Wi-Fi Contracts in the West Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 118 129
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -14
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 19 24 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.98% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.82% 6.76% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 29
10th Percentile £168 £163 £126
25th Percentile £193 £193 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £320 £180
Median % change year-on-year +36.72% +77.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £488 £413 £401
90th Percentile £694 £700 £513
England median daily rate £350 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £20.51
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £15.75
% change year-on-year -10.81% +17.46% +0.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 394 355 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.40% 14.79% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 220 274
10th Percentile £201 £263 £165
25th Percentile £313 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £498 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £506
90th Percentile £688 £700 £616
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 19
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.94
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham +11 9 £475 - 2
Shropshire +38 4 £159 -57.73%
Worcestershire - 4 £688 -
Warwickshire +3 1 £500 +21.21% 2
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) LAN
2 13 (68.42%) WAN
3 8 (42.11%) Firewall
4 7 (36.84%) VPN
5 4 (21.05%) SD-WAN
5 4 (21.05%) VoIP
6 3 (15.79%) VLAN
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.26%) Junos
7 1 (5.26%) MPLS
7 1 (5.26%) Network Security
7 1 (5.26%) Wireless
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (15.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Junior
3 2 (10.53%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Wireless Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Wireless Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Clustering
1 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
1 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
2 5 (26.32%) Mac OS
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Load Balancing
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
3 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
3 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
4 2 (10.53%) Time Management
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.26%) Migration
5 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) MCSE
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) CCNA
3 1 (5.26%) CCNP
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.26%) JNCIA
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) FortiGate
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
2 3 (15.79%) Autotask
2 3 (15.79%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (15.79%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) Aruba
3 5 (26.32%) Apple
3 5 (26.32%) F5
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) Datto
4 3 (15.79%) VMware
5 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
5 2 (10.53%) Juniper
5 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow