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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 447 427
Rank change year-on-year -67 -20 +203
Contract jobs citing WLAN 39 67 124
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.23% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.14% 1.83% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 43 86
10th Percentile £310 £270 £270
25th Percentile £400 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £590 £824
90th Percentile £536 £675 £900
UK median daily rate £453 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -11.61% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £32.68 - £23.25
25th Percentile £38.19 - £31.50
Median hourly rate £48.25 - £33.44
75th Percentile £58.19 - £35.00
90th Percentile £63.63 - £35.60
UK median hourly rate £48.25 £30.25 £33.72
% change year-on-year +59.50% -10.29% +2.18%

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 3,423 3,671 5,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.77% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,152 3,213
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £360 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 110 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £18.64
25th Percentile £20.34 £20.93 £23.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +27.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.22
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -8.57% -37.99% +37.57%

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 25 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for WLAN in England

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 25 December 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 -12 17 £419 -18.29% 15
Midlands -35 10 £500 +10.74% 13
West Midlands -26 9 £525 -9.95% 7
South East -32 6 £456 -21.78% 17
North West -34 4 £425 -15.00% 6
North of England -72 4 £425 -2.30% 16
South West -12 2 £413 -21.43% 11
East Midlands -21 1 £200 -23.08% 5
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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Azure
2 15 (38.46%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) GCP
4 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (10.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (7.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (94.87%) LAN
2 34 (87.18%) WAN
3 29 (74.36%) Firewall
4 21 (53.85%) BGP
4 21 (53.85%) VPN
5 19 (48.72%) Network Security
6 18 (46.15%) SD-WAN
6 18 (46.15%) Wireless
7 17 (43.59%) OSPF
8 14 (35.90%) VLAN
9 13 (33.33%) DHCP
9 13 (33.33%) DNS
10 9 (23.08%) MPLS
11 8 (20.51%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (20.51%) EIGRP
11 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
12 7 (17.95%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (17.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 6 (15.38%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (12.82%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.13%) Local Government
6 2 (5.13%) Military
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Finance
7 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.56%) French Language
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) Architect
2 7 (17.95%) Network Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Administrator
3 4 (10.26%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Security Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.13%) EDI
3 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) PKI
2 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.56%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 9 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
3 8 (20.51%) Network Design
3 8 (20.51%) Zero Trust
4 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (17.95%) Incident Response
5 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL
5 6 (15.38%) Network Management
5 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Load Balancing
6 5 (12.82%) Migration
7 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 4 (10.26%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (10.26%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.26%) Service Management
7 4 (10.26%) Task Automation
7 4 (10.26%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) Python
2 4 (10.26%) Perl
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (56.41%) CCNP
3 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 10 (25.64%) CCIE
5 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
6 5 (12.82%) AWS Certification
6 5 (12.82%) CISSP
6 5 (12.82%) Degree
7 4 (10.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (10.26%) CCSA
7 4 (10.26%) CCSP
8 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (7.69%) CCDP
8 3 (7.69%) CCIE Security
8 3 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (5.13%) CCNA
9 2 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (5.13%) JNCIE
9 2 (5.13%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.56%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) GDPR
2 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (15.38%) NIST
3 5 (12.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.26%) VMware NSX
4 3 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) Terraform
2 8 (20.51%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) CA Spectrum
4 3 (7.69%) FortiGate
4 3 (7.69%) Nagios
5 1 (2.56%) Grafana
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Cisco
2 17 (43.59%) Palo Alto
3 15 (38.46%) F5
3 15 (38.46%) SolarWinds
4 14 (35.90%) Juniper
4 14 (35.90%) Meraki
5 10 (25.64%) Fortinet
6 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 6 (15.38%) VMware
7 5 (12.82%) CheckPoint
8 3 (7.69%) Aruba
9 2 (5.13%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (5.13%) Forcepoint
9 2 (5.13%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (2.56%) Arista
10 1 (2.56%) Databricks
10 1 (2.56%) Google
10 1 (2.56%) Peregrine
10 1 (2.56%) Remedy
10 1 (2.56%) Zscaler