The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 216 226 217
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -9
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 13 20 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.164% 0.193% 0.244%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.867% 0.912% 1.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 14
Average daily rate £180 £356 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-49.47% +31.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £118 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £390 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £270
% change year-on-year
-7.01% +29.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £11.00 £15.00 £8.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +85.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £8.10
% change year-on-year
-36.50% +289.12%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 193 231
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South East region.

South East Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Wi-Fi Daily Rate Histogram

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South East region.

South East Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +14 6 £180 -52.00%
Surrey +18 2 £175 -
Hampshire -1 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -1 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £300 -
West Sussex - 1 £100 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 27 (64.29%) Windows
2 23 (54.76%) Active Directory
3 21 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 18 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 17 (40.48%) VPN
5 17 (40.48%) MS Office
5 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
6 14 (33.33%) Windows Vista
7 13 (30.95%) LAN
8 11 (26.19%) Broadband
9 10 (23.81%) WAN
9 10 (23.81%) SAP
9 10 (23.81%) ITIL
9 10 (23.81%) Remedy
10 8 (19.05%) 3G
10 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
10 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (19.05%) Lotus
10 8 (19.05%) Lotus Notes
10 8 (19.05%) PDA
11 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
11 7 (16.67%) Cisco
12 6 (14.29%) Symantec
12 6 (14.29%) Juniper
12 6 (14.29%) McAfee
12 6 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
12 6 (14.29%) SLA
12 6 (14.29%) MS Exchange
12 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.381%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.05%) Lotus Notes
2 6 (14.29%) MS Exchange
3 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 17 (40.48%) MS Office
2 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (40.48%) VPN
2 13 (30.95%) LAN
3 11 (26.19%) Broadband
4 10 (23.81%) WAN
5 8 (19.05%) 3G
5 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
6 5 (11.90%) Firewall
7 4 (9.524%) SAN
7 4 (9.524%) PBX
7 4 (9.524%) IPsec
8 3 (7.143%) ADSL
9 2 (4.762%) DNS
9 2 (4.762%) Network Security
10 1 (2.381%) RNC
10 1 (2.381%) NGN
10 1 (2.381%) Wireless
10 1 (2.381%) DHCP
10 1 (2.381%) 3GPP
10 1 (2.381%) VoIP
10 1 (2.381%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.762%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.381%) MySQL
General
1 6 (14.29%) Retail
2 4 (9.524%) Marketing
3 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Technical Leader
6 3 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.143%) Consultant
6 3 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.143%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.143%) Administrator
7 2 (4.762%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.762%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Applications Support
7 2 (4.762%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (4.762%) Project Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) PDA
2 3 (7.143%) Mathematics
2 3 (7.143%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.381%) Open Source
3 1 (2.381%) Clustering
3 1 (2.381%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 27 (64.29%) Windows
2 21 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 18 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 14 (33.33%) Windows Vista
5 2 (4.762%) Linux
5 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.381%) CentOS
6 1 (2.381%) UNIX
6 1 (2.381%) Solaris
6 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) ITIL
2 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (4.762%) Project Management
3 2 (4.762%) Service Delivery
3 2 (4.762%) Migration
3 2 (4.762%) Data Analysis
3 2 (4.762%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (4.762%) Time Management
3 2 (4.762%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (2.381%) Capacity Management
4 1 (2.381%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.381%) Data Migration
4 1 (2.381%) Load Balancing
4 1 (2.381%) Business Analysis
4 1 (2.381%) Supplier Management
4 1 (2.381%) Project Planning
4 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.381%) Information Security
4 1 (2.381%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.381%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.524%) SQL
2 2 (4.762%) VB
3 1 (2.381%) R
3 1 (2.381%) Bash shell
3 1 (2.381%) Python
3 1 (2.381%) C
3 1 (2.381%) Perl
3 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (11.90%) MCP
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.524%) CCNP
4 3 (7.143%) Degree
5 2 (4.762%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.762%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (4.762%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.381%) MCTS
6 1 (2.381%) CCNA
6 1 (2.381%) PMP
6 1 (2.381%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.381%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (54.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
1 6 (14.29%) Backup Exec
2 4 (9.524%) SCCM
3 1 (2.381%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.81%) SAP
2 10 (23.81%) Remedy
3 8 (19.05%) Lotus
4 7 (16.67%) Cisco
5 6 (14.29%) Symantec
5 6 (14.29%) Juniper
5 6 (14.29%) McAfee
6 5 (11.90%) Citrix
7 4 (9.524%) Avaya
8 2 (4.762%) HP
8 2 (4.762%) Oracle
8 2 (4.762%) Business Objects
8 2 (4.762%) BT
8 2 (4.762%) ProCurve
9 1 (2.381%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.381%) VMware
9 1 (2.381%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.381%) Siemens
9 1 (2.381%) Sophos
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