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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) skills within the South 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank139156
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.893 %1.854 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£279
% change on same period last year+25.50 %
Hourly rates quoted314
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£15.43
Average hourly rate£37.50£16.00
% change on same period last year+134.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£16.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.09£19.27
% change on same period last year+40.56 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads672971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.946 %0.981 %
Daily rates quoted147196
Average minimum daily rate£315£307
Average daily rate£332£326
% change on same period last year+1.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted118162
Average minimum hourly rate£27.09£26.12
Average hourly rate£29.00£27.99
% change on same period last year+3.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.91£29.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West Wi-Fi Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South West Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
AvonNew entry-3--
WiltshireDown-11£325-
Wi-Fi EnglandWi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

19 (52.94 %)Windows
19 (52.94 %)Telecoms
26 (35.29 %)Linux
26 (35.29 %)C
26 (35.29 %)C++
34 (23.53 %)Windows 2000
34 (23.53 %)Windows XP
34 (23.53 %)Bluetooth
34 (23.53 %)GPRS
34 (23.53 %)WAN
34 (23.53 %)LAN
34 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
34 (23.53 %)VPN
34 (23.53 %)3G
34 (23.53 %)Mac OS X
34 (23.53 %)Firewall
34 (23.53 %)PDA
34 (23.53 %)Windows Mobile
43 (17.65 %)Multimedia
43 (17.65 %)WiMAX
43 (17.65 %)RTSP
43 (17.65 %)Wireless
43 (17.65 %)RTP
43 (17.65 %)GSM
52 (11.76 %)Cisco
52 (11.76 %)Tcl
52 (11.76 %)TETRA
52 (11.76 %)Swedish Language
61 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (5.882 %)Embedded Linux

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %)J2ME
11 (5.882 %)WAP
11 (5.882 %)MIDP
11 (5.882 %)CLDC
11 (5.882 %)Series 60
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)LAN
14 (23.53 %)WAN
14 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
14 (23.53 %)VPN
14 (23.53 %)Bluetooth
14 (23.53 %)GPRS
14 (23.53 %)3G
14 (23.53 %)Firewall
23 (17.65 %)Wireless
23 (17.65 %)WiMAX
23 (17.65 %)RTSP
23 (17.65 %)GSM
23 (17.65 %)RTP
32 (11.76 %)TETRA
41 (5.882 %)802.11
41 (5.882 %)DNS
41 (5.882 %)Internet
41 (5.882 %)DHCP
41 (5.882 %)HTTP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (52.94 %)Telecoms
23 (17.65 %)Multimedia
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (23.53 %)Systems Engineer
14 (23.53 %)Software Engineer
23 (17.65 %)Consultant
32 (11.76 %)Support Consultant
32 (11.76 %)1st Line Support
32 (11.76 %)Test Engineer
32 (11.76 %)Test Development Engineer
41 (5.882 %)C Software Engineer
41 (5.882 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (5.882 %)3rd Line Support
41 (5.882 %)Solutions Designer
41 (5.882 %)Telephony Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (23.53 %)PDA
22 (11.76 %)Swedish Language
31 (5.882 %)Dutch Language
31 (5.882 %)French Language
31 (5.882 %)Blackberry
31 (5.882 %)Device Driver
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (52.94 %)Windows
26 (35.29 %)Linux
34 (23.53 %)Windows 2000
34 (23.53 %)Windows XP
34 (23.53 %)Mac OS X
34 (23.53 %)Windows Mobile
41 (5.882 %)Embedded Linux
41 (5.882 %)Windows Vista
41 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (5.882 %)VxWorks
41 (5.882 %)pSOS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)ITIL
11 (5.882 %)Risk Assessment
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (35.29 %)C
16 (35.29 %)C++
22 (11.76 %)Tcl
31 (5.882 %)Java
31 (5.882 %)SQL
31 (5.882 %)Embedded C++
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)Degree
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.76 %)Cisco
21 (5.882 %)Red Hat
21 (5.882 %)Symbian