WLAN Contracts in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 490 523
Rank change year-on-year +41 +33 +126
Contract jobs citing WLAN 49 66 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 1.37% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 78
10th Percentile - £348 £296
25th Percentile £325 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +2.88% +8.00%
75th Percentile £463 £700 £747
90th Percentile £553 £775 £875
UK median daily rate £407 £469 £489
% change year-on-year -13.28% -4.19% -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.92 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.87 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.83 -
90th Percentile £46.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.87 -
% change year-on-year +20.63% - -

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 3,319 4,832 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,882 3,916
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 391 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in England.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in England.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for WLAN in England

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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 3 July 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 +42 23 £425 -5.56% 71
North West +12 8 £325 -50.00% 6
North of England +5 8 £325 -50.00% 14
East of England +26 7 £475 - 10
Midlands +10 6 - - 9
West Midlands +4 6 - - 4
South West +26 3 £750 +27.66% 3
South East +39 1 - - 10
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) AWS
2 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (81.63%) LAN
2 35 (71.43%) WAN
3 34 (69.39%) Wireless
4 30 (61.22%) Firewall
5 21 (42.86%) DHCP
5 21 (42.86%) DNS
6 17 (34.69%) BGP
6 17 (34.69%) OSPF
7 16 (32.65%) SD-WAN
8 15 (30.61%) Network Security
8 15 (30.61%) VPN
9 13 (26.53%) Cisco IOS
9 13 (26.53%) VLAN
9 13 (26.53%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (24.49%) Cisco Wireless
10 12 (24.49%) EIGRP
11 9 (18.37%) Cisco ISE
11 9 (18.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 9 (18.37%) SSL
12 8 (16.33%) DMVPN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) GitLab
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.08%) Aviation
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (46.94%) Network Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Support Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Administrator
4 4 (8.16%) Network Administrator
5 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Design Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Industrial Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Network Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Network Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Network Security Administrator
5 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Security Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Project Manager
6 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.04%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Virtual Team
2 6 (12.24%) CMDB
2 6 (12.24%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.20%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (6.12%) CCTV
4 3 (6.12%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (4.08%) IoT
6 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
1 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
1 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (4.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (22.45%) Computer Science
3 10 (20.41%) ITIL
4 9 (18.37%) Patch Management
4 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.37%) Project Management
5 8 (16.33%) Asset Management
5 8 (16.33%) Change Management
5 8 (16.33%) Network Design
6 7 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.20%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (10.20%) Problem Management
8 4 (8.16%) Network Management
8 4 (8.16%) Storage Management
9 3 (6.12%) Business Continuity
9 3 (6.12%) Data Management
9 3 (6.12%) High Availability
9 3 (6.12%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.12%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (61.22%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (40.82%) CCNA
3 19 (38.78%) CCNP
4 15 (30.61%) Degree
5 10 (20.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (16.33%) CCSA
7 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
8 3 (6.12%) JNCIA
8 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
10 1 (2.04%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Firmware
2 4 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.08%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) CA Spectrum
2 4 (8.16%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (6.12%) Ansible
3 3 (6.12%) Backup Exec
3 3 (6.12%) vCenter Server
4 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.08%) Terraform
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (2.04%) Nagios
5 1 (2.04%) Netcool
5 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (89.80%) Cisco
2 15 (30.61%) Meraki
3 13 (26.53%) F5
4 12 (24.49%) Juniper
4 12 (24.49%) SolarWinds
5 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
6 9 (18.37%) CheckPoint
7 8 (16.33%) VMware
8 7 (14.29%) Peregrine
8 7 (14.29%) Remedy
9 6 (12.24%) Fortinet
10 4 (8.16%) Palo Alto
11 3 (6.12%) Aruba
11 3 (6.12%) Symantec
11 3 (6.12%) Veeam
12 2 (4.08%) Infoblox
13 1 (2.04%) AirMagnet
13 1 (2.04%) Ekahau
13 1 (2.04%) Riverbed
13 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow