Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 23 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.09% 1.78% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 7.89% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £325 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £375 £538
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £400 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.12 - -
Median hourly rate £17.39 - -
75th Percentile £17.65 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.39 £15.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +14.83% -7.12% +5.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 16 38 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 8.74% 22.49% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 5
10th Percentile £431 £250 £247
25th Percentile £463 £425 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £300
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +83.33% -35.14%
75th Percentile £526 £625 £538
90th Percentile £535 £700 £695
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £515 £515 £538
% change year-on-year - -4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £21.54 £63.00 -
25th Percentile £28.15 £63.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £42.44 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.37% +27.27% +227.97%
75th Percentile £59.72 £81.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.14 £85.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.12 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +5.03% - -5.48%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow