Wi-Fi Contracts in England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 301 335
Rank change year-on-year +52 +34 +39
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 340 443 568
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.92% 0.88% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.80% 7.18% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 285 328
10th Percentile £185 £160 £164
25th Percentile £250 £240 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £489 £525 £538
90th Percentile £569 £588 £651
UK median daily rate £385 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -9.41% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 37 53
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.46
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +15.63% -3.61%
75th Percentile £21.39 £60.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £22.25
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% +5.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +63 81 £400 +14.29% 53
South East -28 67 £371 -17.50% 46
East of England +40 65 £300 -34.78% 19
North of England +9 55 £360 -22.58% 45
South West +32 41 £259 +1.47% 25
Yorkshire +31 27 £325 -36.59% 17
Midlands +4 25 £350 -6.67% 24
North West -19 22 £458 -1.61% 24
West Midlands +25 19 £438 +36.72% 13
North East +18 6 £425 -2.86% 5
East Midlands +9 6 £325 -35.00% 11
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 18 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.59%) Confluence
4 2 (0.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 28 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Shopify
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 93 (27.35%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (8.53%) Azure
3 21 (6.18%) AWS
4 6 (1.76%) PaaS
4 6 (1.76%) SaaS
5 5 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.18%) BigCommerce
6 4 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.18%) GCP
6 4 (1.18%) WhatsApp
7 3 (0.88%) IaaS
8 2 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.59%) GitHub
8 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.59%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.59%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 140 (41.18%) LAN
2 119 (35.00%) WAN
3 89 (26.18%) Firewall
4 66 (19.41%) VPN
5 46 (13.53%) DNS
6 41 (12.06%) DHCP
7 31 (9.12%) BGP
8 30 (8.82%) OSPF
9 29 (8.53%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (7.94%) Wireless
11 24 (7.06%) VoIP
12 23 (6.76%) VLAN
13 22 (6.47%) Structured Cabling
14 19 (5.59%) HSRP
14 19 (5.59%) MPLS
15 18 (5.29%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (5.29%) EIGRP
15 18 (5.29%) IPsec
15 18 (5.29%) SAN
16 17 (5.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.18%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Git
2 6 (1.76%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 94 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.06%) Retail
3 33 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.29%) Finance
6 10 (2.94%) Banking
7 9 (2.65%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.35%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.76%) Legal
11 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.47%) Marketing
12 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.59%) Automotive
13 2 (0.59%) French Language
13 2 (0.59%) Law
13 2 (0.59%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 74 (21.76%) Network Engineer
2 52 (15.29%) Analyst
3 40 (11.76%) Service Analyst
3 40 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
4 35 (10.29%) Project Manager
5 33 (9.71%) Architect
5 33 (9.71%) Network Architect
6 29 (8.53%) Support Engineer
7 22 (6.47%) IT Engineer
8 21 (6.18%) IT Support
9 19 (5.59%) Senior
10 15 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
12 13 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.82%) Lead
13 12 (3.53%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (3.53%) Desktop Support
13 12 (3.53%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.29%) 802.1X
2 14 (4.12%) Jinja
3 6 (1.76%) LDAP
4 4 (1.18%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.18%) Node.js
5 3 (0.88%) VML
5 3 (0.88%) XMPP
6 2 (0.59%) JSON
6 2 (0.59%) RESTful
6 2 (0.59%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.59%) XML
6 2 (0.59%) YANG
7 1 (0.29%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 53 (15.59%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.88%) Clustering
3 17 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.82%) Client/Server
5 7 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.76%) Digital Signage
6 6 (1.76%) PKI
7 5 (1.47%) STB
8 4 (1.18%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.88%) Solar Power
10 2 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.76%) Windows
2 36 (10.59%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.59%) Windows 7
3 19 (5.59%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.71%) Linux
5 15 (4.41%) Unix
6 12 (3.53%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.65%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.88%) Android
12 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.29%) CentOS
13 1 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (18.24%) ITIL
3 61 (17.94%) Customer Service
4 46 (13.53%) Project Management
5 42 (12.35%) Incident Management
6 32 (9.41%) Change Management
7 31 (9.12%) Network Management
8 26 (7.65%) Migration
8 26 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (7.35%) Project Delivery
10 22 (6.47%) Data Protection
11 20 (5.88%) Decision-Making
11 20 (5.88%) PRINCE2
12 18 (5.29%) DevOps
12 18 (5.29%) Load Balancing
12 18 (5.29%) Risk Management
13 17 (5.00%) Software Engineering
14 16 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (4.41%) Agile
15 15 (4.41%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.59%) Python
2 27 (7.94%) Perl
3 24 (7.06%) Tcl
4 22 (6.47%) C
5 21 (6.18%) PowerShell
6 17 (5.00%) SQL
7 14 (4.12%) C++
8 4 (1.18%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.18%) Go
9 2 (0.59%) Swift
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (23.82%) Security Cleared
2 52 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.94%) A+ Certification
3 44 (12.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (12.06%) MCSA
5 37 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (9.71%) Degree
7 31 (9.12%) CCNA
8 27 (7.94%) CCNP
9 12 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.47%) MCP
13 5 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.18%) MCSE
15 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 2 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.53%) QA
2 11 (3.24%) SLA
3 3 (0.88%) GDPR
3 3 (0.88%) NCSC
4 2 (0.59%) PMO
4 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 69 (20.29%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.00%) Firmware
4 16 (4.71%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.71%) VMware Workstation
5 9 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.06%) KVM
8 5 (1.47%) Docker
9 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.29%) vSphere
10 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (7.35%) SCCM
2 21 (6.18%) Ansible
3 14 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.94%) NetBackup
5 9 (2.65%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (2.35%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (2.35%) Nagios
7 7 (2.06%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.76%) Autotask
8 6 (1.76%) Terraform
9 3 (0.88%) AppManager
10 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) Nmap
10 2 (0.59%) OpenNMS
10 2 (0.59%) SCOM
10 2 (0.59%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 125 (36.76%) Cisco
2 79 (23.24%) Microsoft
3 69 (20.29%) Citrix
4 49 (14.41%) Juniper
5 48 (14.12%) VMware
6 42 (12.35%) ServiceNow
7 39 (11.47%) Palo Alto
8 36 (10.59%) Meraki
9 32 (9.41%) Aruba
10 22 (6.47%) F5
11 18 (5.29%) SolarWinds
12 17 (5.00%) Apple
13 14 (4.12%) Brocade
14 13 (3.82%) CheckPoint
15 12 (3.53%) Fortinet
15 12 (3.53%) HP
16 11 (3.24%) 3Com
17 9 (2.65%) NetApp
18 8 (2.35%) Hitachi
19 6 (1.76%) Datto