The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 196 197 234
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +37
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 9 18 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.140% 0.226% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.070% 1.754% 0.715%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 6
Average daily rate £310 £413 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.84% +71.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £223 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £550 £325
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
841 1026 979
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.08% 12.86% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 697 629
Average daily rate £391 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.15% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £270 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 39 75
Average hourly rate £50.25 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+128.40% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £17.55 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Wi-Fi
London

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Wi-Fi across the City of London region.

City of London Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Wi-Fi Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi.

1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
3 4 (30.77%) Wireless
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) PMP
4 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Supplier Management
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) MPLS
5 2 (15.38%) OSPF
5 2 (15.38%) BGP
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
6 1 (7.692%) B2B
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle
6 1 (7.692%) MS Project
6 1 (7.692%) ITIL
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.692%) CCIE
6 1 (7.692%) CCNA
6 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
6 1 (7.692%) Citrix
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
6 1 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (7.692%) ADSL

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Project
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) MPLS
2 2 (15.38%) OSPF
2 2 (15.38%) BGP
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) ADSL
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.692%) HTTP
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) RSVP
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) Softphone
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (7.692%) ADSL2+
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Cabling Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Transition Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
2 3 (23.08%) Supplier Management
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) B2B
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) ERP
4 1 (7.692%) Service Management
4 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.692%) Time Management
4 1 (7.692%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMP
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CCIE
3 1 (7.692%) CCNA
3 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix
2 1 (7.692%) Nokia
2 1 (7.692%) Google
2 1 (7.692%) Brocade
2 1 (7.692%) Polycom
2 1 (7.692%) Riverbed
2 1 (7.692%) Aruba
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