WLAN Contracts in the North of England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 196 229
Rank change year-on-year +20 +33 -50
Contract jobs citing WLAN 7 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.23% 2.42% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 14
10th Percentile - £270 £263
25th Percentile - £303 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £431 £383
Median % change year-on-year +50.99% +12.55% +5.52%
75th Percentile - £486 £468
90th Percentile - - £493
England median daily rate £500 £475 £432
% change year-on-year +5.26% +10.02% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.92 - -
Median hourly rate £24.87 - £17.64
75th Percentile £25.83 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £29.71
% change year-on-year -24.64% +11.09% -8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 567 660 874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.13% 11.61% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 444 607
10th Percentile £200 £205 £180
25th Percentile £313 £325 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £602 £570 £550
90th Percentile £750 £675 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 26
10th Percentile £13.31 - £10.93
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.06
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -41.75% +4.29%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.15 £23.40
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.13 £50.48
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Yorkshire +23 5 £650 - 1
North West +2 2 - - 3
WLAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Technician
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Network Technician
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
1 4 (57.14%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
1 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Network Management
1 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Meraki
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (14.29%) Veeam
2 1 (14.29%) VMware