The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 18 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 Surrey 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 77 82 93
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +11
Contract jobs citing Wireless 5 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.407% 0.681% 0.378%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.392% 4.348% 2.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £325 £425 £209
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +103.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £21.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+97.67% +95.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £24.38 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
209 253 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 17.03% 15.67% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 110 133
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 30 24
Average hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +102.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Guildford - 2 - -
Leatherhead - - - -
Redhill - - - -
Reigate - - - -
Staines - - - - 2
Weybridge - - - -
Woking - - - -
Addlestone - - - -
Camberley - - - -
Epsom - - - -
Esher - - - -
Farnham - - - -
Godstone - - - -
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) VHDL
2 1 (20.00%) CCVP
2 1 (20.00%) IVR
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) LTE
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) CDMA
2 1 (20.00%) DECT
2 1 (20.00%) GSM
2 1 (20.00%) UMTS
2 1 (20.00%) WCDMA
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Avaya
2 1 (20.00%) DEFINITY
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) CDMA
1 1 (20.00%) DECT
1 1 (20.00%) GSM
1 1 (20.00%) UMTS
1 1 (20.00%) WCDMA
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) DEFINITY
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
1 1 (20.00%) LTE
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Avaya Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Voice Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Voice Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Rollout Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
1 1 (20.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCVP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Avaya