The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 195 177 181
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +4
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 15 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.280% 0.254% 0.068%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.699% 1.498% 0.429%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 3
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £16,833
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +96.04%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-11.25% -
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
883 801 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 16.47% 16.98% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 725 650 561
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -6.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Wi-Fi Salary Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands Wi-Fi Salary Histogram

Wi-Fi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -17 4 £37,500 +82.92%
Coventry - 3 £40,000 -
Solihull - 2 £37,500 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £37,500 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 £41,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 £37,500 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (72.22%) LAN
2 12 (66.67%) WAN
2 12 (66.67%) Cisco
3 10 (55.56%) Firewall
3 10 (55.56%) Data Security
3 10 (55.56%) PBX
3 10 (55.56%) Cisco IPCC
3 10 (55.56%) IP Telephony
3 10 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (55.56%) SaaS
3 10 (55.56%) PaaS
3 10 (55.56%) Unified Communications
3 10 (55.56%) IaaS
4 5 (27.78%) iPad
5 3 (16.67%) Electronics
5 3 (16.67%) Android
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
6 2 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (11.11%) HTML5
6 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 2 (11.11%) Internet
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
6 2 (11.11%) MS Office
6 2 (11.11%) ITIL
6 2 (11.11%) MCP
6 2 (11.11%) Windows
6 2 (11.11%) MCSA

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 2 (11.11%) HTML5
2 1 (5.556%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) LAN
2 12 (66.67%) WAN
3 10 (55.56%) Firewall
3 10 (55.56%) PBX
3 10 (55.56%) IP Telephony
3 10 (55.56%) Unified Communications
4 2 (11.11%) Internet
4 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 2 (11.11%) Wireless
5 1 (5.556%) Broadband
5 1 (5.556%) GSM
5 1 (5.556%) WLAN
5 1 (5.556%) 3G
5 1 (5.556%) DSL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Xcode
General
1 3 (16.67%) Electronics
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Account Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Technical Account Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Technical Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support
5 1 (5.556%) Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
1 10 (55.56%) SaaS
1 10 (55.56%) PaaS
1 10 (55.56%) IaaS
2 5 (27.78%) iPad
3 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.556%) Handset
4 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Data Security
2 2 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
2 2 (11.11%) Use Case
2 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
2 2 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.556%) OpenUP
3 1 (5.556%) Six Sigma
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) Java
1 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.556%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (11.11%) MCP
1 2 (11.11%) MCSA
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) MCITP
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (5.556%) Mitel
4 1 (5.556%) BT
4 1 (5.556%) Apple
View Wi-Fi jobs Nationwide