WLAN Contracts in the South West

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 162 163
Rank change year-on-year +23 +1 -32
Contract jobs citing WLAN 8 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.25% 0.22% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 1.29% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 10
10th Percentile £367 - £197
25th Percentile £400 £363 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £444
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -15.49% +10.94%
75th Percentile £650 £450 £506
90th Percentile - £488 £537
England median daily rate £600 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +26.32% +8.57% +12.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

WLAN 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 521 619 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.34% 17.16% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 399 300
10th Percentile £285 £217 £225
25th Percentile £461 £400 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £546
90th Percentile £700 £719 £619
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 122 31
10th Percentile £12.53 - £41.43
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +8.73%
75th Percentile £69.56 £60.00 £64.62
90th Percentile £84.30 £77.35 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the South West over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the South West

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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 WLAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Gloucestershire - 4 £375 -
Bristol +14 3 £600 +26.32% 2
Wiltshire - 2 £350 - 2
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England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (25.00%) Internet
4 2 (25.00%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) LAN Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CMDB
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (37.50%) Solar Power
3 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Client Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
4 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk