The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 63 51 76
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +25
Contract jobs citing Wireless 37 45 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.280% 2.964% 1.371%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.18% 15.90% 9.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 3
Average daily rate £402 £350 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.85% +55.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.69 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+31.64% -5.04%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
331 283 283
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.39% 18.64% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 116 89
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £270 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 46 68
Average hourly rate £26.50 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.39% +5.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.25 £19.93 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire Wireless Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire 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
Winchester -1 1 £525 +31.25% 1
Southampton -16 1 - - 3
Basingstoke - - - - 2
Bordon - - - - 1
Eastleigh - - - -
Portsmouth - - - -
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 29 (52.73%) GPRS
2 27 (49.09%) 3G
3 25 (45.45%) LAN
4 24 (43.64%) WAN
5 21 (38.18%) Windows
6 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
6 19 (34.55%) Telecoms
7 17 (30.91%) VoIP
8 16 (29.09%) Linux
8 16 (29.09%) C
8 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
8 16 (29.09%) LTE
9 15 (27.27%) Oracle Linux
9 15 (27.27%) Oracle
9 15 (27.27%) PSTN
9 15 (27.27%) SAN
9 15 (27.27%) Red Hat
9 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
10 14 (25.45%) Cisco
10 14 (25.45%) GSM
10 14 (25.45%) MS Excel
10 14 (25.45%) IP Telephony
11 13 (23.64%) Handset
11 13 (23.64%) MS Office
11 13 (23.64%) ITIL
11 13 (23.64%) MPLS
12 12 (21.82%) Configuration Management
12 12 (21.82%) SC Cleared
13 11 (20.00%) TCP/IP
14 10 (18.18%) CDMA

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 3 (5.455%) JSP
2 2 (3.636%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.636%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (25.45%) MS Excel
2 13 (23.64%) MS Office
3 9 (16.36%) MS Visio
3 9 (16.36%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (3.636%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.818%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 29 (52.73%) GPRS
2 27 (49.09%) 3G
3 25 (45.45%) LAN
4 24 (43.64%) WAN
5 17 (30.91%) VoIP
6 16 (29.09%) LTE
7 15 (27.27%) PSTN
7 15 (27.27%) SAN
8 14 (25.45%) GSM
8 14 (25.45%) IP Telephony
9 13 (23.64%) MPLS
10 11 (20.00%) TCP/IP
11 10 (18.18%) CDMA
11 10 (18.18%) HSPA
12 9 (16.36%) WLAN
12 9 (16.36%) UMTS
13 8 (14.55%) HSDPA
13 8 (14.55%) EIGRP
13 8 (14.55%) BGP
13 8 (14.55%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (7.273%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (7.273%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.273%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (34.55%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.636%) Finance
2 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.636%) Military
3 1 (1.818%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Analyst
2 11 (20.00%) Network Support
3 10 (18.18%) Test Engineer
4 9 (16.36%) Network Analyst
4 9 (16.36%) Support Analyst
4 9 (16.36%) Network Support Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Technical Writer
6 6 (10.91%) Architect
7 5 (9.091%) Software Engineer
7 5 (9.091%) Technical Architect
8 4 (7.273%) Support Engineer
8 4 (7.273%) Author
8 4 (7.273%) Technical Author
8 4 (7.273%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (5.455%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) Field Engineer
9 3 (5.455%) Consultant
9 3 (5.455%) Network Engineer
10 2 (3.636%) Development Engineer
10 2 (3.636%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.64%) Handset
2 9 (16.36%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.91%) ASIC
4 2 (3.636%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.636%) VHDL
5 1 (1.818%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.818%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.18%) Windows
2 16 (29.09%) Linux
3 15 (27.27%) Oracle Linux
3 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (10.91%) UNIX
5 5 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.636%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) ITIL
2 12 (21.82%) Configuration Management
3 9 (16.36%) Information Security
3 9 (16.36%) Risk Management
4 7 (12.73%) Project Management
5 4 (7.273%) Time Management
5 4 (7.273%) Business Continuity
5 4 (7.273%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.455%) Migration
7 2 (3.636%) Process Improvement
7 2 (3.636%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (3.636%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (3.636%) Multithreading
7 2 (3.636%) Requirements Management
7 2 (3.636%) Software Engineering
7 2 (3.636%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.818%) UML
8 1 (1.818%) eTOM
8 1 (1.818%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (1.818%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) C
2 8 (14.55%) C++
3 4 (7.273%) Python
3 4 (7.273%) Perl
4 2 (3.636%) Embedded C
4 2 (3.636%) Tcl
4 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.818%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (16.36%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (14.55%) CCNP
4 8 (14.55%) CCNA
5 4 (7.273%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.273%) Degree
6 1 (1.818%) PMP
6 1 (1.818%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.636%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (7.273%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (7.273%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (7.273%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (7.273%) Hyper-V
1 4 (7.273%) Xen
2 2 (3.636%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 15 (27.27%) Oracle
2 15 (27.27%) Red Hat
3 14 (25.45%) Cisco
4 7 (12.73%) Agilent
4 7 (12.73%) Anite
5 6 (10.91%) HP
6 4 (7.273%) 3PAR
6 4 (7.273%) VMware
7 3 (5.455%) Perforce
8 2 (3.636%) BT
9 1 (1.818%) Cognos
9 1 (1.818%) Primavera
9 1 (1.818%) Pegasus
Andover, South East
Technical Analyst/Author/WriterAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months+Key Skills: Technical, Author, Writer, Design, Documentation, UNIX, LINUX, Windows, Oracle, Network, SAN, LAN, WAN, VOIP, Army, MOD, Defence, MilitaryRole...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Provide system level experience to the platform team including board bring up, device driver and operating system & kernel development... Develop device drivers and board support packages (primarily in...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £33 to £38 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
R99, R5 (HSDPA), R6 (HSUPA) and onwards. (HSPA+, LTE) 3GPP Technical Specifications Layers L1, RLC/MAC/RRC/NAS & signaling procedure 2G GSM, GPRS, EDGE Proven understanding of software...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire
A leading UK based wireless company is currently recruiting for an experienced digital design engineer to be based at their offices in Hampshire... Development of digital eletronics based...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire
Understanding of field test execution of GSM /UMTS/IRAT/LTE Performance KPI... Exposure of the following: Understanding of digital communications systems, CDMA, TDMA,OFDM, telecommunications concepts... GSM/ GPRS /...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013