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 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 90 108 133
Rank change year-on-year +18 +25 -10
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 16 21 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.85% 0.93% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.42% 5.92% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 35
10th Percentile £146 £163 £110
25th Percentile £190 £189 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £180
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +52.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £488 £388 £388
90th Percentile - £700 £496
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +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% +5.10%

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 362 355 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.15% 15.73% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 214 275
10th Percentile £200 £263 £163
25th Percentile £302 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £498 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £616 £525
90th Percentile £696 £700 £625
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 16
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.82
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.38 £13.22
Median hourly rate £19.95 £19.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +15.31% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.68 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £28.25 £20.51
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 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 18 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 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
Birmingham +15 9 £475 -6.86% 2
Shropshire +15 4 £159 -57.73%
Worcestershire - 2 £563 -
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 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) LAN
2 11 (68.75%) WAN
3 8 (50.00%) Firewall
4 7 (43.75%) VPN
5 4 (25.00%) VoIP
6 3 (18.75%) VLAN
7 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
8 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (6.25%) Junos
8 1 (6.25%) MPLS
8 1 (6.25%) Network Security
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 3 (18.75%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (18.75%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Clustering
1 3 (18.75%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
1 7 (43.75%) Windows 10
2 5 (31.25%) Mac OS
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Load Balancing
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) MCSE
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) CCNA
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) JNCIA
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) FortiGate
1 5 (31.25%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Autotask
2 3 (18.75%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (18.75%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) Aruba
3 5 (31.25%) Apple
3 5 (31.25%) F5
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 3 (18.75%) Datto
4 3 (18.75%) VMware
5 2 (12.50%) Juniper
5 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (6.25%) Fortinet