Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 585 691
Rank change year-on-year +86 +106 -83
Contract jobs citing WLAN 99 134 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.76% 1.82% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 83 108
10th Percentile £220 £313 £199
25th Percentile £406 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% +18.42%
75th Percentile £775 £619 £563
90th Percentile £875 £735 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £419 £400
% change year-on-year +43.28% +4.69% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile - - £17.64
25th Percentile £23.92 £31.50 £25.80
Median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +16.16% -12.58%
75th Percentile £25.83 £34.50 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London 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
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +108 87 £600 +33.33% 42
London +100 47 £613 +1.03% 16
UK excluding London +45 43 £600 +43.28% 30
Work from Home +98 33 £450 -21.74% 18
Midlands +22 10 £750 +76.47% 7
North of England +35 9 £650 +100.00% 5
West Midlands +28 9 £750 +76.47% 7
South West +22 8 £600 +60.00% 4
Yorkshire +25 6 £650 - 1
East of England +20 6 £575 +150.00% 4
South East +4 6 £388 -13.89% 8
Scotland +31 3 £444 +7.58%
North West +13 3 - - 3
Wales +17 2 £220 +10.00% 1

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.02%) IIS
3 1 (1.01%) nginx
3 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.11%) AWS
2 8 (8.08%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.07%) Azure
4 5 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (5.05%) Amazon S3
4 5 (5.05%) Route 53
5 4 (4.04%) WhatsApp
6 3 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (3.03%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 3 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.03%) IaaS
6 3 (3.03%) Mimecast
6 3 (3.03%) Serverless
7 2 (2.02%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 87 (87.88%) LAN
2 71 (71.72%) WAN
3 62 (62.63%) Firewall
4 50 (50.51%) Wireless
5 45 (45.45%) VPN
6 22 (22.22%) BGP
6 22 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
6 22 (22.22%) OSPF
7 20 (20.20%) SD-WAN
8 19 (19.19%) IPsec
9 17 (17.17%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (13.13%) Cisco Wireless
11 11 (11.11%) MPLS
12 10 (10.10%) DHCP
12 10 (10.10%) DNS
12 10 (10.10%) VoIP
13 9 (9.09%) Internet
13 9 (9.09%) PBX
14 7 (7.07%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (7.07%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.01%) MySQL
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Gradle
1 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (16.16%) Telecoms
2 15 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 10 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.05%) Finance
6 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.01%) Automotive
7 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Legal
7 1 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (23.23%) Network Specialist
2 22 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 20 (20.20%) Architect
4 17 (17.17%) Senior
5 11 (11.11%) Network Architect
6 8 (8.08%) Consultant
7 7 (7.07%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Lead
9 5 (5.05%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (5.05%) IT Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Network Consultant
10 4 (4.04%) Network Technician
10 4 (4.04%) Security Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Network Specialist
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Network Technician
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Technician
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Leader
11 3 (3.03%) Presales Consultant
11 3 (3.03%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.09%) Web Services
2 2 (2.02%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.02%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.01%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.20%) Data Centre
2 19 (19.19%) PKI
3 9 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.05%) NHS
5 4 (4.04%) CMDB
6 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.03%) Solar Power
7 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.01%) CCTV
8 1 (1.01%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.08%) Windows
2 7 (7.07%) Linux
2 7 (7.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.03%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.02%) CentOS
5 2 (2.02%) Unix
5 2 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.01%) Android
6 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.01%) Solaris
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
2 20 (20.20%) Threat Management
3 19 (19.19%) Change Management
4 18 (18.18%) Migration
5 16 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (14.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (12.12%) Mentoring
7 12 (12.12%) Network Architecture
7 12 (12.12%) Storage Management
8 11 (11.11%) Agile
8 11 (11.11%) Capacity Management
8 11 (11.11%) Network Design
8 11 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (10.10%) Change Control
9 10 (10.10%) Performance Management
9 10 (10.10%) Programme Management
9 10 (10.10%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 9 (9.09%) Analytics
10 9 (9.09%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.05%) Python
2 4 (4.04%) Bash
3 2 (2.02%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.02%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.01%) Java
4 1 (1.01%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.23%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.17%) SC Cleared
3 16 (16.16%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (10.10%) CCIE
5 9 (9.09%) CCIE Data Center
6 7 (7.07%) CCNP
7 6 (6.06%) CCNA
8 4 (4.04%) Degree
8 4 (4.04%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) SLA
2 2 (2.02%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.01%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.03%) Docker
2 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.01%) vSphere
3 1 (1.01%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (16.16%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.03%) Ansible
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.03%) SCCM
3 2 (2.02%) Puppet
3 2 (2.02%) Terraform
4 1 (1.01%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 55 (55.56%) Cisco
2 40 (40.40%) Palo Alto
3 29 (29.29%) Fortinet
4 22 (22.22%) Juniper
5 13 (13.13%) Extreme Networks
6 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
7 10 (10.10%) CheckPoint
7 10 (10.10%) Infoblox
8 8 (8.08%) Aruba
8 8 (8.08%) Meraki
9 6 (6.06%) SolarWinds
10 5 (5.05%) Citrix
10 5 (5.05%) Symantec
10 5 (5.05%) VMware
10 5 (5.05%) Zscaler
11 4 (4.04%) Blue Coat
11 4 (4.04%) F5
11 4 (4.04%) HP
12 3 (3.03%) WatchGuard
13 2 (2.02%) Dell