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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank169147
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching contract IT job ads87171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.170 %
As % of the category below3.639 %5.141 %
Daily rates quoted2136
Average minimum daily rate£338£314
Average daily rate£356£328
% change on same period last year+8.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£299
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted1436
Average minimum hourly rate£18.36£32.44
Average hourly rate£19.96£33.81
% change on same period last year-40.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.57£35.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.57£31.68
% change on same period last year-22.44 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching contract IT job ads23913326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.155 %3.313 %
Daily rates quoted498762
Average minimum daily rate£351£340
Average daily rate£369£357
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted354551
Average minimum hourly rate£23.63£27.82
Average hourly rate£24.97£29.36
% change on same period last year-14.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.32£30.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Wireless EnglandWireless
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.

Wireless
Demand Trend

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

South East Wireless Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

South East Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

South East Wireless Hourly Rate Histogram

Wireless
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+2036£371+12.38 %
SurreyDown-1114--
HampshireUp+511£359+2.50 %
BuckinghamshireUp+189£325-
Thames ValleyUp+37£350-
West SussexNew entry-3--
East SussexNew entry-1£285-
MiddlesexUp+81--
KentNo change01--
Wireless EnglandWireless
England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

171 (30.87 %)Windows
255 (23.91 %)Cisco
345 (19.57 %)Microsoft
443 (18.70 %)LAN
535 (15.22 %)Telecoms
535 (15.22 %)Cisco Certification
632 (13.91 %)VPN
731 (13.48 %)MS Office
830 (13.04 %)HP
929 (12.61 %)WLAN
1024 (10.43 %)WAN
1024 (10.43 %)Active Directory
1123 (10.00 %)C
1222 (9.565 %)Broadband
1320 (8.696 %)Linux
1320 (8.696 %)CCNA
1419 (8.261 %)Firewall
1516 (6.957 %)Blackberry
1516 (6.957 %)CCNP
1516 (6.957 %)UNIX
1516 (6.957 %)C++
1615 (6.522 %)ITIL
1615 (6.522 %)MS Excel
1615 (6.522 %)Embedded C
1615 (6.522 %)TCP/IP
1615 (6.522 %)DNS
1615 (6.522 %)Windows Mobile
1714 (6.087 %)Citrix
1714 (6.087 %)XML
1714 (6.087 %)Java

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (6.087 %)XML
26 (2.609 %).NET Framework
26 (2.609 %)J2SE
26 (2.609 %).NET
35 (2.174 %)WAP
35 (2.174 %)XSL
44 (1.739 %)XSD
44 (1.739 %)UIQ
44 (1.739 %)Series 60
53 (1.304 %)J2EE
62 (0.870 %)AJAX
62 (0.870 %)Struts
62 (0.870 %)JSP
62 (0.870 %)Middleware
71 (0.435 %)HTML
71 (0.435 %)Servlets
71 (0.435 %)SOAP
71 (0.435 %)EJB
71 (0.435 %)JDBC
71 (0.435 %)J2ME
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (3.043 %)MS Exchange
25 (2.174 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.304 %)SharePoint
42 (0.870 %)Lotus Notes
42 (0.870 %)WebLogic
51 (0.435 %)IIS
51 (0.435 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.435 %)Oracle Application Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (13.48 %)MS Office
215 (6.522 %)MS Excel
38 (3.478 %)Spreadsheet
45 (2.174 %)AutoCAD
53 (1.304 %)MS Project
61 (0.435 %)MATLAB
61 (0.435 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.435 %)MFGPRO
11 (0.435 %)Summit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (18.70 %)LAN
232 (13.91 %)VPN
329 (12.61 %)WLAN
424 (10.43 %)WAN
522 (9.565 %)Broadband
619 (8.261 %)Firewall
715 (6.522 %)TCP/IP
715 (6.522 %)DNS
814 (6.087 %)Internet
913 (5.652 %)ADSL
913 (5.652 %)ZigBee
1011 (4.783 %)VoIP
1011 (4.783 %)Cisco PIX
1110 (4.348 %)VLAN
1110 (4.348 %)DHCP
1110 (4.348 %)Ethernet
1110 (4.348 %)GPRS
129 (3.913 %)802.11
129 (3.913 %)DSL
129 (3.913 %)GSM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (3.478 %)SQL Server
24 (1.739 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (0.435 %)MySQL
31 (0.435 %)ETL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (2.174 %)Eclipse
24 (1.739 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.870 %)JUnit
32 (0.870 %)LabVIEW
41 (0.435 %)WinRunner
41 (0.435 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.435 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.435 %)Ant
41 (0.435 %)Flash
41 (0.435 %)Subversion
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (15.22 %)Telecoms
211 (4.783 %)Government
310 (4.348 %)Finance
47 (3.043 %)Electronics
56 (2.609 %)Multimedia
63 (1.304 %)Local Government
63 (1.304 %)Marketing
72 (0.870 %)Insurance
72 (0.870 %)Pensions
72 (0.870 %)Education
72 (0.870 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.435 %)Military
81 (0.435 %)Games
81 (0.435 %)Legal
81 (0.435 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.435 %)Online Games
81 (0.435 %)Music
81 (0.435 %)Retail
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (16.09 %)Support Engineer
227 (11.74 %)Analyst
317 (7.391 %)Desktop Support
416 (6.957 %)Software Engineer
416 (6.957 %)Consultant
515 (6.522 %)Desktop Engineer
614 (6.087 %)Developer
614 (6.087 %)Support Analyst
614 (6.087 %)Desktop Support Engineer
712 (5.217 %)Network Engineer
810 (4.348 %)Architect
99 (3.913 %)Network Support
108 (3.478 %)Administrator
117 (3.043 %)Network Analyst
117 (3.043 %)Test Engineer
117 (3.043 %)2nd Line Support
117 (3.043 %)3rd Line Support
117 (3.043 %)Hardware Engineer
117 (3.043 %)Senior Support Engineer
126 (2.609 %)Network Specialist
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (6.957 %)Blackberry
28 (3.478 %)Clustering
37 (3.043 %)PDA
46 (2.609 %)Firmware
55 (2.174 %)Smartphone
64 (1.739 %)VHDL
73 (1.304 %)Handset
73 (1.304 %)Client/Server
73 (1.304 %)STB
82 (0.870 %)CESG
82 (0.870 %)Video Conferencing
82 (0.870 %)NHS
82 (0.870 %)Device Driver
82 (0.870 %)ASIC
82 (0.870 %)DTV
91 (0.435 %)MPEG
91 (0.435 %)N-Tier
91 (0.435 %)French Language
91 (0.435 %)Italian Language
91 (0.435 %)Spanish Language
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
171 (30.87 %)Windows
220 (8.696 %)Linux
316 (6.957 %)UNIX
415 (6.522 %)Windows Mobile
510 (4.348 %)Windows XP
510 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (3.043 %)Windows 2000
67 (3.043 %)Ubuntu
74 (1.739 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (1.304 %)NetWare
83 (1.304 %)Solaris
91 (0.435 %)Tru64
91 (0.435 %)Windows CE
91 (0.435 %)Windows NT
91 (0.435 %)Red Hat Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (6.522 %)ITIL
29 (3.913 %)Project Management
38 (3.478 %)Network Design
46 (2.609 %)Data Analysis
55 (2.174 %)Validation
55 (2.174 %)PRINCE2
55 (2.174 %)OO
55 (2.174 %)Statistical Analysis
64 (1.739 %)Asset Management
64 (1.739 %)Security Cleared
64 (1.739 %)UML
73 (1.304 %)B2B
73 (1.304 %)Direct Marketing
82 (0.870 %)Penetration Testing
82 (0.870 %)Unit Testing
82 (0.870 %)Process Management
82 (0.870 %)Change Management
82 (0.870 %)Migration
91 (0.435 %)PRINCE
91 (0.435 %)Security Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (10.00 %)C
216 (6.957 %)C++
315 (6.522 %)Embedded C
414 (6.087 %)Java
510 (4.348 %)SQL
68 (3.478 %)C#
76 (2.609 %)Perl
85 (2.174 %)Shell Script
94 (1.739 %)JavaScript
103 (1.304 %)AWK
103 (1.304 %)VBScript
103 (1.304 %)Python
111 (0.435 %)Assembly Language
111 (0.435 %)Embedded C++
111 (0.435 %)VB
111 (0.435 %)PHP
111 (0.435 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.435 %)VC++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (15.22 %)Cisco Certification
220 (8.696 %)CCNA
316 (6.957 %)CCNP
49 (3.913 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (3.043 %)MCP
57 (3.043 %)Degree
63 (1.304 %)CCSA
63 (1.304 %)CCIE
63 (1.304 %)CCDP
63 (1.304 %)MCSE
63 (1.304 %)MCDST
72 (0.870 %)HND
72 (0.870 %)CCIP
72 (0.870 %)CCDA
72 (0.870 %)CCVP
81 (0.435 %)ISEB
81 (0.435 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.435 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.435 %)MCSA
81 (0.435 %)PhD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (5.652 %)QA
24 (1.739 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.435 %)SLA
31 (0.435 %)ISO9000
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (10.43 %)Active Directory
22 (0.870 %)Terminal Server
22 (0.870 %)Backup Exec
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (4.348 %)Tivoli
29 (3.913 %)CiscoWorks
38 (3.478 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
46 (2.609 %)OpenView
55 (2.174 %)Tivoli NetView
55 (2.174 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
55 (2.174 %)NNM
61 (0.435 %)ARCserve
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (23.91 %)Cisco
245 (19.57 %)Microsoft
330 (13.04 %)HP
414 (6.087 %)Citrix
512 (5.217 %)Altiris
512 (5.217 %)Oracle
611 (4.783 %)Juniper
710 (4.348 %)CheckPoint
89 (3.913 %)IBM
98 (3.478 %)SAP
106 (2.609 %)Nortel
106 (2.609 %)Remedy
115 (2.174 %)Novell
124 (1.739 %)Symbian
124 (1.739 %)Alcatel
133 (1.304 %)Dell
133 (1.304 %)Intel
142 (0.870 %)Blue Coat
142 (0.870 %)Huawei
142 (0.870 %)ProCurve