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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 451 452
Rank change year-on-year -57 +1 +189
Contract jobs citing WLAN 40 68 117
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 1.80% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 82
10th Percentile £368 £258 £256
25th Percentile £400 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +10.62%
75th Percentile £503 £598 £650
90th Percentile £558 £675 £900
UK median daily rate £438 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -14.63% +3.54% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile £29.00 - £31.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.44
75th Percentile £40.19 - £35.00
90th Percentile £55.25 - £35.60
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £33.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.21% +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 3,417 3,783 5,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.97% 12.37% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 2,191 3,340
10th Percentile £206 £225 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £610
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 130 326
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.49 £18.29
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.03 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -13.97% +25.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.56 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -17.07% -25.45% +26.44%

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 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 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 -14 18 £425 -17.07% 13
Midlands -20 14 £500 -14.24% 4
West Midlands -20 13 £525 -9.95% 3
North West -25 4 £425 -15.00% 1
North of England -64 4 £425 -2.30% 5
East of England -13 2 £520 +30.00% 2
South West -7 1 £513 -2.38%
East Midlands -13 1 £200 - 1
South East -14 1 £340 -41.68% 14
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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
3 8 (20.00%) GCP
4 4 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (7.50%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (92.50%) LAN
2 33 (82.50%) WAN
3 32 (80.00%) Firewall
4 23 (57.50%) Wireless
5 18 (45.00%) BGP
5 18 (45.00%) VPN
6 17 (42.50%) Network Security
6 17 (42.50%) SD-WAN
7 16 (40.00%) DHCP
7 16 (40.00%) DNS
8 14 (35.00%) OSPF
9 11 (27.50%) VLAN
10 10 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
11 8 (20.00%) EIGRP
11 8 (20.00%) MPLS
11 8 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (17.50%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (17.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.00%) Local Government
6 2 (5.00%) Military
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.50%) Aviation
7 1 (2.50%) Finance
7 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.50%) French Language
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Network Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Administrator
3 4 (10.00%) Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Lead
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Network Specialist
5 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.00%) EDI
3 1 (2.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.50%) CCTV
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) VMS
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Network Design
2 9 (22.50%) Network Architecture
2 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 7 (17.50%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.50%) Load Balancing
5 6 (15.00%) Change Management
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.50%) Network Management
6 5 (12.50%) Project Management
7 4 (10.00%) Migration
7 4 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.00%) Service Management
7 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) Perl
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (65.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (55.00%) CCNP
3 10 (25.00%) CCIE
4 8 (20.00%) Degree
4 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (17.50%) CCNA
6 5 (12.50%) AWS Certification
6 5 (12.50%) CISSP
6 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 4 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (10.00%) CCSA
7 4 (10.00%) CCSP
7 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
8 3 (7.50%) CCDP
8 3 (7.50%) CCIE Security
9 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (5.00%) JNCIE
9 2 (5.00%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) GDPR
2 6 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (15.00%) NIST
3 5 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (7.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Terraform
2 8 (20.00%) Ansible
3 4 (10.00%) CA Spectrum
4 3 (7.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.50%) Grafana
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (80.00%) Cisco
2 17 (42.50%) F5
3 16 (40.00%) Meraki
3 16 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 12 (30.00%) SolarWinds
5 11 (27.50%) Juniper
6 10 (25.00%) Fortinet
7 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 6 (15.00%) VMware
9 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 4 (10.00%) Peregrine
10 4 (10.00%) Remedy
11 3 (7.50%) Aruba
12 2 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
12 2 (5.00%) Forcepoint
12 2 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
13 1 (2.50%) Arista
13 1 (2.50%) Databricks
13 1 (2.50%) Google
13 1 (2.50%) Zscaler