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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 61 93
Rank change year-on-year -5 +32 -3
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 33 25 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.06% 2.26% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.92% 10.73% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 7 10
10th Percentile £158 £180 £286
25th Percentile £181 £185 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £245 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -30.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £375 £275 £417
90th Percentile £438 £443 £510
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 3
10th Percentile - £15.99 £14.67
25th Percentile - £20.00 £14.91
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.38 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -21.47% +30.19% +0.97%
75th Percentile - £21.46 £15.98
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £20.38 £18.33
% change year-on-year -0.10% +11.19% +10.62%

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 195 233 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.16% 21.09% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 112 161
10th Percentile £160 £213 £285
25th Percentile £213 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £475 £435
Median % change year-on-year -19.74% +9.20% +2.35%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £494
90th Percentile £577 £625 £600
England median daily rate £489 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.25% +1.01% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 37 71
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £42.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -46.15% +4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £67.70 £71.50 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +136.26%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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
Hertfordshire - 9 £270 - 7
Cambridgeshire -5 7 - - 1
Suffolk +12 6 £350 -15.66% 4
Essex -4 4 £190 -22.45% 1
Norfolk -21 4 £225 - 1
Bedfordshire -5 3 £160 -11.11% 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 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
1 9 (27.27%) WAN
2 8 (24.24%) VPN
3 7 (21.21%) LAN
4 5 (15.15%) DHCP
4 5 (15.15%) DNS
5 4 (12.12%) Firewall
5 4 (12.12%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
7 2 (6.06%) 802.11
7 2 (6.06%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.03%) HTTP
8 1 (3.03%) Internet
8 1 (3.03%) MPLS
8 1 (3.03%) Network Security
8 1 (3.03%) SSL
8 1 (3.03%) UWB
8 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.03%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Automotive
3 3 (9.09%) Polish Language
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) IT Engineer
1 8 (24.24%) IT Support
1 8 (24.24%) IT Support Engineer
1 8 (24.24%) Support Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Field Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Field Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Technical Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Service Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.03%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Apple iOS
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Android
2 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.15%) Migration
4 4 (12.12%) Change Management
4 4 (12.12%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (12.12%) Logistics
4 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.12%) Project Management
4 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.12%) Software Deployment
4 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 3 (9.09%) ITIL
5 3 (9.09%) Line Management
5 3 (9.09%) Mathematics
5 3 (9.09%) Project Planning
5 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.06%) AI
6 2 (6.06%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.06%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) C
2 1 (3.03%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 3 (9.09%) CCIE
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.09%) MCSA
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.06%) CCNP
5 1 (3.03%) CCIE Security
5 1 (3.03%) CISSP
5 1 (3.03%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Meraki
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) Citrix
4 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Aruba
5 1 (3.03%) Computacenter
5 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) Zscaler