The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Peterborough 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 10 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 7 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 7.447% 3.571% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.43% 30.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £223 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
23 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 24.47% 11.90% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
Average daily rate £223 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £12.00 - £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Wireless
Cambridgeshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) HP
2 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
3 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (53.85%) Hyper-V
3 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 7 (53.85%) MS Exchange
3 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (46.15%) ITIL
4 6 (46.15%) Migration
5 5 (38.46%) Internet
6 4 (30.77%) Altiris
7 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
7 3 (23.08%) OSPF
7 3 (23.08%) BGP
7 3 (23.08%) CCNA
7 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (15.38%) HSRP
8 2 (15.38%) FWSM
8 2 (15.38%) VLAN
8 2 (15.38%) Exinda
8 2 (15.38%) Cisco PIX

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (15.38%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) MS Exchange
1 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (15.38%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (38.46%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) OSPF
3 3 (23.08%) BGP
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (15.38%) HSRP
4 2 (15.38%) Intranet
4 2 (15.38%) VRRP
4 2 (15.38%) NetScreen
4 2 (15.38%) RIP
4 2 (15.38%) SNMP
4 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
4 2 (15.38%) FWSM
4 2 (15.38%) IPsec
4 2 (15.38%) VLAN
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (7.692%) Network Security
5 1 (7.692%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
1 2 (15.38%) Banking
1 2 (15.38%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Network Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Network Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
1 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Vista
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000
3 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
2 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (15.38%) Network Management
3 1 (7.692%) Scrum
3 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCNA
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CCNP
3 1 (7.692%) CCSA
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) ISEB
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
1 7 (53.85%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) HP
3 4 (30.77%) Altiris
4 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
5 2 (15.38%) Toshiba
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Compaq
5 2 (15.38%) Dell
5 2 (15.38%) Fujitsu
5 2 (15.38%) Riverbed
5 2 (15.38%) Nokia
5 2 (15.38%) Exinda
6 1 (7.692%) F5
6 1 (7.692%) Juniper