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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 467 475
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +192
Contract jobs citing WLAN 45 59 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.37% 1.48% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 27 94
10th Percentile - £445 £268
25th Percentile £325 £488 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £550 £486
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% +13.17% +8.00%
75th Percentile £450 £638 £548
90th Percentile £530 £775 £830
UK median daily rate £419 £538 £486
% change year-on-year -22.09% +10.60% +8.00%
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% +103.10%

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 3,291 3,974 5,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.83% 12.06% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,064 2,323 3,600
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 215 285
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.82 £16.76
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.45 £24.34
Median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.00 £76.06
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%

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
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 19 September 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 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 19 September 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 +3 17 £419 -17.28% 3
North West -5 9 £325 -45.83% 4
North of England -36 9 £325 -45.83% 4
Midlands -15 8 £200 -73.33% 4
West Midlands -9 7 - - 4
East of England - 5 £435 - 4
South West +16 3 £750 +53.85%
South East +15 2 £340 -41.68% 10
East Midlands - 1 £200 -
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 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) AWS
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (86.67%) LAN
2 33 (73.33%) WAN
3 31 (68.89%) Firewall
4 30 (66.67%) Wireless
5 19 (42.22%) BGP
6 18 (40.00%) DHCP
6 18 (40.00%) DNS
7 16 (35.56%) Network Security
7 16 (35.56%) OSPF
8 15 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
8 15 (33.33%) SD-WAN
9 11 (24.44%) VLAN
9 11 (24.44%) VPN
10 10 (22.22%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (20.00%) EIGRP
12 8 (17.78%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (17.78%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (15.56%) PuTTY
13 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
14 6 (13.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) GitLab
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.22%) Aviation
5 1 (2.22%) Banking
5 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.22%) Legal
5 1 (2.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Network Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.67%) Administrator
4 3 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Senior
5 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Designer
5 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Industrial Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Network Administrator
5 2 (4.44%) Network Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Network Designer
5 2 (4.44%) Network Security Administrator
5 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Security Administrator
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Virtual Team
2 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.89%) CMDB
4 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.22%) CCTV
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.22%) IoT
5 1 (2.22%) Life Science
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 8 (17.78%) Change Management
2 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.78%) Project Management
3 7 (15.56%) ITIL
3 7 (15.56%) Network Monitoring
3 7 (15.56%) Patch Management
3 7 (15.56%) Process Improvement
4 5 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 5 (11.11%) Network Design
5 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.89%) Task Automation
6 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.67%) Load Balancing
6 3 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (6.67%) Problem Management
6 3 (6.67%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) Python
2 3 (6.67%) Perl
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (68.89%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (46.67%) CCNP
3 18 (40.00%) CCNA
4 14 (31.11%) Degree
5 10 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
7 6 (13.33%) CCSA
8 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.67%) CCDP
9 3 (6.67%) CCIE
9 3 (6.67%) JNCIA
9 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
11 1 (2.22%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (2.22%) CCIE Wireless
11 1 (2.22%) CWSP
11 1 (2.22%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Firmware
2 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) CA Spectrum
2 3 (6.67%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.44%) Ansible
3 2 (4.44%) Backup Exec
3 2 (4.44%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.44%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.22%) Nagios
4 1 (2.22%) SCCM
4 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (91.11%) Cisco
2 17 (37.78%) Meraki
3 15 (33.33%) F5
4 12 (26.67%) SolarWinds
5 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
6 10 (22.22%) Juniper
7 9 (20.00%) Palo Alto
8 7 (15.56%) Peregrine
8 7 (15.56%) Remedy
9 6 (13.33%) CheckPoint
9 6 (13.33%) Fortinet
10 5 (11.11%) VMware
11 4 (8.89%) Aruba
12 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
12 2 (4.44%) Symantec
12 2 (4.44%) Veeam
13 1 (2.22%) AirMagnet
13 1 (2.22%) Extreme Networks
13 1 (2.22%) Infoblox
13 1 (2.22%) Zscaler