WLAN Contract Job Trends in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring WLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 429 460
Rank change year-on-year -77 +31 +66
Contract jobs citing WLAN 76 40 73
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 1.26% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 42
10th Percentile £190 - £305
25th Percentile £305 £325 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £494
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -16.46% +3.95%
75th Percentile £526 £488 £775
90th Percentile £588 £569 £863
UK median daily rate £450 £406 £450
% change year-on-year +10.77% -9.72% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £23.92
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £24.87
75th Percentile £19.50 - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 - £24.87
% change year-on-year - - -24.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

WLAN 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 3,878 3,163 4,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 13.03% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,415 1,967 2,879
10th Percentile £263 £215 £210
25th Percentile £400 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £485 £490
% change year-on-year +2.06% -1.02% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 119 389
10th Percentile £16.57 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.39 £16.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.31% -27.50% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.08 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £35.52 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year -2.88% -8.57% +116.22%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in England

WLAN
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WLAN

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in England

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WLAN

WLAN
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 WLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
Midlands -45 21 £200 -37.50% 5
North of England -55 18 £575 +76.92% 8
West Midlands - 14 £450 - 5
South East - 14 £440 - 7
North West -38 10 £575 +76.92% 3
London -68 9 £500 +17.65% 7
East of England -27 8 £200 -50.00% 2
East Midlands -23 7 £200 -37.50%
Yorkshire -51 7 £450 - 3
North East - 3 - - 2
South West -39 2 £356 -44.12% 3
WLAN
UK

WLAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.95%) Azure
2 17 (22.37%) AWS
3 10 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (11.84%) OCI
4 9 (11.84%) SaaS
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 63 (82.89%) LAN
2 51 (67.11%) WAN
3 35 (46.05%) SD-WAN
4 30 (39.47%) Firewall
5 29 (38.16%) Wireless
6 24 (31.58%) BGP
6 24 (31.58%) OSPF
7 22 (28.95%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (21.05%) Network Security
8 16 (21.05%) VLAN
9 13 (17.11%) VPN
10 10 (13.16%) BIG-IP
10 10 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
11 9 (11.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 9 (11.84%) VXLAN
12 7 (9.21%) 5G
12 7 (9.21%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (9.21%) DNS
12 7 (9.21%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (7.89%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 7 (9.21%) GitLab
1 7 (9.21%) JIRA
General
1 12 (15.79%) Public Sector
1 12 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Retail
5 1 (1.32%) Billing
5 1 (1.32%) Finance
5 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (43.42%) Network Engineer
2 12 (15.79%) Senior
3 10 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) IT Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) IT Support
4 9 (11.84%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Support Engineer
5 8 (10.53%) Architect
6 7 (9.21%) Lead
6 7 (9.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Network Architect
7 6 (7.89%) Wireless Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) WAN Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 4 (5.26%) Administrator
9 4 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) Data Network Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.84%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.68%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 7 (9.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (9.21%) Virtual Team
4 6 (7.89%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.32%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.32%) iSeries
6 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.32%) SCADA
6 1 (1.32%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.47%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.68%) High Availability
2 13 (17.11%) Network Architecture
3 11 (14.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (14.47%) Load Balancing
3 11 (14.47%) Network Design
4 10 (13.16%) Zero Trust
5 9 (11.84%) ITSM
6 8 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (10.53%) Network Management
7 7 (9.21%) Customer Service
7 7 (9.21%) ITIL
8 6 (7.89%) Analytics
8 6 (7.89%) DevOps
8 6 (7.89%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.89%) Network Segmentation
8 6 (7.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 6 (7.89%) User Experience
9 5 (6.58%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) Python
2 1 (1.32%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (36.84%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (34.21%) Security Cleared
3 25 (32.89%) CCNP
4 23 (30.26%) SC Cleared
5 17 (22.37%) CCIE
6 5 (6.58%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.26%) CWNA
8 3 (3.95%) CCIE Wireless
8 3 (3.95%) CCNA
8 3 (3.95%) CWDP
8 3 (3.95%) CWNE
8 3 (3.95%) CWSP
9 2 (2.63%) Degree
9 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.32%) CCSE
10 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) GDPR
2 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Firmware
2 1 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) Ansible
2 10 (13.16%) Terraform
3 6 (7.89%) Nagios
4 3 (3.95%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.32%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (55.26%) Cisco
2 25 (32.89%) Aruba
3 18 (23.68%) Palo Alto
4 14 (18.42%) Juniper
5 10 (13.16%) F5
6 9 (11.84%) Ekahau
7 7 (9.21%) Arista
7 7 (9.21%) Fortinet
7 7 (9.21%) Meraki
7 7 (9.21%) ServiceNow
7 7 (9.21%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
9 2 (2.63%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.32%) Huawei
10 1 (1.32%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.32%) Mitel
10 1 (1.32%) Rockwell
10 1 (1.32%) Symantec
10 1 (1.32%) VMware