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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 66 50
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 +39
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 66 26 49
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.01% 2.06% 3.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.18% 10.24% 18.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 6 13
10th Percentile £303 £173 £206
25th Percentile £400 £193 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £219 £300
Median % change year-on-year +105.71% -27.08% -33.33%
75th Percentile £521 £342 -
90th Percentile £538 £453 £500
England median daily rate £450 £425 £431
% change year-on-year +5.88% -1.45% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 32
10th Percentile £14.07 - £14.16
25th Percentile £15.63 £14.99 £14.40
Median hourly rate £16.50 £15.14 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -7.12% -72.83%
75th Percentile £16.79 £16.30 £21.37
90th Percentile £17.30 - -
England median hourly rate £22.81 £16.30 £16.50
% change year-on-year +39.94% -1.21% -72.50%

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 273 254 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.44% 20.13% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 113 122
10th Percentile £303 £225 £206
25th Percentile £405 £363 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £574
90th Percentile £600 £674 £581
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 72 76
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.32
25th Percentile £16.50 £28.85 £16.30
Median hourly rate £61.76 £63.75 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +31.28% -25.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £87.95 -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%

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 18 August 2026.

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
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 18 August 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
Suffolk +12 38 £495 +39.44% 2
Hertfordshire - 12 £450 - 7
Essex -8 11 £325 +48.57% 8
Norfolk - 3 £240 - 3
Cambridgeshire -10 2 £400 +14.29% 10
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) OpenStack
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.64%) Azure
3 8 (12.12%) Google Ads
4 7 (10.61%) Entra ID
5 5 (7.58%) Mimecast
6 4 (6.06%) Apple Pay
7 2 (3.03%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.52%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (1.52%) AWS
8 1 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.52%) Google Gemini
8 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.52%) SaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Serverless
8 1 (1.52%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (33.33%) Firewall
2 11 (16.67%) LAN
2 11 (16.67%) WAN
3 9 (13.64%) IPsec
4 8 (12.12%) Broadband
5 7 (10.61%) Network Security
5 7 (10.61%) VPN
6 6 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (7.58%) NAS
8 3 (4.55%) BGP
9 2 (3.03%) MPLS
9 2 (3.03%) SNMP
9 2 (3.03%) TACACS
9 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.03%) Wireless
10 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.52%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.52%) OSPF
10 1 (1.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (1.52%) Hazelcast
1 1 (1.52%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Git
1 4 (6.06%) GitLab
1 4 (6.06%) Gradle
2 1 (1.52%) MSI
2 1 (1.52%) Selenium
General
1 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.03%) Legal
4 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.52%) Marketing
5 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Designer
1 20 (30.30%) Network Designer
2 10 (15.15%) Developer
2 10 (15.15%) IT Support
2 10 (15.15%) Java Developer
3 7 (10.61%) Platform Manager
3 7 (10.61%) Systems Manager
4 6 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Data Centre Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Data Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Applications Support
7 3 (4.55%) Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) Senior
8 2 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (3.03%) Desktop Support
8 2 (3.03%) IT Technician
8 2 (3.03%) Lead
9 1 (1.52%) Business Development Manager
9 1 (1.52%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Spring Boot
2 2 (3.03%) NETCONF
2 2 (3.03%) OpenConfig
2 2 (3.03%) RESTCONF
2 2 (3.03%) YANG
3 1 (1.52%) Kafka
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) IoT
2 8 (12.12%) Data Centre
3 7 (10.61%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Social Media
5 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.52%) PKI
5 1 (1.52%) Replication
5 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.58%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.03%) Linux
5 1 (1.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.73%) DevOps
2 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
3 9 (13.64%) Load Balancing
4 8 (12.12%) Customer Experience
4 8 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (10.61%) Change Management
5 7 (10.61%) ITIL
6 6 (9.09%) Agile
6 6 (9.09%) CRM
6 6 (9.09%) Network Design
6 6 (9.09%) PRINCE2
6 6 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (9.09%) Project Management
6 6 (9.09%) Project Planning
6 6 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 5 (7.58%) Antivirus Management
7 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.58%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) Java
2 5 (7.58%) SQL
3 2 (3.03%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.03%) CCIE
4 2 (3.03%) JNCIE
5 1 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.52%) CCSP
5 1 (1.52%) CISSP
5 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) Check_MK
2 1 (1.52%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Adobe
2 5 (7.58%) Meraki
2 5 (7.58%) Sophos
2 5 (7.58%) Synology
2 5 (7.58%) Ubiquiti
3 3 (4.55%) Cisco
3 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
3 3 (4.55%) Juniper
4 2 (3.03%) F5
4 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.52%) Apple
5 1 (1.52%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.52%) Google
5 1 (1.52%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.52%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) VMware