Wi-Fi Contracts in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 136 132
Rank change year-on-year +25 -4 -24
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 41 31 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.29% 0.85% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.78% 4.84% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 28
10th Percentile £185 - £215
25th Percentile £235 £160 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £259 £255 £392
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -34.87% +4.40%
75th Percentile £538 £388 £538
90th Percentile £650 £536 £551
England median daily rate £360 £419 £400
% change year-on-year -14.03% +4.69% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 0
10th Percentile - £15.68 -
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.05 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +119.18% - -
75th Percentile - £35.56 -
90th Percentile - £64.48 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -10.81% +15.63% -3.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 527 640 494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.60% 17.65% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 416 300
10th Percentile £275 £206 £224
25th Percentile £460 £400 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £545
90th Percentile £713 £717 £621
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 125 34
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.13
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +7.57%
75th Percentile £70.66 £60.70 £66.46
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 £69.05
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Somerset +11 16 £250 -33.33% 5
Bristol +23 11 £500 +96.08% 5
Gloucestershire +13 7 - - 1
Wiltshire -2 6 £268 +67.19% 3
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.76%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 24 (58.54%) LAN
2 16 (39.02%) WAN
3 9 (21.95%) DHCP
3 9 (21.95%) DNS
4 8 (19.51%) MPLS
4 8 (19.51%) SAN
5 5 (12.20%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (9.76%) Firewall
6 4 (9.76%) Unified Communications
6 4 (9.76%) VoIP
6 4 (9.76%) Wireless
7 3 (7.32%) WLAN
8 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Aerospace
2 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.76%) Retail
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Electronics
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Analyst
1 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (19.51%) IT Analyst
1 8 (19.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Lead
3 5 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Administrator
4 4 (9.76%) Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support
4 4 (9.76%) IT Administrator
4 4 (9.76%) IT Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) IT Systems Administrator
4 4 (9.76%) Lead Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Network Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (46.34%) Data Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Client/Server
2 8 (19.51%) Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.32%) Solar Power
4 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.44%) STB
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Unix
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
4 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.44%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Network Management
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.95%) Server Management
3 8 (19.51%) Application Packaging
3 8 (19.51%) Asset Management
3 8 (19.51%) Business Transformation
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Management
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (19.51%) Data Migration
3 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
3 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
4 5 (12.20%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (9.76%) B2B
5 4 (9.76%) Customer Acquisition
5 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
5 4 (9.76%) Load Balancing
5 4 (9.76%) Network Architecture
5 4 (9.76%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.44%) MCP
6 1 (2.44%) MCSA
6 1 (2.44%) MCSE
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (21.95%) Active Directory
1 9 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (21.95%) VMware Workstation
2 8 (19.51%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (19.51%) Nagios
1 8 (19.51%) NetBackup
1 8 (19.51%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) VMware
2 8 (19.51%) Hitachi
2 8 (19.51%) NetApp
3 5 (12.20%) Cisco
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.76%) Adobe
4 4 (9.76%) Aruba
4 4 (9.76%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.76%) F5
4 4 (9.76%) Meraki
4 4 (9.76%) Salesforce
4 4 (9.76%) SAP
4 4 (9.76%) Sitecore
5 3 (7.32%) Dell
5 3 (7.32%) Intel
6 1 (2.44%) Apple
6 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.44%) Veeam