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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 419 444
Rank change year-on-year -90 +25 +156
Contract jobs citing WLAN 36 66 106
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 1.93% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 73
10th Percentile £291 £270 £252
25th Percentile £332 £418 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +4.59% +8.89%
75th Percentile £488 £579 £630
90th Percentile £548 £675 £875
UK median daily rate £456 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -11.02% +5.13% +8.33%
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 3,333 3,428 5,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.53% 12.80% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,153 1,998 3,147
10th Percentile £204 £220 £207
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £607 £600
90th Percentile £683 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 102 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.01 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.41 £24.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +121.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.70 £71.13 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +4.62% -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 14 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 14 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 -42 12 £438 -14.63% 8
Midlands -36 10 £475 +5.20% 5
West Midlands -30 8 £525 -9.95% 3
South East -22 7 £398 -29.74% 15
North West -30 4 £425 -15.00% 4
North of England -72 4 £425 -2.30% 6
South West -19 2 £413 -21.43% 2
East Midlands -23 2 £200 -23.08% 2
East of England -17 1 - - 2
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (52.78%) Azure
2 11 (30.56%) AWS
3 8 (22.22%) GCP
4 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (8.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (97.22%) LAN
2 28 (77.78%) WAN
3 24 (66.67%) Firewall
4 17 (47.22%) BGP
5 16 (44.44%) Network Security
5 16 (44.44%) VPN
6 14 (38.89%) SD-WAN
6 14 (38.89%) Wireless
7 13 (36.11%) OSPF
8 10 (27.78%) VLAN
9 8 (22.22%) DHCP
9 8 (22.22%) DNS
9 8 (22.22%) MPLS
9 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
10 7 (19.44%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (13.89%) IPv4
11 5 (13.89%) IPv6
11 5 (13.89%) VXLAN
11 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Local Government
4 2 (5.56%) Military
4 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (2.78%) Finance
5 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.78%) French Language
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (47.22%) Network Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Architect
2 7 (19.44%) Network Architect
3 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Administrator
4 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Network Specialist
5 2 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.78%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.56%) PKI
3 2 (5.56%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.78%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 8 (22.22%) Network Design
2 8 (22.22%) Zero Trust
3 7 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (19.44%) Incident Response
3 7 (19.44%) ITIL
3 7 (19.44%) Network Management
3 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.89%) Load Balancing
5 5 (13.89%) Migration
6 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 4 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (11.11%) Security Architecture
6 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) Perl
3 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (47.22%) CCNP
3 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
4 10 (27.78%) CCIE
4 10 (27.78%) SC Cleared
5 5 (13.89%) AWS Certification
5 5 (13.89%) CISSP
6 4 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (11.11%) CCSP
6 4 (11.11%) Degree
7 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
7 3 (8.33%) CCDP
7 3 (8.33%) CCIE Security
7 3 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (5.56%) CCNA
8 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (5.56%) JNCIE
8 2 (5.56%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.78%) CCSE
9 1 (2.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) GDPR
2 6 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (16.67%) NIST
3 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Terraform
2 8 (22.22%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) FortiGate
3 3 (8.33%) Nagios
4 1 (2.78%) Grafana
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (77.78%) Cisco
2 17 (47.22%) Palo Alto
3 12 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 11 (30.56%) F5
5 10 (27.78%) Fortinet
5 10 (27.78%) Juniper
5 10 (27.78%) Meraki
6 5 (13.89%) VMware
7 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 3 (8.33%) Aruba
8 3 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
9 2 (5.56%) Forcepoint
9 2 (5.56%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.78%) Arista
10 1 (2.78%) Databricks
10 1 (2.78%) Google
10 1 (2.78%) Mitel
10 1 (2.78%) Zscaler