The first table below looks at the demand for 802.11 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 802.11 over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEEE 802.11
Rank 381 399 435
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +36
Contract jobs citing 802.11 4 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.019% 0.026% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.140% 0.191% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £475 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.34 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
- +23.96%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2861 3664 3392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.25% 13.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1759 2236 1957
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 145 211
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
802.11
England

802.11
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 802.11 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 802.11 Jobs Demand Trend

802.11
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 802.11 across the London region.

London 802.11 Daily Rate Trend

802.11
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 802.11 across the London region.

London 802.11 Hourly Rate Trend

802.11
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 802.11 within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
City of London +12 1 £500 -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
802.11
England

802.11
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 802.11 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 802.11.

1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) VoIP
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) SMTP
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) RIP
4 2 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) Mac OS X
4 2 (40.00%) OSPF

802.11
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 802.11 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 802.11. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) OSPF
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) VoIP
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) SMTP
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) RIP
4 2 (40.00%) Wireshark
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (20.00%) HSRP
5 1 (20.00%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS X
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) GIAC
2 2 (40.00%) GCIA
2 2 (40.00%) GCIH
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (40.00%) COBIT
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Nmap
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) XenServer
3 1 (20.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) ProCurve
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Mitel
4 1 (20.00%) F5