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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Birmingham 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3956
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.110 %5.376 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£195-
Average daily rate£197-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£198-
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£287
% change on same period last year+8.76 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£26.00
Average hourly rate£11.00£26.00
% change on same period last year-57.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.87£31.35
% change on same period last year-20.69 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads7393
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.116 %
Daily rates quoted1925
Average minimum daily rate£290£340
Average daily rate£298£395
% change on same period last year-24.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Hourly rates quoted1325
Average minimum hourly rate£28.15£22.05
Average hourly rate£29.96£23.39
% change on same period last year+28.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.78£24.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.65£26.99
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Wireless West MidlandsWireless
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Wireless Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Birmingham Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

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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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (33.33 %)VERITAS
22 (33.33 %)Sophos
22 (33.33 %)MS Excel
22 (33.33 %)Microsoft
22 (33.33 %)Nortel
22 (33.33 %)Health
22 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
22 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (16.67 %)GGSN
31 (16.67 %)SGSN
31 (16.67 %)Fault Management
31 (16.67 %)Performance Management
31 (16.67 %)Network Planning
31 (16.67 %)Statistics
31 (16.67 %)Citrix
31 (16.67 %)Nokia
31 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
31 (16.67 %)LAN
31 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
31 (16.67 %)2G
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server
31 (16.67 %)3G
31 (16.67 %)UTRAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)LAN
11 (16.67 %)3G
11 (16.67 %)UTRAN
11 (16.67 %)2G
11 (16.67 %)GGSN
11 (16.67 %)SGSN
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Health
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (16.67 %)Field Engineer
11 (16.67 %)Network Manager
11 (16.67 %)RF Engineer
11 (16.67 %)Performance Engineer
11 (16.67 %)Senior RF Engineer
11 (16.67 %)ICT Technician
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Statistics
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
22 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
11 (16.67 %)Network Planning
11 (16.67 %)Fault Management
11 (16.67 %)Performance Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft
12 (33.33 %)Nortel
12 (33.33 %)VERITAS
12 (33.33 %)Sophos
21 (16.67 %)Citrix
21 (16.67 %)Nokia