Wireless Contracts in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 116 106
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +24
Contract jobs citing Wireless 30 42 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.07% 1.28% 2.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.24% 8.37% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 67
10th Percentile £168 £210 £154
25th Percentile £184 £281 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £404 £250
Median % change year-on-year -34.37% +61.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £456 £478 £328
90th Percentile £815 £536 £453
England median daily rate £413 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.30
25th Percentile - - £18.52
Median hourly rate - £22.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.53% +48.28%
75th Percentile - - £22.88
90th Percentile - - £23.10
England median hourly rate £19.35 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -61.31% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Wireless 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 481 502 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.23% 15.35% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 323 413
10th Percentile £200 £250 £163
25th Percentile £306 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £584 £594 £526
90th Percentile £688 £700 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 29
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.81 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +17.91% +17.07%
75th Percentile £24.95 £26.23 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £37.18 £23.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the Midlands

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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 Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +2 14 £425 +5.26% 11
East Midlands +12 13 £275 -27.63% 18
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England

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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 2 (6.67%) IIS
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
1 8 (26.67%) LAN
2 7 (23.33%) WAN
3 6 (20.00%) DHCP
3 6 (20.00%) Firewall
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (16.67%) Ethereal
4 5 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 5 (16.67%) Wireshark
5 4 (13.33%) VPN
6 3 (10.00%) Internet
7 2 (6.67%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (6.67%) iSCSI
7 2 (6.67%) NAS
7 2 (6.67%) SAN
8 1 (3.33%) Network Security
8 1 (3.33%) PBX
8 1 (3.33%) VLAN
8 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.33%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
1 11 (36.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Military
5 1 (3.33%) Back Office
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Support Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Network Support
3 6 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.33%) Field Support Technician
6 1 (3.33%) Remote Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (16.67%) PDA
2 5 (16.67%) Smartphone
3 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.67%) Replication
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.33%) BYOD
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (3.33%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.33%) IoT
5 1 (3.33%) iPad
5 1 (3.33%) iPhone
5 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (6.67%) VMS
2 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (6.67%) Change Control
4 2 (6.67%) Change Management
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.67%) ITSM
4 2 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (6.67%) Network Design
4 2 (6.67%) Open Source
4 2 (6.67%) OSINT
4 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) CCNA
1 8 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.67%) Firmware
1 2 (6.67%) vSphere
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) OpenView
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Cisco
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.33%) VMware
4 3 (10.00%) Aruba
4 3 (10.00%) Brocade
4 3 (10.00%) Veeam
5 2 (6.67%) Broadcom
5 2 (6.67%) HP
5 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.67%) ProCurve
5 2 (6.67%) Synology
5 2 (6.67%) Zerto
6 1 (3.33%) Apple
6 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.33%) Dell
6 1 (3.33%) Intel
6 1 (3.33%) Peregrine
6 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.33%) Remedy
6 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow