Wi-Fi Contracts in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 135 122
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 -9
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 41 28 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 0.83% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.64% 4.89% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 29
10th Percentile £185 £176 £185
25th Percentile £225 £216 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £278 £350
Median % change year-on-year +80.18% -20.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £400 £500
90th Percentile £650 £540 £540
England median daily rate £373 £363 £395
% change year-on-year +2.76% -8.17% +5.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 2
10th Percentile - £23.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £15.75 £31.69 £17.01
Median hourly rate £40.00 £48.25 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +158.99% +18.66%
75th Percentile - £67.69 £20.63
90th Percentile - £77.33 £21.60
England median hourly rate £16.50 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -17.50% +21.21% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 537 573 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.40% 16.97% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 355 309
10th Percentile £305 £219 £212
25th Percentile £463 £394 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +23.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.20 £70.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.53 £23.91
% change year-on-year +128.15% -26.67% +3.96%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
Somerset +6 15 £250 -33.33% 5
Bristol +13 13 £500 +96.08% 7
Gloucestershire +7 7 - - 1
Wiltshire 0 5 £464 +48.40% 4
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.32%) BigCommerce
3 2 (4.88%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) LAN
2 15 (36.59%) WAN
3 9 (21.95%) DHCP
3 9 (21.95%) DNS
4 8 (19.51%) MPLS
4 8 (19.51%) SAN
5 5 (12.20%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (9.76%) Unified Communications
6 4 (9.76%) Wireless
7 3 (7.32%) Firewall
7 3 (7.32%) VoIP
7 3 (7.32%) WLAN
8 1 (2.44%) 5G
8 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.44%) LTE
8 1 (2.44%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Aerospace
2 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
4 5 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support
5 4 (9.76%) Lead Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Network Architect
6 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 3 (7.32%) IT Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) IT Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) VML
2 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.44%) Django
2 1 (2.44%) Flask
2 1 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Data Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Client/Server
2 8 (19.51%) Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.32%) Solar Power
4 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) BYOD
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.44%) STB
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Unix
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
4 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.44%) Android
5 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Network Management
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.51%) Application Packaging
3 8 (19.51%) Asset Management
3 8 (19.51%) Business Transformation
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Management
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (19.51%) Data Migration
3 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
3 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
3 8 (19.51%) Server Management
4 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
4 4 (9.76%) Network Architecture
4 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
4 4 (9.76%) Project Management
4 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
5 3 (7.32%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.83%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
1 8 (19.51%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (19.51%) VMware Workstation
2 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (19.51%) Nagios
1 8 (19.51%) NetBackup
1 8 (19.51%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Hitachi
1 8 (19.51%) NetApp
1 8 (19.51%) VMware
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) Adobe
4 3 (7.32%) Aruba
4 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.32%) Dell
4 3 (7.32%) F5
4 3 (7.32%) Intel
4 3 (7.32%) Meraki
4 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 3 (7.32%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.44%) Apple
5 1 (2.44%) Google