £335 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £355 £338
% change year-on-year
-15.49% +5.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+72.72% -58.75%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
622 1083 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.97% 34.44% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 217 195
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £148.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Wireshark
South East

Wireshark
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Wireshark Jobs Demand Trend

Wireshark
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Wireshark Daily Rate Trend

Wireshark
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireshark across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Wireshark Daily Rate Histogram

Wireshark
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireshark within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Reading +13 2 £425 +70.00%
Slough -11 1 - -
Wireshark
South East

Wireshark
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Wireshark 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 Wireshark.

1 31 (91.18%) Telecoms
2 29 (85.29%) NetHawk
2 29 (85.29%) 2G
2 29 (85.29%) 3G
2 29 (85.29%) 3GPP
3 27 (79.41%) GSM
4 26 (76.47%) WCDMA
5 23 (67.65%) Radio Access Network
6 21 (61.76%) Ericsson
7 20 (58.82%) ISEB
8 18 (52.94%) RNC
8 18 (52.94%) RANAP
9 15 (44.12%) Migration
10 5 (14.71%) Degree
11 3 (8.824%) Replication
11 3 (8.824%) HTTP
11 3 (8.824%) Java
11 3 (8.824%) XML
11 3 (8.824%) Test Strategy
12 2 (5.882%) QA
12 2 (5.882%) Selenium
12 2 (5.882%) Apple iOS
12 2 (5.882%) soapUI
12 2 (5.882%) REST
12 2 (5.882%) Android
12 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (5.882%) Windows 7
12 2 (5.882%) Analytics
12 2 (5.882%) MCP

Wireshark
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Wireshark 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 Wireshark. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.824%) XML
2 2 (5.882%) soapUI
2 2 (5.882%) REST
2 2 (5.882%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) SOAP
2 2 (5.882%) Web Services
2 2 (5.882%) HTML
2 2 (5.882%) JSON
3 1 (2.941%) WAP
3 1 (2.941%) WML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 29 (85.29%) 2G
1 29 (85.29%) 3G
1 29 (85.29%) 3GPP
2 27 (79.41%) GSM
3 26 (76.47%) WCDMA
4 23 (67.65%) Radio Access Network
5 18 (52.94%) RNC
5 18 (52.94%) RANAP
6 3 (8.824%) HTTP
7 2 (5.882%) LDAP
7 2 (5.882%) VoIP
8 1 (2.941%) Internet
8 1 (2.941%) UMTS
8 1 (2.941%) Kerberos
8 1 (2.941%) DNS
8 1 (2.941%) SSL
8 1 (2.941%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Selenium
1 2 (5.882%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.941%) TestDirector
General
1 31 (91.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Billing
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (88.24%) Test Engineer
2 20 (58.82%) RAN Engineer
3 10 (29.41%) 3G Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Senior Tester
5 1 (2.941%) Server Support Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Server Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Active Directory Support Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Tester
5 1 (2.941%) Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Server Support
5 1 (2.941%) Support Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (2.941%) Test Leader
5 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Replication
2 2 (5.882%) PKI
3 1 (2.941%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.882%) Apple iOS
1 2 (5.882%) Android
1 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
1 2 (5.882%) Windows 7
1 2 (5.882%) Windows
1 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (5.882%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Migration
2 3 (8.824%) Test Strategy
3 2 (5.882%) Analytics
3 2 (5.882%) Identity Management
3 2 (5.882%) Stress Testing
4 1 (2.941%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.941%) Test Management
4 1 (2.941%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) Java
2 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.882%) C#
2 2 (5.882%) C++
2 2 (5.882%) VB
2 2 (5.882%) Objective-C
3 1 (2.941%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.941%) Perl
3 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) ISEB
2 5 (14.71%) Degree
3 2 (5.882%) MCP
3 2 (5.882%) MCSE
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) DFS Replication
2 1 (2.941%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) MIIS
2 1 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (85.29%) NetHawk
2 21 (61.76%) Ericsson
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.941%) Remedy
4 1 (2.941%) Cisco