WLAN Contracts in London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 443 570
Rank change year-on-year +92 +127 -135
Contract jobs citing WLAN 45 53 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.20% 0.098%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.62% 1.98% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 27
10th Percentile £213 £408 £300
25th Percentile £420 £506 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £646 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% +36.00% -
75th Percentile £875 £826 £556
90th Percentile £900 £830 £600
England median daily rate £600 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +26.32% +8.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year -24.64% +16.16% -12.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

WLAN 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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,715 2,678 3,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.63% 9.93% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,884 2,551
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +2.05% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 53 83
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £20.91
25th Percentile £18.36 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £46.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +31.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.52
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.66 £23.91
% change year-on-year +114.36% -21.96% -4.36%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in London.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in London.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +43 9 £488 -11.36% 3
West London - 3 £200 -
East London - 1 £200 - 2
WLAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (2.22%) IIS
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) AWS
2 8 (17.78%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (11.11%) Amazon S3
3 5 (11.11%) Route 53
4 4 (8.89%) WhatsApp
5 3 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (6.67%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 3 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (6.67%) IaaS
5 3 (6.67%) Serverless
6 2 (4.44%) Azure
6 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 39 (86.67%) LAN
2 33 (73.33%) Firewall
2 33 (73.33%) Wireless
3 32 (71.11%) WAN
4 27 (60.00%) VPN
5 21 (46.67%) BGP
5 21 (46.67%) OSPF
6 18 (40.00%) IPsec
7 14 (31.11%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (17.78%) Cisco Wireless
9 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (8.89%) ADSL
10 4 (8.89%) DHCP
10 4 (8.89%) DNS
10 4 (8.89%) PSTN
11 2 (4.44%) SD-WAN
11 2 (4.44%) Unified Communications
12 1 (2.22%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (2.22%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Gradle
1 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (17.78%) Public Sector
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Network Specialist
2 9 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Senior
4 5 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Network Specialist
6 3 (6.67%) Architect
6 3 (6.67%) AWS DevOps
6 3 (6.67%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (6.67%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Associate Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Network Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Network Design Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) PKI
2 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.22%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) CentOS
2 2 (4.44%) Ubuntu
2 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 20 (44.44%) Threat Management
3 19 (42.22%) Change Management
4 13 (28.89%) Migration
5 12 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (24.44%) Agile
6 11 (24.44%) Root Cause Analysis
6 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (22.22%) Change Control
7 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 9 (20.00%) Capacity Management
9 8 (17.78%) Availability Management
9 8 (17.78%) Compliance Management
9 8 (17.78%) Security Testing
10 7 (15.56%) Network Design
11 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
13 4 (8.89%) DevSecOps
13 4 (8.89%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Bash
1 3 (6.67%) Python
2 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) CCNP
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.22%) CCIE
4 1 (2.22%) CCNA
4 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.44%) Ansible
2 2 (4.44%) Puppet
2 2 (4.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) Cisco
2 26 (57.78%) Palo Alto
3 21 (46.67%) Fortinet
3 21 (46.67%) Juniper
4 11 (24.44%) Extreme Networks
5 6 (13.33%) Aruba
6 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.89%) Blue Coat
7 4 (8.89%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.89%) Infoblox
8 2 (4.44%) HP