The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank - 60 70
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.617% 0.104%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 3.049% 0.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £270
% change year-on-year
-7.01% +29.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £8.10
% change year-on-year
-36.50% +289.12%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
129 164 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.55% 20.25% 20.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 86 125
Average daily rate £319 £330 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.40% -0.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Wi-Fi
North West

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Wi-Fi Jobs Demand 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend
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