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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 61 94
Rank change year-on-year -11 +33 -11
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 29 25 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.87% 1.96% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.06% 10.46% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 13
10th Percentile £157 £180 £182
25th Percentile £165 £227 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £260 £338
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -22.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £238 £404 £394
90th Percentile £408 £600 £485
England median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +8.97%
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% +207.09%

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 222 239 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.35% 18.77% 19.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 111 197
10th Percentile £160 £220 £215
25th Percentile £213 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £682 £600 £609
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 42 73
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.24 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £44.28 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% -31.88% +1.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.63 £73.50
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 - - 11
Suffolk +10 5 £425 +2.41% 5
Essex -4 5 £190 -26.92% 3
Bedfordshire -6 4 £160 -56.46% 2
Norfolk -19 4 £225 - 1
Hertfordshire - 4 £170 - 6
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 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.79%) OneDrive
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) DHCP
1 8 (27.59%) DNS
1 8 (27.59%) LAN
1 8 (27.59%) WAN
2 7 (24.14%) Firewall
3 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
3 6 (20.69%) VPN
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (13.79%) SD-WAN
5 3 (10.34%) Network Security
5 3 (10.34%) Wireless
6 2 (6.90%) 802.11
6 2 (6.90%) BIG-IP
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (6.90%) IOS XR
6 2 (6.90%) IPsec
6 2 (6.90%) WLAN
7 1 (3.45%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Automotive
3 3 (10.34%) Polish Language
4 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Support Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) IT Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) IT Support
2 8 (27.59%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Field Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Field Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Service Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Services Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.79%) Android
3 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Customer Service
2 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) Logistics
3 4 (13.79%) Software Deployment
4 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
4 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.90%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.90%) Load Balancing
5 2 (6.90%) Migration
5 2 (6.90%) Network Architecture
5 2 (6.90%) Network Design
5 2 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architecture
5 2 (6.90%) SIEM
5 2 (6.90%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
1 4 (13.79%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) C
2 1 (3.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (13.79%) CCIE
3 3 (10.34%) A+ Certification
3 3 (10.34%) CCNP
3 3 (10.34%) MCSA
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.90%) CCIE Security
4 2 (6.90%) CCNA
4 2 (6.90%) CISSP
4 2 (6.90%) GIAC
4 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco
2 6 (20.69%) Meraki
3 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
4 3 (10.34%) Citrix
4 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.90%) F5
5 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.90%) Zscaler
6 1 (3.45%) Aruba
6 1 (3.45%) VMware