Wi-Fi Contracts in the South East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 103 112
Rank change year-on-year -26 +9 +40
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 64 112 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.18% 2.00% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.38% 12.23% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 57 70
10th Percentile £170 £185 £184
25th Percentile £203 £235 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £430 £413
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +4.24% +24.53%
75th Percentile £419 £525 £663
90th Percentile £475 £583 £775
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +275.76% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £71.63 £22.25
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% +5.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,190 916 1,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.88% 16.39% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 551 766
10th Percentile £205 £244 £193
25th Percentile £363 £367 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +7.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £592 £588 £563
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 77
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £61.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Hampshire -21 33 £413 +71.88% 8
Thames Valley -31 11 £375 -18.92% 17
Middlesex +8 8 - -
Kent +12 6 £271 +146.59% 3
Buckinghamshire +24 4 £300 -34.11% 8
Surrey +12 4 £405 - 5
Berkshire -39 4 - - 3
Oxfordshire +9 3 £465 +6.29% 6
East Sussex +6 2 £170 -75.71% 3
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.25%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.13%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
4 2 (3.13%) IaaS
4 2 (3.13%) PaaS
4 2 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (56.25%) WAN
2 34 (53.13%) LAN
3 29 (45.31%) VPN
4 9 (14.06%) Firewall
5 8 (12.50%) 802.11
6 7 (10.94%) DNS
7 6 (9.38%) VLAN
8 5 (7.81%) DHCP
8 5 (7.81%) Network Security
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.69%) Internet
9 3 (4.69%) Junos
9 3 (4.69%) SD-WAN
9 3 (4.69%) WebEx
10 2 (3.13%) NX-OS
10 2 (3.13%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.56%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (1.56%) IPsec
General
1 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Retail
3 3 (4.69%) Finance
3 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.13%) Automotive
4 2 (3.13%) French Language
4 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.13%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (3.13%) Spanish Language
5 1 (1.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (31.25%) Architect
1 20 (31.25%) Network Architect
2 10 (15.63%) IT Support
2 10 (15.63%) Network Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.81%) Desktop Support
5 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 3 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.69%) Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Deskside Support
7 3 (4.69%) Field Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Installations Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Digital Signage
1 7 (10.94%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (28.13%) Windows
2 11 (17.19%) Windows 10
3 9 (14.06%) Apple iOS
4 8 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.13%) Android
5 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Project Management
2 19 (29.69%) Project Delivery
3 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (15.63%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.94%) CRM
6 7 (10.94%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (4.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.69%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (3.13%) Analytics
9 2 (3.13%) Configuration Management
9 2 (3.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Management
9 2 (3.13%) Inventory Management
9 2 (3.13%) Load Balancing
9 2 (3.13%) Risk Management
9 2 (3.13%) Server Management
9 2 (3.13%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 2 (3.13%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) C
1 8 (12.50%) C++
1 8 (12.50%) Perl
1 8 (12.50%) Tcl
2 7 (10.94%) SQL
3 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (32.81%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.81%) CCNA
4 4 (6.25%) CCNP
5 3 (4.69%) JNCIA
5 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) GDPR
2 2 (3.13%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) AppManager
3 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (57.81%) Cisco
2 21 (32.81%) Juniper
3 17 (26.56%) Microsoft
4 12 (18.75%) VMware
5 8 (12.50%) Aruba
6 7 (10.94%) HP
7 6 (9.38%) Meraki
8 4 (6.25%) Apple
9 3 (4.69%) Ivanti
9 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
10 2 (3.13%) Google
10 2 (3.13%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint