Wi-Fi Contracts in the North of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 137 150
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 +11
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 53 71 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.12% 1.28% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.53% 10.46% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 49 80
10th Percentile £210 £190 £226
25th Percentile £311 £263 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +45.45%
75th Percentile £512 £500 £519
90th Percentile £516 £528 £557
England median daily rate £398 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.00% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £37.75 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 556 679 927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.72% 12.25% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 456 652
10th Percentile £200 £203 £173
25th Percentile £325 £325 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £449
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.62% +12.19%
75th Percentile £612 £566 £550
90th Percentile £775 £666 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 48 23
10th Percentile £13.42 - £10.67
25th Percentile £21.63 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +144.59% -39.74% +4.07%
75th Percentile £45.94 £16.67 £21.33
90th Percentile £49.65 £37.85 £51.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Yorkshire +27 22 £325 -13.33% 18
North West -14 22 £488 +8.33% 19
North East +18 9 £413 +61.76% 8
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) Azure
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (47.17%) Firewall
2 23 (43.40%) LAN
3 21 (39.62%) WAN
4 15 (28.30%) NetScaler
5 14 (26.42%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (24.53%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (24.53%) IPsec
7 12 (22.64%) BGP
7 12 (22.64%) Cisco Firepower
7 12 (22.64%) EIGRP
7 12 (22.64%) HSRP
7 12 (22.64%) OSPF
7 12 (22.64%) SNMP
7 12 (22.64%) Spanning Tree
8 7 (13.21%) 5G
9 5 (9.43%) SAN
10 4 (7.55%) Internet
10 4 (7.55%) VLAN
10 4 (7.55%) VoIP
10 4 (7.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
General
1 12 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Finance
5 2 (3.77%) Banking
6 1 (1.89%) Back Office
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (45.28%) Network Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) IT Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Senior
3 8 (15.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) IT Support
4 5 (9.43%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Technical Design Authority
6 3 (5.66%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.66%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Designer
6 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) LAN Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Mobile Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Technical Designer
6 3 (5.66%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (22.64%) Jinja
2 2 (3.77%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Clustering
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.89%) LIMS
5 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (9.43%) Windows 10
4 4 (7.55%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (7.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (5.66%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.77%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (52.83%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (26.42%) ITIL
2 14 (26.42%) Network Management
3 13 (24.53%) Change Management
4 12 (22.64%) DevOps
5 11 (20.75%) Break/Fix
5 11 (20.75%) ITSM
6 10 (18.87%) Network Design
7 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
8 7 (13.21%) Network Architecture
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.21%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (7.55%) Customer Service
9 4 (7.55%) Email Filtering
9 4 (7.55%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (7.55%) Migration
10 3 (5.66%) Decision-Making
10 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (5.66%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (5.66%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) Python
2 12 (22.64%) Perl
2 12 (22.64%) Tcl
3 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (28.30%) CCNA
1 15 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
2 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
3 13 (24.53%) CCNP
4 12 (22.64%) Degree
5 9 (16.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.89%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (24.53%) Firmware
2 10 (18.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
3 6 (11.32%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.77%) KVM
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.77%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.89%) vSphere
5 1 (1.89%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (24.53%) Ansible
2 3 (5.66%) Autotask
2 3 (5.66%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (5.66%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.66%) SCCM
3 2 (3.77%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.89%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (54.72%) Cisco
2 25 (47.17%) Citrix
3 14 (26.42%) Meraki
3 14 (26.42%) Palo Alto
4 12 (22.64%) Aruba
4 12 (22.64%) Brocade
4 12 (22.64%) Juniper
4 12 (22.64%) Microsoft
4 12 (22.64%) SolarWinds
5 11 (20.75%) 3Com
5 11 (20.75%) VMware
6 3 (5.66%) Apple
6 3 (5.66%) Datto
7 2 (3.77%) HP
8 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.89%) Google
8 1 (1.89%) NetApp
8 1 (1.89%) Oracle
8 1 (1.89%) Sophos
8 1 (1.89%) Tufin