The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WLAN 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 West Midlands 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 LAN (WLAN)
Rank 91 99 93
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs citing WLAN 4 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.242% 0.179% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.747% 1.444% 0.360%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £315 £100 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+215.00% -70.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £33.75 £29.75
% change year-on-year
-42.22% +13.44%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
229 277 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 13.87% 12.42% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 103 116
Average daily rate £275 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 46
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.90 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
WLAN
England

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands WLAN Daily Rate Trend

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WLAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands WLAN Hourly Rate Trend

WLAN
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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +8 2 £469 +368.75%
Worcestershire - 2 £168 -
WLAN
England

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) IPv6
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (40.00%) OpenUP
2 2 (40.00%) NAS
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Extranet
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) IPv6
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Extranet
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) NAS
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Support
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
1 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) OpenUP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) VMware