The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 33 28 36
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +8
Contract jobs citing Wireless 1 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.373% 1.961% 1.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.128% 10.87% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
47 46 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 17.54% 18.04% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 25
Average daily rate £360 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £214 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £15.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.00 £24.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.25 £35.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Wireless
Yorkshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Sheffield -6 1 - -
Wireless
Yorkshire

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) IPsec
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
2 2 (40.00%) CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) H.323
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Intel
3 1 (20.00%) Nortel
3 1 (20.00%) CCDA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) PSTN

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) IPsec
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) H.323
3 1 (20.00%) PSTN
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) WLAN
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) BIG-IP
3 1 (20.00%) Nortel Alteon
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) FWSM
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Trainee
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCIE
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CCDA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Intel
1 1 (20.00%) Nortel
1 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
1 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (20.00%) F5