Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 106 96
Rank change year-on-year -43 -10 +50
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 13 20 39
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.41% 0.87% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.23% 6.13% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 32
10th Percentile £134 £158 £182
25th Percentile £238 £169 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £180 £388
Median % change year-on-year +101.39% -53.55% -8.82%
75th Percentile £538 £456 £538
90th Percentile £600 £510 £675
England median daily rate £419 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -6.94% +2.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.99 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £21.46 £18.33
% change year-on-year -5.15% +17.11% +15.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 402 326 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.71% 14.19% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 176 288
10th Percentile £163 £165 £211
25th Percentile £294 £255 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -3.95%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £566
90th Percentile £582 £701 £679
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 27
10th Percentile £16.20 £14.31 £13.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.73 £21.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.89 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% -0.50% -5.15%
75th Percentile £31.00 £31.64 £67.50
90th Percentile £34.20 £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £40.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.53% -28.75% +25.53%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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 -30 11 £363 +81.25% 14
East Midlands -26 1 - - 1
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) SD-WAN
1 7 (53.85%) WAN
2 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) MPLS
4 2 (15.38%) 5G
4 2 (15.38%) VoIP
4 2 (15.38%) VPN
4 2 (15.38%) Wireless
5 1 (7.69%) 4G
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (7.69%) DHCP
5 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
5 1 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
5 1 (7.69%) Wireless Security
5 1 (7.69%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Automotive
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Police
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Wireless Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) CCTV
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (7.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.69%) Fault Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Hardware Maintenance
3 1 (7.69%) High Availability
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.69%) Network Design
3 1 (7.69%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE Routing and Switching
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE Wireless
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CWSP
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Palo Alto
3 3 (23.08%) Aruba
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) BT
4 2 (15.38%) CenturyLink
4 2 (15.38%) F5
4 2 (15.38%) Juniper
4 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.69%) Apple
5 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.69%) Meraki
5 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (7.69%) VMware
5 1 (7.69%) Zscaler