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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank6983
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads1310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.010 %
As % of the category below4.377 %3.390 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£370-
Average daily rate£390-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£410-
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£299
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£32.33£21.83
Average hourly rate£35.67£23.83
% change on same period last year+49.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£25.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.57£31.68
% change on same period last year-22.44 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads297295
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted133118
Average minimum daily rate£325£338
Average daily rate£346£361
% change on same period last year-4.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted2039
Average minimum hourly rate£26.81£17.30
Average hourly rate£30.56£19.58
% change on same period last year+56.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£21.86
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Wireless Hourly Rate Histogram

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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 Hertfordshire 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
WatfordUp+133--
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 Hertfordshire 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.

111 (47.83 %)GSM
111 (47.83 %)3G
29 (39.13 %)CDMA2000
29 (39.13 %)VHDL
29 (39.13 %)TETRA
29 (39.13 %)WiMAX
29 (39.13 %)Gigabit Ethernet
29 (39.13 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
29 (39.13 %)Windows
29 (39.13 %)WCDMA
29 (39.13 %)Ethernet
38 (34.78 %)Cisco
46 (26.09 %)UNIX
55 (21.74 %)Retail
55 (21.74 %)Windows Mobile
55 (21.74 %).NET
64 (17.39 %)C#
64 (17.39 %)SQL
64 (17.39 %)Service Management
64 (17.39 %).NET Framework
73 (13.04 %)Firewall
73 (13.04 %)Telecoms
73 (13.04 %)LAN
73 (13.04 %)HP
73 (13.04 %)VPN
73 (13.04 %)DNS
82 (8.696 %)Sun
82 (8.696 %)IPv6
82 (8.696 %)CCNP
82 (8.696 %)CCIP

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (21.74 %).NET
24 (17.39 %).NET Framework
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)Lotus Notes
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.696 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (47.83 %)GSM
111 (47.83 %)3G
29 (39.13 %)CDMA2000
29 (39.13 %)TETRA
29 (39.13 %)WiMAX
29 (39.13 %)Gigabit Ethernet
29 (39.13 %)WCDMA
29 (39.13 %)Ethernet
33 (13.04 %)Firewall
33 (13.04 %)LAN
33 (13.04 %)VPN
33 (13.04 %)DNS
42 (8.696 %)IPv6
42 (8.696 %)UMTS
42 (8.696 %)WLAN
42 (8.696 %)ATM
42 (8.696 %)GPRS
42 (8.696 %)MPLS
42 (8.696 %)OSPF
42 (8.696 %)BGP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (21.74 %)Retail
23 (13.04 %)Telecoms
31 (4.348 %)Chemicals
31 (4.348 %)Manufacturing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (39.13 %)FPGA Engineer
25 (21.74 %)Design Engineer
25 (21.74 %)Solutions Designer
34 (17.39 %)FPGA Design Engineer
34 (17.39 %)Test Engineer
42 (8.696 %)Programme Manager
42 (8.696 %)Technical Designer
42 (8.696 %)OSS Programme Manager
51 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
51 (4.348 %)RF Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Systems Support Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Analyst
51 (4.348 %)Network Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Systems Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Systems Designer
51 (4.348 %)Systems Support
51 (4.348 %)Support Analyst
51 (4.348 %)1st Line Support
51 (4.348 %)Support Engineer
51 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (39.13 %)VHDL
19 (39.13 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (39.13 %)Windows
26 (26.09 %)UNIX
35 (21.74 %)Windows Mobile
42 (8.696 %)Solaris
42 (8.696 %)Linux
51 (4.348 %)Windows XP
51 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (17.39 %)Service Management
22 (8.696 %)Load Balancing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (17.39 %)C#
14 (17.39 %)SQL
22 (8.696 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.696 %)CCNP
12 (8.696 %)CCIP
12 (8.696 %)Cisco Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.348 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (34.78 %)Cisco
23 (13.04 %)HP
32 (8.696 %)Sun
32 (8.696 %)Citrix
32 (8.696 %)CheckPoint
32 (8.696 %)BT
32 (8.696 %)Crossbeam
41 (4.348 %)Symantec
41 (4.348 %)Lotus
41 (4.348 %)Dell
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft