The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 21 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 Bristol 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 43 56 45
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Contract jobs citing Wireless 7 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.316% 0.598% 0.644%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.61% 4.202% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £375 £575 £85
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.78% +576.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
66 119 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.41% 14.23% 9.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 72 18
Average daily rate £300 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 8
Average hourly rate £20.50 £21.25 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -14.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £16.50 £7.39
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Wireless
South West

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 8 (44.44%) VPN
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (33.33%) Network Management
3 6 (33.33%) Firewall
3 6 (33.33%) HP
3 6 (33.33%) Nokia
3 6 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 6 (33.33%) Internet
4 5 (27.78%) MPLS
4 5 (27.78%) IP Telephony
4 5 (27.78%) Unified Communications
4 5 (27.78%) FWSM
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco IPT
4 5 (27.78%) IronPort
5 4 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (22.22%) SolarWinds
5 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (22.22%) Finance
5 4 (22.22%) CA
5 4 (22.22%) OSPF
5 4 (22.22%) BGP
5 4 (22.22%) CiscoWorks
5 4 (22.22%) IBM
5 4 (22.22%) Windows
6 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 3 (16.67%) LAN
6 3 (16.67%) VoIP
6 3 (16.67%) Active Directory

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (5.556%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) VPN
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (33.33%) Internet
3 5 (27.78%) MPLS
3 5 (27.78%) IP Telephony
3 5 (27.78%) Unified Communications
3 5 (27.78%) FWSM
3 5 (27.78%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (22.22%) OSPF
4 4 (22.22%) BGP
5 3 (16.67%) LAN
5 3 (16.67%) VoIP
6 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Senior Network Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Support Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Web Designer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (11.11%) Handset
2 2 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (11.11%) iPad
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Network Management
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Matrix Management
3 3 (16.67%) Network Load Balancing
3 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (5.556%) Project Management
5 1 (5.556%) ITIL
5 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.556%) Quality Management
5 1 (5.556%) Information Management
5 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.556%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.556%) CCNP
1 1 (5.556%) MCSE
1 1 (5.556%) MCDST
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) HP
2 6 (33.33%) Nokia
2 6 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 5 (27.78%) IronPort
4 4 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 4 (22.22%) CA
4 4 (22.22%) IBM
5 3 (16.67%) Blue Coat
6 2 (11.11%) Citrix
7 1 (5.556%) Avaya
7 1 (5.556%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (5.556%) Apple
7 1 (5.556%) Symantec
7 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.556%) Adobe
7 1 (5.556%) Oracle
7 1 (5.556%) ProCurve
7 1 (5.556%) VMware