WLAN Contracts in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 468 528
Rank change year-on-year +40 +60 +110
Contract jobs citing WLAN 39 74 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.55% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 43 68
10th Percentile - £309 £300
25th Percentile £325 £409 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £497 £775 £570
90th Percentile £569 £863 £825
UK median daily rate £413 £469 £486
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.55% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £24.87 -
UK median hourly rate - £24.87 -

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 3,114 4,786 5,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.98% 13.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,935 2,876 3,845
10th Percentile £214 £210 £232
25th Percentile £361 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.93% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 389 419
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £14.99 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.41 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% +122.22% -24.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.13 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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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

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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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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 +25 20 £425 -12.82% 13
North of England +20 9 £325 -50.00% 17
North West +17 8 £325 -50.00% 3
East of England +25 5 £413 -28.26% 9
South West +29 4 £638 +8.51% 3
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 14
Midlands +4 1 £320 -57.33% 11
East Midlands - 1 £320 - 2
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UK

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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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (84.62%) LAN
2 29 (74.36%) WAN
3 24 (61.54%) Wireless
4 21 (53.85%) Firewall
5 13 (33.33%) VPN
5 13 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (30.77%) BGP
6 12 (30.77%) OSPF
6 12 (30.77%) SD-WAN
7 11 (28.21%) Network Security
8 7 (17.95%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (17.95%) VLAN
9 6 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (15.38%) DHCP
9 6 (15.38%) DNS
9 6 (15.38%) EIGRP
9 6 (15.38%) HSRP
10 5 (12.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (12.82%) SSL
11 4 (10.26%) DMVPN
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Aviation
4 1 (2.56%) Banking
4 1 (2.56%) Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Network Engineer
2 4 (10.26%) Senior
2 4 (10.26%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Administrator
3 3 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Industrial Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Network Administrator
3 3 (7.69%) Network Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Network Project Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.82%) CMDB
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.13%) CCTV
3 2 (5.13%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Network Monitoring
2 9 (23.08%) ITIL
3 8 (20.51%) Asset Management
4 7 (17.95%) Network Management
5 6 (15.38%) Network Design
5 6 (15.38%) Patch Management
5 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (12.82%) Problem Management
7 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.26%) High Availability
7 4 (10.26%) Project Management
8 3 (7.69%) Business Continuity
8 3 (7.69%) Data Management
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.69%) Observability
8 3 (7.69%) Service Management
8 3 (7.69%) Storage Management
8 3 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.08%) CCNA
2 9 (23.08%) CCNP
2 9 (23.08%) Degree
3 4 (10.26%) CCSA
4 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.69%) JNCIA
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) CCIE
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Firmware
2 4 (10.26%) VMware NSX
3 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Ansible
2 4 (10.26%) CA Spectrum
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco Prime
2 4 (10.26%) FortiGate
2 4 (10.26%) Terraform
3 3 (7.69%) Backup Exec
3 3 (7.69%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.56%) Netcool
4 1 (2.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (87.18%) Cisco
2 10 (25.64%) F5
2 10 (25.64%) Meraki
3 9 (23.08%) Juniper
4 8 (20.51%) Fortinet
4 8 (20.51%) SolarWinds
4 8 (20.51%) VMware
5 6 (15.38%) CheckPoint
5 6 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.26%) Aruba
7 4 (10.26%) Symantec
8 3 (7.69%) Infoblox
8 3 (7.69%) Veeam
9 2 (5.13%) Ekahau
10 1 (2.56%) AirMagnet
10 1 (2.56%) FireEye
10 1 (2.56%) Riverbed