The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 52 - 55
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Wireless 5 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.832% - 0.474%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% - 2.752%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £475 - £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
49 109 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 8.153% 16.27% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 49
Average daily rate £425 £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.54% -26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 19
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.07% -7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Wireless
Buckinghamshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (83.33%) Compatibility Testing
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) WLAN
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) VoIP
3 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) Network Security
4 3 (50.00%) XenApp
4 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (50.00%) Network Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) VoIP
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Network Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (83.33%) Compatibility Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) AppSense
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2008 (SBS), SQL Server, Exchange, MCSE/MCSA... The engineer will also be required to occasionally provide end user support by configuring servers (SQL, Exchange, Windows Server)...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013