WLAN Contracts in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 532 652
Rank change year-on-year +69 +120 -88
Contract jobs citing WLAN 79 113 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 1.89% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 66 82
10th Percentile £318 £313 £182
25th Percentile £413 £363 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £432
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +10.02% +10.71%
75th Percentile £775 £570 £531
90th Percentile £870 £826 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £486 £452
% change year-on-year +0.31% +7.52% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile - - £17.45
25th Percentile £23.92 £31.50 £28.41
Median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £29.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +11.09% -8.60%
75th Percentile £25.83 £34.50 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £29.71
% change year-on-year -24.64% +11.09% -8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

WLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,830 5,993 7,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.20% 12.20% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,915 3,924 5,163
10th Percentile £208 £237 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £601 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 434 305
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.58 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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

WLAN
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 7 May 2024.

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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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 7 May 2024. 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 +78 39 £488 -22.53% 12
Midlands +35 11 £750 +76.47% 11
West Midlands +26 10 £750 +76.47% 10
North of England +18 8 £650 +73.33% 6
South West +16 8 £600 +60.00% 4
Yorkshire +31 6 £650 - 1
East of England +8 6 £575 - 5
South East -2 6 £388 -13.89% 10
North West +11 2 - - 4
WLAN
UK

WLAN
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 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) IIS
2 1 (1.27%) nginx
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) AWS
2 6 (7.59%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (6.33%) Amazon S3
3 5 (6.33%) Route 53
4 4 (5.06%) Azure
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.06%) WhatsApp
5 3 (3.80%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (3.80%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 3 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (3.80%) IaaS
5 3 (3.80%) Serverless
6 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 68 (86.08%) LAN
2 59 (74.68%) WAN
3 49 (62.03%) Firewall
4 39 (49.37%) Wireless
5 35 (44.30%) VPN
6 19 (24.05%) Cisco ASA
7 16 (20.25%) BGP
7 16 (20.25%) OSPF
7 16 (20.25%) SD-WAN
8 14 (17.72%) IPsec
9 12 (15.19%) MPLS
9 12 (15.19%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (12.66%) VoIP
11 9 (11.39%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (11.39%) DHCP
11 9 (11.39%) DNS
11 9 (11.39%) PBX
12 8 (10.13%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (10.13%) Internet
13 6 (7.59%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.27%) MySQL
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Gradle
1 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (16.46%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.80%) Finance
4 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Legal
6 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Network Engineer
2 18 (22.78%) Architect
3 16 (20.25%) Network Specialist
4 13 (16.46%) Senior
5 10 (12.66%) Network Architect
6 6 (7.59%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Lead
8 4 (5.06%) Consultant
8 4 (5.06%) Network Consultant
8 4 (5.06%) Network Technician
8 4 (5.06%) Senior Network Technician
8 4 (5.06%) Senior Technician
9 3 (3.80%) AWS DevOps
9 3 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.39%) Web Services
2 2 (2.53%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.53%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.27%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.05%) Data Centre
2 14 (17.72%) PKI
3 11 (13.92%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.33%) CMDB
4 5 (6.33%) NHS
5 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.80%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.80%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.80%) Solar Power
6 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.27%) CCTV
7 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.59%) Linux
2 4 (5.06%) Windows
3 3 (3.80%) Ubuntu
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.53%) CentOS
4 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.27%) Android
5 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
2 17 (21.52%) Migration
3 15 (18.99%) Threat Management
4 14 (17.72%) Change Management
4 14 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (15.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (15.19%) Network Architecture
5 12 (15.19%) Storage Management
6 11 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.66%) Mentoring
8 9 (11.39%) Analytics
8 9 (11.39%) Architectural Design
8 9 (11.39%) Capacity Management
8 9 (11.39%) Change Control
8 9 (11.39%) Data Analytics
8 9 (11.39%) Performance Management
8 9 (11.39%) Programme Management
8 9 (11.39%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (11.39%) SOA
9 8 (10.13%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) Bash
1 4 (5.06%) Python
2 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.27%) Java
3 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (26.58%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.99%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.66%) CCIE
4 9 (11.39%) CCIE Data Center
5 6 (7.59%) CCNP
6 5 (6.33%) CCNA
7 4 (5.06%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) Docker
3 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (16.46%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.53%) Ansible
2 2 (2.53%) Puppet
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.27%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (60.76%) Cisco
2 36 (45.57%) Palo Alto
3 24 (30.38%) Fortinet
4 17 (21.52%) Juniper
5 10 (12.66%) CheckPoint
6 9 (11.39%) Extreme Networks
6 9 (11.39%) Infoblox
7 8 (10.13%) Aruba
7 8 (10.13%) Microsoft
8 7 (8.86%) Meraki
9 6 (7.59%) SolarWinds
10 5 (6.33%) Symantec
10 5 (6.33%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.06%) Blue Coat
11 4 (5.06%) Citrix
11 4 (5.06%) HP
12 3 (3.80%) F5
13 2 (2.53%) Ekahau
13 2 (2.53%) Veeam
13 2 (2.53%) VMware