Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > East of England

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 64 92
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 -8
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 32 25 18
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.04% 2.02% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.55% 10.59% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 11
10th Percentile £158 £180 £200
25th Percentile £174 £227 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £260 £350
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% -25.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £333 £404 £409
90th Percentile £438 £600 £500
England median daily rate £425 £450 £431
% change year-on-year -5.56% +4.35% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -64.23% +287.10%
75th Percentile £38.38 - £77.50
90th Percentile £78.65 - £79.00
England median hourly rate £20.36 £21.46 £48.75
% change year-on-year -5.15% -55.98% +214.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 220 236 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.04% 19.08% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 111 195
10th Percentile £172 £220 £247
25th Percentile £213 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £538
90th Percentile £680 £613 £613
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 42 73
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.24 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £50.00
Median hourly rate £49.75 £44.28 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -31.88% +3.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £73.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the East of England

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the East of England

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the East of England

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Cambridgeshire -3 7 - - 10
Hertfordshire - 7 £190 - 8
Suffolk +7 5 £425 +2.41% 11
Essex -4 5 £190 -26.92% 3
Bedfordshire -5 4 £160 -56.46% 3
Norfolk -19 4 £225 - 1
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) DHCP
1 8 (25.00%) DNS
1 8 (25.00%) LAN
1 8 (25.00%) WAN
2 7 (21.88%) Firewall
3 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
3 6 (18.75%) VPN
4 4 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (12.50%) SD-WAN
5 3 (9.38%) Network Security
5 3 (9.38%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (9.38%) Wireless
6 2 (6.25%) 802.11
6 2 (6.25%) BIG-IP
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (6.25%) IOS XR
6 2 (6.25%) IPsec
6 2 (6.25%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Automotive
3 3 (9.38%) Polish Language
4 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Support Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) IT Support
2 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Field Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Field Support Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) IT Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Service Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Services Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (28.13%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.50%) Android
3 4 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.50%) ITIL
3 4 (12.50%) Logistics
3 4 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 3 (9.38%) Change Management
4 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.38%) Mathematics
4 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.38%) Project Management
4 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
4 3 (9.38%) Service Delivery
4 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.25%) Line Management
5 2 (6.25%) Load Balancing
5 2 (6.25%) Project Planning
5 2 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) SIEM
5 2 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) C
2 1 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) CCIE
4 3 (9.38%) A+ Certification
4 3 (9.38%) CCNP
4 3 (9.38%) MCSA
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (6.25%) CCIE Security
5 2 (6.25%) CCNA
5 2 (6.25%) CISSP
5 2 (6.25%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (12.50%) SCCM
2 2 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) Cisco
2 6 (18.75%) Meraki
3 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.38%) Citrix
4 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.25%) F5
5 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.25%) Zscaler
6 1 (3.13%) Aruba
6 1 (3.13%) Computacenter
6 1 (3.13%) VMware