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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 424 449
Rank change year-on-year -97 +25 +130
Contract jobs citing WLAN 43 60 109
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.24% 1.77% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 73
10th Percentile £190 £252 £252
25th Percentile £303 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £488 £570 £675
90th Percentile £530 £675 £875
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile £65.75 - £24.88
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £34.00
75th Percentile £67.25 - £35.50
90th Percentile - - £35.80
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year +119.83% -12.32% +4.55%

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 3,481 3,385 5,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.44% 12.96% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,277 1,955 3,263
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.88% -7.43%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £677 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 105 385
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.40
25th Percentile £18.97 £20.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +141.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £76.02
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -40 16 £450 +53.85% 6
West Midlands -32 12 £475 -1.55% 4
London -49 10 £450 -12.20% 10
South East -21 9 £340 -28.42% 8
East Midlands -25 4 £200 -23.08% 2
East of England -27 3 £200 -54.29% 1
North West -32 3 £425 -15.00% 3
North of England -75 3 £425 -2.30% 3
South West -16 2 £413 -21.43% 1
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 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (39.53%) Azure
2 11 (25.58%) AWS
3 8 (18.60%) GCP
4 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (9.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (6.98%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 43 (100.00%) LAN
2 29 (67.44%) WAN
3 24 (55.81%) Firewall
4 19 (44.19%) Wireless
5 18 (41.86%) BGP
6 16 (37.21%) VPN
7 15 (34.88%) OSPF
7 15 (34.88%) SD-WAN
8 14 (32.56%) Network Security
9 11 (25.58%) VLAN
10 8 (18.60%) DHCP
10 8 (18.60%) DNS
10 8 (18.60%) MPLS
11 7 (16.28%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (16.28%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (16.28%) TCP/IP
11 7 (16.28%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (13.95%) Internet
13 5 (11.63%) IPv4
13 5 (11.63%) IPv6
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Local Government
5 2 (4.65%) Military
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Retail
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Billing
6 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.33%) French Language
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Network Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Architect
2 7 (16.28%) Network Architect
3 5 (11.63%) Administrator
3 5 (11.63%) Lead
4 4 (9.30%) IT Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Data Network Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Senior
6 2 (4.65%) WAN Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.30%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.65%) PKI
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.33%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) iSeries
5 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) Network Architecture
2 8 (18.60%) Network Design
2 8 (18.60%) Network Management
2 8 (18.60%) Zero Trust
3 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (16.28%) Incident Response
3 7 (16.28%) ITIL
3 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (13.95%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.63%) Migration
5 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.30%) Incident Management
6 4 (9.30%) ITSM
6 4 (9.30%) Load Balancing
6 4 (9.30%) Security Architecture
6 4 (9.30%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) Perl
3 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (51.16%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (46.51%) CCNP
3 17 (39.53%) Security Cleared
4 16 (37.21%) SC Cleared
5 13 (30.23%) CCIE
6 5 (11.63%) AWS Certification
6 5 (11.63%) CISSP
6 5 (11.63%) Degree
7 4 (9.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (9.30%) CCSP
8 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.98%) CCIE Security
8 3 (6.98%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (4.65%) CCDP
9 2 (4.65%) CCNA
9 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (4.65%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.65%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.33%) CCSE
10 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) GDPR
2 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.95%) NIST
3 5 (11.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Terraform
2 8 (18.60%) Ansible
3 3 (6.98%) Nagios
4 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.33%) Grafana
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (74.42%) Cisco
2 16 (37.21%) Palo Alto
3 11 (25.58%) SolarWinds
4 10 (23.26%) F5
4 10 (23.26%) Fortinet
4 10 (23.26%) Meraki
5 9 (20.93%) Juniper
6 5 (11.63%) Aruba
6 5 (11.63%) VMware
7 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
8 3 (6.98%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
9 2 (4.65%) CheckPoint
9 2 (4.65%) Ekahau
9 2 (4.65%) Forcepoint
9 2 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (2.33%) Arista
10 1 (2.33%) Databricks
10 1 (2.33%) Mitel
10 1 (2.33%) Zscaler