The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 21 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 Halifax 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Wireless 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 1.709% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19 36 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 16.24% 15.72% 7.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 32 9
Average daily rate £320 £428 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.14% +22.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £275 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £525 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Wireless
West Yorkshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) VRRP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) VRRP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint