The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wi-Fi 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 Buckinghamshire 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 Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 72 68 75
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 1 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% 0.598% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.990% 3.797% 0.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £101 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £362 £270
% change year-on-year
-10.28% +34.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £7.19
% change year-on-year
-36.50% +338.10%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
101 158 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.47% 15.74% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 61
Average daily rate £425 £368 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.64% +1.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £465 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 18
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.06 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £38.75 £90.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Milton Keynes +3 1 - -
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi.

1 8 (80.00%) MS Office
1 8 (80.00%) SAP
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Lotus Notes
1 8 (80.00%) Windows XP
1 8 (80.00%) Broadband
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (80.00%) VPN
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
1 8 (80.00%) Lotus
1 8 (80.00%) 3G
1 8 (80.00%) Remedy
1 8 (80.00%) Windows Vista
1 8 (80.00%) PDA
1 8 (80.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) WAN

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Broadband
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (80.00%) VPN
1 8 (80.00%) 3G
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Applications Support
4 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) PDA
2 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Windows XP
1 8 (80.00%) Windows Vista
1 8 (80.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) SAP
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) Lotus
1 8 (80.00%) Remedy
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
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