The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 20 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 Birmingham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 43 54 37
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -17
Contract jobs citing Wireless 4 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.897% 0.161% 1.429%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.889% 1.639% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £381 £425 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.29% +88.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £425 £133
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £425 £317
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
45 61 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 10.09% 9.823% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 34
Average daily rate £400 £325 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £430 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 10
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Wireless
West Midlands

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) IIS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) IPv6
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 2 (28.57%) Extranet
3 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) OpenUP
3 2 (28.57%) WLAN
4 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (14.29%) Junos
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) WSUS
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) WLAN
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) Extranet
2 2 (28.57%) IPv6
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) X.25
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Junos
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Network Support
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Debian
2 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) OpenUP
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) B2B
2 1 (14.29%) B2C
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Commerce
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) HP