Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 13 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.55% 1.97% 1.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.97% 17.39% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £190
25th Percentile - - £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £170 £265 £350
% change year-on-year -35.85% -24.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile - - £15.27
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.31
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.30 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +4.15% +0.97%
75th Percentile £16.30 £18.84 £27.61
90th Percentile - £21.37 £48.54
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -20.00% -47.12% +144.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 46 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 16.94% 11.30% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 47
10th Percentile £250 £268 £215
25th Percentile £433 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £531
90th Percentile £703 £600 £575
East of England median daily rate £550 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +22.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 13
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.33
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.70 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £18.84 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -5.83% +29.03%
75th Percentile £31.92 £48.47 £33.44
90th Percentile £72.75 £63.88 £34.90
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £58.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -10.00% +30.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Peterborough +4 8 - - 4
Cambridge - 3 - - 3
Wi-Fi
East of England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) 802.11
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Bluetooth
2 1 (7.69%) HTTP
2 1 (7.69%) MQTT
2 1 (7.69%) SSL
2 1 (7.69%) UWB
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
2 1 (7.69%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (30.77%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Polish Language
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Service Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Technical Services Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Call Centre Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) IT Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) PCB Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
1 9 (69.23%) Incident Management
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Mathematics
3 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) AI
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Generative AI
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Power Management
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
5 1 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) C
2 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) A+ Certification
1 9 (69.23%) MCSA
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CCIE
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Citrix
1 9 (69.23%) ServiceNow
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) Meraki
3 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto