Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 +17 -12
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.47% 0.59% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 10.00% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - -
North West median daily rate £525 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +16.67% -23.40% +30.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

Wi-Fi 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.17% 5.88% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 6 8
10th Percentile £258 £278 £297
25th Percentile £438 £420 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £408
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +19.63% -2.69%
75th Percentile £669 £500 £634
90th Percentile £688 £519 £637
North West median daily rate £458 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.68% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £58.87 £20.35 -
25th Percentile £72.21 £22.01 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £24.76 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year +199.92% -48.23% +17.88%
75th Percentile - £37.88 -
90th Percentile - £45.75 -
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.03 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.07% +171.05% -10.87%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Preston -6 1 £335 -36.19% 1
Wi-Fi
North West

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds