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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -6
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 16 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.58% 5.15% 2.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.88% 40.00% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £196
25th Percentile £325 - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £375 - £494
90th Percentile - - £495
East of England median daily rate £238 £272 £450
% change year-on-year -12.52% -39.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £15.58
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +4.65% +0.48%
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £27.61
90th Percentile - - £48.54
East of England median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £37.83
% change year-on-year -7.12% -56.91% +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 67 55 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.20% 12.88% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 54
10th Percentile £280 £262 £225
25th Percentile £363 £326 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £498
90th Percentile £715 - £575
East of England median daily rate £525 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 12
10th Percentile - - £15.26
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.46
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - -5.48% +11.26%
75th Percentile £31.00 £21.37 £33.71
90th Percentile £70.50 - £34.95
East of England median hourly rate £61.50 £44.28 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.89% -31.88% +30.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi 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 September 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 -1 11 - - 7
Cambridge - 3 £350 -
Wi-Fi
East of England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) 802.11
1 2 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (6.25%) Bluetooth
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) HTTP
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) MQTT
2 1 (6.25%) Multicast
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) SSL
2 1 (6.25%) UWB
2 1 (6.25%) VLAN
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Wireless Security
2 1 (6.25%) WLAN
2 1 (6.25%) WPA2
2 1 (6.25%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (31.25%) Retail
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Analyst
1 12 (75.00%) Service Analyst
1 12 (75.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Technical Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Technical Services Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Call Centre Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) PCB Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 12 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 12 (75.00%) ITIL
2 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (43.75%) Mathematics
3 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.25%) Generative AI
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Patch Management
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (6.25%) Power Management
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Prototyping
4 1 (6.25%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) C
2 1 (6.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 12 (75.00%) MCSA
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CCIE
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Firmware
3 1 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Citrix
1 12 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) AirMagnet
4 1 (6.25%) Ekahau
4 1 (6.25%) Meraki
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto