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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 258 302
Rank change year-on-year -95 +44 +39
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 91 102 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.45% 0.75% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.66% 7.32% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 69 41
10th Percentile £153 £213 £250
25th Percentile £225 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £519 £550
90th Percentile £555 £605 £775
England median daily rate £450 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £66.25 -
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +183.61% +39.47%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £35.82
90th Percentile - - £57.45
England median hourly rate £22.81 £15.72 £16.50
% change year-on-year +45.10% -4.73% -72.50%

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 1,608 1,393 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.98% 10.26% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 910 1,018
10th Percentile £305 £286 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 30
10th Percentile £19.34 £19.89 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.58 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% +20.41% -35.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.15 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
% change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.87%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -27 14 £500 - 6
South London -17 4 £450 - 4
East London +4 1 £145 -59.72% 7
West London -43 1 - - 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 12 (13.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (45.05%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (29.67%) Azure
3 20 (21.98%) Entra ID
4 11 (12.09%) OneDrive
5 9 (9.89%) SaaS
6 7 (7.69%) Datadog
6 7 (7.69%) IaaS
6 7 (7.69%) PaaS
7 4 (4.40%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.30%) AWS
9 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.10%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.10%) Google Docs
10 1 (1.10%) Serverless
10 1 (1.10%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 34 (37.36%) Firewall
2 30 (32.97%) LAN
3 28 (30.77%) VPN
4 27 (29.67%) WAN
5 25 (27.47%) DNS
6 23 (25.27%) DHCP
7 21 (23.08%) Wireless
8 15 (16.48%) TCP/IP
9 11 (12.09%) BGP
9 11 (12.09%) Network Security
10 10 (10.99%) VLAN
11 7 (7.69%) SAN
11 7 (7.69%) SD-WAN
12 6 (6.59%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (5.49%) OSPF
14 4 (4.40%) Internet
14 4 (4.40%) MPLS
14 4 (4.40%) Multicast
14 4 (4.40%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (4.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 29 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.48%) Finance
3 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Banking
5 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.49%) Retail
8 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.40%) Local Government
9 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.20%) Law
10 2 (2.20%) Legal
11 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (29.67%) Network Engineer
2 18 (19.78%) Support Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) IT Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) Senior
4 10 (10.99%) IT Support
4 10 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Analyst
6 8 (8.79%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Implementation Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 6 (6.59%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.49%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.10%) JSON
2 1 (1.10%) Middleware
2 1 (1.10%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.59%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (6.59%) IoT
3 6 (6.59%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.40%) CCTV
6 3 (3.30%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (1.10%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
8 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 45 (49.45%) Windows
2 14 (15.38%) Mac OS
3 7 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 7 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.30%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.20%) Android
6 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.10%) Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.27%) Customer Service
1 23 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (18.68%) ITIL
2 17 (18.68%) ITSM
2 17 (18.68%) Migration
3 15 (16.48%) Project Delivery
4 13 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (12.09%) User Experience
7 9 (9.89%) Incident Management
7 9 (9.89%) Service Delivery
8 8 (8.79%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (8.79%) Data Protection
8 8 (8.79%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (7.69%) Change Management
9 7 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (7.69%) Security Patching
10 6 (6.59%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.30%) Bash
2 3 (3.30%) Python
3 1 (1.10%) C
3 1 (1.10%) C++
3 1 (1.10%) Go
3 1 (1.10%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (9.89%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (9.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.79%) CCNP
3 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) Degree
5 5 (5.49%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.49%) CCNA
6 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.20%) PMP
8 1 (1.10%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.10%) CCIE
8 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
3 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.10%) Firmware
4 1 (1.10%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (25.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (13.19%) SCCM
3 7 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.40%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.30%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.20%) Nessus
6 2 (2.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.10%) Ansible
7 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (50.55%) Microsoft
2 40 (43.96%) Cisco
3 15 (16.48%) VMware
4 11 (12.09%) Meraki
5 9 (9.89%) Aruba
5 9 (9.89%) Palo Alto
5 9 (9.89%) ServiceNow
5 9 (9.89%) Tenable
6 8 (8.79%) Juniper
6 8 (8.79%) Zscaler
7 7 (7.69%) AppDynamics
7 7 (7.69%) Citrix
7 7 (7.69%) Dynatrace
8 5 (5.49%) Okta
9 4 (4.40%) Apple
9 4 (4.40%) Google
9 4 (4.40%) HP
9 4 (4.40%) Infoblox
10 3 (3.30%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.20%) F5