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This section looks at the demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless LAN (WLAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank103107
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.366 %0.505 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£341
% change on same period last year+5.68 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£30.40
% change on same period last year-22.69 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads273396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.360 %0.394 %
Daily rates quoted58101
Average minimum daily rate£284£318
Average daily rate£297£331
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted7162
Average minimum hourly rate£22.83£25.80
Average hourly rate£24.10£26.89
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
WLAN South EastWLAN
South East

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.

WLAN
Demand Trend

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

Surrey WLAN Demand Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey WLAN Daily Rate Trend

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey WLAN Hourly Rate Trend

WLAN
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

13 (75.00 %)LAN
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)Wireless
22 (50.00 %)CCSA
22 (50.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)VLAN
22 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
22 (50.00 %)CCNP
22 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
22 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
22 (50.00 %)VPN
22 (50.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)MCSE
31 (25.00 %)CDMA
31 (25.00 %)GPRS
31 (25.00 %)GSM
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)DHCP
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (25.00 %)Juniper
31 (25.00 %)CCNA
31 (25.00 %)Citrix
31 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)LAN
13 (75.00 %)Wireless
22 (50.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)VLAN
22 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
22 (50.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)CDMA
31 (25.00 %)GPRS
31 (25.00 %)GSM
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)DHCP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Network Support Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Network Support
12 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)CCSA
12 (50.00 %)CCNP
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (25.00 %)MCSE
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (25.00 %)CCNA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
22 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (25.00 %)Juniper
31 (25.00 %)Citrix