Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 12 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 10.91% 5.56% 35.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.29% 33.33% 51.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 19
10th Percentile £300 £479 -
25th Percentile £418 £512 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% -10.43% -
75th Percentile £539 £515 £627
90th Percentile £573 £523 -
Cumbria median daily rate £519 £514 £563
% change year-on-year +0.92% -8.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 30 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 31.82% 16.67% 69.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 37
10th Percentile £371 £505 £450
25th Percentile £447 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £663 £486
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +36.42% +15.71%
75th Percentile £555 £670 £627
90th Percentile £608 £688 -
Cumbria median daily rate £519 £625 £486
% change year-on-year -16.92% +28.60% +90.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £48.56 -
Cumbria median hourly rate - £48.56 -

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Barrow-in-Furness

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Barrow-in-Furness

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 8 (66.67%) WAN
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (41.67%) NetScaler
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) EIGRP
4 2 (16.67%) HSRP
4 2 (16.67%) IPsec
4 2 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) OSPF
4 2 (16.67%) Skype
4 2 (16.67%) VLAN
4 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Deployment Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Network Management
2 6 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 6 (50.00%) Network Design
3 2 (16.67%) Disk Encryption
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) VB
1 2 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
1 10 (83.33%) Palo Alto
2 7 (58.33%) Meraki
3 4 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow