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This section looks at the demand for Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£345£297
% change on same period last year+16.13 %
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£37.09£29.45
% change on same period last year+25.93 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching contract IT job ads604537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.805 %0.543 %
Daily rates quoted107100
Average minimum daily rate£353£289
Average daily rate£374£300
% change on same period last year+24.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted7965
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£21.67
Average hourly rate£26.47£23.06
% change on same period last year+14.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.80£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Wi-Fi EnglandWi-Fi
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.

Wi-Fi
Demand Trend

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

North West Wi-Fi Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi.

15 (83.33 %)WAN
24 (66.67 %)Telecoms
32 (33.33 %)Project Management
32 (33.33 %)Finance
32 (33.33 %)Legal
41 (16.67 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (16.67 %)WiMAX
41 (16.67 %)Network Design
41 (16.67 %)Ethernet
41 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
41 (16.67 %)DNS
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (16.67 %)ITIL
41 (16.67 %)MCSE
41 (16.67 %)LAN
41 (16.67 %)SDH
41 (16.67 %)WLAN
41 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
41 (16.67 %)Firewall
41 (16.67 %)Wireless

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)WAN
21 (16.67 %)Ethernet
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (16.67 %)DNS
21 (16.67 %)Firewall
21 (16.67 %)Wireless
21 (16.67 %)WiMAX
21 (16.67 %)LAN
21 (16.67 %)SDH
21 (16.67 %)WLAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (33.33 %)Finance
22 (33.33 %)Legal
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Project Manager
23 (50.00 %)Telecoms Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Design Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
31 (16.67 %)Radio Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
21 (16.67 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (16.67 %)Network Design
21 (16.67 %)ITIL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)MCSE
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
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