The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. 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 for the West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 85 86 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing WLAN 3 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.239% 0.319% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.299% 2.551% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £348 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
+11.53% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.75 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-43.70% +2.27%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
231 196 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.41% 12.52% 8.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 100 33
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £188 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 18
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £23.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -35.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £34.00 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
WLAN
Yorkshire

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire WLAN Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region 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
Leeds -10 1 - -
Pontefract - 1 - -
WLAN
Yorkshire

WLAN
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) OPNET
2 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) Motorola
2 1 (33.33%) Lisp
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) OPNET
1 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) BMC
1 1 (33.33%) Motorola
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