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 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 107 140 139
Rank change year-on-year +33 -1 -38
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 40 30 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 0.83% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.68% 4.85% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 29
10th Percentile £185 £160 £215
25th Percentile £221 £202 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £278 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% -26.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £400 £538
90th Percentile £650 £544 £547
England median daily rate £360 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 0
10th Percentile - £15.68 -
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.05 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +119.18% - -
75th Percentile - £35.56 -
90th Percentile - £64.48 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% -5.71%

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 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%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 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
Somerset +10 16 £250 -33.33% 6
Bristol +13 11 £500 +96.08% 4
Gloucestershire +10 7 - - 1
Wiltshire +8 5 £464 +189.84% 1
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 (22.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 23 (57.50%) LAN
2 15 (37.50%) WAN
3 8 (20.00%) DHCP
3 8 (20.00%) DNS
3 8 (20.00%) MPLS
3 8 (20.00%) SAN
4 5 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (10.00%) Firewall
5 4 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 4 (10.00%) VoIP
5 4 (10.00%) Wireless
6 3 (7.50%) WLAN
7 1 (2.50%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.00%) Retail
4 3 (7.50%) Marketing
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Analyst
1 8 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (20.00%) IT Analyst
1 8 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Lead
3 5 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (12.50%) Consultant
4 4 (10.00%) Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 4 (10.00%) IT Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) IT Consultant
4 4 (10.00%) IT Systems Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Lead Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (47.50%) Data Centre
2 8 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 8 (20.00%) Clustering
3 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.50%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.50%) Solar Power
4 2 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.50%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.50%) STB
Operating Systems
1 13 (32.50%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Unix
3 4 (10.00%) Linux
4 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.50%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Network Management
2 9 (22.50%) Migration
2 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 8 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 8 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 8 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 8 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 8 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 8 (20.00%) Server Management
4 5 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (10.00%) B2B
5 4 (10.00%) Customer Acquisition
5 4 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 4 (10.00%) Network Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
3 9 (22.50%) Degree
4 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (20.00%) Nagios
1 8 (20.00%) NetBackup
1 8 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) Hitachi
1 8 (20.00%) NetApp
1 8 (20.00%) VMware
2 5 (12.50%) Cisco
3 4 (10.00%) Adobe
3 4 (10.00%) Aruba
3 4 (10.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (10.00%) F5
3 4 (10.00%) Meraki
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) Sitecore
4 3 (7.50%) Dell
4 3 (7.50%) Intel
5 1 (2.50%) Apple