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

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4441
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.149 %9.459 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£110
Average daily rate-£115
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£299
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£21.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£31.81
% change on same period last year-25.28 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads8774
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.074 %
Daily rates quoted2415
Average minimum daily rate£350£361
Average daily rate£396£375
% change on same period last year+5.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted1912
Average minimum hourly rate£24.97£31.87
Average hourly rate£27.27£33.92
% change on same period last year-19.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.57£35.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Wireless WiltshireWireless
Wiltshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Swindon Wireless Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon Wireless Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)ETL
21 (50.00 %)ATM
21 (50.00 %)SDH
21 (50.00 %)SMS
21 (50.00 %)3GPP
21 (50.00 %)UMTS
21 (50.00 %)Ethernet
21 (50.00 %)Ericsson
21 (50.00 %)DWDM
21 (50.00 %)IPsec
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Network Design
21 (50.00 %)Fujitsu

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)ATM
11 (50.00 %)SDH
11 (50.00 %)SMS
11 (50.00 %)3GPP
11 (50.00 %)UMTS
11 (50.00 %)Ethernet
11 (50.00 %)DWDM
11 (50.00 %)IPsec
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)ETL
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Support
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Software Test Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Engineer
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Network Design
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Perl
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Ericsson
11 (50.00 %)Fujitsu