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The table below looks at the demand for WiMAX skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WiMAX over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWiMAX
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-156
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.491 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£188
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.00
Average hourly rate-£38.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75£36.08
% change on same period last year-20.32 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads630814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.898 %0.842 %
Daily rates quoted178192
Average minimum daily rate£289£304
Average daily rate£307£323
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted127175
Average minimum hourly rate£23.97£27.79
Average hourly rate£26.12£29.87
% change on same period last year-12.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£31.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.34£28.77
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
WiMAX EnglandWiMAX
England

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.

WiMAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WiMAX across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England WiMAX Demand Trend

WiMAX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WiMAX across the East of England region.

East of England WiMAX Daily Rate Trend

WiMAX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WiMAX across the East of England region.

East of England WiMAX Hourly Rate Trend

WiMAX
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX.

19 (100.00 %)GSM
19 (100.00 %)WCDMA
19 (100.00 %)Ethernet
19 (100.00 %)3G
19 (100.00 %)CDMA2000
19 (100.00 %)Wireless
19 (100.00 %)VHDL
19 (100.00 %)TETRA
19 (100.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
19 (100.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
19 (100.00 %)LTE

WiMAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (100.00 %)GSM
19 (100.00 %)WCDMA
19 (100.00 %)Ethernet
19 (100.00 %)3G
19 (100.00 %)CDMA2000
19 (100.00 %)Wireless
19 (100.00 %)TETRA
19 (100.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
19 (100.00 %)LTE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)FPGA Engineer
24 (44.44 %)Design Engineer
24 (44.44 %)Test Engineer
24 (44.44 %)FPGA Design Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (100.00 %)VHDL
19 (100.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array