The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 23 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 Chester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 24 18 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.709% 3.448% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.571% 17.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
28 23 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 19.86% 19.83% 7.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 7
Average daily rate £270 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £170 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £425 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £16.60 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Wireless
Cheshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Wireless across the Chester region.

Chester Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco