The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 111 90 -
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.298% 0.138% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.592% 0.697% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £34,500 £41,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.86% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -2.43%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 287 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.74% 19.75% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 253 247 223
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Wi-Fi
West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Wi-Fi Salary Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Wi-Fi Salary Histogram

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi.

1 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 4 (66.67%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) PBX
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) MCP
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) MCSA
3 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (33.33%) SaaS
3 2 (33.33%) PaaS
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (33.33%) MCITP

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 4 (66.67%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) PBX
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) WLAN
4 1 (16.67%) DSL
4 1 (16.67%) Broadband
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 2 (33.33%) Account Manager
1 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Account Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
1 2 (33.33%) PaaS
1 2 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Vista
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) OpenUP
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) MCP
1 2 (33.33%) MCSA
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware