Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 68 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.81% 0.42% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.93% 3.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £416 £392 -
25th Percentile £422 £395 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £456 £429 -
90th Percentile £468 £434 -
Scotland median daily rate £388 £400 £565
% change year-on-year -3.13% -29.20% +105.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 86 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.08% 12.06% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 44 58
10th Percentile £404 £176 £132
25th Percentile £413 £240 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +16.13% -21.52%
75th Percentile £500 £569 £550
90th Percentile £550 £641 £616
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £18.30 -
25th Percentile - £27.75 £60.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £44.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.54% -27.05% +214.84%
75th Percentile - £60.25 £61.50
90th Percentile - £69.10 -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 £19.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +242.11% -65.45% +191.01%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (80.00%) IPsec
2 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) High Availability
1 4 (80.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (80.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) F5
2 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Meraki