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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 502 564
Rank change year-on-year -32 +62 +162
Contract jobs citing 802.11 7 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.033% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 18
10th Percentile - £288 £382
25th Percentile - £325 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +11.39%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £497
90th Percentile £480 £513 £627
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +8.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.53% - -
UK median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year -55.53% - -

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 3,395 3,718 5,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.43% 12.13% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 2,157 3,552
10th Percentile £213 £233 £211
25th Percentile £363 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £601 £600
90th Percentile £686 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 129 329
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.95
25th Percentile £20.09 £27.00 £23.09
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -11.49% +27.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.42% -13.64% +30.95%

802.11
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 802.11 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

802.11 job vacancy trend 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
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 11 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
London +3 3 £400 - 1
East of England -22 2 - -
South West -1 1 - -
North West -18 1 - -
North of England -30 1 - -
802.11
UK

802.11
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
3 4 (57.14%) Wireless
4 3 (42.86%) BGP
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (42.86%) OSPF
5 2 (28.57%) Network Security
5 2 (28.57%) VLAN
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (14.29%) HSRP
6 1 (14.29%) IPsec
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Voice Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) CCIE
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) CWNA
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Meraki
2 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
3 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 1 (14.29%) AirMagnet
4 1 (14.29%) Aruba
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL