Wi-Fi Jobs in the West Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 220 196
Rank change year-on-year +77 -24 -14
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 107 54 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.48% 0.80% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 4.68% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85 52 77
10th Percentile £14,620 £24,100 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £34,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -18.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,688 £54,818
90th Percentile £66,250 £48,625 £78,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £46,625
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.21% -1.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire +77 27 £49,000 +8.89% 2
Birmingham +12 26 £50,000 +44.93% 4
Staffordshire -13 12 £39,750 -5.92% 4
Worcestershire - 12 £30,000 -
Coventry +45 11 £26,500 -37.35%
Herefordshire +7 5 £27,500 -42.11% 1
Shropshire -2 5 £39,750 +52.88%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Solihull 0 2 £62,500 +78.57% 1
Dudley - 2 £27,000 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 26 (24.30%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (23.36%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.12%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (39.25%) Azure
3 24 (22.43%) Entra ID
4 17 (15.89%) AWS
5 7 (6.54%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.67%) GitHub
7 4 (3.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.80%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.87%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.87%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.87%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.87%) SaaS
10 1 (0.93%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.93%) GCP
10 1 (0.93%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (29.91%) Firewall
2 30 (28.04%) Wireless
3 24 (22.43%) DNS
4 23 (21.50%) VLAN
4 23 (21.50%) WAN
5 20 (18.69%) DHCP
5 20 (18.69%) LAN
5 20 (18.69%) VPN
6 16 (14.95%) Bluetooth
7 14 (13.08%) Network Security
8 13 (12.15%) TCP/IP
9 11 (10.28%) SD-WAN
10 7 (6.54%) Ethernet
11 6 (5.61%) ZigBee
12 5 (4.67%) GSM
12 5 (4.67%) Internet
12 5 (4.67%) RS-232
12 5 (4.67%) RS-485
13 4 (3.74%) FlexRay
13 4 (3.74%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Git
General
1 38 (35.51%) Finance
2 36 (33.64%) Retail
3 25 (23.36%) Social Skills
4 19 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.21%) Electronics
6 8 (7.48%) Automotive
7 7 (6.54%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.74%) Local Government
10 3 (2.80%) Marketing
10 3 (2.80%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.87%) Law
11 2 (1.87%) Legal
12 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Senior
2 26 (24.30%) Analyst
3 21 (19.63%) Help Desk Analyst
4 20 (18.69%) Network Engineer
5 13 (12.15%) IT Technician
6 11 (10.28%) Embedded Engineer
6 11 (10.28%) IT Support
7 10 (9.35%) IT Engineer
8 9 (8.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (8.41%) Senior IT Technician
8 9 (8.41%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (8.41%) Senior Technician
9 8 (7.48%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.54%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.61%) IT Manager
12 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.87%) LAMP
1 2 (1.87%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.02%) Driving Licence
1 15 (14.02%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (11.21%) IoT
3 7 (6.54%) CCTV
4 5 (4.67%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.67%) EPoS
4 5 (4.67%) Smart Home
5 4 (3.74%) Clustering
5 4 (3.74%) FMCG
5 4 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.80%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (2.80%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (2.80%) iPad
6 3 (2.80%) Media Streaming
7 2 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.87%) PKI
7 2 (1.87%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) PropTech
8 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (41.12%) Windows
2 24 (22.43%) Windows Server
3 22 (20.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 21 (19.63%) Windows 10
5 11 (10.28%) Windows 7
5 11 (10.28%) Windows 8
5 11 (10.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (9.35%) Linux
6 10 (9.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.74%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.87%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.04%) Customer Service
2 28 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (23.36%) ERP
4 24 (22.43%) Asset Management
5 23 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (13.08%) Agile
7 11 (10.28%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (10.28%) Software Engineering
8 10 (9.35%) Critical Thinking
8 10 (9.35%) IT Strategy
8 10 (9.35%) ITIL
8 10 (9.35%) Mentoring
8 10 (9.35%) Project Delivery
9 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (7.48%) Data Security
10 8 (7.48%) Programme Management
10 8 (7.48%) Service Delivery
10 8 (7.48%) Service Management
11 6 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (5.61%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) C
2 11 (10.28%) SQL
3 9 (8.41%) Embedded C
4 6 (5.61%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.74%) Python
6 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (19.63%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (17.76%) CCNA
3 12 (11.21%) CCNP
3 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.28%) Degree
4 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (7.48%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.48%) CCSA
5 8 (7.48%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (6.54%) MCSE
7 4 (3.74%) A+ Certification
8 3 (2.80%) CCIE
8 3 (2.80%) MCP
9 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) CWNA
10 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (7.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (4.67%) MISRA
3 4 (3.74%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.74%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.80%) JTAG
4 3 (2.80%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 42 (39.25%) Active Directory
2 15 (14.02%) Hyper-V
3 13 (12.15%) Firmware
3 13 (12.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (1.87%) Docker
4 2 (1.87%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.87%) pfSense
4 2 (1.87%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.61%) SCCM
3 4 (3.74%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.74%) Autotask
3 4 (3.74%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.74%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.80%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.87%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.87%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.87%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (57.01%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.71%) Cisco
3 13 (12.15%) Meraki
3 13 (12.15%) VMware
4 11 (10.28%) Apple
5 10 (9.35%) Sage
6 8 (7.48%) CheckPoint
6 8 (7.48%) Veeam
7 7 (6.54%) Sophos
7 7 (6.54%) WatchGuard
8 6 (5.61%) Avaya
9 4 (3.74%) Aruba
9 4 (3.74%) Datto
9 4 (3.74%) EMC
10 3 (2.80%) Draytek
10 3 (2.80%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.80%) Lauterbach
10 3 (2.80%) Webroot
11 2 (1.87%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (1.87%) SonicWALL