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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkWireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank563586700
Rank change year-on-year
Up+23Up+114
Matching permanent IT job ads11384279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.132 %0.099 %0.137 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.922 %0.586 %0.817 %
Salaries quoted8977217
Average salary£33,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,250£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-16.25 %-
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
122521432934154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.26 %16.90 %16.73 %
Salaries quoted101681202028461
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

Wi-Fi
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Wi-Fi Salary Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Wi-Fi Salary Histogram

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+20111£33,500-16.25 %
East of EnglandUp+1335£40,500-22.85 %
LondonDown-2435£21,250-51.42 %
South EastNo change024£35,000-6.66 %
CambridgeshireDown-320£40,500-22.85 %
CambridgeUp+519£41,000-3.52 %
City of LondonDown-4714£26,500-35.75 %
HertfordshireUp+1413£55,000+18.91 %
West YorkshireUp+1311£24,500-18.33 %
YorkshireUp+811£24,500-18.33 %
MiddlesexUp+1810£50,000-
HuddersfieldNew entry-10£24,500-
SurreyUp+199£33,500-21.17 %
St AlbansNew entry-8£55,000-
HounslowNew entry-6£21,250-
BerkshireDown-154£35,000-4.10 %
ReadingUp+183£35,000-12.50 %
West MidlandsUp+302£17,000-57.50 %
HerefordshireUp+212£17,000-57.50 %
SloughDown-42£33,750+7.14 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-2£52,500-
EssexNew entry-2£32,500-
HerefordNew entry-2£17,000-
NottinghamNew entry-2£52,500-
MarlowNew entry-2£33,750-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£33,750-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£52,500-
MidlandsNew entry-2£42,500-
ScotlandUp+141--
South WestUp+51£17,250-32.35 %

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

169 (35.75 %)Wireless
252 (26.94 %)Windows
342 (21.76 %)Linux
342 (21.76 %)GSM
342 (21.76 %)Microsoft
441 (21.24 %)Cisco
539 (20.21 %)LAN
638 (19.69 %)Degree
732 (16.58 %)WAN
732 (16.58 %)3G
828 (14.51 %)VMware
925 (12.95 %)SAN
925 (12.95 %)C
1024 (12.44 %)MS Exchange
1024 (12.44 %)Firewall
1123 (11.92 %)Marketing
1123 (11.92 %)Project Management
1222 (11.40 %)TCP/IP
1222 (11.40 %)VPN
1321 (10.88 %)Windows XP
1321 (10.88 %)Blackberry
1321 (10.88 %)Cisco Certification
1420 (10.36 %)MS Office
1519 (9.845 %)Bluetooth
1519 (9.845 %)GPRS
1519 (9.845 %)Handset
1618 (9.326 %)Broadband
1618 (9.326 %)C++
1618 (9.326 %)Active Directory
1717 (8.808 %)Oracle

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (4.145 %)Qt
25 (2.591 %).NET
33 (1.554 %)ASP.NET
42 (1.036 %)WAP
51 (0.518 %)Middleware
51 (0.518 %)OC4J
51 (0.518 %)Struts
51 (0.518 %)Flash
51 (0.518 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (12.44 %)MS Exchange
217 (8.808 %)SharePoint
314 (7.254 %)GroupWise
412 (6.218 %)Exchange Server 2007
59 (4.663 %)IIS
68 (4.145 %)Moodle
73 (1.554 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.518 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (10.36 %)MS Office
27 (3.627 %)MS Excel
32 (1.036 %)MS Visio
41 (0.518 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (4.663 %)Microsoft CRM
19 (4.663 %)Great Plains
21 (0.518 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.518 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.518 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
169 (35.75 %)Wireless
242 (21.76 %)GSM
339 (20.21 %)LAN
432 (16.58 %)WAN
432 (16.58 %)3G
525 (12.95 %)SAN
624 (12.44 %)Firewall
722 (11.40 %)TCP/IP
722 (11.40 %)VPN
819 (9.845 %)Bluetooth
819 (9.845 %)GPRS
918 (9.326 %)Broadband
1014 (7.254 %)ZigBee
1113 (6.736 %)802.11
1212 (6.218 %)WiMAX
1311 (5.699 %)MPLS
1311 (5.699 %)SSL
1410 (5.181 %)VoIP
159 (4.663 %)DNS
168 (4.145 %)IPv6
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (6.736 %)SQL Server
29 (4.663 %)SQL Server 2000
29 (4.663 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (2.073 %)MySQL
41 (0.518 %)Oracle 11g
41 (0.518 %)GIS
41 (0.518 %)Oracle OWB
41 (0.518 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.518 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.518 %)Ant
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (11.92 %)Marketing
217 (8.808 %)Electronics
314 (7.254 %)Finance
314 (7.254 %)Health
413 (6.736 %)Pensions
512 (6.218 %)Front Office
512 (6.218 %)Telecoms
611 (5.699 %)Education
76 (3.109 %)Publishing
84 (2.073 %)Military
84 (2.073 %)Retail
92 (1.036 %)Advertising
101 (0.518 %)Music
101 (0.518 %)Auditing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (13.99 %)Certification Manager
222 (11.40 %)Analyst
321 (10.88 %)Architect
419 (9.845 %)Support Engineer
518 (9.326 %)Support Analyst
614 (7.254 %)Network Engineer
713 (6.736 %)Account Manager
713 (6.736 %)Software Engineer
713 (6.736 %)Technical Account Manager
713 (6.736 %)Technical Manager
812 (6.218 %)Team Leader
911 (5.699 %)Test Manager
109 (4.663 %)Server Engineer
109 (4.663 %)Wireless Architect
118 (4.145 %)Storage Engineer
118 (4.145 %)IT Support
118 (4.145 %)Hardware Engineer
118 (4.145 %)Support Team Leader
118 (4.145 %)Electronics Engineer
127 (3.627 %)Product Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (10.88 %)Blackberry
219 (9.845 %)Handset
38 (4.145 %)VLE
38 (4.145 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
47 (3.627 %)Firmware
56 (3.109 %)Mathematics
64 (2.073 %)iPhone
73 (1.554 %)Fat Client
73 (1.554 %)German Language
73 (1.554 %)Thin Client
82 (1.036 %)Blog
82 (1.036 %)Mainframe
91 (0.518 %)MHEG
91 (0.518 %)Flash Lite
91 (0.518 %)Dutch Language
91 (0.518 %)IPTV
91 (0.518 %)DTV
91 (0.518 %)Client/Server
91 (0.518 %)MPEG
91 (0.518 %)CESG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (26.94 %)Windows
242 (21.76 %)Linux
321 (10.88 %)Windows XP
412 (6.218 %)Windows Server 2008
510 (5.181 %)Windows 2000 Server
66 (3.109 %)Embedded Linux
75 (2.591 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (2.591 %)UNIX
75 (2.591 %)Windows 2000
75 (2.591 %)Nucleus RTOS
83 (1.554 %)Windows CE
83 (1.554 %)Windows Vista
92 (1.036 %)Mac OS X Server
92 (1.036 %)Mac OS X
92 (1.036 %)AIX
101 (0.518 %)Android
101 (0.518 %)VxWorks
101 (0.518 %)Ubuntu
101 (0.518 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.518 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (11.92 %)Project Management
212 (6.218 %)Network Design
212 (6.218 %)Investment Management
310 (5.181 %)Product Management
310 (5.181 %)Software Engineering
310 (5.181 %)CRM
49 (4.663 %)UML
49 (4.663 %)CAD
58 (4.145 %)Disaster Recovery
58 (4.145 %)Load Balancing
58 (4.145 %)Project Planning
66 (3.109 %)Rapid Prototyping
75 (2.591 %)Fund Management
75 (2.591 %)Service Management
84 (2.073 %)Software Architecture
93 (1.554 %)System Testing
93 (1.554 %)Agile Software Development
102 (1.036 %)Requirements Analysis
102 (1.036 %)IC Design
102 (1.036 %)Identity Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
125 (12.95 %)C
218 (9.326 %)C++
36 (3.109 %)Assembly Language
45 (2.591 %)SQL
54 (2.073 %)Embedded C
63 (1.554 %)VB6
63 (1.554 %)VB
63 (1.554 %)VB.NET
63 (1.554 %)VC++
63 (1.554 %)C#
72 (1.036 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (19.69 %)Degree
221 (10.88 %)Cisco Certification
314 (7.254 %)MCITP
411 (5.699 %)CCNP
411 (5.699 %)Microsoft Certification
411 (5.699 %)MCSE
510 (5.181 %)CCVP
68 (4.145 %)RHCE
77 (3.627 %)HNC
77 (3.627 %)HND
77 (3.627 %)CCNA
77 (3.627 %)Security Cleared
83 (1.554 %)CCIE
83 (1.554 %)CCSP
83 (1.554 %)A+ Certification
92 (1.036 %)ACTC
101 (0.518 %)ACSA
101 (0.518 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (7.254 %)SLA
29 (4.663 %)PCI DSS
34 (2.073 %)QA
42 (1.036 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (9.326 %)Active Directory
210 (5.181 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (4.663 %)VMware ESX
42 (1.036 %)VMware Workstation
51 (0.518 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.518 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.518 %)Novell eDirectory
51 (0.518 %)Kerio MailServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (3.109 %)CiscoWorks
25 (2.591 %)DameWare
33 (1.554 %)Cisco IPCC
42 (1.036 %)Tivoli
51 (0.518 %)ZENworks
51 (0.518 %)Novell Identity Manager
51 (0.518 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.518 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
142 (21.76 %)Microsoft
241 (21.24 %)Cisco
328 (14.51 %)VMware
417 (8.808 %)Oracle
516 (8.290 %)Novell
612 (6.218 %)Reuters
612 (6.218 %)Bloomberg
612 (6.218 %)EMC
612 (6.218 %)Tradeweb
711 (5.699 %)Citrix
86 (3.109 %)Apple
95 (2.591 %)HP
95 (2.591 %)Altiris
104 (2.073 %)ProCurve
104 (2.073 %)IBM
112 (1.036 %)CA
112 (1.036 %)Symantec
121 (0.518 %)Remedy
121 (0.518 %)Siemens
121 (0.518 %)Red Hat