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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 449 462
Rank change year-on-year -91 +13 +27
Contract jobs citing WLAN 86 49 55
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.99% 1.45% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 25 22
10th Percentile £398 - £401
25th Percentile £425 £325 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £563
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -28.89% +15.74%
75th Percentile £545 £450 £669
90th Percentile £588 £528 £775
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £538
% change year-on-year +18.68% -25.53% +10.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £29.00 £23.92
Median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +20.63% -24.64%
75th Percentile £54.75 £40.19 £25.83
90th Percentile £56.93 £59.60 -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year -36.67% +20.63% -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 4,318 3,375 4,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 12.23% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,611 2,088 2,554
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 170 278
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.24
25th Percentile £19.38 £25.15 £20.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £43.75 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% -20.27% -0.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £49.50
% change year-on-year -43.78% -6.57% -10.00%

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 20 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

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 20 August 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
North of England -33 35 £500 +53.85% 6
Yorkshire - 21 £463 - 3
Midlands -46 16 £288 +43.75% 5
London -79 15 £500 +21.21% 12
North West -34 14 £575 +76.92% 3
West Midlands -46 14 £452 - 1
South East -50 8 £475 - 6
East of England -18 6 - - 3
North East - 6 - -
East Midlands -16 2 £200 - 4
South West -40 1 £400 -46.67% 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 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.23%) Azure
2 17 (19.77%) AWS
3 13 (15.12%) OCI
3 13 (15.12%) SaaS
4 11 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 1 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.16%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 66 (76.74%) LAN
2 62 (72.09%) WAN
3 47 (54.65%) SD-WAN
4 44 (51.16%) Wireless
5 42 (48.84%) Firewall
6 38 (44.19%) Wi-Fi
7 36 (41.86%) BGP
8 35 (40.70%) OSPF
9 26 (30.23%) VLAN
10 20 (23.26%) VPN
11 17 (19.77%) Network Security
12 16 (18.60%) Cisco ISE
13 15 (17.44%) DNS
14 14 (16.28%) DHCP
15 13 (15.12%) BIG-IP
15 13 (15.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 13 (15.12%) VXLAN
16 11 (12.79%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (12.79%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (12.79%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 11 (12.79%) GitLab
2 2 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 19 (22.09%) Public Sector
2 17 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.81%) Police
4 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Finance
6 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.16%) Legal
6 1 (1.16%) Military
6 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (53.49%) Network Engineer
2 24 (27.91%) Senior
3 13 (15.12%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Architect
7 7 (8.14%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Network Architect
8 6 (6.98%) Wireless Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) IT Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) IT Support
9 5 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Wireless Network Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Lead
10 3 (3.49%) WAN Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Juniper Engineer
11 2 (2.33%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.12%) 802.1X
1 13 (15.12%) Terraform
2 1 (1.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (31.40%) Data Centre
2 12 (13.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (12.79%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (11.63%) Cloud Native
5 6 (6.98%) PKI
6 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.33%) CMDB
7 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.16%) Life Science
8 1 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.91%) High Availability
2 16 (18.60%) Network Architecture
3 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (17.44%) Load Balancing
3 15 (17.44%) Zero Trust
4 13 (15.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 13 (15.12%) Network Design
4 13 (15.12%) Network Management
5 12 (13.95%) CI/CD
5 12 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.63%) DevOps
6 10 (11.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 8 (9.30%) ITIL
8 7 (8.14%) Analytics
8 7 (8.14%) Runbook
8 7 (8.14%) User Experience
9 6 (6.98%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.98%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) C
Qualifications
1 32 (37.21%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (33.72%) CCNP
3 22 (25.58%) Security Cleared
4 16 (18.60%) SC Cleared
5 14 (16.28%) CCIE
6 5 (5.81%) CWNA
7 4 (4.65%) CCIE Wireless
7 4 (4.65%) CCNA
7 4 (4.65%) CWDP
7 4 (4.65%) CWNE
7 4 (4.65%) CWSP
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.16%) Degree
8 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.16%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.16%) Firmware
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (19.77%) Ansible
2 7 (8.14%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.81%) Nagios
4 2 (2.33%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.33%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.16%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.16%) Grafana
5 1 (1.16%) Nessus
5 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (60.47%) Cisco
2 34 (39.53%) Aruba
3 25 (29.07%) Palo Alto
4 14 (16.28%) Juniper
5 13 (15.12%) F5
6 12 (13.95%) Arista
7 11 (12.79%) Meraki
8 10 (11.63%) Ekahau
8 10 (11.63%) Fortinet
9 9 (10.47%) CheckPoint
10 7 (8.14%) Microsoft
11 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
11 5 (5.81%) SolarWinds
12 4 (4.65%) VMware
13 3 (3.49%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (3.49%) NetScout
14 2 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
14 2 (2.33%) SevOne
15 1 (1.16%) Infoblox
15 1 (1.16%) Veeam