Wi-Fi Contracts in the Thames Valley

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 103 90
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +8
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 12 43 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 1.53% 2.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 9.49% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 32 36
10th Percentile £202 £185 £190
25th Percentile £249 £388 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £473 £408
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +15.95% +18.98%
75th Percentile £473 £540 £565
90th Percentile £474 £580 £686
South East median daily rate £338 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +21.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £78.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £62.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year - +275.76% -21.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 556 453 626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.30% 16.10% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 281 354
10th Percentile £205 £300 £207
25th Percentile £335 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £559
90th Percentile £638 £650 £649
South East median daily rate £488 £481 £455
% change year-on-year +1.44% +5.62% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 21
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.10 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -38.18%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.49 £81.22 £26.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -42.28%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Buckinghamshire +17 4 £300 -36.17% 7
Oxfordshire +10 4 £465 +6.29% 7
Berkshire -40 4 - - 4
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 2 (16.67%) IaaS
3 2 (16.67%) PaaS
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) WAN
3 6 (50.00%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
5 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
6 1 (8.33%) BGP
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
6 1 (8.33%) Internet
6 1 (8.33%) IPsec
6 1 (8.33%) Junos
6 1 (8.33%) MPLS
6 1 (8.33%) OSPF
6 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (8.33%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (8.33%) Change Control
3 1 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (8.33%) Security Patching
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Meraki
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Apple
3 2 (16.67%) Google
3 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) Aruba
4 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto