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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 4 18 24
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.11% 6.45% 4.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.89% 31.58% 38.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £211
25th Percentile - - £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £481
90th Percentile - - £515
East of England median daily rate £225 £245 £300
% change year-on-year -8.16% -18.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 21
10th Percentile - £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile - £15.22 £15.33
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile - - £21.37
90th Percentile - - £21.46
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.73 £16.30
% change year-on-year -22.82% +27.18% +5.16%

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 45 57 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.50% 20.43% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 25
10th Percentile £202 £415 £182
25th Percentile £356 £460 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £480
90th Percentile £617 £648 £656
East of England median daily rate £425 £475 £423
% change year-on-year -10.53% +12.43% -8.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 32
10th Percentile - £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile - £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £20.69
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +3.75% +33.45%
75th Percentile £34.81 - £21.46
90th Percentile £68.68 £22.78 £63.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £62.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -63.71% -0.80% +19.05%

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 9 March 2026. 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 -2 3 - - 1
Cambridge - 1 - - 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 802.11
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (75.00%) Polish Language
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Services Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto