The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless 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 Wireless over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 50 60 71
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +11
Contract jobs citing Wireless 11 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.524% 0.866% 0.201%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.871% 4.268% 0.990%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £345 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £19.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+105.12% +56.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
124 164 202
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.17% 20.30% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 85 135
Average daily rate £313 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 3
Average hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Wireless
North West

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

Wireless
Contract Locations

The table below 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 17 May 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
Macclesfield - 7 £289 -
Chester -5 1 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Wireless
North West

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 12 (70.59%) VPN
1 12 (70.59%) Cisco
2 11 (64.71%) CCNP
2 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (58.82%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (52.94%) CCDP
4 9 (52.94%) F5
5 8 (47.06%) CCNA
6 7 (41.18%) ITIL
6 7 (41.18%) Network Design
7 6 (35.29%) Windows
8 5 (29.41%) Blackberry
9 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
9 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
9 4 (23.53%) MS Office
9 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
10 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
10 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
10 3 (17.65%) LAN
10 3 (17.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
10 3 (17.65%) Citrix
10 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
10 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (17.65%) iPad
10 3 (17.65%) Local Government
10 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
10 3 (17.65%) Network Security
10 3 (17.65%) Handset
10 3 (17.65%) Service Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) HTML
1 1 (5.882%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
1 3 (17.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) VPN
2 10 (58.82%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
3 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security
4 1 (5.882%) WLAN
4 1 (5.882%) WAN
4 1 (5.882%) DWDM
4 1 (5.882%) Firewall
4 1 (5.882%) NFC
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Local Government
3 1 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Network Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
5 3 (17.65%) Network Specialist
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (11.76%) Network Technical Architect
7 1 (5.882%) Security Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) IT Support
7 1 (5.882%) Designer
7 1 (5.882%) Network Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Network Designer
7 1 (5.882%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Blackberry
2 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Handset
2 3 (17.65%) iPad
3 1 (5.882%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.882%) EMV
3 1 (5.882%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
3 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
4 1 (5.882%) Android
4 1 (5.882%) Linux
4 1 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Network Design
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Network Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Network Architecture
3 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C
1 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) CCNP
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCDP
3 8 (47.06%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (11.76%) CCIE
6 1 (5.882%) CCSP
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Cisco
2 9 (52.94%) F5
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Citrix
5 2 (11.76%) Brocade
5 2 (11.76%) NetScout
6 1 (5.882%) Dell
6 1 (5.882%) SAP
Macclesfield, North West
You will meet the following requirements: Mandatory qualifications:- CCNP, CCDP. Desirable Qualifications:- CCSP, CCIE... Cisco Wireless Cisco VPN/FW Cisco VSL/VRF configurations F5 load balancers This is...
Orgtel
Rate: £225 - £240 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Apply network security principles to solutions and check designs for compliance... Qualification and experience*Qualifications:- CCNP, CCDP.ITIL foundation v3. * A number of Years' experience in customer facing...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £35.00 - £40 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
2 Years' experience in customer facing role managing network related service issues, incidents and problems 5 years practical experience working as a Network specialist with 4 years experience...
Templeton and Partners
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 9 May 2013