Wi-Fi Contracts in England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 250 305
Rank change year-on-year -6 +55 +34
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 246 339 429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.91% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.72% 6.78% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 173 274
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £245 £250 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £370 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -12.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £536 £494 £525
90th Percentile £588 £580 £588
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 60 36
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% -10.81% +12.12%
75th Percentile £20.17 £21.39 £60.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £40.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £15.87 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -3.82% -10.81% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,185 4,997 6,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.45% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,960 3,015 4,040
10th Percentile £220 £206 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 400 438
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.20 £17.52 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +59 99 £475 +11.76% 102
North of England +25 58 £338 -6.25% 45
North West +38 46 £413 -9.84% 21
East of England +3 35 £245 -18.33% 32
South East +10 30 £375 -7.41% 87
West Midlands +8 11 £200 -50.00% 29
Midlands +6 11 £200 -40.74% 45
Yorkshire -12 8 £243 -25.38% 13
South West +8 5 £413 +65.00% 33
North East -6 3 £600 +41.18% 13
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (13.82%) SharePoint
2 29 (11.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.63%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (15.04%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (11.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 97 (39.43%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (17.07%) Azure
3 24 (9.76%) OneDrive
4 17 (6.91%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.47%) AWS
6 8 (3.25%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.63%) IaaS
7 4 (1.63%) SaaS
8 3 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.22%) Datadog
8 3 (1.22%) GCP
8 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.22%) PaaS
8 3 (1.22%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.41%) Asana
10 1 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.41%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.41%) Slack
10 1 (0.41%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 96 (39.02%) Firewall
2 85 (34.55%) WAN
3 67 (27.24%) LAN
4 42 (17.07%) VPN
5 41 (16.67%) DHCP
5 41 (16.67%) DNS
6 39 (15.85%) Wireless
7 36 (14.63%) VLAN
8 31 (12.60%) Network Security
9 23 (9.35%) VoIP
10 22 (8.94%) Cisco ISE
11 20 (8.13%) BGP
12 18 (7.32%) OSPF
12 18 (7.32%) SD-WAN
13 16 (6.50%) NetScaler
14 15 (6.10%) Internet
15 14 (5.69%) TCP/IP
16 13 (5.28%) WLAN
17 12 (4.88%) IPsec
17 12 (4.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.22%) InfluxDB
1 3 (1.22%) Looker
1 3 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) eggPlant
2 2 (0.81%) KGDB
3 1 (0.41%) Gerrit
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.82%) Finance
3 16 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (5.69%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.66%) Retail
7 6 (2.44%) Banking
7 6 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.63%) Games
8 4 (1.63%) Local Government
9 3 (1.22%) Aviation
9 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Law
10 2 (0.81%) Legal
10 2 (0.81%) Military
10 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 74 (30.08%) Network Engineer
2 35 (14.23%) Support Engineer
3 34 (13.82%) Analyst
4 29 (11.79%) Senior
4 29 (11.79%) Service Analyst
4 29 (11.79%) Service Desk Analyst
5 24 (9.76%) IT Support
6 23 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (7.32%) Technical Analyst
7 18 (7.32%) Technical Services Analyst
8 16 (6.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) Desktop Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) IT Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) Senior Network Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) Desktop Support
10 12 (4.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) Lead
11 11 (4.47%) Architect
11 11 (4.47%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.60%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.22%) Yocto
4 2 (0.81%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.41%) ADO
5 1 (0.41%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.38%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.76%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (2.85%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 5 (2.03%) CCTV
5 5 (2.03%) CMDB
5 5 (2.03%) IoT
6 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.63%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.22%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.22%) Digital TV
7 3 (1.22%) IVR
7 3 (1.22%) PKI
7 3 (1.22%) STB
7 3 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.81%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 69 (28.05%) Windows
2 44 (17.89%) Windows 10
3 17 (6.91%) Linux
4 14 (5.69%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.66%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.85%) Android
6 7 (2.85%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.44%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.22%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.81%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.41%) Unix
10 1 (0.41%) VMS
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.02%) Customer Service
2 61 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (21.14%) ITIL
4 34 (13.82%) Incident Management
5 33 (13.41%) Service Delivery
6 32 (13.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 30 (12.20%) Network Design
8 28 (11.38%) Network Management
9 24 (9.76%) Mathematics
10 23 (9.35%) Load Balancing
11 19 (7.72%) ITSM
12 16 (6.50%) Network Architecture
13 13 (5.28%) Project Management
13 13 (5.28%) Service Management
14 12 (4.88%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (4.88%) Project Delivery
15 11 (4.47%) Migration
15 11 (4.47%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (4.07%) Change Management
16 10 (4.07%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.69%) Python
2 11 (4.47%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.44%) C
4 5 (2.03%) Java
4 5 (2.03%) Shell Script
5 4 (1.63%) C++
5 4 (1.63%) Go
5 4 (1.63%) Perl
5 4 (1.63%) VB
5 4 (1.63%) VBScript
6 2 (0.81%) SQL
7 1 (0.41%) Bash
7 1 (0.41%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 56 (22.76%) Security Cleared
2 54 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (12.60%) A+ Certification
5 29 (11.79%) MCSA
6 24 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (9.35%) Degree
8 16 (6.50%) CCNP
9 9 (3.66%) CCNA
10 8 (3.25%) CCIE
11 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.22%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.81%) CWNA
13 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.81%) MCSE
14 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) SLA
2 7 (2.85%) QA
3 3 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.81%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 92 (37.40%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.03%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.22%) Firmware
4 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (9.76%) SCCM
2 13 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.88%) AppManager
4 10 (4.07%) Ansible
5 7 (2.85%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.22%) Grafana
6 3 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.22%) SCOrch
6 3 (1.22%) Terraform
7 2 (0.81%) CASB
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.41%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.41%) Netcool
8 1 (0.41%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.41%) Plesk
8 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.41%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 107 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 96 (39.02%) Cisco
3 52 (21.14%) Palo Alto
4 48 (19.51%) Meraki
5 36 (14.63%) ServiceNow
6 31 (12.60%) Citrix
7 28 (11.38%) VMware
8 17 (6.91%) Aruba
9 15 (6.10%) SolarWinds
10 13 (5.28%) Fortinet
10 13 (5.28%) Juniper
11 12 (4.88%) Ivanti
12 10 (4.07%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.25%) Arista
13 8 (3.25%) Ekahau
13 8 (3.25%) F5
13 8 (3.25%) Google
14 7 (2.85%) Apple
14 7 (2.85%) Splunk
14 7 (2.85%) Zscaler