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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 426 441
Rank change year-on-year -82 +15 +162
Contract jobs citing WLAN 33 68 108
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.25% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.98% 1.94% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 44 75
10th Percentile £305 £276 £252
25th Percentile £400 £421 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +4.59% +8.89%
75th Percentile £488 £587 £629
90th Percentile £568 £675 £875
UK median daily rate £460 £513 £487
% change year-on-year -10.24% +5.29% +8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile £65.75 - £31.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £33.44
75th Percentile £67.25 - £35.00
90th Percentile - - £35.60
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £33.72
% change year-on-year +119.83% -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 3,366 3,500 5,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.64% 12.80% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,178 2,045 3,127
10th Percentile £205 £220 £207
25th Percentile £358 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 103 312
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.24 £24.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +120.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.25 £75.63
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +13.08% -42.47% +125.96%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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
London -33 12 £438 -14.63% 10
Midlands -37 9 £500 +10.74% 5
West Midlands -32 8 £525 -9.95% 2
South East -25 6 £456 -21.78% 21
North West -29 4 £425 -15.00% 3
North of England -68 4 £425 -2.30% 4
South West -2 2 £413 -21.43% 2
East Midlands -26 1 £200 -23.08% 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 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (57.58%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) AWS
3 8 (24.24%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (12.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (9.09%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (96.97%) LAN
2 28 (84.85%) WAN
3 23 (69.70%) Firewall
4 17 (51.52%) BGP
5 16 (48.48%) VPN
6 15 (45.45%) Network Security
7 14 (42.42%) SD-WAN
8 13 (39.39%) OSPF
8 13 (39.39%) Wireless
9 10 (30.30%) VLAN
10 8 (24.24%) DHCP
10 8 (24.24%) DNS
10 8 (24.24%) MPLS
10 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
11 7 (21.21%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (15.15%) IPv4
12 5 (15.15%) IPv6
12 5 (15.15%) VXLAN
12 5 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (12.12%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Local Government
5 2 (6.06%) Military
5 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) French Language
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Network Architect
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Administrator
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Network Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Network Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.03%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.06%) PKI
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.03%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (3.03%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Network Architecture
2 8 (24.24%) Network Design
2 8 (24.24%) Zero Trust
3 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (21.21%) Incident Response
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (18.18%) ITIL
4 6 (18.18%) Network Management
4 6 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) Load Balancing
5 5 (15.15%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.12%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.12%) Task Automation
6 4 (12.12%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) Perl
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (51.52%) CCNP
3 10 (30.30%) CCIE
3 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
4 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.15%) AWS Certification
5 5 (15.15%) CISSP
6 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (12.12%) CCSP
6 4 (12.12%) Degree
7 3 (9.09%) Azure Certification
7 3 (9.09%) CCDP
7 3 (9.09%) CCIE Security
7 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (6.06%) JNCIE
8 2 (6.06%) JNCIP
9 1 (3.03%) CCNA
9 1 (3.03%) MCITP
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) GDPR
2 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (18.18%) NIST
3 5 (15.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (27.27%) Terraform
2 8 (24.24%) Ansible
3 3 (9.09%) FortiGate
3 3 (9.09%) Nagios
4 1 (3.03%) Grafana
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (78.79%) Cisco
2 17 (51.52%) Palo Alto
3 11 (33.33%) F5
3 11 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 10 (30.30%) Fortinet
4 10 (30.30%) Juniper
4 10 (30.30%) Meraki
5 5 (15.15%) VMware
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.09%) Aruba
8 2 (6.06%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (6.06%) Forcepoint
8 2 (6.06%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (3.03%) Arista
9 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.03%) Databricks
9 1 (3.03%) Google
9 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
9 1 (3.03%) Zscaler