Wireless Contracts in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 110 101
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +24
Contract jobs citing Wireless 33 53 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.21% 1.55% 2.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.75% 10.35% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 37 58
10th Percentile £168 £232 £161
25th Percentile £192 £285 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +70.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £450 £361
90th Percentile £825 £515 £479
England median daily rate £414 £425 £395
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.66% -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.82
Median hourly rate - £22.26 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year - +22.58% -
75th Percentile - - £22.75
90th Percentile - - £23.00
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Wireless 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 489 512 563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.89% 15.00% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 338 391
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £306 £314 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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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 Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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 +7 19 £425 -2.30% 18
East Midlands +21 10 £275 -28.57% 18
Wireless
England

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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 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) IIS
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) WordPress
3 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) MS Visio
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (3.03%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) LAN
2 8 (24.24%) DNS
2 8 (24.24%) WAN
3 6 (18.18%) DHCP
3 6 (18.18%) Firewall
4 5 (15.15%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (15.15%) Ethereal
4 5 (15.15%) Ethernet
4 5 (15.15%) VPN
4 5 (15.15%) Wireshark
5 4 (12.12%) Internet
6 3 (9.09%) SAN
7 2 (6.06%) 5G
7 2 (6.06%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (6.06%) iSCSI
7 2 (6.06%) NAS
7 2 (6.06%) Network Security
8 1 (3.03%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (3.03%) NGFW
8 1 (3.03%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
General
1 12 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Finance
6 2 (6.06%) Military
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Network Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Network Support
2 5 (15.15%) Network Support Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Programme Director
6 1 (3.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Field Support Technician
6 1 (3.03%) Lead
6 1 (3.03%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.03%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) LAMP
2 1 (3.03%) EDI
2 1 (3.03%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) PDA
2 5 (15.15%) Smartphone
3 4 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.09%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.06%) IoT
5 2 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (6.06%) Replication
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.03%) CCTV
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.03%) Device Driver
6 1 (3.03%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
6 1 (3.03%) iPad
6 1 (3.03%) iPhone
6 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Ubuntu
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (6.06%) VMS
4 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.03%) Android
5 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.03%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.03%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
2 4 (12.12%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (12.12%) Cyber Intelligence
2 4 (12.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (12.12%) Open Source
2 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.12%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (9.09%) Problem Management
3 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (6.06%) Change Management
4 2 (6.06%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.06%) Information Security
4 2 (6.06%) ITIL
4 2 (6.06%) ITSM
4 2 (6.06%) Network Design
4 2 (6.06%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) C++
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) CCNA
1 9 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) Degree
4 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) CCNP
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.09%) vSphere
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) OpenView
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.09%) SCCM
3 1 (3.03%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Aruba
3 4 (12.12%) VMware
4 3 (9.09%) HP
4 3 (9.09%) Veeam
5 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.06%) ProCurve
5 2 (6.06%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.06%) Synology
5 2 (6.06%) Zerto
6 1 (3.03%) Brocade
6 1 (3.03%) Juniper
6 1 (3.03%) Meraki
6 1 (3.03%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (3.03%) Peregrine
6 1 (3.03%) Remedy
6 1 (3.03%) Sage
6 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.03%) WatchGuard