The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford 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 Watford 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 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Wireless 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 7.463% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 14.93% 11.93% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% -21.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.75 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+197.87% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Wireless
Hertfordshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Wireless Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 4 (66.67%) MPEG
2 1 (16.67%) WLAN
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Motorola

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) DSP Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Radio Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) MPEG
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Motorola