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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 435 442
Rank change year-on-year -95 +7 +104
Contract jobs citing WLAN 64 40 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.68% 1.25% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 30 53
10th Percentile £190 £325 £319
25th Percentile £305 £338 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +27.78%
75th Percentile £495 £488 £850
90th Percentile £559 £569 £885
UK median daily rate £450 £423 £513
% change year-on-year +6.51% -17.56% +3.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.92
Median hourly rate - - £24.87
75th Percentile - - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £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 3,807 3,207 5,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.71% 13.16% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,406 2,009 3,122
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £480
% change year-on-year +2.04% +2.08% -7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 124 395
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.06 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £37.07 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -7.32% +111.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.21 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £39.25
% change year-on-year +16.94% -4.46% +106.58%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -42 24 £325 +1.56% 6
West Midlands - 18 £500 - 6
South East -41 12 £450 -5.26% 10
London -75 11 £530 +17.78% 8
East Midlands -29 6 £200 -37.50%
East of England -40 6 £200 -50.00% 7
North of England -77 6 £450 +38.46% 16
Yorkshire -57 4 £450 +7.14% 7
South West -22 3 £400 -37.25% 1
North West -38 2 £537 +65.08% 8
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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 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.56%) Azure
2 14 (21.88%) AWS
3 8 (12.50%) GCP
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (4.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 62 (96.88%) LAN
2 44 (68.75%) WAN
3 29 (45.31%) SD-WAN
3 29 (45.31%) Wireless
4 26 (40.63%) Firewall
5 22 (34.38%) BGP
6 21 (32.81%) OSPF
6 21 (32.81%) VPN
7 17 (26.56%) VLAN
8 16 (25.00%) Network Security
9 14 (21.88%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (18.75%) Cisco ISE
10 12 (18.75%) DNS
11 11 (17.19%) DHCP
12 9 (14.06%) Internet
13 8 (12.50%) MPLS
14 7 (10.94%) 5G
14 7 (10.94%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (9.38%) TCP/IP
15 6 (9.38%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.81%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Finance
6 2 (3.13%) Local Government
6 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Billing
7 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.56%) French Language
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Network Engineer
2 12 (18.75%) Architect
3 11 (17.19%) Network Architect
4 7 (10.94%) Lead
5 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) IT Support
5 6 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Wireless Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Administrator
7 4 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Senior
7 4 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.69%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.94%) Onboarding
3 6 (9.38%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.56%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) iSeries
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.56%) PKI
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Network Architecture
2 10 (15.63%) Network Design
2 10 (15.63%) Network Management
3 9 (14.06%) Zero Trust
4 8 (12.50%) High Availability
4 8 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 8 (12.50%) ITIL
4 8 (12.50%) Load Balancing
5 7 (10.94%) Capacity Planning
5 7 (10.94%) ITSM
5 7 (10.94%) Network Monitoring
5 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (9.38%) Business Strategy
6 6 (9.38%) Customer Service
6 6 (9.38%) Migration
6 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.38%) User Experience
7 5 (7.81%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (7.81%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Python
2 1 (1.56%) C
2 1 (1.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (53.13%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (48.44%) CCNP
3 23 (35.94%) CCIE
3 23 (35.94%) Security Cleared
4 20 (31.25%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.81%) AWS Certification
5 5 (7.81%) CISSP
5 5 (7.81%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (6.25%) CCSP
6 4 (6.25%) Degree
7 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.69%) CCIE Security
7 3 (4.69%) CCIE Wireless
7 3 (4.69%) CCNA
7 3 (4.69%) CWDP
7 3 (4.69%) CWNA
7 3 (4.69%) CWNE
7 3 (4.69%) CWSP
8 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) GDPR
2 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.38%) NIST
3 5 (7.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.25%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.56%) Firmware
4 1 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) Ansible
2 8 (12.50%) Terraform
3 6 (9.38%) Nagios
4 3 (4.69%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.56%) Grafana
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (67.19%) Cisco
2 16 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 14 (21.88%) Aruba
3 14 (21.88%) Juniper
4 11 (17.19%) Fortinet
4 11 (17.19%) SolarWinds
5 10 (15.63%) Meraki
6 9 (14.06%) Ekahau
7 7 (10.94%) F5
8 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
9 5 (7.81%) VMware
10 3 (4.69%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.13%) CheckPoint
11 2 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (3.13%) Forcepoint
11 2 (3.13%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.56%) Arista
12 1 (1.56%) HP
12 1 (1.56%) Infoblox
12 1 (1.56%) Mitel