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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 207 203
Rank change year-on-year +64 -4 -26
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 110 56 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.47% 0.90% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.16% 5.07% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 88 55 78
10th Percentile £14,620 £24,400 £28,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -20.00% +8.97%
75th Percentile £55,625 £43,875 £55,142
90th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £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 1,105 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.22% 17.66% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 805 516 709
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,938 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 17 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 17 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 +64 28 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Birmingham +9 27 £50,000 +47.06% 3
Staffordshire -21 12 £38,500 -8.88% 4
Worcestershire - 12 £30,000 -
Coventry +36 11 £26,500 -28.67%
Herefordshire +5 5 £27,500 -42.11%
Shropshire -13 5 £39,750 +52.88%
Sutton Coldfield -6 4 £27,000 - 1
Solihull 0 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 (24.55%) SharePoint
2 14 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 48 (43.64%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (40.00%) Azure
3 25 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 17 (15.45%) AWS
5 8 (7.27%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.55%) GitHub
7 4 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.73%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.82%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.82%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.82%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.82%) SaaS
10 1 (0.91%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.91%) GCP
10 1 (0.91%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 31 (28.18%) Firewall
2 29 (26.36%) Wireless
3 25 (22.73%) WAN
4 24 (21.82%) DNS
5 22 (20.00%) LAN
5 22 (20.00%) VLAN
6 20 (18.18%) DHCP
6 20 (18.18%) VPN
7 15 (13.64%) Bluetooth
8 14 (12.73%) Network Security
8 14 (12.73%) TCP/IP
9 11 (10.00%) SD-WAN
10 7 (6.36%) Ethernet
11 6 (5.45%) ZigBee
12 5 (4.55%) Internet
12 5 (4.55%) RS-232
12 5 (4.55%) RS-485
13 4 (3.64%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (3.64%) FlexRay
13 4 (3.64%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.82%) MySQL
1 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.45%) JIRA
2 4 (3.64%) Git
General
1 38 (34.55%) Finance
2 36 (32.73%) Retail
3 26 (23.64%) Social Skills
4 18 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.91%) Electronics
6 9 (8.18%) Automotive
7 6 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.64%) Local Government
10 3 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.73%) Marketing
10 3 (2.73%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.82%) Law
11 2 (1.82%) Legal
12 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (25.45%) Analyst
2 26 (23.64%) Senior
3 21 (19.09%) Help Desk Analyst
4 19 (17.27%) Network Engineer
5 14 (12.73%) IT Support
6 13 (11.82%) IT Technician
7 12 (10.91%) IT Engineer
8 10 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior IT Technician
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Technician
10 8 (7.27%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.27%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 6 (5.45%) IT Manager
12 5 (4.55%) Software Engineer
12 5 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.82%) HTML
1 2 (1.82%) LAMP
1 2 (1.82%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.73%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (10.91%) IoT
4 7 (6.36%) CCTV
5 5 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.55%) EPoS
5 5 (4.55%) Smart Home
6 4 (3.64%) Clustering
6 4 (3.64%) FMCG
6 4 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.73%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.73%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (2.73%) iPad
7 3 (2.73%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.82%) PKI
8 2 (1.82%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.82%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 47 (42.73%) Windows
2 26 (23.64%) Windows Server
3 22 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 21 (19.09%) Windows 10
5 13 (11.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (10.91%) Linux
7 11 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 11 (10.00%) Windows 8
8 10 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (3.64%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.82%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.09%) Customer Service
2 28 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.73%) ERP
4 24 (21.82%) Asset Management
4 24 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (11.82%) Agile
6 11 (10.00%) Hardware Maintenance
6 11 (10.00%) ITIL
7 10 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
7 10 (9.09%) IT Strategy
7 10 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 10 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 10 (9.09%) Software Engineering
8 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.27%) Data Security
9 8 (7.27%) Programme Management
9 8 (7.27%) Service Delivery
9 8 (7.27%) Service Management
10 6 (5.45%) Communications Security
10 6 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.91%) C
2 11 (10.00%) SQL
3 9 (8.18%) Embedded C
4 6 (5.45%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.64%) Python
6 2 (1.82%) PHP
7 1 (0.91%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (19.09%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (17.27%) CCNA
3 13 (11.82%) CCNP
3 13 (11.82%) Degree
4 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.27%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.27%) CCSA
5 8 (7.27%) MCSE
5 8 (7.27%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (3.64%) A+ Certification
6 4 (3.64%) MCP
7 3 (2.73%) CCIE
8 2 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.91%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (7.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (4.55%) MISRA
3 4 (3.64%) SLA
4 3 (2.73%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (2.73%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.73%) JTAG
5 1 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 44 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.73%) Hyper-V
3 13 (11.82%) Firmware
3 13 (11.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (1.82%) Docker
4 2 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.82%) pfSense
4 2 (1.82%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.36%) SCCM
3 4 (3.64%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.64%) Autotask
3 4 (3.64%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.73%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.82%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.82%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.82%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.91%) SCOM
Vendors
1 62 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 35 (31.82%) Cisco
3 15 (13.64%) VMware
4 13 (11.82%) Meraki
5 11 (10.00%) Apple
6 10 (9.09%) Sage
7 8 (7.27%) CheckPoint
7 8 (7.27%) Veeam
8 7 (6.36%) Sophos
8 7 (6.36%) WatchGuard
9 6 (5.45%) Avaya
10 4 (3.64%) Aruba
10 4 (3.64%) Datto
10 4 (3.64%) EMC
11 3 (2.73%) Draytek
11 3 (2.73%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.73%) Lauterbach
11 3 (2.73%) Webroot
12 2 (1.82%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.82%) Veritas