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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 435 449
Rank change year-on-year -94 +14 +103
Contract jobs citing WLAN 58 44 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% 1.38% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 34 51
10th Percentile £190 £322 £313
25th Percentile £303 £325 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -26.09% +27.78%
75th Percentile £523 £488 £856
90th Percentile £594 £569 £888
UK median daily rate £443 £423 £525
% change year-on-year +4.73% -19.52% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.92
Median hourly rate - - £24.87
75th Percentile - - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £24.87
% change year-on-year - - -24.64%

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 3,787 3,199 5,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.78% 13.13% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,416 2,000 3,167
10th Percentile £215 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £370 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £480
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.67% -7.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 120 382
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.64 £17.70
Median hourly rate £42.38 £35.75 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.53% -5.92% +100.37%
75th Percentile £67.96 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.05 £69.86
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +20.71% -6.67% +97.37%

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 5 April 2026.

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
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 5 April 2026. 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
Midlands -45 23 £325 +25.00% 6
West Midlands - 17 £500 - 6
South East -39 11 £443 -6.74% 10
London -65 11 £530 +17.78% 8
East Midlands -29 6 £200 -23.08%
East of England -31 5 £200 -50.00% 7
North of England -81 4 £450 +35.85% 16
South West -24 3 £400 -37.25% 1
North West -49 2 £537 +65.08% 8
Yorkshire -59 2 £450 +7.14% 7
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 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) Azure
2 14 (24.14%) AWS
3 8 (13.79%) GCP
3 8 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (5.17%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (96.55%) LAN
2 39 (67.24%) WAN
3 25 (43.10%) Wireless
4 23 (39.66%) Firewall
4 23 (39.66%) SD-WAN
5 21 (36.21%) BGP
6 20 (34.48%) OSPF
7 19 (32.76%) VPN
8 16 (27.59%) VLAN
9 14 (24.14%) Network Security
10 13 (22.41%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (20.69%) DNS
12 11 (18.97%) DHCP
13 10 (17.24%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (13.79%) Internet
14 8 (13.79%) MPLS
15 6 (10.34%) 5G
15 6 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
16 5 (8.62%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.62%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.45%) Finance
5 2 (3.45%) Local Government
5 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Retail
6 1 (1.72%) Billing
6 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.72%) French Language
6 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (41.38%) Network Engineer
2 11 (18.97%) Architect
3 10 (17.24%) Network Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Lead
5 6 (10.34%) IT Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) IT Support
5 6 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Wireless Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Administrator
7 4 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.90%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.72%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.07%) Onboarding
3 6 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.72%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) iSeries
5 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.72%) PKI
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Network Architecture
2 10 (17.24%) Network Design
3 9 (15.52%) Zero Trust
4 8 (13.79%) Incident Response
4 8 (13.79%) ITIL
4 8 (13.79%) Load Balancing
4 8 (13.79%) Network Management
5 7 (12.07%) ITSM
5 7 (12.07%) Network Monitoring
5 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.34%) Business Strategy
6 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 6 (10.34%) High Availability
6 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
7 5 (8.62%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (8.62%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (8.62%) Performance Monitoring
7 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) C
2 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (55.17%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (50.00%) CCNP
3 22 (37.93%) CCIE
3 22 (37.93%) Security Cleared
4 19 (32.76%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
5 5 (8.62%) CISSP
5 5 (8.62%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (6.90%) CCSP
6 4 (6.90%) Degree
7 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.17%) CCIE Security
7 3 (5.17%) CCNA
8 2 (3.45%) CCIE Wireless
8 2 (3.45%) CWNA
8 2 (3.45%) CWNE
8 2 (3.45%) CWSP
8 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (3.45%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) GDPR
2 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.34%) NIST
3 5 (8.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.90%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Ansible
2 8 (13.79%) Terraform
3 6 (10.34%) Nagios
4 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.72%) Grafana
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (65.52%) Cisco
2 14 (24.14%) Palo Alto
3 13 (22.41%) Juniper
4 12 (20.69%) Aruba
5 11 (18.97%) SolarWinds
6 9 (15.52%) Fortinet
6 9 (15.52%) Meraki
7 7 (12.07%) Ekahau
8 6 (10.34%) F5
8 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
9 5 (8.62%) VMware
10 3 (5.17%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
11 2 (3.45%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (3.45%) Forcepoint
11 2 (3.45%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.72%) Arista
12 1 (1.72%) HP
12 1 (1.72%) Infoblox
12 1 (1.72%) Mitel