Wireless Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Wireless
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Wireless skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 57 67
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -20
Contract jobs citing Wireless 9 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.55% 0.71% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.65% 6.94% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £193 £421 £241
25th Percentile £243 £481 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £580 £275
Median % change year-on-year -30.60% +110.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £309
90th Percentile £575 £596 £319
West Midlands median daily rate £380 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -10.59% +13.33% +50.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Wireless 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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 104 72 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 17.93% 10.18% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 40 93
10th Percentile £246 £165 £241
25th Percentile £332 £245 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £350 £385
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -9.09% -6.10%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £650
90th Percentile £570 £674 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £44.35 £13.40 £15.95
25th Percentile £44.88 £13.63 £40.38
Median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.71% -78.46% +225.00%
75th Percentile £50.38 £18.88 £68.13
90th Percentile £51.65 £21.80 £69.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +114.29% -49.09% +61.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in Birmingham

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Wireless

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) SD-WAN
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (33.33%) DHCP
5 3 (33.33%) DNS
5 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) BGP
6 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
6 2 (22.22%) Firewall
6 2 (22.22%) MPLS
6 2 (22.22%) Network Security
6 2 (22.22%) OSPF
6 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
6 2 (22.22%) VLAN
6 2 (22.22%) VoIP
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless Security
6 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Wireless Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Network Design
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) High Availability
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Network Management
2 2 (22.22%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (22.22%) CCIE
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (22.22%) OpenView
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 1 (11.11%) Aruba
4 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Zscaler