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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 117 137
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 +8
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 21 41 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.78% 1.25% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.54% 8.18% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 50
10th Percentile £175 £179 £110
25th Percentile £195 £212 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £320 £190
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +68.42% -23.08%
75th Percentile £488 £528 £352
90th Percentile - £569 £491
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +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% +5.10%

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 463 501 580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.21% 15.27% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 328 403
10th Percentile £200 £249 £163
25th Percentile £300 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £614
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £15.94 £14.55
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.11% +16.87%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.13 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

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 18 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 18 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 +18 16 £200 -27.27% 11
East Midlands +4 5 £325 -2.26% 12
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 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) OneDrive
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) LAN
2 11 (52.38%) Firewall
2 11 (52.38%) WAN
3 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 5 (23.81%) VLAN
5 4 (19.05%) DNS
5 4 (19.05%) VoIP
6 3 (14.29%) DHCP
6 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (9.52%) Network Security
7 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (4.76%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (4.76%) Junos
8 1 (4.76%) MPLS
8 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Legal
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Junior
3 2 (9.52%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Clustering
1 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
1 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
2 5 (23.81%) Mac OS
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Data Protection
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Load Balancing
3 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 3 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.52%) Time Management
5 1 (4.76%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.76%) Change Management
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.76%) Inventory Control
5 1 (4.76%) Inventory Management
5 1 (4.76%) Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Project Management
5 1 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (4.76%) Service Management
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) CCNA
2 3 (14.29%) CCNP
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) MCSE
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.76%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) FortiGate
1 5 (23.81%) SCCM
2 3 (14.29%) Autotask
2 3 (14.29%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Cisco
2 7 (33.33%) Aruba
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 5 (23.81%) Apple
4 5 (23.81%) F5
5 3 (14.29%) Datto
5 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 3 (14.29%) VMware
6 2 (9.52%) Juniper
6 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
6 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.76%) HP
7 1 (4.76%) Oracle