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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 445 466
Rank change year-on-year -34 +21 +193
Contract jobs citing WLAN 40 74 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 1.96% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 44 83
10th Percentile £365 £276 £255
25th Percentile £400 £450 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +7.89% +5.09%
75th Percentile £488 £616 £550
90th Percentile £532 £675 £875
UK median daily rate £425 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -17.07% +7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 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 £59.60 - £35.60
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £33.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.21% +35.68%

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 3,381 3,773 5,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.48% 12.13% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,183 2,185 3,501
10th Percentile £213 £230 £213
25th Percentile £362 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £687 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 127 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £18.05
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.00 £23.32
Median hourly rate £32.77 £52.50 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -37.58% -6.99% +29.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.42% -13.64% +34.05%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 6 November 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 -22 15 £419 -18.29% 21
Midlands -24 13 £500 -14.24% 13
West Midlands -17 12 £525 -9.95% 8
North West -20 4 £425 -22.73% 5
North of England -54 4 £425 -5.56% 9
East of England - 4 £520 - 6
South East -5 2 £340 -41.68% 27
South West +10 1 £513 -10.87% 1
East Midlands -17 1 £200 - 5
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 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.00%) AWS
1 10 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) GCP
3 4 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (7.50%) AWS Direct Connect
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.00%) 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 35 (87.50%) LAN
2 33 (82.50%) Firewall
3 31 (77.50%) WAN
4 24 (60.00%) Wireless
5 21 (52.50%) DHCP
5 21 (52.50%) DNS
6 20 (50.00%) BGP
7 16 (40.00%) OSPF
7 16 (40.00%) VPN
8 15 (37.50%) Cisco IOS
8 15 (37.50%) Network Security
8 15 (37.50%) SD-WAN
9 13 (32.50%) VLAN
10 10 (25.00%) EIGRP
11 8 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (17.50%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (17.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (17.50%) MPLS
12 7 (17.50%) PuTTY
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Manufacturing
3 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Military
5 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.50%) Aviation
6 1 (2.50%) Finance
6 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.50%) French Language
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Network Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Administrator
6 2 (5.00%) Designer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Network Designer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Network Specialist
7 1 (2.50%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Operations Manager
7 1 (2.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.50%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.50%) CCTV
4 1 (2.50%) CMDB
4 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
4 1 (2.50%) Life Science
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 10 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (22.50%) Change Management
2 9 (22.50%) Network Design
3 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.00%) Project Management
4 7 (17.50%) Load Balancing
4 7 (17.50%) Process Improvement
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) Network Architecture
5 6 (15.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (12.50%) Network Management
6 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 4 (10.00%) Migration
7 4 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) Perl
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (72.50%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (57.50%) CCNP
3 12 (30.00%) CCNA
4 11 (27.50%) Degree
5 8 (20.00%) CCIE
5 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (17.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (12.50%) AWS Certification
7 5 (12.50%) CISSP
7 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 4 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (10.00%) CCSA
8 4 (10.00%) CCSP
9 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (7.50%) CCDP
9 3 (7.50%) CCIE Security
10 2 (5.00%) JNCIE
10 2 (5.00%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.50%) MCITP
11 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) GDPR
1 6 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (15.00%) NIST
2 5 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) VMware NSX
3 3 (7.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Terraform
2 6 (15.00%) Ansible
3 4 (10.00%) CA Spectrum
4 3 (7.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.50%) Grafana
5 1 (2.50%) Nagios
5 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (85.00%) Cisco
2 17 (42.50%) F5
2 17 (42.50%) Meraki
3 14 (35.00%) Palo Alto
4 13 (32.50%) SolarWinds
5 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 9 (22.50%) Juniper
7 8 (20.00%) Fortinet
8 7 (17.50%) Peregrine
8 7 (17.50%) Remedy
8 7 (17.50%) VMware
9 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 2 (5.00%) Aruba
10 2 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (5.00%) Forcepoint
10 2 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
11 1 (2.50%) Arista
11 1 (2.50%) Databricks
11 1 (2.50%) Zscaler