Wi-Fi Contracts in the Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 108 121 149
Rank change year-on-year +13 +28 -3
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 24 42 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.87% 1.23% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.90% 8.20% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 34 46
10th Percentile £190 £179 £118
25th Percentile £200 £263 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £363 £188
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +93.33% -24.09%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £352
90th Percentile £656 £569 £495
England median daily rate £360 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year - -2.49% -
75th Percentile - - £22.01
90th Percentile - - £22.90
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
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 contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 490 512 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.84% 14.97% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 338 394
10th Percentile £200 £250 £164
25th Percentile £306 £314 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.57% -0.06%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +15 18 £400 +45.45% 13
East Midlands +11 6 £325 -35.00% 14
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) LAN
2 14 (58.33%) WAN
3 11 (45.83%) Firewall
4 10 (41.67%) VPN
5 5 (20.83%) DNS
5 5 (20.83%) VLAN
6 4 (16.67%) DHCP
6 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 4 (16.67%) VoIP
7 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
8 2 (8.33%) Network Security
9 1 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (4.17%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (4.17%) Junos
9 1 (4.17%) MPLS
9 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Legal
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Junior
3 2 (8.33%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.83%) Mac OS
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Load Balancing
3 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.33%) Time Management
5 1 (4.17%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.17%) Change Management
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.17%) Inventory Control
5 1 (4.17%) Inventory Management
5 1 (4.17%) Migration
5 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.17%) Project Management
5 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (4.17%) Service Management
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) CCNA
2 3 (12.50%) CCNP
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) MCSE
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.17%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) FortiGate
1 5 (20.83%) SCCM
2 3 (12.50%) Autotask
2 3 (12.50%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Aruba
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 6 (25.00%) Apple
4 5 (20.83%) F5
5 3 (12.50%) Datto
5 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 3 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (8.33%) Juniper
6 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.17%) HP
7 1 (4.17%) Oracle