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The table below looks at the demand for WiMAX skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WiMAX over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWiMAX
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank402470
Rank change on same period last yearUp+68
Matching contract IT job ads521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.128 %0.374 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate-£188
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£65.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£75.00£34.50
% change on same period last year+117.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£85.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£37.69
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39055616
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.279 %5.538 %
Daily rates quoted15571876
Average minimum daily rate£354£380
Average daily rate£376£399
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted300472
Average minimum hourly rate£23.95£25.60
Average hourly rate£25.31£27.58
% change on same period last year-8.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.67£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
WiMAX EnglandWiMAX
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.

WiMAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WiMAX across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London WiMAX Demand Trend

WiMAX
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WiMAX Daily Rate Trend

WiMAX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London WiMAX Hourly Rate Trend

WiMAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX.

14 (57.14 %)Wireless
23 (42.86 %)IPTV
23 (42.86 %)UMTS
23 (42.86 %)GPRS
23 (42.86 %)GSM
32 (28.57 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)VPN
32 (28.57 %)Cisco
32 (28.57 %)VoIP
32 (28.57 %)WLAN
32 (28.57 %)WAN
32 (28.57 %)Asset Management
32 (28.57 %)Zachman Framework
32 (28.57 %)TOGAF
32 (28.57 %)Telecoms
32 (28.57 %)Dutch Language
32 (28.57 %)French Language
32 (28.57 %)Investment Management
32 (28.57 %)MPLS
41 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
41 (14.29 %)HSDPA
41 (14.29 %)Health
41 (14.29 %)Games
41 (14.29 %)Military
41 (14.29 %)Programme Management
41 (14.29 %)Pensions
41 (14.29 %)Project Planning
41 (14.29 %)Photography
41 (14.29 %)WCDMA
41 (14.29 %)C

WiMAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)Wireless
23 (42.86 %)UMTS
23 (42.86 %)GPRS
23 (42.86 %)GSM
32 (28.57 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)VPN
32 (28.57 %)MPLS
32 (28.57 %)VoIP
32 (28.57 %)WLAN
32 (28.57 %)WAN
41 (14.29 %)WCDMA
41 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
41 (14.29 %)HSDPA
41 (14.29 %)Broadband
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Health
21 (14.29 %)Games
21 (14.29 %)Military
21 (14.29 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Architect
22 (28.57 %)Technical Architect
31 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (14.29 %)DSP Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Programme Manager
31 (14.29 %)Business Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Programme Manager
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (42.86 %)IPTV
22 (28.57 %)Dutch Language
22 (28.57 %)French Language
31 (14.29 %)Photography
31 (14.29 %)Firmware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Asset Management
12 (28.57 %)Zachman Framework
12 (28.57 %)TOGAF
12 (28.57 %)Investment Management
21 (14.29 %)Project Planning
21 (14.29 %)UML
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)SSADM
21 (14.29 %)Programme Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Cisco