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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 291 289
Rank change year-on-year +18 -2 +159
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 99 90 141
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.57% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.71% 5.99% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 50 100
10th Percentile £243 £275 £178
25th Percentile £400 £436 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +26.56% +18.52%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £575 £704 £743
England median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £15.48 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £16.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £19.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% - -
75th Percentile £20.53 £21.49 -
90th Percentile - £22.88 -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £20.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year -0.10% -52.62% +177.42%

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 1,284 1,502 2,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.23% 9.59% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 927 1,478
10th Percentile £300 £259 £225
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £628 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 15 54
10th Percentile £18.88 £23.67 £18.93
25th Percentile - £27.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +16.84%
75th Percentile £39.56 £50.25 £61.31
90th Percentile £61.78 £75.92 £79.25
England median hourly rate £31.39 £53.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -41.61% -4.85% +28.39%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 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
West London +14 25 £438 - 7
Central London +10 20 £475 +5.56% 65
South London -2 6 £425 -10.53% 3
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 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.01%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (25.25%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (22.22%) Azure
3 7 (7.07%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.04%) AWS
5 3 (3.03%) GCP
5 3 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.03%) IaaS
5 3 (3.03%) SaaS
6 2 (2.02%) Asana
6 2 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.02%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.02%) Slack
7 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.01%) Google Drive
7 1 (1.01%) PaaS
7 1 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (57.58%) Firewall
2 50 (50.51%) LAN
3 35 (35.35%) WAN
4 32 (32.32%) SD-WAN
5 30 (30.30%) Cisco Nexus
6 21 (21.21%) VPN
7 12 (12.12%) Network Security
8 11 (11.11%) DNS
9 8 (8.08%) DHCP
9 8 (8.08%) TCP/IP
9 8 (8.08%) VLAN
10 6 (6.06%) Wireless
11 5 (5.05%) BGP
11 5 (5.05%) MPLS
11 5 (5.05%) OSPF
12 3 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (3.03%) IPsec
12 3 (3.03%) WLAN
13 2 (2.02%) Internet
13 2 (2.02%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (2.02%) JIRA
General
1 33 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.14%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.05%) Finance
4 5 (5.05%) Spanish Language
5 4 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.03%) Local Government
7 2 (2.02%) Retail
8 1 (1.01%) Aviation
8 1 (1.01%) Banking
8 1 (1.01%) Billing
8 1 (1.01%) Games
8 1 (1.01%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (27.27%) Architect
2 22 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 20 (20.20%) Network Architect
4 12 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) Network Design Architect
6 10 (10.10%) Project Manager
7 8 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (8.08%) IT Manager
8 7 (7.07%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (7.07%) IT Support
9 6 (6.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) Technical Architect
10 5 (5.05%) IT Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Support Technician
11 4 (4.04%) Applications Engineer
11 4 (4.04%) Designer
11 4 (4.04%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.01%) OAuth
2 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.04%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.02%) CCTV
5 2 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.02%) Life Science
5 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.01%) BYOD
6 1 (1.01%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.01%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.01%) IoT
6 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.01%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (36.36%) Windows
2 10 (10.10%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.08%) Linux
4 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.04%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.02%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.01%) VMS
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.21%) Network Design
2 13 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (10.10%) ITIL
5 8 (8.08%) Incident Management
5 8 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.08%) Security Operations
6 7 (7.07%) Information Security
6 7 (7.07%) Network Architecture
7 6 (6.06%) Architectural Design
7 6 (6.06%) Cloud Security
7 6 (6.06%) Information Security Management
7 6 (6.06%) ISMS
7 6 (6.06%) Migration
7 6 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (6.06%) Security Management
7 6 (6.06%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (5.05%) Project Delivery
8 5 (5.05%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.01%) Bash
2 1 (1.01%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 19 (19.19%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 15 (15.15%) CCNP
5 10 (10.10%) CCNA
6 6 (6.06%) Degree
7 4 (4.04%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.03%) CCIE
8 3 (3.03%) JNCIP
8 3 (3.03%) JNCIS
9 2 (2.02%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.02%) PMP
10 1 (1.01%) CCSA
10 1 (1.01%) CISSP
10 1 (1.01%) CWNA
10 1 (1.01%) GIAC
10 1 (1.01%) GSEC
10 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.02%) SLA
2 1 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.02%) Firmware
4 2 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 10 (10.10%) SCCM
2 6 (6.06%) CASB
2 6 (6.06%) SCOrch
3 5 (5.05%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.05%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.01%) Ansible
5 1 (1.01%) Autotask
5 1 (1.01%) SysTrack
5 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (43.43%) Cisco
2 30 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 28 (28.28%) Fortinet
4 6 (6.06%) Citrix
4 6 (6.06%) Palo Alto
5 5 (5.05%) Juniper
5 5 (5.05%) Meraki
6 4 (4.04%) Apple
6 4 (4.04%) Infoblox
6 4 (4.04%) Okta
6 4 (4.04%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.03%) Aruba
7 3 (3.03%) Google
7 3 (3.03%) VMware
7 3 (3.03%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.02%) Adobe
8 2 (2.02%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.02%) F5
8 2 (2.02%) HP
8 2 (2.02%) SolarWinds