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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 271 309
Rank change year-on-year -73 +38 +17
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 96 98 70
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.48% 0.73% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.94% 7.15% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 64 38
10th Percentile £153 £224 £226
25th Percentile £222 £400 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £521 £559
90th Percentile £550 £618 £775
England median daily rate £450 £425 £431
% change year-on-year +5.88% -1.45% +7.81%
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 £16.30 £16.50
% change year-on-year +39.94% -1.21% -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 1,617 1,371 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.05% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 888 1,020
10th Percentile £305 £289 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £623
90th Percentile £735 £713 £713
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 32
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.32 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% +5.67% -29.26%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.05 £64.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%

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 18 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 18 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 -12 13 £475 -5.00% 8
South London -16 4 £450 - 4
East London 0 2 £323 -10.42% 8
West London -46 1 - - 5
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 16 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (44.79%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (31.25%) Azure
3 23 (23.96%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.54%) OneDrive
5 10 (10.42%) SaaS
6 8 (8.33%) IaaS
6 8 (8.33%) PaaS
7 7 (7.29%) Datadog
8 5 (5.21%) Google Workspace
9 4 (4.17%) AWS
10 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.08%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.08%) Serverless
11 2 (2.08%) Slack
12 1 (1.04%) AWS KMS
12 1 (1.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.04%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 37 (38.54%) Firewall
2 32 (33.33%) LAN
3 29 (30.21%) VPN
4 28 (29.17%) WAN
5 27 (28.13%) DNS
6 24 (25.00%) DHCP
7 22 (22.92%) Wireless
8 16 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 12 (12.50%) Network Security
10 11 (11.46%) BGP
10 11 (11.46%) VLAN
11 9 (9.38%) SD-WAN
12 8 (8.33%) SAN
13 7 (7.29%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (5.21%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (5.21%) OSPF
14 5 (5.21%) WLAN
15 4 (4.17%) MPLS
15 4 (4.17%) Multicast
15 4 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.75%) Finance
3 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.42%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.38%) Banking
6 7 (7.29%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.21%) Retail
8 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.17%) Local Government
9 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Legal
11 1 (1.04%) Law
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (30.21%) Network Engineer
2 19 (19.79%) Support Engineer
3 13 (13.54%) IT Engineer
3 13 (13.54%) Senior
4 11 (11.46%) IT Support
4 11 (11.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) Analyst
6 8 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Support
7 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 7 (7.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Implementation Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.21%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.29%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.08%) RFC 2544
3 1 (1.04%) JSON
3 1 (1.04%) Middleware
3 1 (1.04%) REST
3 1 (1.04%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.33%) IoT
3 7 (7.29%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (7.29%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.17%) CCTV
5 4 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.04%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.04%) PKI
8 1 (1.04%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 49 (51.04%) Windows
2 14 (14.58%) Mac OS
3 8 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.13%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.08%) Android
7 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.04%) Linux
7 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 24 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (19.79%) ITSM
3 18 (18.75%) ITIL
3 18 (18.75%) Migration
4 16 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 15 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (14.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (12.50%) User Experience
8 11 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (10.42%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
11 8 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (8.33%) Data Protection
11 8 (8.33%) Incident Management
11 8 (8.33%) Service Management
12 7 (7.29%) Change Management
12 7 (7.29%) Proactive Monitoring
12 7 (7.29%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.17%) Python
2 3 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (1.04%) C
3 1 (1.04%) C++
3 1 (1.04%) Go
3 1 (1.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.33%) CCNP
5 7 (7.29%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.29%) Degree
6 6 (6.25%) CCNA
7 4 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.08%) PMP
9 1 (1.04%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.04%) CCIE
9 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) SLA
2 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.08%) QA
3 1 (1.04%) NIST
3 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (1.04%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (26.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (13.54%) SCCM
3 7 (7.29%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
4 4 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.13%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.08%) Ansible
6 2 (2.08%) Nessus
6 2 (2.08%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.04%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (52.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (44.79%) Cisco
3 16 (16.67%) VMware
4 12 (12.50%) Meraki
5 10 (10.42%) Palo Alto
6 9 (9.38%) ServiceNow
6 9 (9.38%) Tenable
7 8 (8.33%) Aruba
7 8 (8.33%) Juniper
7 8 (8.33%) Zscaler
8 7 (7.29%) AppDynamics
8 7 (7.29%) Dynatrace
9 6 (6.25%) Citrix
10 5 (5.21%) Google
10 5 (5.21%) Okta
11 4 (4.17%) Apple
11 4 (4.17%) HP
11 4 (4.17%) Infoblox
12 3 (3.13%) SolarWinds
13 2 (2.08%) F5