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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 203 201
Rank change year-on-year +55 -2 -25
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 108 56 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.47% 0.88% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.95% 5.03% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 86 55 79
10th Percentile £14,620 £24,400 £28,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -18.82% +11.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,063 £55,034
90th Percentile £66,250 £48,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

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 986 1,114 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.38% 17.59% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 809 517 713
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,950 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
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 14 May 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 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire +62 28 £40,750 -9.44% 3
Birmingham 0 26 £50,000 +45.99% 5
Worcestershire - 12 £30,000 -
Coventry +42 11 £26,500 -28.67%
Staffordshire -22 11 £34,500 -18.34% 5
Herefordshire +6 5 £27,500 -42.11%
Shropshire -11 5 £39,750 +52.88% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 4 £27,000 - 1
Solihull -4 2 £62,500 +78.57% 1
Dudley - 2 £27,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 45 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (38.89%) Azure
3 24 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 17 (15.74%) AWS
5 8 (7.41%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.63%) GitHub
7 4 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.78%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.85%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.85%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.85%) 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 31 (28.70%) Firewall
2 29 (26.85%) Wireless
3 24 (22.22%) WAN
4 23 (21.30%) DNS
5 22 (20.37%) VLAN
6 21 (19.44%) LAN
7 20 (18.52%) VPN
8 19 (17.59%) DHCP
9 16 (14.81%) Bluetooth
10 14 (12.96%) Network Security
10 14 (12.96%) TCP/IP
11 11 (10.19%) SD-WAN
12 7 (6.48%) Ethernet
13 6 (5.56%) ZigBee
14 5 (4.63%) GSM
14 5 (4.63%) Internet
14 5 (4.63%) RS-232
14 5 (4.63%) RS-485
15 4 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
15 4 (3.70%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.85%) Tableau
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Git
General
1 38 (35.19%) Finance
2 36 (33.33%) Retail
3 25 (23.15%) Social Skills
4 18 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.11%) Electronics
6 9 (8.33%) Automotive
7 6 (5.56%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.70%) Local Government
10 3 (2.78%) Marketing
10 3 (2.78%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.85%) Law
11 2 (1.85%) Legal
12 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Analyst
1 27 (25.00%) Senior
2 21 (19.44%) Help Desk Analyst
3 19 (17.59%) Network Engineer
4 13 (12.04%) IT Technician
5 12 (11.11%) IT Support
6 11 (10.19%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (9.26%) IT Engineer
8 9 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 9 (8.33%) Senior IT Technician
8 9 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (8.33%) Senior Technician
9 8 (7.41%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.48%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) IT Manager
12 5 (4.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (4.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) LAMP
1 2 (1.85%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.93%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (11.11%) IoT
4 7 (6.48%) CCTV
5 5 (4.63%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.63%) EPoS
5 5 (4.63%) Smart Home
6 4 (3.70%) Clustering
6 4 (3.70%) FMCG
6 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.78%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.78%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (2.78%) iPad
7 3 (2.78%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.85%) PKI
8 2 (1.85%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.85%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 44 (40.74%) Windows
2 24 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 22 (20.37%) Windows Server 2012
4 21 (19.44%) Windows 10
5 12 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (10.19%) Linux
6 11 (10.19%) Windows 7
6 11 (10.19%) Windows 8
7 10 (9.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (3.70%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.70%) Customer Service
2 28 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (23.15%) ERP
4 24 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 23 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.96%) Agile
7 11 (10.19%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (10.19%) Software Engineering
8 10 (9.26%) Critical Thinking
8 10 (9.26%) IT Strategy
8 10 (9.26%) ITIL
8 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
8 10 (9.26%) Project Delivery
9 8 (7.41%) Data Security
9 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.41%) Programme Management
9 8 (7.41%) Service Delivery
9 8 (7.41%) Service Management
10 6 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (5.56%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) C
2 11 (10.19%) SQL
3 9 (8.33%) Embedded C
4 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.70%) Python
6 1 (0.93%) C++
6 1 (0.93%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (16.67%) CCNA
3 12 (11.11%) CCNP
3 12 (11.11%) Degree
3 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (7.41%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.41%) CCSA
5 8 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (5.56%) MCSE
7 4 (3.70%) A+ Certification
8 3 (2.78%) CCIE
8 3 (2.78%) MCP
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (4.63%) MISRA
3 4 (3.70%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.70%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (3.70%) SLA
4 3 (2.78%) JTAG
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 42 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.96%) Hyper-V
3 13 (12.04%) Firmware
3 13 (12.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (1.85%) Docker
4 2 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.85%) pfSense
4 2 (1.85%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.56%) SCCM
3 4 (3.70%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.70%) Autotask
3 4 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.78%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.85%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.85%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.85%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.41%) Cisco
3 14 (12.96%) VMware
4 13 (12.04%) Meraki
5 11 (10.19%) Apple
6 10 (9.26%) Sage
7 8 (7.41%) CheckPoint
7 8 (7.41%) Veeam
8 7 (6.48%) Sophos
8 7 (6.48%) WatchGuard
9 6 (5.56%) Avaya
10 4 (3.70%) Aruba
10 4 (3.70%) Datto
10 4 (3.70%) EMC
11 3 (2.78%) Draytek
11 3 (2.78%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.78%) Lauterbach
11 3 (2.78%) Webroot
12 2 (1.85%) SonicWALL
12 2 (1.85%) Veritas