The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 England 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 474 451 542
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +91
Contract jobs citing WLAN 58 94 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.134% 0.178% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.928% 1.137% 0.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 27
Average daily rate £339 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.53% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £178 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £491 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £37.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.33% +41.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £32.70 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.10 £45.50 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £37.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-49.33% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6247 8269 7531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.44% 15.61% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3225 3820 3506
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 564 756
Average hourly rate £24.00 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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UK

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WLAN across the England region.

England WLAN Daily Rate Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WLAN across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England WLAN Daily Rate Histogram

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WLAN Hourly Rate Trend

WLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WLAN across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England WLAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -1 20 £363 +13.28% 9
South East +18 11 £463 +8.82% 6
Yorkshire +6 9 £325 +18.18% 2
East Midlands 0 5 £325 +60.49% 3
North West +20 4 - - 1
South West +31 2 £140 -
East of England +13 2 £290 -19.44% 1
West Midlands +4 2 £315 +215.00% 3
Midlands - - - -
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WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

1 98 (85.96%) LAN
2 76 (66.67%) Cisco
3 66 (57.89%) Firewall
4 65 (57.02%) Wireless
5 55 (48.25%) WAN
6 40 (35.09%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (31.58%) VPN
7 36 (31.58%) Windows
8 33 (28.95%) Active Directory
8 33 (28.95%) TCP/IP
9 31 (27.19%) CCNP
10 27 (23.68%) Juniper
11 26 (22.81%) Windows Server 2003
12 25 (21.93%) BGP
12 25 (21.93%) VMware
12 25 (21.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 24 (21.05%) EIGRP
13 24 (21.05%) HP
14 21 (18.42%) Microsoft
14 21 (18.42%) MPLS
15 20 (17.54%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
16 19 (16.67%) Citrix
17 17 (14.91%) CheckPoint
18 16 (14.04%) SAN
18 16 (14.04%) DNS
18 16 (14.04%) IPsec
19 15 (13.16%) Telecoms
20 14 (12.28%) IP Telephony
20 14 (12.28%) DHCP

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.877%) WAP
1 1 (0.877%) CSS
1 1 (0.877%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 12 (10.53%) MS Exchange
1 12 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (5.263%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.632%) IBM Notes
4 2 (1.754%) CMS
4 2 (1.754%) Lync
5 1 (0.877%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (2.632%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.877%) MS Office
2 1 (0.877%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.877%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 98 (85.96%) LAN
2 66 (57.89%) Firewall
3 65 (57.02%) Wireless
4 55 (48.25%) WAN
5 36 (31.58%) VPN
6 33 (28.95%) TCP/IP
7 25 (21.93%) BGP
8 24 (21.05%) EIGRP
9 21 (18.42%) MPLS
10 20 (17.54%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (14.04%) SAN
11 16 (14.04%) DNS
11 16 (14.04%) IPsec
12 14 (12.28%) IP Telephony
12 14 (12.28%) DHCP
12 14 (12.28%) VoIP
13 11 (9.649%) SSL
14 10 (8.772%) OSPF
14 10 (8.772%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (7.895%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.386%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (4.386%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.877%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 15 (13.16%) Telecoms
2 10 (8.772%) Finance
3 6 (5.263%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.509%) Retail
4 4 (3.509%) Law
5 3 (2.632%) Banking
6 1 (0.877%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (26.32%) Analyst
2 24 (21.05%) Network Engineer
3 19 (16.67%) Network Analyst
4 17 (14.91%) Support Analyst
4 17 (14.91%) Consultant
5 11 (9.649%) Desktop Support
5 11 (9.649%) Network Support
6 10 (8.772%) Network Support Analyst
7 8 (7.018%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.018%) Architect
8 7 (6.140%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (4.386%) IT Support
9 5 (4.386%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.386%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 5 (4.386%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (4.386%) Network Architect
9 5 (4.386%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 5 (4.386%) Server Engineer
9 5 (4.386%) Desktop Analyst
10 4 (3.509%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.263%) PKI
1 6 (5.263%) SecurID
2 4 (3.509%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.632%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.754%) IVR
4 2 (1.754%) Open Source
5 1 (0.877%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.877%) iPad
5 1 (0.877%) NHS
5 1 (0.877%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.877%) Java Card
5 1 (0.877%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.877%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 36 (31.58%) Windows
2 26 (22.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 25 (21.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (6.140%) Windows XP
5 6 (5.263%) Linux
6 5 (4.386%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.386%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (2.632%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.754%) Windows NT
8 2 (1.754%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.877%) UNIX
9 1 (0.877%) Solaris
9 1 (0.877%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.877%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (7.895%) Network Management
2 8 (7.018%) ITIL
3 7 (6.140%) Change Management
3 7 (6.140%) Project Management
3 7 (6.140%) Information Security
4 6 (5.263%) Service Management
4 6 (5.263%) Service Delivery
4 6 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (4.386%) Load Balancing
5 5 (4.386%) Compatibility Testing
6 4 (3.509%) Release Management
6 4 (3.509%) Migration
7 3 (2.632%) WAN Optimisation
7 3 (2.632%) Data Architecture
7 3 (2.632%) Data Modelling
7 3 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (2.632%) TOGAF
7 3 (2.632%) Software Engineering
8 2 (1.754%) Market Research
8 2 (1.754%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.263%) Lisp
2 3 (2.632%) SQL
3 2 (1.754%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.754%) VBScript
4 1 (0.877%) Java
Qualifications
1 40 (35.09%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (27.19%) CCNP
3 14 (12.28%) CCNA
4 6 (5.263%) CCIE
5 3 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.632%) MCSA
6 2 (1.754%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.754%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.754%) CCVP
6 2 (1.754%) CISSP
6 2 (1.754%) CCSP
7 1 (0.877%) CCDA
7 1 (0.877%) CCDP
7 1 (0.877%) CCIP
7 1 (0.877%) CWNA
7 1 (0.877%) Degree
7 1 (0.877%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.877%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.386%) PCI DSS
2 4 (3.509%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.632%) QA
4 2 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.754%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.877%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 19 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.140%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.386%) XenApp
5 4 (3.509%) Terminal Services
6 3 (2.632%) DFS Replication
6 3 (2.632%) Terminal Server
6 3 (2.632%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (2.632%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.754%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.754%) vSphere
8 1 (0.877%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (5.263%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (2.632%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (1.754%) SCOM
3 2 (1.754%) OpenView
3 2 (1.754%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.877%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.877%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.877%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (0.877%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 76 (66.67%) Cisco
2 27 (23.68%) Juniper
3 25 (21.93%) VMware
4 24 (21.05%) HP
5 21 (18.42%) Microsoft
6 19 (16.67%) Citrix
7 17 (14.91%) CheckPoint
8 8 (7.018%) SolarWinds
9 7 (6.140%) Dell
9 7 (6.140%) OPNET
10 6 (5.263%) AirMagnet
10 6 (5.263%) Blue Coat
10 6 (5.263%) Avaya
10 6 (5.263%) NetApp
10 6 (5.263%) BMC
11 5 (4.386%) F5
11 5 (4.386%) Motorola
11 5 (4.386%) TippingPoint
12 4 (3.509%) AppSense
12 4 (3.509%) Nokia
London
CCNP Senior Network Engineer/ team leader who working with the network manger will act in both a hands on network engineer capacity as well as mentoring a team...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £350.00 per day
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This is a important role for the client, they are looking for someone with strong 3rd line support experience. Someone who can take complete control and ownership over...
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Rate: £200.00 - £275 per day + Negotiable Depending On Experience
Posted: 7 June 2013
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Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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