802.11 Contract Job Trends in England

IEEE 802.11
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring 802.11 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 521 568
Rank change year-on-year +19 +47 +195
Contract jobs citing 802.11 10 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.021% 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.30% 0.18% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 20
10th Percentile £340 - £424
25th Percentile £363 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +8.02% +44.00%
75th Percentile - £538 £490
90th Percentile - - £627
UK median daily rate £400 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.02% +24.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.64 - -
25th Percentile £29.91 - -
Median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% - -
75th Percentile £56.01 - -
90th Percentile £63.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.61% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

802.11 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

802.11
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 802.11 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 802.11 in England

802.11
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.11.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.11

802.11
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.11.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.11

802.11
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 802.11 in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.11 in England

802.11
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 802.11 within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
London +24 3 £400 -
East of England +4 3 £350 -
South East - 3 - - 1
South West +26 1 - -
802.11
UK

802.11
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (80.00%) Wireless
2 5 (50.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
4 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) BGP
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (20.00%) OSPF
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) WLAN
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) HSRP
6 1 (10.00%) Multicast
6 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless Security
6 1 (10.00%) WPA2
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Wireless Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Network Design
3 3 (30.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) CCNP
4 2 (20.00%) CCIE
5 1 (10.00%) CCNA
5 1 (10.00%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Meraki
3 5 (50.00%) AirMagnet
3 5 (50.00%) Ekahau
3 5 (50.00%) Juniper
4 4 (40.00%) Aruba
4 4 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (10.00%) F5
6 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft