Wi-Fi Contracts in the Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 122 138
Rank change year-on-year +14 +16 -1
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 23 42 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.85% 1.24% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.82% 8.24% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 45
10th Percentile £190 £179 £116
25th Percentile £200 £263 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £363 £188
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +93.33% -24.09%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £356
90th Percentile - £569 £496
England median daily rate £350 £393 £400
% change year-on-year -10.83% -1.88% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year - -2.49% -
75th Percentile - - £22.01
90th Percentile - - £22.90
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% -5.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 477 510 566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.63% 15.10% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 336 389
10th Percentile £200 £250 £164
25th Percentile £306 £318 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +12.56% -
75th Percentile £575 £595 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +19 17 £300 +9.09% 15
East Midlands +12 6 £325 -35.00% 17
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) LAN
2 13 (56.52%) WAN
3 11 (47.83%) Firewall
4 10 (43.48%) VPN
5 5 (21.74%) DNS
5 5 (21.74%) VLAN
6 4 (17.39%) DHCP
6 4 (17.39%) VoIP
7 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
7 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
8 2 (8.70%) Network Security
9 1 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (4.35%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (4.35%) Junos
9 1 (4.35%) MPLS
9 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Legal
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Junior
3 2 (8.70%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Mac OS
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Data Protection
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Load Balancing
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
3 3 (13.04%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (13.04%) Quality Management
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.70%) Time Management
5 1 (4.35%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.35%) Change Management
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) Inventory Control
5 1 (4.35%) Inventory Management
5 1 (4.35%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Project Management
5 1 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (4.35%) Service Management
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) CCNA
2 3 (13.04%) CCNP
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (13.04%) MCSE
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) FortiGate
1 5 (21.74%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) Autotask
2 3 (13.04%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Aruba
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) Apple
4 5 (21.74%) F5
5 3 (13.04%) Datto
5 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
5 3 (13.04%) VMware
6 2 (8.70%) Juniper
6 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.35%) HP
7 1 (4.35%) Oracle