The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 20 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 Essex 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 44 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 9 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.088% 0.456% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.890% 2.941% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £320 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.69 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+31.64% -5.04%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
91 68 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 21.11% 15.49% 6.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 5
Average daily rate £400 £368 £433
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.84% -15.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 12
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.20 £10.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £26.10 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Wireless
East of England

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Essex Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

Wireless
Contract Locations

The table below 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 20 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
Brentwood - 6 £325 -
Southend-on-Sea - - - -
Basildon - - - - 1
Wireless
East of England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 10 (55.56%) Cisco
2 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Siemens
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) Electronics
3 7 (38.89%) BGP
3 7 (38.89%) MPLS
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
4 5 (27.78%) DNS
4 5 (27.78%) CCNA
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
4 5 (27.78%) DHCP
4 5 (27.78%) LAN
4 5 (27.78%) C
5 4 (22.22%) HTML
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (22.22%) ClearCase
5 4 (22.22%) Broadband
5 4 (22.22%) Linux
5 4 (22.22%) FTP
5 4 (22.22%) HTTP
5 4 (22.22%) Embedded C
5 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 4 (22.22%) CGI
5 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 4 (22.22%) DSL
5 4 (22.22%) TELNET
5 4 (22.22%) 802.11

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) CGI
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) BGP
2 7 (38.89%) MPLS
3 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
3 5 (27.78%) DNS
3 5 (27.78%) WAN
3 5 (27.78%) DHCP
3 5 (27.78%) LAN
4 4 (22.22%) Broadband
4 4 (22.22%) FTP
4 4 (22.22%) HTTP
4 4 (22.22%) DSL
4 4 (22.22%) TELNET
4 4 (22.22%) 802.11
4 4 (22.22%) UPnP
4 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (22.22%) VLAN
4 4 (22.22%) 4G
4 4 (22.22%) DLNA
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) ClearCase
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
1 4 (22.22%) Trac
2 3 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (38.89%) Electronics
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
1 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded C Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (5.556%) Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Streaming Media
2 2 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (5.556%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 4 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.556%) Project Management
2 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
2 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
2 1 (5.556%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (22.22%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (27.78%) CCNA
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 3 (16.67%) CCNP
5 1 (5.556%) MCP
5 1 (5.556%) MCSE
5 1 (5.556%) MCSA
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.556%) CCIE
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) UAG
2 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Cisco
2 8 (44.44%) Siemens
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
4 4 (22.22%) VMware
5 1 (5.556%) McAfee
5 1 (5.556%) Citrix
5 1 (5.556%) Juniper
5 1 (5.556%) LANDesk