Wireless Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Wireless
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 4.11% 0.98% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.08% 5.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
West Midlands median daily rate £380 £580 £313
% change year-on-year -34.48% +85.60% -26.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 19 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 17.81% 18.63% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 14
10th Percentile £173 £200 £375
25th Percentile £266 £369 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +38.46%
75th Percentile £400 £506 £566
90th Percentile £500 £600 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £16.26 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.50% -29.30% -5.15%
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +20.37% +11.34%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Wireless job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Wireless

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Stafford - 2 - -
Cannock - 1 £450 -
Wireless
West Midlands

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (66.67%) PuTTY
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CCSA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Peregrine
2 2 (66.67%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds