Wi-Fi Jobs in the West Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 211 209
Rank change year-on-year +61 -2 -27
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 109 52 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.45% 0.84% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.13% 4.76% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 87 51 74
10th Percentile £14,620 £24,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -20.00% +8.97%
75th Percentile £56,250 £43,875 £55,142
90th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £78,375
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 979 1,092 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.01% 17.64% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 797 509 705
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,875 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £59,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire +59 28 £35,000 -22.22% 2
Birmingham 0 26 £50,000 +47.06% 3
Staffordshire -24 12 £38,500 -8.88% 3
Worcestershire - 12 £30,000 -
Coventry +40 11 £26,500 -28.67%
Herefordshire +7 5 £27,500 -42.11%
Shropshire -13 5 £39,750 +52.88%
Sutton Coldfield -5 4 £27,000 - 1
Solihull -1 2 £62,500 +78.57% 3
Dudley - 2 £27,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (23.85%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.83%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (22.94%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 47 (43.12%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (39.45%) Azure
3 24 (22.02%) Entra ID
4 17 (15.60%) AWS
5 8 (7.34%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.59%) GitHub
7 4 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.75%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.83%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.83%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.83%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.83%) SaaS
10 1 (0.92%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.92%) GCP
10 1 (0.92%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (27.52%) Firewall
2 29 (26.61%) Wireless
3 25 (22.94%) WAN
4 23 (21.10%) DNS
5 22 (20.18%) LAN
5 22 (20.18%) VLAN
6 20 (18.35%) VPN
7 19 (17.43%) DHCP
8 15 (13.76%) Bluetooth
9 14 (12.84%) Network Security
9 14 (12.84%) TCP/IP
10 11 (10.09%) SD-WAN
11 7 (6.42%) Ethernet
12 6 (5.50%) ZigBee
13 5 (4.59%) Internet
13 5 (4.59%) RS-232
13 5 (4.59%) RS-485
14 4 (3.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (3.67%) FlexRay
14 4 (3.67%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.83%) MySQL
1 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Git
General
1 38 (34.86%) Finance
2 36 (33.03%) Retail
3 26 (23.85%) Social Skills
4 18 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.01%) Electronics
6 9 (8.26%) Automotive
7 6 (5.50%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.59%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.67%) Local Government
10 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.75%) Marketing
10 3 (2.75%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.83%) Law
11 2 (1.83%) Legal
12 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (25.69%) Analyst
2 26 (23.85%) Senior
3 21 (19.27%) Help Desk Analyst
4 19 (17.43%) Network Engineer
5 14 (12.84%) IT Support
6 13 (11.93%) IT Technician
7 11 (10.09%) IT Engineer
8 10 (9.17%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior IT Technician
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Technician
10 8 (7.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Support Engineer
11 7 (6.42%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (5.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 6 (5.50%) IT Manager
13 5 (4.59%) Software Engineer
13 5 (4.59%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) HTML
1 2 (1.83%) LAMP
1 2 (1.83%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.84%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (11.01%) IoT
4 7 (6.42%) CCTV
5 5 (4.59%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.59%) EPoS
5 5 (4.59%) Smart Home
6 4 (3.67%) Clustering
6 4 (3.67%) FMCG
6 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.75%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.75%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (2.75%) iPad
7 3 (2.75%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.83%) PKI
8 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.83%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 46 (42.20%) Windows
2 26 (23.85%) Windows Server
3 21 (19.27%) Windows 10
3 21 (19.27%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (11.01%) Linux
4 12 (11.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (10.09%) Windows 7
5 11 (10.09%) Windows 8
6 9 (8.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.67%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.83%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.36%) Customer Service
2 28 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.94%) ERP
4 24 (22.02%) Asset Management
4 24 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (11.93%) Agile
6 11 (10.09%) Hardware Maintenance
6 11 (10.09%) ITIL
7 10 (9.17%) Critical Thinking
7 10 (9.17%) IT Strategy
7 10 (9.17%) Mentoring
7 10 (9.17%) Project Delivery
7 10 (9.17%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.34%) Data Security
8 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (7.34%) Programme Management
8 8 (7.34%) Service Management
9 7 (6.42%) Service Delivery
10 6 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (5.50%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) C
2 11 (10.09%) SQL
3 9 (8.26%) Embedded C
4 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.67%) Python
6 2 (1.83%) PHP
7 1 (0.92%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (19.27%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (17.43%) CCNA
3 13 (11.93%) CCNP
3 13 (11.93%) Degree
4 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 12 (11.01%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.34%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.34%) CCSA
5 8 (7.34%) MCSE
5 8 (7.34%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (3.67%) A+ Certification
6 4 (3.67%) MCP
7 3 (2.75%) CCIE
8 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.92%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (7.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (4.59%) MISRA
3 4 (3.67%) SLA
4 3 (2.75%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (2.75%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.75%) JTAG
5 1 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 43 (39.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.84%) Hyper-V
3 13 (11.93%) Firmware
3 13 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (1.83%) Docker
4 2 (1.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.83%) pfSense
4 2 (1.83%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.42%) SCCM
3 4 (3.67%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.67%) Autotask
3 4 (3.67%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.75%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.83%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.83%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.83%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.92%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (55.96%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.11%) Cisco
3 15 (13.76%) VMware
4 13 (11.93%) Meraki
5 11 (10.09%) Apple
6 10 (9.17%) Sage
7 8 (7.34%) CheckPoint
7 8 (7.34%) Veeam
8 7 (6.42%) Sophos
8 7 (6.42%) WatchGuard
9 6 (5.50%) Avaya
10 4 (3.67%) Aruba
10 4 (3.67%) Datto
10 4 (3.67%) EMC
11 3 (2.75%) Draytek
11 3 (2.75%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.75%) Lauterbach
11 3 (2.75%) Webroot
12 2 (1.83%) Ruckus Wireless
12 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow