The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN 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 WLAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WLAN 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.548% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.348% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £37.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-49.33% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 157 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.60% 16.42% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 48 64
Average daily rate £425 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 27
Average hourly rate £14.23 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £12.50 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.39 £35.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
WLAN
South East

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WLAN Daily Rate Trend

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WLAN Hourly Rate Trend

WLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes - 5 £475 - 1
WLAN
South East

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (80.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
3 3 (60.00%) SAN
3 3 (60.00%) XenApp
3 3 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
3 3 (60.00%) SAN
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Network Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Information Specialist
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (60.00%) XenApp
2 3 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) AppSense