Cisco Wireless Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco Wireless
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cisco Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 117 139
Rank change year-on-year -50 +22 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco Wireless 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.050% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.08% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £300 £200
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +50.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -22.73% -12.00% +43.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Cisco 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 384 290 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.38% 14.40% 18.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 164 287
10th Percentile £154 £154 £200
25th Percentile £263 £209 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £506 £583 £538
90th Percentile £600 £684 £638
England median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 35
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.81 £12.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.26 £13.75
Median hourly rate £20.91 £24.18 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +7.47% +4.74%
75th Percentile £53.38 £35.00 £24.95
90th Percentile £60.55 £37.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £28.38 £35.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -18.91% -23.71% +130.78%

Cisco Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Cisco Wireless job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Wireless

Cisco Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Wireless

Cisco Wireless
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 8 £325 - 1
Cisco Wireless
England

Cisco Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Wireless
2 7 (87.50%) BGP
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (87.50%) DHCP
2 7 (87.50%) DNS
2 7 (87.50%) NX-OS
2 7 (87.50%) VXLAN
3 1 (12.50%) 4G
3 1 (12.50%) 5G
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (87.50%) Banking
1 7 (87.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) RF Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Wireless Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Wireless Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Ekahau
2 7 (87.50%) Remedy
2 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) F5
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper