WLAN Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 479 496 538
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +42
Contract jobs citing WLAN 50 88 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.108% 0.151% 0.075%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.740% 0.962% 0.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 43 25
Average daily rate £328 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £228 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
+11.53% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 8
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £15.40 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £43.50 £51.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.75 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-43.70% +2.27%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

WLAN Daily Rate Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

WLAN Daily Rate Histogram

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WLAN Hourly Rate Trend

WLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

WLAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WLAN
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 WLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +9 48 £330 +1.53%
South East +11 14 £450 +5.88%
London +6 14 £328 +0.76%
Milton Keynes - 5 £475 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £475 -
North West - 5 - -
West Midlands +8 4 £315 +215.00%
Lancashire - 4 - -
Surrey +12 3 - -
West Yorkshire +1 3 - -
Yorkshire -1 3 - -
East Midlands -2 3 - -
Hampshire -11 3 £220 -
Staines - 3 - -
South West +28 2 £140 -
West Sussex +20 2 - -
City of London +12 2 £275 -44.30%
Birmingham +11 2 £469 +368.75%
Worcestershire - 2 £168 -
Crawley - 2 - -
Kidderminster - 2 £168 -
Derbyshire - 2 - -
Berkshire +13 1 £450 -
East of England +12 1 £240 -33.33%
Swindon +2 1 £140 -
Wiltshire +1 1 £140 -
Newbury -1 1 £450 -
Leeds -10 1 - -
Leicestershire -10 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £240 -

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 114 (89.76%) LAN
2 85 (66.93%) Cisco
3 81 (63.78%) Wireless
4 72 (56.69%) Firewall
5 71 (55.91%) WAN
6 44 (34.65%) VPN
7 41 (32.28%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (30.71%) Windows
9 38 (29.92%) TCP/IP
10 36 (28.35%) Active Directory
11 30 (23.62%) Juniper
12 29 (22.83%) Windows Server 2003
12 29 (22.83%) VMware
13 28 (22.05%) MPLS
13 28 (22.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 27 (21.26%) BGP
14 27 (21.26%) EIGRP
14 27 (21.26%) CCNP
14 27 (21.26%) Microsoft
15 23 (18.11%) CCNA
15 23 (18.11%) HP
15 23 (18.11%) VMware Infrastructure
16 22 (17.32%) Citrix
17 21 (16.54%) Telecoms
18 19 (14.96%) VoIP
19 18 (14.17%) DNS
19 18 (14.17%) ITIL
19 18 (14.17%) IPsec
19 18 (14.17%) Network Management
20 16 (12.60%) SAN

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 1 (0.787%) COM
1 1 (0.787%) WAP
1 1 (0.787%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 13 (10.24%) Exchange Server 2010
1 13 (10.24%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.299%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.512%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (4.724%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.937%) CMS
5 5 (3.937%) Lync
6 3 (2.362%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.787%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (4.724%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.362%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.575%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.575%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.787%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 114 (89.76%) LAN
2 81 (63.78%) Wireless
3 72 (56.69%) Firewall
4 71 (55.91%) WAN
5 44 (34.65%) VPN
6 38 (29.92%) TCP/IP
7 28 (22.05%) MPLS
8 27 (21.26%) BGP
8 27 (21.26%) EIGRP
9 19 (14.96%) VoIP
10 18 (14.17%) DNS
10 18 (14.17%) IPsec
11 16 (12.60%) SAN
11 16 (12.60%) DHCP
12 15 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (10.24%) IPv6
13 13 (10.24%) IP Telephony
14 12 (9.449%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (9.449%) HSRP
15 11 (8.661%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.724%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.937%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (3.937%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.575%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.787%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 21 (16.54%) Telecoms
2 9 (7.087%) Finance
3 6 (4.724%) Banking
4 5 (3.937%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.362%) Law
5 3 (2.362%) Retail
5 3 (2.362%) Marketing
6 2 (1.575%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.575%) Back Office
7 1 (0.787%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (25.20%) Analyst
2 22 (17.32%) Network Analyst
3 21 (16.54%) Network Engineer
4 18 (14.17%) Consultant
4 18 (14.17%) Support Analyst
5 12 (9.449%) Network Support
5 12 (9.449%) Desktop Support
6 11 (8.661%) Network Support Analyst
7 10 (7.874%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.087%) Project Manager
8 9 (7.087%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.299%) Architect
10 7 (5.512%) Server Engineer
11 6 (4.724%) IT Support
11 6 (4.724%) Technical Manager
11 6 (4.724%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (4.724%) Technical Project Manager
12 5 (3.937%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.937%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.937%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.661%) PKI
2 4 (3.150%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (3.150%) SecurID
3 3 (2.362%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.575%) Open Source
4 2 (1.575%) IVR
4 2 (1.575%) NHS
4 2 (1.575%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.787%) EPoS
5 1 (0.787%) EMV
5 1 (0.787%) Handset
5 1 (0.787%) CCTV
5 1 (0.787%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.787%) Java Card
5 1 (0.787%) iPad
5 1 (0.787%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.787%) FMCG
5 1 (0.787%) iPhone
5 1 (0.787%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 39 (30.71%) Windows
2 29 (22.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (22.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (5.512%) Linux
4 7 (5.512%) Windows 2000 Server
5 6 (4.724%) Windows XP
6 5 (3.937%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.362%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.575%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.575%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.575%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.787%) UNIX
9 1 (0.787%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.787%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (14.17%) ITIL
1 18 (14.17%) Network Management
2 12 (9.449%) Project Management
3 10 (7.874%) Change Management
4 8 (6.299%) Migration
5 7 (5.512%) Service Delivery
6 6 (4.724%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (4.724%) Release Management
6 6 (4.724%) Service Management
7 5 (3.937%) PRINCE2
7 5 (3.937%) Information Security
7 5 (3.937%) Compatibility Testing
8 4 (3.150%) Network Design
9 3 (2.362%) Data Modelling
9 3 (2.362%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (2.362%) TOGAF
9 3 (2.362%) Incident Management
9 3 (2.362%) Software Engineering
9 3 (2.362%) Load Balancing
9 3 (2.362%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.150%) PowerShell
1 4 (3.150%) VBScript
2 3 (2.362%) SQL
3 2 (1.575%) C++
4 1 (0.787%) Java
4 1 (0.787%) C
4 1 (0.787%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.787%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (21.26%) CCNP
3 23 (18.11%) CCNA
4 10 (7.874%) CCIE
5 3 (2.362%) MCSA
5 3 (2.362%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.362%) CCDA
5 3 (2.362%) CCVP
6 2 (1.575%) Degree
6 2 (1.575%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.575%) CWNA
6 2 (1.575%) CCDP
6 2 (1.575%) CCSP
7 1 (0.787%) CCIP
7 1 (0.787%) CCDE
7 1 (0.787%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.787%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.150%) PCI DSS
1 4 (3.150%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.362%) QA
3 1 (0.787%) SLA
3 1 (0.787%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (28.35%) Active Directory
2 23 (18.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.299%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.724%) Terminal Services
5 5 (3.937%) XenApp
6 3 (2.362%) Terminal Server
6 3 (2.362%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (2.362%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.575%) vSphere
7 2 (1.575%) DFS Replication
7 2 (1.575%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.787%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.787%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.787%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.937%) OpenView
2 4 (3.150%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.150%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.150%) SCOM
3 3 (2.362%) Cisco IPCC
3 3 (2.362%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.575%) Cisco UCCX
4 2 (1.575%) WhatsUp Gold
4 2 (1.575%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.787%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.787%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 85 (66.93%) Cisco
2 30 (23.62%) Juniper
3 29 (22.83%) VMware
4 27 (21.26%) Microsoft
5 23 (18.11%) HP
6 22 (17.32%) Citrix
7 15 (11.81%) CheckPoint
8 13 (10.24%) SolarWinds
9 9 (7.087%) Dell
10 8 (6.299%) Avaya
11 7 (5.512%) AirMagnet
11 7 (5.512%) Verint
12 5 (3.937%) Nortel
12 5 (3.937%) Infovista
12 5 (3.937%) NetApp
12 5 (3.937%) Blue Coat
13 4 (3.150%) Riverbed
13 4 (3.150%) SonicWALL
13 4 (3.150%) Mitel
13 4 (3.150%) AppSense
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