The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 321 352 421
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +69
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 56 63 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.259% 0.234% 0.068%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.989% 1.706% 0.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 45 16
Average daily rate £381 £413 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% +39.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £281 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £578 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £362 £270
% change year-on-year
-10.97% +34.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £8.10
% change year-on-year
-36.50% +289.12%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2816 3693 3382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.00% 13.71% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1707 2249 1938
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 145 221
Average hourly rate £21.34 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.27 £14.90 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Wi-Fi Daily Rate Histogram

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 9 £310 -24.84%
Isleworth - 6 - -
Croydon - 1 £215 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi.

1 26 (29.89%) Cisco
1 26 (29.89%) Telecoms
2 25 (28.74%) Wireless
2 25 (28.74%) LAN
2 25 (28.74%) WAN
3 16 (18.39%) Project Management
4 15 (17.24%) VPN
5 12 (13.79%) SQL
6 11 (12.64%) TCP/IP
6 11 (12.64%) Broadband
6 11 (12.64%) MPLS
6 11 (12.64%) OSPF
6 11 (12.64%) BGP
6 11 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (11.49%) Juniper
7 10 (11.49%) Internet
7 10 (11.49%) Firewall
7 10 (11.49%) VoIP
8 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
8 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
8 9 (10.34%) ADSL
8 9 (10.34%) Service Management
8 9 (10.34%) IPsec
8 9 (10.34%) 3G
9 8 (9.195%) DSL
9 8 (9.195%) Migration
9 8 (9.195%) Service Delivery
9 8 (9.195%) SNMP
9 8 (9.195%) Microsoft
9 8 (9.195%) Active Directory

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.149%) CSS
1 1 (1.149%) SOAP
1 1 (1.149%) XML
1 1 (1.149%) HTML
1 1 (1.149%) RSS
1 1 (1.149%) LAMP
1 1 (1.149%) Sencha Touch
1 1 (1.149%) REST
1 1 (1.149%) CSS3
1 1 (1.149%) HTML5
1 1 (1.149%) Apache Cordova
1 1 (1.149%) Google Maps API
1 1 (1.149%) Apache Flex
1 1 (1.149%) JSON
1 1 (1.149%) Ajax
1 1 (1.149%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.046%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.299%) Apache
4 1 (1.149%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.149%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.149%) CMS
4 1 (1.149%) EPiServer CMS
4 1 (1.149%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (9.195%) MS Office
2 4 (4.598%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.299%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.149%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.299%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.149%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.74%) Wireless
1 25 (28.74%) LAN
1 25 (28.74%) WAN
2 15 (17.24%) VPN
3 11 (12.64%) TCP/IP
3 11 (12.64%) Broadband
3 11 (12.64%) MPLS
3 11 (12.64%) OSPF
3 11 (12.64%) BGP
4 10 (11.49%) Internet
4 10 (11.49%) Firewall
4 10 (11.49%) VoIP
5 9 (10.34%) ADSL
5 9 (10.34%) IPsec
5 9 (10.34%) 3G
6 8 (9.195%) DSL
6 8 (9.195%) SNMP
7 7 (8.046%) Ethernet
8 6 (6.897%) RSVP
9 5 (5.747%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.897%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (4.598%) MySQL
3 2 (2.299%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.149%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.149%) Git (software)
1 1 (1.149%) JIRA
1 1 (1.149%) Xcode
General
1 26 (29.89%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.046%) Retail
3 5 (5.747%) Marketing
4 4 (4.598%) Multimedia
4 4 (4.598%) Finance
5 1 (1.149%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.149%) Billing
Job Titles
1 15 (17.24%) Analyst
2 13 (14.94%) Network Engineer
3 10 (11.49%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Project Manager
5 8 (9.195%) Architect
6 7 (8.046%) Consultant
6 7 (8.046%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (6.897%) Technical Manager
7 6 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.897%) Insight Analyst
7 6 (6.897%) Senior Insight Analyst
8 5 (5.747%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 5 (5.747%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.747%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.747%) Service Manager
8 5 (5.747%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (5.747%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (4.598%) Developer
9 4 (4.598%) Network Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.046%) iPad
1 7 (8.046%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.747%) iPhone
2 5 (5.747%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.598%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.299%) STB
4 2 (2.299%) PKI
4 2 (2.299%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (2.299%) NHS
5 1 (1.149%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.149%) PMI
5 1 (1.149%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.149%) Handset
5 1 (1.149%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.149%) Robotics
5 1 (1.149%) Open Source
5 1 (1.149%) Web 2.0
5 1 (1.149%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.897%) Windows
2 4 (4.598%) Linux
3 3 (3.448%) Windows XP
3 3 (3.448%) Android
3 3 (3.448%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.299%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.299%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.299%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.299%) UNIX
5 1 (1.149%) Solaris
5 1 (1.149%) NetWare
5 1 (1.149%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.149%) CentOS
5 1 (1.149%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.39%) Project Management
2 9 (10.34%) Service Management
3 8 (9.195%) Migration
3 8 (9.195%) Service Delivery
4 7 (8.046%) Data Analysis
5 6 (6.897%) Statistical Analysis
5 6 (6.897%) Scrum
5 6 (6.897%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (6.897%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (6.897%) PRINCE2
6 5 (5.747%) ITIL
6 5 (5.747%) Change Management
6 5 (5.747%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.747%) Load Balancing
6 5 (5.747%) Incident Management
7 4 (4.598%) Network Design
7 4 (4.598%) Supplier Management
7 4 (4.598%) Time Management
7 4 (4.598%) WAN Optimisation
8 3 (3.448%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.79%) SQL
2 6 (6.897%) VB
3 2 (2.299%) Python
3 2 (2.299%) C
3 2 (2.299%) C++
4 1 (1.149%) Java
4 1 (1.149%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.149%) PHP
4 1 (1.149%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.046%) CCNA
3 7 (8.046%) HP APS
4 6 (6.897%) Degree
5 5 (5.747%) CCIE
5 5 (5.747%) PMP
5 5 (5.747%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.598%) CCNP
7 3 (3.448%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.299%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.149%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.149%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.747%) QA
2 4 (4.598%) SLA
3 2 (2.299%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (9.195%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.299%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (8.046%) OpenView
2 4 (4.598%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.149%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 26 (29.89%) Cisco
2 10 (11.49%) Juniper
3 8 (9.195%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.046%) Oracle
4 7 (8.046%) HP
4 7 (8.046%) Citrix
4 7 (8.046%) BT
5 6 (6.897%) Nokia
5 6 (6.897%) SAP
5 6 (6.897%) Business Objects
6 5 (5.747%) 3Com
7 4 (4.598%) Polycom
8 3 (3.448%) Apple
8 3 (3.448%) VMware
9 1 (1.149%) Lotus
9 1 (1.149%) F5
9 1 (1.149%) Aruba
9 1 (1.149%) Sencha
9 1 (1.149%) Twitter
9 1 (1.149%) Cerillion
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