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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 439 440
Rank change year-on-year -65 +1 +185
Contract jobs citing WLAN 39 67 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.23% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 1.81% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 41 87
10th Percentile £375 £258 £273
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £598 £798
90th Percentile £538 £675 £900
UK median daily rate £456 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -11.02% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile £29.00 - £31.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.44
75th Percentile £49.13 - £35.00
90th Percentile £60.00 - £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 3,404 3,707 5,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.87% 12.77% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,201 2,175 3,285
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 115 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £17.73
25th Percentile £20.34 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £41.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -27.36% +27.13%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.00% -31.82% +32.53%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -7 18 £425 -17.07% 15
Midlands -31 11 £500 -14.24% 3
West Midlands -24 10 £525 -9.95% 2
South East -22 5 £458 -21.44% 21
North West -36 4 £425 -15.00% 1
North of England -63 4 £425 -2.30% 7
South West -8 1 £513 -2.38% 3
East Midlands -15 1 £200 - 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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (46.15%) Azure
2 15 (38.46%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) GCP
4 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (10.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (7.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 36 (92.31%) LAN
2 34 (87.18%) WAN
3 30 (76.92%) Firewall
4 21 (53.85%) BGP
4 21 (53.85%) VPN
5 19 (48.72%) Network Security
5 19 (48.72%) Wireless
6 17 (43.59%) OSPF
6 17 (43.59%) SD-WAN
7 14 (35.90%) DHCP
7 14 (35.90%) DNS
7 14 (35.90%) VLAN
8 9 (23.08%) MPLS
9 8 (20.51%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (20.51%) EIGRP
9 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
10 7 (17.95%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (17.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 6 (15.38%) Cisco Wireless
11 6 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.13%) Local Government
6 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.13%) Military
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Aviation
7 1 (2.56%) Finance
7 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.56%) French Language
7 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) Architect
2 7 (17.95%) Network Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Administrator
3 4 (10.26%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Security Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Network Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.13%) EDI
3 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
4 1 (2.56%) CCTV
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.56%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) VMS
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 9 (23.08%) Network Design
2 9 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
3 8 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.51%) Zero Trust
4 7 (17.95%) Incident Response
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL
5 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (12.82%) Load Balancing
6 5 (12.82%) Migration
6 5 (12.82%) Network Management
7 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.26%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (10.26%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (10.26%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) Python
2 4 (10.26%) Perl
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (58.97%) CCNP
3 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
4 10 (25.64%) CCIE
5 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
6 6 (15.38%) Degree
7 5 (12.82%) AWS Certification
7 5 (12.82%) CISSP
8 4 (10.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (10.26%) CCSA
8 4 (10.26%) CCSP
9 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
9 3 (7.69%) CCDP
9 3 (7.69%) CCIE Security
9 3 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (5.13%) CCNA
10 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (5.13%) JNCIE
10 2 (5.13%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) GDPR
2 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (15.38%) NIST
3 5 (12.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.26%) VMware NSX
4 3 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) Terraform
2 8 (20.51%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) CA Spectrum
4 3 (7.69%) FortiGate
4 3 (7.69%) Nagios
5 1 (2.56%) Grafana
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (76.92%) Cisco
2 16 (41.03%) Palo Alto
3 15 (38.46%) F5
3 15 (38.46%) SolarWinds
4 14 (35.90%) Juniper
4 14 (35.90%) Meraki
5 10 (25.64%) Fortinet
6 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
7 6 (15.38%) VMware
8 5 (12.82%) CheckPoint
9 3 (7.69%) Aruba
10 2 (5.13%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (5.13%) Forcepoint
10 2 (5.13%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (5.13%) Peregrine
10 2 (5.13%) Remedy
11 1 (2.56%) Arista
11 1 (2.56%) Databricks
11 1 (2.56%) Google
11 1 (2.56%) Zscaler