Wi-Fi Contracts in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 131 126
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -19
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 41 28 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.24% 0.83% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.48% 4.87% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 29
10th Percentile £185 £178 £185
25th Percentile £225 £220 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -14.29% -7.28%
75th Percentile £588 £438 £500
90th Percentile £650 £563 £540
England median daily rate £373 £350 £395
% change year-on-year +6.43% -11.34% +5.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.26
25th Percentile £15.75 £71.25 £17.01
Median hourly rate £40.00 £77.50 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -48.39% +316.00% +18.66%
75th Percentile - £83.75 £20.63
90th Percentile - - £21.60
England median hourly rate £18.75 £37.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -50.33% +128.79% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 548 575 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.61% 16.97% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 357 306
10th Percentile £310 £219 £214
25th Percentile £463 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.50 £70.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
Somerset +7 15 £250 -33.33% 6
Bristol +4 13 £500 +96.08% 5
Gloucestershire +6 7 - - 1
Wiltshire -2 5 £464 +48.40% 3
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 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.32%) BigCommerce
3 2 (4.88%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) LAN
2 15 (36.59%) WAN
3 9 (21.95%) DHCP
3 9 (21.95%) DNS
4 8 (19.51%) MPLS
4 8 (19.51%) SAN
5 5 (12.20%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (9.76%) Unified Communications
6 4 (9.76%) Wireless
7 3 (7.32%) Firewall
7 3 (7.32%) VoIP
7 3 (7.32%) WLAN
8 1 (2.44%) 5G
8 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.44%) LTE
8 1 (2.44%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Aerospace
2 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
4 5 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support
5 4 (9.76%) Lead Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Network Architect
6 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 3 (7.32%) IT Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) IT Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) VML
2 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.44%) Django
2 1 (2.44%) Flask
2 1 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Data Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Client/Server
2 8 (19.51%) Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.32%) Solar Power
4 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) BYOD
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.44%) STB
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Unix
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
4 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.44%) Android
5 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Network Management
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.51%) Application Packaging
3 8 (19.51%) Asset Management
3 8 (19.51%) Business Transformation
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Management
3 8 (19.51%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (19.51%) Data Migration
3 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
3 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
3 8 (19.51%) Server Management
4 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
4 4 (9.76%) Network Architecture
4 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
4 4 (9.76%) Project Management
4 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
5 3 (7.32%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.83%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
1 8 (19.51%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (19.51%) VMware Workstation
2 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (19.51%) Nagios
1 8 (19.51%) NetBackup
1 8 (19.51%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Hitachi
1 8 (19.51%) NetApp
1 8 (19.51%) VMware
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) Adobe
4 3 (7.32%) Aruba
4 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.32%) Dell
4 3 (7.32%) F5
4 3 (7.32%) Intel
4 3 (7.32%) Meraki
4 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 3 (7.32%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.44%) Apple
5 1 (2.44%) Google