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This section looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank173156
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads6270
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.029 %
As % of the category below4.448 %4.608 %
Salaries quoted5764
Average minimum salary£41,719£33,152
Average salary£45,465£35,538
% change on same period last year+27.93 %
Average maximum salary£49,211£37,924
UK excluding London average salary£41,590£42,564
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13941519
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.736 %0.622 %
Salaries quoted11831254
Average minimum salary£31,506£33,018
Average salary£33,724£35,598
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,943£38,178
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Wireless EnglandWireless
England

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Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Wireless Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Wireless Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands Wireless Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BirminghamDown-122£38,526+17.76 %
HerefordshireUp+114£53,000+84.34 %
ShropshireDown-128£50,625-14.60 %
WarwickshireDown-97£58,571+94.42 %
CoventryDown-115£39,500+22.79 %
WorcestershireDown-132£27,000-33.33 %
StaffordshireDown-91£20,500-8.88 %
SolihullDown-51--
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-1£30,000-
Wireless EnglandWireless
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless.

137 (31.62 %)Cisco
230 (25.64 %)LAN
328 (23.93 %)Telecoms
424 (20.51 %)Windows
522 (18.80 %)Microsoft
621 (17.95 %)SQL
720 (17.09 %)C
720 (17.09 %)WAN
720 (17.09 %)Cisco Certification
720 (17.09 %)IP Telephony
720 (17.09 %)Network Security
816 (13.68 %)GPRS
915 (12.82 %)GSM
915 (12.82 %)VoIP
915 (12.82 %).NET
915 (12.82 %)Health
1014 (11.97 %)Firewall
1112 (10.26 %)Marketing
1112 (10.26 %)CCNP
1112 (10.26 %)C++
1112 (10.26 %)PRINCE2
1211 (9.402 %)XML
1211 (9.402 %)CCIE
1310 (8.547 %)Perl
1310 (8.547 %)UMTS
1310 (8.547 %)VPN
149 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
149 (7.692 %)WLAN
149 (7.692 %)Project Management
149 (7.692 %)Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (12.82 %).NET
211 (9.402 %)XML
37 (5.983 %)J2EE
37 (5.983 %)ASP.NET
37 (5.983 %)SOAP
37 (5.983 %)WebServices
45 (4.274 %)Middleware
53 (2.564 %)HTML
53 (2.564 %)JMS
62 (1.709 %)WebSphere
62 (1.709 %).NET Framework
71 (0.855 %)WCF
71 (0.855 %)WPF
71 (0.855 %)Hibernate
71 (0.855 %)WinForms
71 (0.855 %)Swing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (5.983 %)WebLogic
17 (5.983 %)MS Exchange
24 (3.419 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (1.709 %)JBoss
32 (1.709 %)Tomcat
41 (0.855 %)SharePoint
41 (0.855 %)IIS
41 (0.855 %)Office Project Server
41 (0.855 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (0.855 %)Exchange Server 2000
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (4.274 %)MS Excel
24 (3.419 %)MS Office
31 (0.855 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (25.64 %)LAN
220 (17.09 %)WAN
220 (17.09 %)IP Telephony
220 (17.09 %)Network Security
316 (13.68 %)GPRS
415 (12.82 %)GSM
415 (12.82 %)VoIP
514 (11.97 %)Firewall
610 (8.547 %)UMTS
610 (8.547 %)VPN
79 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
79 (7.692 %)WLAN
88 (6.838 %)HTTP
96 (5.128 %)3GPP
96 (5.128 %)Wi-Fi
96 (5.128 %)3G
96 (5.128 %)Wireless Security
105 (4.274 %)CTI
105 (4.274 %)IPCC
114 (3.419 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (6.838 %)SQL Server
26 (5.128 %)BusinessObjects
33 (2.564 %)EDRMS
42 (1.709 %)DB2
51 (0.855 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.855 %)MS Access
51 (0.855 %)FileMaker
51 (0.855 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.564 %)PVCS
13 (2.564 %)yacc
22 (1.709 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.709 %)Flash
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (23.93 %)Telecoms
215 (12.82 %)Health
312 (10.26 %)Marketing
49 (7.692 %)Pensions
56 (5.128 %)Government
56 (5.128 %)Finance
64 (3.419 %)Retail
73 (2.564 %)FMCG
73 (2.564 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.855 %)Electronics
81 (0.855 %)Police
81 (0.855 %)Automotive
81 (0.855 %)Education
81 (0.855 %)Graphic Design
81 (0.855 %)Billing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (14.53 %)Developer
214 (11.97 %)Consultant
313 (11.11 %)Product Manager
411 (9.402 %)Software Engineer
510 (8.547 %)Support Engineer
68 (6.838 %)Software Developer
77 (5.983 %)Architect
77 (5.983 %)Network Manager
86 (5.128 %)Presales Consultant
86 (5.128 %)Voice Consultant
86 (5.128 %)Technical Architect
86 (5.128 %)Sales Consultant
95 (4.274 %)IT Manager
95 (4.274 %)Project Manager
95 (4.274 %)Programmer
95 (4.274 %)Telephony Engineer
95 (4.274 %)Test Engineer
95 (4.274 %)Software Programmer
95 (4.274 %)Cisco Engineer
104 (3.419 %)Implementation Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (5.983 %)N-Tier
26 (5.128 %)NHS
34 (3.419 %)Mainframe
34 (3.419 %)Clustering
43 (2.564 %)EPoS
52 (1.709 %)Computer Science
52 (1.709 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.855 %)SCADA
61 (0.855 %)PMI
61 (0.855 %)IVR
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (20.51 %)Windows
27 (5.983 %)UNIX
27 (5.983 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (5.128 %)Windows 2000
45 (4.274 %)Windows NT
45 (4.274 %)Linux
54 (3.419 %)Windows XP
54 (3.419 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.855 %)Mac OS X Server
61 (0.855 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.855 %)Windows CE
61 (0.855 %)Palm OS
61 (0.855 %)AIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (10.26 %)PRINCE2
29 (7.692 %)Project Management
37 (5.983 %)SOA
37 (5.983 %)Incident Management
37 (5.983 %)Security Cleared
46 (5.128 %)Web Development
55 (4.274 %)ITIL
64 (3.419 %)Enterprise Architecture
64 (3.419 %)Penetration Testing
73 (2.564 %)CRM
82 (1.709 %)UML
82 (1.709 %)Configuration Management
82 (1.709 %)Service Management
82 (1.709 %)Technical Architecture
82 (1.709 %)Business Development
82 (1.709 %)Load Balancing
82 (1.709 %)Test Scripting
82 (1.709 %)E-business
91 (0.855 %)SC Cleared
91 (0.855 %)Software Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (17.95 %)SQL
220 (17.09 %)C
312 (10.26 %)C++
410 (8.547 %)Perl
58 (6.838 %)Java
66 (5.128 %)VB.NET
66 (5.128 %)Embedded C
75 (4.274 %)C#
83 (2.564 %)VB
92 (1.709 %)Tcl
101 (0.855 %)VB6
101 (0.855 %)Embedded C++
101 (0.855 %)PHP
101 (0.855 %)JavaScript
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (17.09 %)Cisco Certification
212 (10.26 %)CCNP
311 (9.402 %)CCIE
48 (6.838 %)CCNA
48 (6.838 %)Degree
55 (4.274 %)CCVP
55 (4.274 %)CCDA
64 (3.419 %)CCDP
64 (3.419 %)CCSP
64 (3.419 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (2.564 %)MCSE
82 (1.709 %)PMP
82 (1.709 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.855 %)MCP
91 (0.855 %)MCSA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.419 %)SLA
21 (0.855 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (5.983 %)Active Directory
21 (0.855 %)Terminal Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (5.983 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (31.62 %)Cisco
222 (18.80 %)Microsoft
37 (5.983 %)BEA
46 (5.128 %)Business Objects
55 (4.274 %)Avaya
63 (2.564 %)BT
72 (1.709 %)HP
72 (1.709 %)Oracle
72 (1.709 %)Nokia
81 (0.855 %)CheckPoint
81 (0.855 %)Sophos
81 (0.855 %)IBM
81 (0.855 %)Mitel
81 (0.855 %)Blue Coat
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