Wireless Contracts in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 98 115
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing Wireless 7 35 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.37% 1.27% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.27% 7.11% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 36
10th Percentile £163 £168 £228
25th Percentile £193 £200 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +0.59% +69.00%
75th Percentile £300 £538 £450
90th Percentile £386 £790 £519
England median daily rate £468 £413 £423
% change year-on-year +13.33% -2.37% +10.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.26
England median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -62.14% +53.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 214 492 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.18% 17.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 294 337
10th Percentile £162 £200 £250
25th Percentile £249 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £594
90th Percentile £693 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 17
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.31%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.50
90th Percentile £24.21 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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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 Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -3 4 £205 -55.68% 26
East Midlands +3 3 £369 +34.09% 25
Wireless
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) BGP
2 3 (42.86%) OSPF
3 2 (28.57%) NGFW
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless Security
4 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (28.57%) Back Office
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Network Implementation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Change Management
1 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
1 2 (28.57%) Network Optimisation
1 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
1 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Aruba
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Infoblox
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (14.29%) Zscaler