Wi-Fi Contracts in Berkshire

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 112 86
Rank change year-on-year +30 -26 -27
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 11 5 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.90% 0.26% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.34% 1.25% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 17
10th Percentile £130 - £209
25th Percentile £148 - £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £240 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -53.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £421 - £800
90th Percentile £494 - -
South East median daily rate £381 £405 £423
% change year-on-year -5.86% -4.14% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.63
90th Percentile - - £80.85
South East median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +275.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 206 401 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.84% 20.79% 19.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 149 181
10th Percentile £272 £265 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% -3.56%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £628 £675
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £468
% change year-on-year -1.60% +6.84% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 18
10th Percentile £30.73 £71.75 £17.15
25th Percentile £39.83 £79.94 £20.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £83.77 £69.42
Median % change year-on-year -34.34% +20.67% +308.34%
75th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £76.66
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.53 £80.48
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% -0.26% +85.48%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Berkshire

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in Berkshire

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Berkshire

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in Berkshire

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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
Reading +36 7 £130 - 9
Bracknell +4 1 £525 - 5
Slough -3 1 £450 +87.50% 2
Maidenhead - 1 £200 -
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Wireless
2 3 (27.27%) 802.11
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) Internet
3 2 (18.18%) LAN
3 2 (18.18%) WAN
4 1 (9.09%) BGP
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
4 1 (9.09%) IPsec
4 1 (9.09%) MPLS
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) OSPF
4 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Aviation
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) IT Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
1 3 (27.27%) Service Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CCTV
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
2 3 (27.27%) Network Design
2 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) A+ Certification
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) MCSA
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) JNCIA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Aruba
2 4 (36.36%) Juniper
3 3 (27.27%) AirMagnet
3 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 3 (27.27%) Ekahau
3 3 (27.27%) Extreme Networks
3 3 (27.27%) Meraki
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) WatchGuard