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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless LAN (WLAN)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£282
% change on same period last year+37.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.00-
% change on same period last year-
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads224311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.313 %0.312 %
Daily rates quoted8366
Average minimum daily rate£339£343
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted1767
Average minimum hourly rate£25.74£26.08
Average hourly rate£26.66£27.01
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
WLAN South EastWLAN
South East

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.

WLAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WLAN across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire WLAN Demand Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

14 (80.00 %)Bluetooth
14 (80.00 %)Wireless
14 (80.00 %)ZigBee
23 (60.00 %)C++
23 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
23 (60.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)VoIP
31 (20.00 %)VPN
31 (20.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)Embedded C
31 (20.00 %)Firmware
31 (20.00 %)MPLS
31 (20.00 %)X.25
31 (20.00 %)ATM
31 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
31 (20.00 %)C
31 (20.00 %)Frame Relay

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)Bluetooth
14 (80.00 %)Wireless
14 (80.00 %)ZigBee
23 (60.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)VoIP
31 (20.00 %)VPN
31 (20.00 %)MPLS
31 (20.00 %)X.25
31 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
31 (20.00 %)ATM
31 (20.00 %)Frame Relay
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Embedded Software Developer
21 (20.00 %)Software Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Firmware
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C++
21 (20.00 %)Embedded C
21 (20.00 %)C
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Cisco