WLAN Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing WLAN 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.81% - 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.85% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £339 - -
25th Percentile £359 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £459 - -
90th Percentile £476 - -
East of England median daily rate £400 £575 £230
% change year-on-year -30.43% +150.00% -60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.50
Median hourly rate - - £33.00
75th Percentile - - £34.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £33.00
% change year-on-year - - +16.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

WLAN 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 73 73 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 26.45% 14.75% 16.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 42
10th Percentile £363 £203 £278
25th Percentile £414 £235 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £500
90th Percentile £581 £583 £533
East of England median daily rate £475 £415 £475
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 48 21
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.85 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £18.84 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +21.52% -
75th Percentile £20.17 £21.39 £16.77
90th Percentile £21.46 £63.75 £52.50
East of England median hourly rate £39.32 £22.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +74.76% -57.14% +238.71%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in Cambridgeshire

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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 WLAN within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Huntingdon - 4 £475 -
Cambridge - 1 £350 -
WLAN
East of England

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) 802.11
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Multicast
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
3 1 (20.00%) WPA2
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Network Management
1 4 (80.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) AirMagnet
3 1 (20.00%) Ekahau