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 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 153 194 211
Rank change year-on-year +41 +17 -34
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 108 54 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.34% 0.93% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.88% 5.00% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 88 53 70
10th Percentile £14,620 £24,200 £28,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -22.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £51,688 £43,875 £54,818
90th Percentile £60,250 £47,500 £75,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -4.38%

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 993 1,080 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.36% 18.53% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 795 504 698
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £34,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,469
90th Percentile £67,800 £73,751 £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 2 June 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire +47 28 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Birmingham -4 26 £50,000 +47.06% 2
Staffordshire -23 12 £38,500 -3.75% 4
Worcestershire - 12 £30,000 -
Coventry +32 10 £26,500 -28.67% 1
Herefordshire +5 5 £27,500 -42.11%
Shropshire -13 5 £39,750 +52.88%
Sutton Coldfield -9 4 £27,000 -
Solihull -6 2 £62,500 +78.57% 4
Dudley - 2 £27,000 -
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 26 (24.07%) SharePoint
2 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 51 (47.22%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (41.67%) Azure
3 25 (23.15%) Entra ID
4 16 (14.81%) AWS
5 8 (7.41%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.63%) GitHub
7 4 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.78%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.85%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.85%) OpenDNS
10 1 (0.93%) GCP
10 1 (0.93%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (27.78%) Firewall
2 27 (25.00%) WAN
2 27 (25.00%) Wireless
3 24 (22.22%) LAN
4 23 (21.30%) DNS
5 22 (20.37%) VLAN
6 20 (18.52%) VPN
7 19 (17.59%) DHCP
8 14 (12.96%) Network Security
8 14 (12.96%) TCP/IP
9 13 (12.04%) Bluetooth
10 11 (10.19%) SD-WAN
11 7 (6.48%) Ethernet
12 6 (5.56%) ZigBee
13 5 (4.63%) Internet
13 5 (4.63%) RS-232
13 5 (4.63%) RS-485
14 4 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (3.70%) FlexRay
15 3 (2.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) MySQL
1 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Git
General
1 38 (35.19%) Finance
2 36 (33.33%) Retail
3 27 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 18 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.19%) Electronics
6 9 (8.33%) Automotive
7 6 (5.56%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.70%) Local Government
10 3 (2.78%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.85%) Law
11 2 (1.85%) Legal
12 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.93%) Marketing
12 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (25.93%) Analyst
2 24 (22.22%) Senior
3 21 (19.44%) Help Desk Analyst
4 19 (17.59%) Network Engineer
5 17 (15.74%) IT Support
6 13 (12.04%) IT Technician
7 12 (11.11%) IT Engineer
8 10 (9.26%) Support Engineer
9 9 (8.33%) Senior IT Technician
9 9 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (8.33%) Senior Technician
10 8 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.48%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.48%) IT Analyst
11 7 (6.48%) IT Support Analyst
11 7 (6.48%) Support Analyst
12 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) HTML
2 2 (1.85%) LAMP
2 2 (1.85%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (10.19%) IoT
4 7 (6.48%) CCTV
5 5 (4.63%) EPoS
5 5 (4.63%) Smart Home
6 4 (3.70%) Clustering
6 4 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.70%) FMCG
6 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.78%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.78%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (2.78%) iPad
7 3 (2.78%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.85%) PKI
8 2 (1.85%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.85%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 48 (44.44%) Windows
2 28 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 21 (19.44%) Windows 10
3 21 (19.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (12.96%) Linux
4 14 (12.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (10.19%) Windows 7
5 11 (10.19%) Windows 8
6 9 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.85%) Android
7 2 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.48%) Customer Service
2 28 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (23.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (23.15%) ERP
4 24 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 12 (11.11%) ITIL
6 11 (10.19%) Hardware Maintenance
7 10 (9.26%) Agile
7 10 (9.26%) Critical Thinking
7 10 (9.26%) IT Strategy
7 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
7 10 (9.26%) Project Delivery
8 8 (7.41%) Data Security
8 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (7.41%) Programme Management
8 8 (7.41%) Service Management
8 8 (7.41%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.41%) Ticket Management
9 7 (6.48%) Service Delivery
10 6 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.19%) SQL
2 9 (8.33%) C
3 8 (7.41%) Embedded C
4 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.70%) PHP
5 4 (3.70%) Python
6 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (17.59%) CCNA
3 13 (12.04%) CCNP
3 13 (12.04%) Degree
3 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 12 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.33%) MCSE
6 8 (7.41%) AWS Certification
6 8 (7.41%) CCSA
6 8 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.70%) MCP
8 3 (2.78%) CCIE
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (4.63%) MISRA
3 4 (3.70%) SLA
4 3 (2.78%) JTAG
5 1 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.93%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 45 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.96%) Hyper-V
3 13 (12.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (9.26%) Firmware
5 2 (1.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (1.85%) Docker
5 2 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.85%) pfSense
5 2 (1.85%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.48%) SCCM
3 4 (3.70%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.70%) Autotask
3 4 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.78%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.85%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.85%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.85%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (56.48%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.41%) Cisco
3 17 (15.74%) VMware
4 13 (12.04%) Meraki
5 10 (9.26%) Sage
6 9 (8.33%) Apple
7 8 (7.41%) CheckPoint
7 8 (7.41%) Veeam
8 7 (6.48%) Sophos
8 7 (6.48%) WatchGuard
9 6 (5.56%) Avaya
10 4 (3.70%) Aruba
10 4 (3.70%) Datto
11 3 (2.78%) Draytek
11 3 (2.78%) EMC
11 3 (2.78%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.78%) Lauterbach
11 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.78%) Webroot
12 2 (1.85%) Ruckus Wireless