South West Wireless Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Wireless 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 job ads that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Avon Banbury Barking Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Cleethorpes Docklands, London Dudley East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glasgow Greenwich Halifax Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Huntingdon Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rugby Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stourbridge Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Worksop Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	76
Rank change on same period last year	-43
Matching contract IT job ads	14	91
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.097 %
As % of the category below	2.174 %	11.39 %
Daily rates quoted	1	9
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£216
Average daily rate	£325	£226
% change on same period last year	+43.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£237
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£283
% change on same period last year	+9.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.20	£20.78
Average hourly rate	£30.70	£22.03
% change on same period last year	+39.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.20	£23.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.27	£28.49
% change on same period last year	-11.29 %
Communications & Networking South West
Matching contract IT job ads	644	799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.849 %	0.848 %
Daily rates quoted	172	160
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£321
Average daily rate	£346	£337
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	96	129
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.70	£24.31
Average hourly rate	£26.14	£26.11
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.57	£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Wireless within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Wiltshire	-32	4	-	-
Bristol	-4	3	£325	+57.25 %
Somerset	-4	2	-	-
Avon	+4	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 18 (33.33 %) C 2 17 (31.48 %) 3G 3 13 (24.07 %) C++ 3 13 (24.07 %) Telecoms 4 12 (22.22 %) UMTS 5 8 (14.81 %) Handset 6 7 (12.96 %) Manufacturing 6 7 (12.96 %) Embedded C 7 6 (11.11 %) Linux 8 5 (9.259 %) WiMAX 8 5 (9.259 %) GSM 8 5 (9.259 %) CRM 8 5 (9.259 %) Remedy 9 4 (7.407 %) HP 9 4 (7.407 %) Unix

9 4 (7.407 %) Windows 9 4 (7.407 %) Broadband 9 4 (7.407 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 10 3 (5.556 %) 2G 10 3 (5.556 %) VHDL 10 3 (5.556 %) Risk Analysis 10 3 (5.556 %) Degree 10 3 (5.556 %) Data Analysis 10 3 (5.556 %) Solaris 10 3 (5.556 %) WCDMA 10 3 (5.556 %) SAP 10 3 (5.556 %) Tcl 10 3 (5.556 %) Embedded C++ 10 3 (5.556 %) Sun 10 3 (5.556 %) DWDM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (5.556 %) X-Windows 2 1 (1.852 %) WebSphere 2 1 (1.852 %) J2EE 2 1 (1.852 %) EJB 2 1 (1.852 %) JDBC 2 1 (1.852 %) Servlets 2 1 (1.852 %) SOAP 2 1 (1.852 %) XML 2 1 (1.852 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.852 %) WebLogic 1 1 (1.852 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (1.852 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 17 (31.48 %) 3G 2 12 (22.22 %) UMTS 3 5 (9.259 %) GSM 3 5 (9.259 %) WiMAX 4 4 (7.407 %) Broadband 5 3 (5.556 %) WCDMA 5 3 (5.556 %) 2G 5 3 (5.556 %) DWDM 6 2 (3.704 %) Wi-Fi 6 2 (3.704 %) UTRAN 6 2 (3.704 %) HSDPA 6 2 (3.704 %) TETRA 6 2 (3.704 %) VoIP 6 2 (3.704 %) WAN 6 2 (3.704 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (3.704 %) ATM 6 2 (3.704 %) GPRS 6 2 (3.704 %) LAN 6 2 (3.704 %) SDH 7 1 (1.852 %) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (3.704 %) ETL 2 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 2 (3.704 %) LabVIEW
General 1 13 (24.07 %) Telecoms 2 7 (12.96 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (3.704 %) Electronics 3 2 (3.704 %) Aerospace 3 2 (3.704 %) Automotive 3 2 (3.704 %) Electric 4 1 (1.852 %) Multimedia 4 1 (1.852 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 10 (18.52 %) Software Engineer 2 8 (14.81 %) Technical Support 3 7 (12.96 %) Test Engineer 4 6 (11.11 %) 3rd Line Support 4 6 (11.11 %) Design Engineer 5 5 (9.259 %) RF Engineer 6 4 (7.407 %) Support Engineer 6 4 (7.407 %) 3G Engineer 6 4 (7.407 %) Analyst 7 3 (5.556 %) Security Analyst 7 3 (5.556 %) Embedded Software Engineer 7 3 (5.556 %) Technical Support Engineer 7 3 (5.556 %) Technical Engineer 7 3 (5.556 %) Digital Design Engineer 7 3 (5.556 %) C Software Engineer 7 3 (5.556 %) UMTS Engineer 8 2 (3.704 %) Electronics Engineer 8 2 (3.704 %) Embedded C Engineer 8 2 (3.704 %) Technical Manager 8 2 (3.704 %) Embedded C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 8 (14.81 %) Handset 2 4 (7.407 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 3 (5.556 %) VHDL 4 2 (3.704 %) ASIC 5 1 (1.852 %) Device Driver 5 1 (1.852 %) Verilog 5 1 (1.852 %) Computer Science 5 1 (1.852 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 6 (11.11 %) Linux 2 4 (7.407 %) Unix 2 4 (7.407 %) Windows 3 3 (5.556 %) Solaris 4 2 (3.704 %) VxWorks 5 1 (1.852 %) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (9.259 %) CRM 2 3 (5.556 %) Data Analysis 2 3 (5.556 %) Risk Analysis 3 2 (3.704 %) Project Planning 3 2 (3.704 %) CAD 3 2 (3.704 %) CAE 3 2 (3.704 %) Network Design 4 1 (1.852 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (1.852 %) OO	Programming Languages 1 18 (33.33 %) C 2 13 (24.07 %) C++ 3 7 (12.96 %) Embedded C 4 3 (5.556 %) Embedded C++ 4 3 (5.556 %) Tcl 5 1 (1.852 %) Java 5 1 (1.852 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 3 (5.556 %) Degree 2 1 (1.852 %) MCSE 2 1 (1.852 %) CCNA 2 1 (1.852 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (1.852 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.852 %) JTAG
System Software 1 2 (3.704 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.852 %) Terminal Services 2 1 (1.852 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 3 (5.556 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 5 (9.259 %) Remedy 2 4 (7.407 %) HP 3 3 (5.556 %) Sun 3 3 (5.556 %) SAP 4 2 (3.704 %) Microsoft 4 2 (3.704 %) Ericsson 4 2 (3.704 %) Fujitsu 5 1 (1.852 %) VMware 5 1 (1.852 %) Xilinx 5 1 (1.852 %) Citrix 5 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 5 1 (1.852 %) Cisco