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The table below looks at the demand for WiMAX skills within the Midlands 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWiMAX
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank58-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.408 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£188
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£36.08
% change on same period last year-44.57 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads71191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.193 %
Daily rates quoted340
Average minimum daily rate£219£327
Average daily rate£252£337
% change on same period last year-25.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£286£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted317
Average minimum hourly rate£21.60£18.12
Average hourly rate£22.30£20.17
% change on same period last year+10.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£22.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Midlands WiMAX Demand Trend

WiMAX
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)Tcl
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)ASN.1
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
11 (100.00 %)yacc

WiMAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)XML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)ASN.1
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)yacc
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Test Engineer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)Tcl
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree