The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 17 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 for the Wales region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 35 50 58
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +8
Contract jobs citing Wireless 8 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.980% 0.721% 0.154%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.04% 4.301% 0.952%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £319 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 93 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 14.11% 16.76% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 49
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £199 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £450 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £14.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.60 £23.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Wireless Daily Rate Trend

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales +5 6 £319 -
West Wales - 2 - -
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

1 5 (55.56%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) MCSE
4 2 (22.22%) Broadband
4 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (22.22%) Citrix
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) Thin Client
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (22.22%) 3G
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) SLA
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 2 (22.22%) Smartphone
4 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) Photography
4 2 (22.22%) Fat Client
4 2 (22.22%) SCCM
5 1 (11.11%) Network Security
5 1 (11.11%) RMADS
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) Broadband
3 2 (22.22%) SAN
3 2 (22.22%) Internet
3 2 (22.22%) 3G
4 1 (11.11%) VLAN
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) DECT
4 1 (11.11%) DEFINITY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Voice Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Smartphone
1 2 (22.22%) Photography
1 2 (22.22%) Fat Client
1 2 (22.22%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) IVR
2 1 (11.11%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCVP
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCIE
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) CCIP
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Avaya
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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