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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 105 117
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 +28
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 65 115 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.18% 2.02% 2.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.35% 12.29% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 69
10th Percentile £170 £185 £183
25th Percentile £203 £236 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.76% +23.77%
75th Percentile £419 £525 £663
90th Percentile £475 £582 £765
England median daily rate £350 £388 £400
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +263.64% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £63.00 £22.25
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% -0.60%

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 1,214 936 1,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.00% 16.45% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 560 759
10th Percentile £205 £241 £190
25th Percentile £363 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 73 73
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £47.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £59.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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 12 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 12 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 -15 34 £413 +71.88% 9
Thames Valley -30 10 £375 -21.97% 13
Middlesex +9 9 - -
Kent +10 6 £271 +146.59% 4
Buckinghamshire +21 4 £300 -34.11% 5
Surrey +13 4 £405 - 7
Oxfordshire +7 3 £465 +6.29% 5
Berkshire -41 3 - - 3
East Sussex +5 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.69%) Azure
3 3 (4.62%) AWS
3 3 (4.62%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
4 2 (3.08%) IaaS
4 2 (3.08%) PaaS
4 2 (3.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (55.38%) WAN
2 34 (52.31%) LAN
3 29 (44.62%) VPN
4 9 (13.85%) 802.11
4 9 (13.85%) Firewall
5 7 (10.77%) DNS
6 5 (7.69%) DHCP
6 5 (7.69%) VLAN
7 4 (6.15%) Network Security
8 3 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (4.62%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (4.62%) Junos
8 3 (4.62%) WebEx
9 2 (3.08%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (3.08%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (3.08%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (3.08%) Internet
9 2 (3.08%) NX-OS
9 2 (3.08%) SD-WAN
9 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
General
1 30 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Retail
3 3 (4.62%) Finance
3 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.08%) Automotive
4 2 (3.08%) French Language
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (3.08%) Spanish Language
5 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Architect
1 19 (29.23%) Network Architect
2 11 (16.92%) Network Engineer
3 10 (15.38%) IT Support
4 9 (13.85%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Software Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (7.69%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.62%) Consultant
8 3 (4.62%) Deskside Support
8 3 (4.62%) Field Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Installations Engineer
9 2 (3.08%) Juniper Architect
9 2 (3.08%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.85%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Digital Signage
1 7 (10.77%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.15%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.69%) Windows
2 11 (16.92%) Windows 10
3 9 (13.85%) Apple iOS
4 8 (12.31%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.08%) Android
5 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) Project Management
2 19 (29.23%) Project Delivery
3 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 9 (13.85%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.77%) CRM
6 7 (10.77%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (4.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (4.62%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (3.08%) Analytics
10 2 (3.08%) Configuration Management
10 2 (3.08%) Information Security
10 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Management
10 2 (3.08%) Load Balancing
10 2 (3.08%) Logistics
10 2 (3.08%) Network Design
10 2 (3.08%) Risk Management
10 2 (3.08%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) C
1 9 (13.85%) C++
1 9 (13.85%) Perl
1 9 (13.85%) Tcl
2 7 (10.77%) SQL
3 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (33.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.69%) CCNA
4 4 (6.15%) CCNP
4 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.62%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) SCCM
2 3 (4.62%) AppManager
3 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (56.92%) Cisco
2 21 (32.31%) Juniper
3 17 (26.15%) Microsoft
4 13 (20.00%) VMware
5 7 (10.77%) Aruba
5 7 (10.77%) HP
6 6 (9.23%) Meraki
7 4 (6.15%) Apple
8 3 (4.62%) Ivanti
8 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
9 2 (3.08%) Google
9 2 (3.08%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.54%) F5
10 1 (1.54%) QinetiQ