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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5658
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.600 %1.961 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£140£250
Average daily rate£140£275
% change on same period last year-49.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£140£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£299
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.57£31.68
% change on same period last year-22.44 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads125102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.165 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted5735
Average minimum daily rate£262£279
Average daily rate£271£300
% change on same period last year-9.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£280£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1525
Average minimum hourly rate£29.88£28.45
Average hourly rate£30.74£29.53
% change on same period last year+4.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.59£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of 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.

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Demand Trend

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

Essex Wireless Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Wireless across the Essex region.

Essex Wireless Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Essex Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WithamNew entry-2£140-
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

113 (76.47 %)Cisco
212 (70.59 %)Cisco Certification
310 (58.82 %)CCNA
310 (58.82 %)Windows
49 (52.94 %)LAN
58 (47.06 %)WAN
67 (41.18 %)OpenView
67 (41.18 %)HP
67 (41.18 %)CiscoWorks
67 (41.18 %)UNIX
67 (41.18 %)WLAN
67 (41.18 %)Perl
67 (41.18 %)XML
67 (41.18 %)Linux
67 (41.18 %)Windows 2000
67 (41.18 %)Tivoli
67 (41.18 %)Tivoli NetView
67 (41.18 %)Shell Script
67 (41.18 %)TACACS
67 (41.18 %)NNM
76 (35.29 %)Solaris
76 (35.29 %)Nortel
76 (35.29 %)SNMP
85 (29.41 %)Firewall
94 (23.53 %)IBM
103 (17.65 %)Microsoft
103 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
103 (17.65 %)DNS
103 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
103 (17.65 %)Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (41.18 %)XML
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (17.65 %)MS Office
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (52.94 %)LAN
28 (47.06 %)WAN
37 (41.18 %)WLAN
37 (41.18 %)TACACS
46 (35.29 %)SNMP
55 (29.41 %)Firewall
63 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
63 (17.65 %)DNS
63 (17.65 %)VoIP
63 (17.65 %)DHCP
63 (17.65 %)Cisco IOS
63 (17.65 %)Internet
63 (17.65 %)OSPF
71 (5.882 %)GPRS
71 (5.882 %)NetScreen
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Electronics
11 (5.882 %)Health
11 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Network Engineer
24 (23.53 %)Support Engineer
33 (17.65 %)Network Specialist
33 (17.65 %)Project Manager
42 (11.76 %)Technical Project Manager
42 (11.76 %)Cisco Support
42 (11.76 %)Cisco Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Technical Manager
42 (11.76 %)Network Support
42 (11.76 %)Network Support Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Senior Network Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Network Administrator
51 (5.882 %)IT Project Manager
51 (5.882 %)Hardware Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Wireless Engineer
51 (5.882 %)NHS Project Manager
51 (5.882 %)IT Manager
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)NHS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (58.82 %)Windows
27 (41.18 %)UNIX
27 (41.18 %)Linux
27 (41.18 %)Windows 2000
36 (35.29 %)Solaris
43 (17.65 %)Windows XP
43 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (17.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (11.76 %)Windows NT
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (41.18 %)Perl
17 (41.18 %)Shell Script
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (70.59 %)Cisco Certification
210 (58.82 %)CCNA
33 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (11.76 %)MCSE
42 (11.76 %)CCNP
51 (5.882 %)MCP
51 (5.882 %)MCDST
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)ISO9001
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (41.18 %)OpenView
17 (41.18 %)CiscoWorks
17 (41.18 %)Tivoli
17 (41.18 %)Tivoli NetView
17 (41.18 %)NNM
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (76.47 %)Cisco
27 (41.18 %)HP
36 (35.29 %)Nortel
44 (23.53 %)IBM
53 (17.65 %)Microsoft
61 (5.882 %)Juniper
61 (5.882 %)EMC