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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Cheshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6942
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.437 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£219
Average daily rate-£221
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£223
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£295
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£10.00£16.00
% change on same period last year-37.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.47£29.57
% change on same period last year-13.88 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads229133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.135 %
Daily rates quoted6438
Average minimum daily rate£324£277
Average daily rate£350£283
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2210
Average minimum hourly rate£20.93£20.36
Average hourly rate£21.94£21.80
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.95£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Wireless North WestWireless
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonNew entry-1--
Wireless North WestWireless
North West

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

12 (66.67 %)LAN
12 (66.67 %)WLAN
21 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Incident Management
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
21 (33.33 %)ADSL
21 (33.33 %)Broadband
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)CCNA
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
21 (33.33 %)Remedy
21 (33.33 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)LAN
12 (66.67 %)WLAN
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)ADSL
21 (33.33 %)Broadband
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Technical Support
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Incident Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)Remedy
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