802.11 Contracts in England

IEEE 802.11
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 802.11 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 802.11 over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 551 617
Rank change year-on-year +60 +66 +166
Contract jobs citing 802.11 7 5 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.013% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 0.10% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile £333 - £425
25th Percentile £344 - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £486
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.06%
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile £398 - £522
UK median daily rate £350 - £486
% change year-on-year - - -15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £22.64 - -
25th Percentile £29.91 - £76.75
Median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -49.04% +141.54%
75th Percentile £56.01 - £81.00
90th Percentile £63.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year +6.61% -49.21% +142.31%

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 3,319 4,832 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,882 3,916
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 391 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 802.11 in England.

Daily rate trend for 802.11 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 802.11 in England.

Hourly rate trend for 802.11 in England

802.11
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 802.11 in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.11 in England

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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 3 July 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
South East +41 3 - - 2
London - 2 £400 - 9
South West +32 1 - -
East of England +24 1 £350 -
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 7 (100.00%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (57.14%) VLAN
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) BGP
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
5 1 (14.29%) HSRP
5 1 (14.29%) IPsec
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) Multicast
5 1 (14.29%) Network Security
5 1 (14.29%) OSPF
5 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
5 1 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (14.29%) Wireless Security
5 1 (14.29%) WLAN
5 1 (14.29%) WPA2
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Network Design
3 3 (42.86%) Data Collection
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) AirMagnet
2 5 (71.43%) Ekahau
3 4 (57.14%) Aruba
3 4 (57.14%) Extreme Networks
3 4 (57.14%) Juniper
3 4 (57.14%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto