The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 73 67 66
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -1
Contract jobs citing Wireless 2 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.209% 1.135% 0.479%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.942% 6.114% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £263 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £24.32 £15.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +61.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
103 229 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.74% 18.56% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 68 38
Average daily rate £263 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 16
Average hourly rate £17.42 £22.00 £14.24
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.81% +54.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £35.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Wireless
North West

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Bolton - - - -
Rochdale - - - -
Stockport - - - -
Wigan - - - -
Wireless
North West

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) Dell
4 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) LAN
4 2 (22.22%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) DHCP
5 1 (11.11%) VoIP
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (11.11%) SAN

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (11.11%) Web Services
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
1 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (11.11%) CICS
3 1 (11.11%) IBM Notes
3 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) LAN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
1 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
1 1 (11.11%) Informix
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Tandem
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 1 (11.11%) Windows CE
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Assembly Language
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
1 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) DameWare
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Sybase
4 1 (11.11%) Websense
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec
4 1 (11.11%) SurfControl
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
4 1 (11.11%) Intel
4 1 (11.11%) Teradata
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