The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

Wireless
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank235296269
Rank change year-on-year
Up+61Down-27
Matching contract IT job ads433331300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.741 %0.550 %0.544 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category4.721 %4.266 %4.650 %
Number of daily rates quoted17713690
Average daily rate£340£325£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61 %+8.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£184£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£510£460£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£300£210
% change year-on-year
+7.50 %+42.85 %
Number of hourly rates quoted647499
Average hourly rate£32.50£24.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.41 %-12.72 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£13.33£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£33.00£28.50
% change year-on-year
-1.51 %+15.78 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
917177596451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK15.69 %12.90 %11.69 %
Number of daily rates quoted416035392637
Average daily rate£365£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£325£308
% change year-on-year
+3.07 %+5.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted614779699
Average hourly rate£25.00£25.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+19.04 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£41.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£27.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36 %+22.22 %

Wireless
Demand Trend

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

Wireless Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Wireless Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Wireless Hourly Rate Histogram

Wireless
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+53401£325-
LondonUp+60156£345-1.42 %
South EastUp+2597£323-0.76 %
HampshireUp+4043£350+55.55 %
East of EnglandUp+1837£345+20.00 %
South WestDown-2829£288-8.00 %
City of LondonUp+1924£488+25.80 %
North WestUp+1224£400+45.45 %
BerkshireDown-1421£313+13.63 %
YorkshireDown-1020£280+72.30 %
West MidlandsDown-1717£250+127.27 %
HertfordshireUp+714£290-
ManchesterDown-414£450+63.63 %
SurreyUp+1713£425-
West YorkshireDown-1712£350+250.00 %
SouthamptonNew entry-12£350-
ScotlandUp+1011£375-3.22 %
WiltshireDown-1711£315-21.25 %
ReadingUp+310£265+9.84 %
LivingstonNew entry-8£375-
BedfordshireNew entry-8--
West LothianNew entry-8£375-
CheshireUp+157£375-
LeedsDown-96£350+250.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-186£340+18.26 %
DorsetNew entry-6£225-
BasingstokeUp+95£400-
SheffieldUp+65£275+22.22 %
South YorkshireUp+55£275+22.22 %
WarwickshireUp+25£250-

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1387 (43.73 %)Cisco
2278 (31.41 %)LAN
3261 (29.49 %)Telecoms
4240 (27.12 %)Cisco Certification
5227 (25.65 %)Windows
6225 (25.42 %)Firewall
7220 (24.86 %)WAN
8162 (18.31 %)VoIP
9145 (16.38 %)VPN
10143 (16.16 %)TCP/IP
11135 (15.25 %)CCNA
12132 (14.92 %)CCNP
13130 (14.69 %)Microsoft
14124 (14.01 %)C
15115 (12.99 %)C++
16112 (12.66 %)WLAN
17107 (12.09 %)Active Directory
1897 (10.96 %)Cisco ASA
1996 (10.85 %)ITIL
2090 (10.17 %)3G
2183 (9.379 %)OSPF
2278 (8.814 %)Finance
2376 (8.588 %)Internet
2474 (8.362 %)Juniper
2474 (8.362 %)CCIE
2573 (8.249 %)VMware
2672 (8.136 %)Windows Server 2008
2771 (8.023 %)CheckPoint
2870 (7.910 %)SAN
2969 (7.797 %)HP

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (1.243 %).NET
28 (0.904 %)COM
28 (0.904 %)Swing
36 (0.678 %)MFC
36 (0.678 %)HTML
45 (0.565 %)ATL
45 (0.565 %)XML
54 (0.452 %)SAP Basis
63 (0.339 %)XMPP
63 (0.339 %)Application Packaging
63 (0.339 %)SAP BC
72 (0.226 %).NET Framework
72 (0.226 %)DWR
72 (0.226 %)Qt
72 (0.226 %)Flash
72 (0.226 %)SOAP
72 (0.226 %)Web Services
81 (0.113 %)Middleware
81 (0.113 %)ODBC
81 (0.113 %)COM+
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
150 (5.650 %)MS Exchange
228 (3.164 %)SharePoint
327 (3.051 %)Exchange Server 2007
327 (3.051 %)Exchange Server 2010
420 (2.260 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
515 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2003
610 (1.130 %)Lotus Notes
75 (0.565 %)IIS
75 (0.565 %)SharePoint 2010
83 (0.339 %)CMS
83 (0.339 %)SharePoint Server
92 (0.226 %)ESB
92 (0.226 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (0.226 %)Oracle Workflow
92 (0.226 %)Lotus Domino
92 (0.226 %)Apache
101 (0.113 %)CICS
101 (0.113 %)Content Management Server
101 (0.113 %)WebLogic
101 (0.113 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
166 (7.458 %)MS Office
240 (4.520 %)MS Excel
317 (1.921 %)MS Visio
317 (1.921 %)MS PowerPoint
46 (0.678 %)MATLAB
55 (0.565 %)MS Project
55 (0.565 %)Vectorworks
55 (0.565 %)CINEMA 4D
64 (0.452 %)AutoCAD
73 (0.339 %)RoboHelp
73 (0.339 %)FrameMaker
82 (0.226 %)Adobe Illustrator
82 (0.226 %)CorelDRAW
82 (0.226 %)Acrobat
91 (0.113 %)OmniGraffle
91 (0.113 %)Google Apps
91 (0.113 %)Office 365
91 (0.113 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.678 %)Dynamics NAV
16 (0.678 %)SAP HR
23 (0.339 %)Sage 200
23 (0.339 %)SAP HCM
23 (0.339 %)Sage 1000
31 (0.113 %)Metrica
31 (0.113 %)LabWindows
31 (0.113 %)assyst
31 (0.113 %)Visualfiles
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1278 (31.41 %)LAN
2225 (25.42 %)Firewall
3220 (24.86 %)WAN
4162 (18.31 %)VoIP
5145 (16.38 %)VPN
6143 (16.16 %)TCP/IP
7112 (12.66 %)WLAN
897 (10.96 %)Cisco ASA
990 (10.17 %)3G
1083 (9.379 %)OSPF
1176 (8.588 %)Internet
1270 (7.910 %)SAN
1367 (7.571 %)LTE
1367 (7.571 %)VLAN
1465 (7.345 %)MPLS
1563 (7.119 %)BGP
1657 (6.441 %)DHCP
1657 (6.441 %)Network Security
1755 (6.215 %)3GPP
1755 (6.215 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (2.599 %)SQL Server
27 (0.791 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (0.678 %)SQL Server 2008
44 (0.452 %)DB2
44 (0.452 %)Oracle 8/8i
44 (0.452 %)SAP BW
44 (0.452 %)SAP BI
52 (0.226 %)GIS
52 (0.226 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.113 %)MySQL
61 (0.113 %)Data Warehouse
61 (0.113 %)Informix
61 (0.113 %)RDBMS
61 (0.113 %)Data Mining
61 (0.113 %)SQLite
61 (0.113 %)Oracle 11g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (2.712 %)ClearCase
217 (1.921 %)Visual Studio
36 (0.678 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (0.678 %)ClearQuest
43 (0.339 %)LabVIEW
52 (0.226 %)Bazaar
52 (0.226 %)MSI
61 (0.113 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.113 %)JUnit
61 (0.113 %)Eclipse
61 (0.113 %)Rational DOORS
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1261 (29.49 %)Telecoms
278 (8.814 %)Finance
336 (4.068 %)Banking
428 (3.164 %)Investment Banking
520 (2.260 %)Retail
618 (2.034 %)Electronics
714 (1.582 %)Pharmaceutical
813 (1.469 %)Marketing
99 (1.017 %)Manufacturing
99 (1.017 %)Publishing
107 (0.791 %)Financial Institution
107 (0.791 %)German Language
115 (0.565 %)Multimedia
115 (0.565 %)French Language
115 (0.565 %)Local Government
124 (0.452 %)Legal
133 (0.339 %)Back Office
133 (0.339 %)Military
133 (0.339 %)Billing
142 (0.226 %)Dutch Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1180 (20.34 %)Network Engineer
2118 (13.33 %)Analyst
380 (9.040 %)Software Engineer
463 (7.119 %)Project Manager
552 (5.876 %)Support Engineer
650 (5.650 %)Network Support
747 (5.311 %)Consultant
841 (4.633 %)Network Analyst
940 (4.520 %)Architect
1036 (4.068 %)Support Analyst
1134 (3.842 %)3rd Line Support
1233 (3.729 %)Developer
1330 (3.390 %)Cisco Engineer
1429 (3.277 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1526 (2.938 %)Network Manager
1624 (2.712 %)Desktop Support
1723 (2.599 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1723 (2.599 %)Senior Network Engineer
1723 (2.599 %)Designer
1822 (2.486 %)Wireless Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (4.068 %)Handset
233 (3.729 %)Blackberry
329 (3.277 %)Video Conferencing
421 (2.373 %)Computer Science
516 (1.808 %)PKI
615 (1.695 %)Device Driver
713 (1.469 %)Clustering
812 (1.356 %)Cloud Computing
812 (1.356 %)NHS
911 (1.243 %)VHDL
1010 (1.130 %)iPhone
1010 (1.130 %)Celerra
119 (1.017 %)Management Information System
119 (1.017 %)CLARiiON
119 (1.017 %)EMC Centera
119 (1.017 %)SecurID
119 (1.017 %)PDA
128 (0.904 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
137 (0.791 %)Mathematics
146 (0.678 %)Equities
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1227 (25.65 %)Windows
272 (8.136 %)Windows Server 2008
360 (6.780 %)Windows 7
459 (6.667 %)Windows XP
556 (6.328 %)Windows Server 2003
647 (5.311 %)Linux
726 (2.938 %)UNIX
813 (1.469 %)Embedded Linux
813 (1.469 %)Windows Vista
97 (0.791 %)Solaris
97 (0.791 %)Windows 2000
97 (0.791 %)Android
106 (0.678 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (0.678 %)Windows NT
106 (0.678 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.565 %)VxWorks
124 (0.452 %)Windows CE
133 (0.339 %)AIX
142 (0.226 %)Ubuntu
142 (0.226 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
196 (10.85 %)ITIL
263 (7.119 %)Project Management
356 (6.328 %)Network Management
356 (6.328 %)Network Design
445 (5.085 %)PRINCE2
538 (4.294 %)Load Balancing
634 (3.842 %)WAN Optimisation
732 (3.616 %)Service Delivery
831 (3.503 %)UML
929 (3.277 %)OO
1025 (2.825 %)Disaster Recovery
1124 (2.712 %)OOD
1222 (2.486 %)Migration
1321 (2.373 %)Embedded Software Development
1419 (2.147 %)Penetration Testing
1518 (2.034 %)Network Planning
1518 (2.034 %)Stakeholder Management
1616 (1.808 %)Incident Management
1616 (1.808 %)Multithreading
1715 (1.695 %)Time Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1124 (14.01 %)C
2115 (12.99 %)C++
358 (6.554 %)Embedded C
432 (3.616 %)SQL
527 (3.051 %)Embedded C++
626 (2.938 %)Java
715 (1.695 %)C#
811 (1.243 %)Python
99 (1.017 %)VBA
108 (0.904 %)Perl
117 (0.791 %)VB
124 (0.452 %)VBScript
124 (0.452 %)ABAP
124 (0.452 %)Assembly Language
133 (0.339 %)Bash shell
142 (0.226 %)Objective-C
142 (0.226 %)VC++
151 (0.113 %)JavaScript
151 (0.113 %)R
151 (0.113 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1240 (27.12 %)Cisco Certification
2135 (15.25 %)CCNA
3132 (14.92 %)CCNP
474 (8.362 %)CCIE
567 (7.571 %)Degree
650 (5.650 %)Security Cleared
737 (4.181 %)Microsoft Certification
834 (3.842 %)SC Cleared
932 (3.616 %)MCSE
1019 (2.147 %)MCITP
1117 (1.921 %)CCDP
1211 (1.243 %)CCVP
1310 (1.130 %)APMP
149 (1.017 %)PMP
149 (1.017 %)PMI Certification
149 (1.017 %)CCDA
158 (0.904 %)CCSA
158 (0.904 %)PRINCE2 Certification
167 (0.791 %)ITIL Certification
167 (0.791 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (4.407 %)SLA
29 (1.017 %)GMP
37 (0.791 %)ISO/IEC 27001
44 (0.452 %)QA
52 (0.226 %)JTAG
52 (0.226 %)ISO 9001
61 (0.113 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.113 %)BS7799
61 (0.113 %)GAMP
61 (0.113 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.113 %)ISO/IEC 20000
61 (0.113 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1107 (12.09 %)Active Directory
238 (4.294 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (1.695 %)ISA Server
413 (1.469 %)XenApp
413 (1.469 %)vSphere
512 (1.356 %)VMware ESX
68 (0.904 %)Terminal Server
77 (0.791 %)Hyper-V
84 (0.452 %)Citrix Presentation Server
84 (0.452 %)UAG
93 (0.339 %)MetaFrame
93 (0.339 %)NFS
93 (0.339 %)VMware ESXi
93 (0.339 %)XenServer
102 (0.226 %)Squid
102 (0.226 %)XenDesktop
102 (0.226 %)Veritas Cluster Server
102 (0.226 %)DFS Replication
102 (0.226 %)Snort
102 (0.226 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
122 (2.486 %)SCCM
217 (1.921 %)Cisco CUCM
315 (1.695 %)Backup Exec
49 (1.017 %)Cisco IPCC
49 (1.017 %)EMC NetWorker
58 (0.904 %)CiscoWorks
67 (0.791 %)Cisco UCCX
76 (0.678 %)NetBackup
85 (0.565 %)SolarWinds Orion
94 (0.452 %)HP Quality Center
103 (0.339 %)Nagios
112 (0.226 %)WSUS
112 (0.226 %)WhatsUp Gold
112 (0.226 %)DameWare
112 (0.226 %)OpenView
112 (0.226 %)Netcool
121 (0.113 %)MIMEsweeper
121 (0.113 %)Norton AntiVirus
121 (0.113 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
121 (0.113 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1387 (43.73 %)Cisco
2130 (14.69 %)Microsoft
374 (8.362 %)Juniper
473 (8.249 %)VMware
571 (8.023 %)CheckPoint
669 (7.797 %)HP
765 (7.345 %)Citrix
839 (4.407 %)F5
938 (4.294 %)Aruba
1035 (3.955 %)Riverbed
1130 (3.390 %)Avaya
1226 (2.938 %)SolarWinds
1323 (2.599 %)Blue Coat
1421 (2.373 %)Nortel
1421 (2.373 %)Brocade
1518 (2.034 %)Dell
1518 (2.034 %)Oracle
1616 (1.808 %)EMC
1616 (1.808 %)Websense
1715 (1.695 %)Nokia