Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 270 330
Rank change year-on-year -78 +60 +14
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 79 85 77
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.41% 0.68% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.24% 6.59% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 54 45
10th Percentile £153 £213 £139
25th Percentile £300 £372 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £395
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +20.25% +12.86%
75th Percentile £488 £573 £500
90th Percentile £555 £653 £575
England median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £22.88 - -
25th Percentile £23.88 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.55 £67.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -62.16% +183.61% +39.47%
75th Percentile £27.21 £68.75 £35.82
90th Percentile £28.21 - £57.45
England median hourly rate £22.81 £15.14 £16.50
% change year-on-year +50.66% -8.24% -67.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,508 1,290 1,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.90% 10.28% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 835 1,103
10th Percentile £300 £263 £225
25th Percentile £406 £398 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £711 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 50
10th Percentile £16.04 £18.95 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £16.40
Median hourly rate £29.52 £37.50 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% +58.56% -34.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.63 £62.85 £60.00
England median hourly rate £28.96 £39.66 £45.44
% change year-on-year -26.98% -12.72% +139.60%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in London

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in London

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Central London -18 11 £500 -1.96%
South London -7 6 £450 - 3
West London -27 3 £375 -16.67% 4
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.65%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (24.05%) Azure
3 11 (13.92%) SaaS
4 10 (12.66%) PaaS
5 8 (10.13%) AWS
6 6 (7.59%) Datadog
6 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
6 6 (7.59%) IaaS
7 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
7 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.53%) Route 53
10 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.27%) GCP
10 1 (1.27%) Google Docs
10 1 (1.27%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 28 (35.44%) Firewall
1 28 (35.44%) LAN
1 28 (35.44%) WAN
2 21 (26.58%) Wireless
3 19 (24.05%) VPN
4 15 (18.99%) DNS
5 14 (17.72%) DHCP
6 9 (11.39%) VLAN
7 8 (10.13%) TCP/IP
8 7 (8.86%) Network Security
8 7 (8.86%) SD-WAN
9 6 (7.59%) BGP
9 6 (7.59%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (7.59%) SAN
10 4 (5.06%) Broadband
10 4 (5.06%) Internet
10 4 (5.06%) PSTN
10 4 (5.06%) Unified Communications
11 3 (3.80%) NGFW
11 3 (3.80%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Chocolatey
2 5 (6.33%) JIRA
General
1 23 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.59%) Banking
5 4 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Local Government
6 3 (3.80%) Military
6 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Legal
7 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Retail
8 1 (1.27%) Finance
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (30.38%) Network Engineer
2 14 (17.72%) IT Support
3 12 (15.19%) IT Engineer
3 12 (15.19%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Architect
5 7 (8.86%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Lead
6 6 (7.59%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (7.59%) IT Technician
6 6 (7.59%) Network Architect
6 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Support Technician
7 5 (6.33%) Analyst
7 5 (6.33%) Senior
8 4 (5.06%) Senior IT Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Implementation Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Lead Network Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Network Implementation Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) 802.1X
2 6 (7.59%) X-Windows
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.27%) JSON
4 1 (1.27%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) IoT
2 7 (8.86%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (6.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.06%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.27%) CCTV
7 1 (1.27%) iPhone
7 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.27%) PKI
7 1 (1.27%) PropTech
7 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (39.24%) Windows
2 10 (12.66%) Mac OS
3 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.59%) Mac OS X
5 3 (3.80%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.53%) Android
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.52%) Migration
2 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (13.92%) ITIL
3 11 (13.92%) ITSM
4 9 (11.39%) Customer Service
5 8 (10.13%) Agile
5 8 (10.13%) Network Design
6 7 (8.86%) Data Protection
6 7 (8.86%) Project Delivery
7 6 (7.59%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (7.59%) Security Patching
8 5 (6.33%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.33%) User Experience
9 4 (5.06%) Cloud Security
9 4 (5.06%) Data Management
9 4 (5.06%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.06%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.33%) Python
2 3 (3.80%) SQL
3 1 (1.27%) Bash
3 1 (1.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.13%) CCNA
3 8 (10.13%) CCNP
4 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.06%) PMP
5 3 (3.80%) Degree
5 3 (3.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.53%) Project+ Certification
7 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.27%) ACSP
7 1 (1.27%) ACTC
7 1 (1.27%) CCIE
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) SLA
2 5 (6.33%) QA
3 3 (3.80%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (32.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.27%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (13.92%) SCCM
3 6 (7.59%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (6.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.53%) Ansible
5 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.53%) Terraform
6 1 (1.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.27%) Nessus
6 1 (1.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (36.71%) Cisco
2 27 (34.18%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.19%) Palo Alto
4 9 (11.39%) Aruba
4 9 (11.39%) VMware
5 7 (8.86%) Juniper
5 7 (8.86%) Meraki
5 7 (8.86%) Tenable
6 6 (7.59%) AppDynamics
6 6 (7.59%) Dynatrace
6 6 (7.59%) Infoblox
7 5 (6.33%) Fortinet
7 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (5.06%) Okta
9 3 (3.80%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.80%) Citrix
9 3 (3.80%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.53%) Apple
10 2 (2.53%) Arista
10 2 (2.53%) Ekahau