The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 18 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank - 36 31
Contract jobs citing Wireless 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne - 0.316% 0.461%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.471% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
18 68 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 11.18% 21.52% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 37 15
Average daily rate £350 £363 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +20.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £10.63 £13.50 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.29% -5.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Wireless
Tyne and Wear

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat