The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 - - 27
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton - - 0.543%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £270
% change year-on-year
-7.01% +29.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £9.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £8.10
% change year-on-year
-36.50% +289.12%
All Communications & Networking
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
45 34 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 14.95% 14.41% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 5
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £271 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £358 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 15
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.63 £28.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.75 £37.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Wi-Fi
Hampshire

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Wi-Fi Daily Rate Trend

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 Southampton region.

Southampton Wi-Fi Hourly Rate Trend

Wi-Fi
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) ADSL
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) ADSL
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix