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 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 116 98
Rank change year-on-year -22 -18 +43
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 10 18 46
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.67% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.84% 5.00% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 39
10th Percentile £316 £117 £188
25th Percentile £377 £149 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £180 £350
Median % change year-on-year +191.67% -48.57% +44.33%
75th Percentile £584 £488 £468
90th Percentile £600 - £540
England median daily rate £425 £450 £448
% change year-on-year -5.56% +0.56% +11.88%

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 352 360 551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.97% 13.40% 18.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 201 305
10th Percentile £171 £170 £209
25th Percentile £300 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £565
90th Percentile £623 £675 £700
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 27
10th Percentile £15.46 £12.75 £16.35
25th Percentile £21.62 £18.41 £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.34 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.58% -15.13% +44.74%
75th Percentile £31.00 £27.73 £67.50
90th Percentile £42.68 £42.50 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.97% +1.52% +38.50%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -8 9 £525 +218.18% 21
East Midlands -14 1 - - 9
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 2 (20.00%) BGP
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) MPLS
4 2 (20.00%) OSPF
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) 5G
5 1 (10.00%) DMZ
5 1 (10.00%) DNS
5 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
5 1 (10.00%) NaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Police
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Cabling Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Network Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCIE
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CWSP
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) MCSA
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (10.00%) Apple
4 1 (10.00%) BT
4 1 (10.00%) CenturyLink
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) McAfee
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) MobileIron
4 1 (10.00%) Zscaler