Wi-Fi Contracts in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 113 132 135
Rank change year-on-year +19 +3 -30
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 39 27 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.23% 0.78% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.59% 4.47% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 28
10th Percentile £185 £160 £215
25th Percentile £221 £208 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £278 £375
Median % change year-on-year +80.18% -26.00% -
75th Percentile £619 £384 £509
90th Percentile £650 £486 £540
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 2
10th Percentile - £16.70 £16.26
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.38 £17.01
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% +1.99% +18.66%
75th Percentile - £51.63 £20.63
90th Percentile - £70.90 £21.60
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 514 604 479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.27% 17.44% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 387 290
10th Percentile £297 £204 £215
25th Percentile £463 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% +13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £563
90th Percentile £700 £719 £621
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 117 31
10th Percentile £12.55 - £41.00
25th Percentile £15.75 - £44.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +8.02%
75th Percentile £68.46 £59.80 £64.62
90th Percentile £83.60 £76.59 £69.05
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Somerset +11 14 £250 -33.33% 6
Bristol +20 12 £500 +96.08% 7
Gloucestershire +13 7 - -
Wiltshire +12 5 £464 +189.84% 1
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.69%) BigCommerce
3 2 (5.13%) Azure
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (58.97%) LAN
2 15 (38.46%) WAN
3 9 (23.08%) DHCP
3 9 (23.08%) DNS
4 8 (20.51%) MPLS
4 8 (20.51%) SAN
5 5 (12.82%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (10.26%) Unified Communications
6 4 (10.26%) Wireless
7 3 (7.69%) Firewall
7 3 (7.69%) VoIP
7 3 (7.69%) WLAN
8 1 (2.56%) 5G
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.56%) LTE
8 1 (2.56%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Aerospace
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.69%) Marketing
4 3 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Electronics
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Analyst
1 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (20.51%) IT Analyst
1 8 (20.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Lead
3 5 (12.82%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Consultant
4 4 (10.26%) Desktop Support
4 4 (10.26%) Lead Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Network Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) IT Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) IT Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) VML
2 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.56%) Django
2 1 (2.56%) Flask
2 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 8 (20.51%) Client/Server
2 8 (20.51%) Clustering
3 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.69%) Solar Power
4 2 (5.13%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.56%) STB
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Unix
3 4 (10.26%) Linux
4 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Network Management
2 9 (23.08%) Migration
2 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.51%) Application Packaging
3 8 (20.51%) Asset Management
3 8 (20.51%) Business Transformation
3 8 (20.51%) Capacity Management
3 8 (20.51%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (20.51%) Data Migration
3 8 (20.51%) Data Protection
3 8 (20.51%) Decision-Making
3 8 (20.51%) Server Management
4 4 (10.26%) IT Strategy
4 4 (10.26%) Network Architecture
4 4 (10.26%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (10.26%) Zero Trust
5 3 (7.69%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (7.69%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
5 3 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 9 (23.08%) Degree
4 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
1 8 (20.51%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (20.51%) VMware Workstation
2 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (20.51%) Nagios
1 8 (20.51%) NetBackup
1 8 (20.51%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Hitachi
1 8 (20.51%) NetApp
1 8 (20.51%) VMware
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) Adobe
3 3 (7.69%) Aruba
3 3 (7.69%) CheckPoint
3 3 (7.69%) Dell
3 3 (7.69%) F5
3 3 (7.69%) Intel
3 3 (7.69%) Meraki
3 3 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.69%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.56%) Apple
4 1 (2.56%) Google