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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Bristol 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5758
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.818 %4.615 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£285
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00-
Average hourly rate£14.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.61£32.01
% change on same period last year-16.86 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads110130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.173 %0.139 %
Daily rates quoted2731
Average minimum daily rate£266£288
Average daily rate£296£306
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted3025
Average minimum hourly rate£31.57£23.35
Average hourly rate£32.23£25.73
% change on same period last year+25.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.88£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Wireless South WestWireless
South West

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Wireless Daily Rate Trend

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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 Bristol region.

Bristol Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Internet
11 (50.00 %)Symantec
11 (50.00 %)GroupWise
11 (50.00 %)RTP
11 (50.00 %)Device Driver
11 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
11 (50.00 %)RTSP
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
11 (50.00 %)NVQ Level 3

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)GroupWise
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Internet
11 (50.00 %)RTP
11 (50.00 %)RTSP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)C Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Linux Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Device Driver
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)NVQ Level 3
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Symantec