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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Cambridge 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 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3631
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads927
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.027 %
As % of the category below8.108 %14.36 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£299
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£38.33£37.00
Average hourly rate£43.33£37.00
% change on same period last year+17.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.33£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.57£31.68
% change on same period last year-22.44 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads111188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.187 %
Daily rates quoted1520
Average minimum daily rate£233£268
Average daily rate£254£286
% change on same period last year-11.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted2937
Average minimum hourly rate£23.74£31.04
Average hourly rate£26.16£33.68
% change on same period last year-22.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.58£36.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Wireless CambridgeshireWireless
Cambridgeshire

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

18 (38.10 %)C
18 (38.10 %)C++
27 (33.33 %)Electronics
36 (28.57 %)Bluetooth
45 (23.81 %)Telecoms
54 (19.05 %)UML
63 (14.29 %)Windows
63 (14.29 %)Linux
63 (14.29 %)Java
63 (14.29 %)ZigBee
63 (14.29 %)UWB
63 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
72 (9.524 %)Bugzilla
72 (9.524 %)Perl
72 (9.524 %)Python
72 (9.524 %)WLAN
72 (9.524 %)Windows XP
72 (9.524 %)UMTS
72 (9.524 %)3G
81 (4.762 %)ClearQuest
81 (4.762 %)UTRAN
81 (4.762 %)Blackberry
81 (4.762 %)CAD
81 (4.762 %)MATLAB
81 (4.762 %)VoIP
81 (4.762 %)OOD
81 (4.762 %)DHCP
81 (4.762 %)NFS
81 (4.762 %)VPN
81 (4.762 %)DNS

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.762 %)XML
11 (4.762 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.762 %)Apache
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)MATLAB
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (28.57 %)Bluetooth
23 (14.29 %)ZigBee
23 (14.29 %)UWB
23 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
32 (9.524 %)WLAN
32 (9.524 %)UMTS
32 (9.524 %)3G
41 (4.762 %)UTRAN
41 (4.762 %)VoIP
41 (4.762 %)DHCP
41 (4.762 %)VPN
41 (4.762 %)DNS
41 (4.762 %)DECT
41 (4.762 %)GPRS
41 (4.762 %)GSM
41 (4.762 %)3GPP
41 (4.762 %)Cisco PIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.762 %)MySQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (9.524 %)Bugzilla
21 (4.762 %)ClearQuest
21 (4.762 %)ClearCase
21 (4.762 %)Subversion
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (33.33 %)Electronics
25 (23.81 %)Telecoms
31 (4.762 %)Electric
31 (4.762 %)Government
31 (4.762 %)Health
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
24 (19.05 %)Developer
24 (19.05 %)Embedded Software Engineer
33 (14.29 %)Test Manager
33 (14.29 %)Software Developer
33 (14.29 %)Systems Manager
41 (4.762 %)Design Engineer
41 (4.762 %)Architect
41 (4.762 %)Author
41 (4.762 %)Technical Author
41 (4.762 %)IT Manager
41 (4.762 %)Consultant
41 (4.762 %)Software Architect
41 (4.762 %)Systems Support
41 (4.762 %)Software Team Leader
41 (4.762 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
41 (4.762 %)UI Developer
41 (4.762 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (4.762 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (4.762 %)Team Leader
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Blackberry
11 (4.762 %)Device Driver
11 (4.762 %)Verilog
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (14.29 %)Windows
13 (14.29 %)Linux
22 (9.524 %)Windows XP
31 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (4.762 %)UNIX
31 (4.762 %)CentOS
31 (4.762 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (4.762 %)Embedded Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (19.05 %)UML
21 (4.762 %)CAD
21 (4.762 %)OOD
21 (4.762 %)OO
21 (4.762 %)Security Cleared
21 (4.762 %)Software Testing
21 (4.762 %)Web Development
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (38.10 %)C
18 (38.10 %)C++
23 (14.29 %)Java
32 (9.524 %)Perl
32 (9.524 %)Python
41 (4.762 %)Embedded C
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)NFS
11 (4.762 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.762 %)Cisco
11 (4.762 %)Microsoft
11 (4.762 %)NetApp
11 (4.762 %)Red Hat
11 (4.762 %)Cadence