WLAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 309 395 542
Rank change year-on-year +86 +147 -90
Contract jobs citing WLAN 32 73 73
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.04% 2.53% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 51 51
10th Percentile £386 £363 £400
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -7.43% +31.25%
75th Percentile £580 £619 £600
90th Percentile £646 - £725
UK median daily rate £488 £486 £452
% change year-on-year +0.31% +7.52% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £33.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year - +16.16% -
UK 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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,567 2,884 4,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.39% 11.50% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,907 2,899
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

WLAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WLAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WLAN.

WLAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WLAN over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

WLAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WLAN.

WLAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
2 4 (12.50%) Amazon S3
2 4 (12.50%) Route 53
3 3 (9.38%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (9.38%) Amazon ElastiCache
3 3 (9.38%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (9.38%) Serverless
4 2 (6.25%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.13%) Azure
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) IaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (87.50%) LAN
2 19 (59.38%) WAN
2 19 (59.38%) Wireless
3 13 (40.63%) Firewall
4 10 (31.25%) VPN
5 8 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 8 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (15.63%) BGP
6 5 (15.63%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (15.63%) Cisco Wireless
6 5 (15.63%) OSPF
7 4 (12.50%) VoIP
8 3 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (9.38%) DHCP
8 3 (9.38%) DNS
8 3 (9.38%) IPsec
8 3 (9.38%) MPLS
8 3 (9.38%) Network Security
8 3 (9.38%) PBX
8 3 (9.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Gradle
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (18.75%) Telecoms
2 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Automotive
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Network Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 5 (15.63%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Network Architect
5 4 (12.50%) Consultant
6 3 (9.38%) AWS DevOps
6 3 (9.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Network Specialist
6 3 (9.38%) Presales Consultant
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Domain Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Lead
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) WLAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Web Services
2 2 (6.25%) 802.1X
2 2 (6.25%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.38%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.13%) CentOS
3 1 (3.13%) Solaris
3 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (15.63%) Migration
3 4 (12.50%) Change Management
3 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 4 (12.50%) Storage Management
4 3 (9.38%) Analytics
4 3 (9.38%) Architectural Design
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analytics
4 3 (9.38%) DevOps
4 3 (9.38%) Network Design
4 3 (9.38%) Performance Management
4 3 (9.38%) Presales
4 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
4 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) SOA
4 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.25%) Agile
5 2 (6.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) Bash
3 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) CCNP
1 5 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (12.50%) CCIE
3 3 (9.38%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (3.13%) CCNA
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.25%) Ansible
3 1 (3.13%) Puppet
3 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Cisco
2 9 (28.13%) Fortinet
2 9 (28.13%) Palo Alto
3 5 (15.63%) Juniper
4 3 (9.38%) Aruba
4 3 (9.38%) Infoblox
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.25%) Blue Coat
5 2 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.25%) Ekahau
5 2 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (6.25%) ForeScout
5 2 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Avaya
6 1 (3.13%) F5
6 1 (3.13%) HP
6 1 (3.13%) Oracle
6 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.13%) Splunk