Wi-Fi Contracts in the West Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 98 113 130
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 -11
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 18 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 0.98% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.63% 6.48% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 31
10th Percentile £161 £163 £110
25th Percentile £190 £193 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £275 £175
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +57.14% -41.67%
75th Percentile £488 £394 £388
90th Percentile £700 £700 £500
England median daily rate £360 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £20.51
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
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 contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 389 355 387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.08% 15.07% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 219 265
10th Percentile £200 £263 £164
25th Percentile £307 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £495 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +23.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £503
90th Percentile £689 £700 £618
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 17
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.93
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the West 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
Birmingham +18 9 £475 - 4
Shropshire +25 4 £159 -57.73%
Worcestershire - 4 £688 -
Solihull - 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (88.89%) LAN
2 13 (72.22%) WAN
3 8 (44.44%) Firewall
4 7 (38.89%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) SD-WAN
5 4 (22.22%) VoIP
6 3 (16.67%) VLAN
7 1 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.56%) Junos
7 1 (5.56%) MPLS
7 1 (5.56%) Network Security
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Junior
3 2 (11.11%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Clustering
1 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
1 7 (38.89%) Windows 10
2 5 (27.78%) Mac OS
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Load Balancing
1 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Project Management
5 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) MCSE
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) JNCIA
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) FortiGate
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM
2 3 (16.67%) Autotask
2 3 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) Aruba
3 5 (27.78%) Apple
3 5 (27.78%) F5
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) Datto
4 3 (16.67%) VMware
5 2 (11.11%) Juniper
5 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.56%) Fortinet