The first table below looks at the demand for WiMAX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WiMAX 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.

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
WiMAX
Rank 534 556 564
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +8
Contract jobs citing WiMAX 7 14 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.024% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.101% 0.155% 0.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £325 £348
% change year-on-year
- -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 9
Average hourly rate £47.50 £48.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.04% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £48.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-1.04% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6909 9038 8107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.36% 15.57% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3471 4041 3676
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £208 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 605 809
Average hourly rate £23.75 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00

WiMAX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WiMAX Jobs Demand Trend

WiMAX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WiMAX within the UK.

WiMAX Daily Rate Trend

WiMAX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WiMAX within the UK.

WiMAX Hourly Rate Trend

WiMAX
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WiMAX within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
England +5 6 - - 3
South East +23 5 - - 2
East of England +17 1 - - 1
Cambridge +12 1 - - 1
Cambridgeshire +9 1 - - 1
Surrey - - - - 2
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Dorking - - - -
London - - - -
Bristol - - - -

WiMAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX.

1 24 (96.00%) LTE
2 18 (72.00%) 3G
2 18 (72.00%) Telecoms
3 15 (60.00%) 4G
4 14 (56.00%) Wireless
5 13 (52.00%) UMTS
6 11 (44.00%) 3GPP
7 9 (36.00%) GSM
7 9 (36.00%) Handset
8 8 (32.00%) C
9 7 (28.00%) C++
9 7 (28.00%) CDMA
9 7 (28.00%) VHDL
9 7 (28.00%) Degree
10 6 (24.00%) PhD
10 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (24.00%) Embedded Software Development
11 5 (20.00%) Validation
11 5 (20.00%) WCDMA
11 5 (20.00%) Network Planning
12 4 (16.00%) Logistics
12 4 (16.00%) R
12 4 (16.00%) Agilent
12 4 (16.00%) Performance Testing
12 4 (16.00%) SMS
12 4 (16.00%) Bluetooth
12 4 (16.00%) WAP
12 4 (16.00%) Firmware
12 4 (16.00%) Mobile App
13 3 (12.00%) Device Driver

WiMAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (16.00%) WAP
2 1 (4.000%) POSIX
Communications & Networking
1 24 (96.00%) LTE
2 18 (72.00%) 3G
3 15 (60.00%) 4G
4 14 (56.00%) Wireless
5 13 (52.00%) UMTS
6 11 (44.00%) 3GPP
7 9 (36.00%) GSM
8 7 (28.00%) CDMA
9 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (20.00%) WCDMA
11 4 (16.00%) SMS
11 4 (16.00%) Bluetooth
12 2 (8.000%) HSPA
12 2 (8.000%) Radio Access Network
12 2 (8.000%) UTRAN
12 2 (8.000%) 2G
13 1 (4.000%) 802.11
13 1 (4.000%) CDMA2000
13 1 (4.000%) VoIP
13 1 (4.000%) Ethernet
General
1 18 (72.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.000%) Automotive
2 1 (4.000%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) DSP Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Development Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Test Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Radio Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Network Optimisation Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Radio Network Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.000%) Embedded Software Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Embedded C Developer
5 1 (4.000%) C Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Handset
2 7 (28.00%) VHDL
3 4 (16.00%) Firmware
3 4 (16.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (12.00%) Device Driver
5 2 (8.000%) Statistics
6 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Linux
1 1 (4.000%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (20.00%) Validation
2 5 (20.00%) Network Planning
3 4 (16.00%) Logistics
3 4 (16.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (4.000%) Migration
4 1 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.000%) Network Design
4 1 (4.000%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) C
2 7 (28.00%) C++
3 4 (16.00%) R
4 1 (4.000%) VBA
4 1 (4.000%) Embedded C
4 1 (4.000%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Agilent
2 1 (4.000%) Mapinfo
2 1 (4.000%) Cisco
2 1 (4.000%) Actix
2 1 (4.000%) Freescale
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