The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless 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 Wireless over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 36 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 1 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.299% 5.058% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.961% 37.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
51 35 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 15.22% 13.62% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 4
Average daily rate £330 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £164 £275 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £350 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 11
Average hourly rate £21.88 £32.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.69% -2.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.99 £18.09 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.80 £38.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Wireless
Hampshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Pegasus
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Pegasus