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This section looks at the demand for Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9477
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads52
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.992 %1.399 %
Salaries quoted52
Average minimum salary£44,000£30,000
Average salary£49,000£36,250
% change on same period last year+35.17 %
Average maximum salary£54,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,066£46,233
% change on same period last year-19.82 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads251143
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.060 %
Salaries quoted225126
Average minimum salary£34,566£31,590
Average salary£38,337£35,908
% change on same period last year+6.76 %
Average maximum salary£42,109£40,226
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Wi-Fi South WestWi-Fi
South West

Wi-Fi
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Somerset Wi-Fi Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Somerset region.

Somerset Wi-Fi Salary Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Somerset Wi-Fi Salary Histogram

Wi-Fi
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BathDown-174£50,000+33.33 %
Wi-Fi South WestWi-Fi
South West

Wi-Fi
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing Wi-Fi 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Wi-Fi.

19 (100.00 %)Wireless
28 (88.89 %)WiMAX
28 (88.89 %)C
28 (88.89 %)C++
36 (66.67 %)802.11
36 (66.67 %)ASIC
36 (66.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
36 (66.67 %)Validation
42 (22.22 %)UMTS
42 (22.22 %)Embedded C
42 (22.22 %)Embedded C++
51 (11.11 %)Chartered Engineer

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing Wi-Fi also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (100.00 %)Wireless
28 (88.89 %)WiMAX
36 (66.67 %)802.11
42 (22.22 %)UMTS
Somerset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Software Engineer
12 (22.22 %)Embedded Software Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Consultant
Somerset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (66.67 %)ASIC
16 (66.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (66.67 %)Validation
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (88.89 %)C
18 (88.89 %)C++
22 (22.22 %)Embedded C
22 (22.22 %)Embedded C++
Somerset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Chartered Engineer