Wireless Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Wireless
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 95 93
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Wireless 44 14 25
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.95% 0.84% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.64% 5.93% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 11 14
10th Percentile £235 £381 £204
25th Percentile £346 £413 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £580 £313
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +85.60% -26.47%
75th Percentile £413 - £428
90th Percentile £520 - £499
England median daily rate £340 £450 £435
% change year-on-year -24.44% +3.45% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £33.40 - -
England median hourly rate £23.71 £48.56 £23.50
% change year-on-year -51.18% +106.64% -7.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 348 236 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.40% 14.17% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 136 214
10th Percentile £211 £168 £208
25th Percentile £301 £291 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +4.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £583 £575
90th Percentile £582 £671 £688
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 19
10th Percentile £18.50 £12.48 £20.55
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.22 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.13 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.47% -32.85% +11.34%
75th Percentile £33.00 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £49.00 - £67.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £40.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.53% -28.75% +25.53%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Warwickshire - 16 £380 -
Birmingham -4 11 £400 -31.03% 4
Coventry -13 5 £325 +51.16% 1
Staffordshire +4 3 £450 +5.88% 1
Shropshire - 2 £290 -
Worcestershire - 2 £369 - 5
Wolverhampton +4 1 £267 -
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (22.73%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 4 (9.09%) GCP
2 4 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (61.36%) DNS
2 25 (56.82%) Firewall
3 21 (47.73%) WAN
4 17 (38.64%) VPN
5 15 (34.09%) DHCP
6 12 (27.27%) BGP
6 12 (27.27%) IPsec
6 12 (27.27%) SSL
7 11 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (25.00%) LAN
7 11 (25.00%) VXLAN
8 9 (20.45%) Cisco IPT
8 9 (20.45%) Cisco Wireless
8 9 (20.45%) DMVPN
9 8 (18.18%) SD-WAN
10 7 (15.91%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (15.91%) Network Security
10 7 (15.91%) NX-OS
10 7 (15.91%) WLAN
11 6 (13.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
1 2 (4.55%) QlikView
General
1 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 7 (15.91%) Banking
3 7 (15.91%) Investment Banking
4 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.36%) Retail
6 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.55%) Finance
8 2 (4.55%) Legal
9 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (40.91%) Network Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) RF Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Wireless Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Network Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Lead
6 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Accountant
7 2 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Principal Network Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Accountant
7 2 (4.55%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.45%) 802.1X
2 3 (6.82%) LDAP
2 3 (6.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (47.73%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.36%) IoT
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) CatOS
1 2 (4.55%) Debian
1 2 (4.55%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Change Management
2 9 (20.45%) Inventory Management
3 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (15.91%) User Experience
4 6 (13.64%) Computer Science
4 6 (13.64%) Network Management
5 5 (11.36%) ITIL
5 5 (11.36%) Load Balancing
6 4 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.09%) Network Design
6 4 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.09%) Zero Trust
7 3 (6.82%) Business Strategy
7 3 (6.82%) Cost Optimisation
7 3 (6.82%) Incident Response
7 3 (6.82%) IT Strategy
7 3 (6.82%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (6.82%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) Lisp
2 5 (11.36%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) CCNP
1 18 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (29.55%) Security Cleared
3 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.91%) Degree
5 5 (11.36%) CCIE
5 5 (11.36%) CCNA
6 3 (6.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.82%) CCIE Security
6 3 (6.82%) CCSP
6 3 (6.82%) CISSP
6 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) ACCA
7 2 (4.55%) CIMA
7 2 (4.55%) JNCIE
7 2 (4.55%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.27%) CCSA
8 1 (2.27%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.09%) GDPR
2 4 (9.09%) NIST
2 4 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (15.91%) VMware NSX
2 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.82%) Firmware
4 2 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) FortiGate
2 4 (9.09%) Ansible
2 4 (9.09%) Terraform
3 3 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (72.73%) Cisco
2 19 (43.18%) F5
3 14 (31.82%) CheckPoint
4 12 (27.27%) Juniper
5 9 (20.45%) Blue Coat
5 9 (20.45%) Remedy
6 8 (18.18%) Fortinet
6 8 (18.18%) ServiceNow
7 7 (15.91%) Ekahau
7 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
7 7 (15.91%) Palo Alto
7 7 (15.91%) SolarWinds
7 7 (15.91%) VMware
8 5 (11.36%) Meraki
9 2 (4.55%) Aruba
9 2 (4.55%) Forcepoint
9 2 (4.55%) Oracle
9 2 (4.55%) Peregrine
10 1 (2.27%) Infoblox
10 1 (2.27%) Zscaler