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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless 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 Wireless over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank290292
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads120216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.162 %0.213 %
As % of the category below3.073 %3.846 %
Daily rates quoted3861
Average minimum daily rate£344£361
Average daily rate£372£384
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£308
% change on same period last year+5.73 %
Hourly rates quoted1832
Average minimum hourly rate£24.06£23.75
Average hourly rate£26.17£25.99
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.28£28.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.90£31.84
% change on same period last year-18.64 %
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 %
Wireless EnglandWireless
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.

Wireless
Demand Trend

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

London Wireless Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Wireless Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
City of LondonDown-2518£391+0.30 %
GreenwichNew entry-5--
BarkingNew entry-2--
UxbridgeDown-102£450-
HarrowNew entry-1--
CroydonUp+71--
BromleyNew entry-1--
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1--
OrpingtonNew entry-1--
Docklands, LondonUp+351£500+24.03 %
Wireless EnglandWireless
England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

181 (35.22 %)Windows
267 (29.13 %)Cisco
353 (23.04 %)VPN
451 (22.17 %)Active Directory
548 (20.87 %)LAN
645 (19.57 %)Firewall
744 (19.13 %)Microsoft
838 (16.52 %)WAN
935 (15.22 %)Windows XP
1033 (14.35 %)MS Exchange
1131 (13.48 %)Blackberry
1229 (12.61 %)Telecoms
1327 (11.74 %)Windows Vista
1426 (11.30 %)CheckPoint
1426 (11.30 %)Internet
1524 (10.43 %)MS Office
1623 (10.00 %)Nortel
1722 (9.565 %)VoIP
1820 (8.696 %)UNIX
1820 (8.696 %).NET
1820 (8.696 %)DNS
1820 (8.696 %)Finance
1919 (8.261 %).NET Framework
1919 (8.261 %)Banking
2018 (7.826 %)Investment Banking
2117 (7.391 %)TCP/IP
2117 (7.391 %)Cisco Certification
2117 (7.391 %)Windows Server 2003
2117 (7.391 %)C#
2117 (7.391 %)VB.NET

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (8.696 %).NET
219 (8.261 %).NET Framework
36 (2.609 %)J2EE
45 (2.174 %)WebServices
53 (1.304 %)HTML
62 (0.870 %)Middleware
71 (0.435 %)MVC
71 (0.435 %)Hibernate
71 (0.435 %)UIQ
71 (0.435 %)Spring
71 (0.435 %)J2ME
71 (0.435 %)EJB
71 (0.435 %)Zend Framework
71 (0.435 %)Java EE 5
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (14.35 %)MS Exchange
28 (3.478 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (3.043 %)IIS
45 (2.174 %)GroupWise
54 (1.739 %)JBoss
54 (1.739 %)Lotus Notes
63 (1.304 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (0.870 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (0.870 %)Lotus Domino
72 (0.870 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.435 %)SAS
81 (0.435 %)Rendezvous
81 (0.435 %)Apache
81 (0.435 %)Tomcat
81 (0.435 %)SharePoint
81 (0.435 %)Exchange Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (10.43 %)MS Office
27 (3.043 %)MS Excel
32 (0.870 %)MS Project
41 (0.435 %)Acrobat
41 (0.435 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.870 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.435 %)Navision
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (23.04 %)VPN
248 (20.87 %)LAN
345 (19.57 %)Firewall
438 (16.52 %)WAN
526 (11.30 %)Internet
622 (9.565 %)VoIP
720 (8.696 %)DNS
817 (7.391 %)TCP/IP
817 (7.391 %)Cisco IOS
817 (7.391 %)Network Security
916 (6.957 %)DHCP
1015 (6.522 %)IP Telephony
1114 (6.087 %)3G
1114 (6.087 %)Broadband
1213 (5.652 %)GPRS
1213 (5.652 %)Nortel Alteon
1311 (4.783 %)GSM
149 (3.913 %)SMTP
149 (3.913 %)MPLS
158 (3.478 %)SAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (5.652 %)SQL Server
24 (1.739 %)GIS
32 (0.870 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.870 %)MySQL
32 (0.870 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (0.870 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.435 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.435 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.435 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.870 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.435 %)QuickTest Pro
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (12.61 %)Telecoms
220 (8.696 %)Finance
319 (8.261 %)Banking
418 (7.826 %)Investment Banking
56 (2.609 %)Retail
63 (1.304 %)Billing
63 (1.304 %)Law
72 (0.870 %)Advertising
72 (0.870 %)Government
72 (0.870 %)Health
81 (0.435 %)Front Office
81 (0.435 %)Back Office
81 (0.435 %)Construction
81 (0.435 %)Education
81 (0.435 %)Games
81 (0.435 %)Legal
81 (0.435 %)Insurance
81 (0.435 %)Pensions
81 (0.435 %)Music
81 (0.435 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (16.52 %)Analyst
220 (8.696 %)Support Engineer
318 (7.826 %)Desktop Engineer
318 (7.826 %)Desktop Support
318 (7.826 %)Consultant
416 (6.957 %)Network Engineer
513 (5.652 %)Project Manager
612 (5.217 %)Security Analyst
711 (4.783 %)Developer
711 (4.783 %)Architect
711 (4.783 %)Support Analyst
810 (4.348 %)Desktop Support Engineer
99 (3.913 %)Cisco Engineer
107 (3.043 %)Infrastructure Manager
107 (3.043 %)Security Consultant
107 (3.043 %)Business Analyst
116 (2.609 %)Support Technician
116 (2.609 %)Programmer
125 (2.174 %)2nd Line Support
125 (2.174 %)Test Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (13.48 %)Blackberry
216 (6.957 %)Client/Server
315 (6.522 %)PKI
49 (3.913 %)NHS
58 (3.478 %)Handset
66 (2.609 %)Replication
74 (1.739 %)PDA
83 (1.304 %)French Language
83 (1.304 %)Italian Language
92 (0.870 %)Spanish Language
92 (0.870 %)Computer Science
92 (0.870 %)Dutch Language
92 (0.870 %)Streaming Media
92 (0.870 %)IPTV
92 (0.870 %)SecurID
92 (0.870 %)MPEG
101 (0.435 %)Firmware
101 (0.435 %)Management Information System
101 (0.435 %)CCTV
101 (0.435 %)Photography
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
181 (35.22 %)Windows
235 (15.22 %)Windows XP
327 (11.74 %)Windows Vista
420 (8.696 %)UNIX
517 (7.391 %)Windows Server 2003
616 (6.957 %)Linux
715 (6.522 %)Windows 2000
88 (3.478 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (1.739 %)Solaris
103 (1.304 %)Windows NT
112 (0.870 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.435 %)Embedded Linux
121 (0.435 %)AIX
121 (0.435 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (6.522 %)Penetration Testing
214 (6.087 %)Project Management
214 (6.087 %)Validation
214 (6.087 %)Security Testing
311 (4.783 %)CRM
410 (4.348 %)Migration
59 (3.913 %)ITIL
59 (3.913 %)OSSTMM
65 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence
74 (1.739 %)B2B
74 (1.739 %)PRINCE2
74 (1.739 %)Load Balancing
83 (1.304 %)Project Planning
83 (1.304 %)Logistics
83 (1.304 %)UML
92 (0.870 %)PRINCE
92 (0.870 %)Scrum
92 (0.870 %)Asset Management
92 (0.870 %)Zachman Framework
92 (0.870 %)TOGAF
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (7.391 %)C#
117 (7.391 %)VB.NET
212 (5.217 %)C
310 (4.348 %)Java
49 (3.913 %)SQL
56 (2.609 %)C++
63 (1.304 %)VB
63 (1.304 %)Shell Script
72 (0.870 %)Perl
81 (0.435 %)PHP
81 (0.435 %)Delphi
81 (0.435 %)JavaScript
81 (0.435 %)PHP5
81 (0.435 %)PHP4
81 (0.435 %)Python
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (7.391 %)Cisco Certification
213 (5.652 %)CCNP
36 (2.609 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (2.174 %)CCIE
54 (1.739 %)Degree
63 (1.304 %)MCDST
63 (1.304 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (1.304 %)MCSE
63 (1.304 %)CCNA
72 (0.870 %)MCSA
72 (0.870 %)MCP
81 (0.435 %)CCDP
81 (0.435 %)CISSP
81 (0.435 %)CISM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.739 %)SLA
14 (1.739 %)QA
21 (0.435 %)ISO27001
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
151 (22.17 %)Active Directory
216 (6.957 %)ISA Server
35 (2.174 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.870 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
42 (0.870 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.870 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.870 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.435 %)NFS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (6.522 %)MAILsweeper
24 (1.739 %)CiscoWorks
33 (1.304 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.435 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.435 %)Tivoli
41 (0.435 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
167 (29.13 %)Cisco
244 (19.13 %)Microsoft
326 (11.30 %)CheckPoint
423 (10.00 %)Nortel
515 (6.522 %)Websense
612 (5.217 %)HP
79 (3.913 %)Qualys
87 (3.043 %)Novell
87 (3.043 %)Remedy
96 (2.609 %)Bloomberg
96 (2.609 %)Citrix
105 (2.174 %)Nokia
105 (2.174 %)SurfControl
114 (1.739 %)McAfee Security
114 (1.739 %)Reuters
114 (1.739 %)VERITAS
114 (1.739 %)Lotus
114 (1.739 %)Apple
114 (1.739 %)Avaya
114 (1.739 %)BMC