The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 19 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 Kent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 31 35 21
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Contract jobs citing Wireless 7 2 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.778% 0.797% 5.502%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.44% 7.692% 17.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 17
Average daily rate £270 £265 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% -27.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £265 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
36 26 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 14.29% 10.36% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 69
Average daily rate £300 £203 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £125 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £387 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +68.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Dartford - - - -
Sevenoaks - - - -
Tonbridge - - - -
Tunbridge Wells - - - - 1
West Malling - - - - 1
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (73.33%) Juniper
2 11 (73.33%) IPv6
2 11 (73.33%) CCNP
2 11 (73.33%) HP
2 11 (73.33%) Internet
2 11 (73.33%) MPLS
2 11 (73.33%) OSPF
2 11 (73.33%) BGP
2 11 (73.33%) Legal
2 11 (73.33%) JNCIP
3 10 (66.67%) Change Management
3 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 10 (66.67%) Aruba
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (66.67%) RHCE
3 10 (66.67%) MCSE
3 10 (66.67%) DHCP
3 10 (66.67%) VoIP
3 10 (66.67%) DNS
4 7 (46.67%) Cisco
5 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (20.00%) Junos
7 2 (13.33%) Project Management
7 2 (13.33%) Network Management
7 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (13.33%) IP Telephony
7 2 (13.33%) MS Office
7 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (6.667%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) AutoCAD
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.667%) Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) IPv6
1 11 (73.33%) Internet
1 11 (73.33%) MPLS
1 11 (73.33%) OSPF
1 11 (73.33%) BGP
2 10 (66.67%) DHCP
2 10 (66.67%) VoIP
2 10 (66.67%) DNS
3 3 (20.00%) Junos
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (13.33%) IP Telephony
5 1 (6.667%) LAN
5 1 (6.667%) WAN
5 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) TOAD
General
1 11 (73.33%) Legal
2 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Analyst
1 11 (73.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
2 1 (6.667%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Field Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) Network Management
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (73.33%) CCNP
2 11 (73.33%) JNCIP
3 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (66.67%) RHCE
3 10 (66.67%) MCSE
4 1 (6.667%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Juniper
1 11 (73.33%) HP
2 10 (66.67%) Aruba
3 7 (46.67%) Cisco
4 1 (6.667%) Lotus
4 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
4 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.667%) Altiris
Kent, South East
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Posted: 19 June 2013