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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 248 313
Rank change year-on-year -75 +65 +63
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 88 101 81
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.50% 0.80% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.21% 7.58% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 70 53
10th Percentile £261 £213 £140
25th Percentile £400 £368 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £540
90th Percentile £615 £600 £743
England median daily rate £425 £425 £360
% change year-on-year - +18.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £22.88 £32.19 -
25th Percentile £23.88 £37.87 -
Median hourly rate £25.55 £47.96 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -46.73% +101.49% +39.47%
75th Percentile £27.21 £58.67 -
90th Percentile £28.21 £64.72 -
England median hourly rate £22.81 £15.44 £16.50
% change year-on-year +47.73% -6.42% -10.81%

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 1,417 1,332 1,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.04% 10.52% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 860 1,139
10th Percentile £300 £265 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 60
10th Percentile £19.78 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.46 £25.60 £18.64
Median hourly rate £25.47 £43.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.78% +98.86% -54.37%
75th Percentile £28.92 £51.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £89.75 £62.65 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £36.65 £39.25
% change year-on-year +14.45% -6.64% +107.95%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 19 £475 +58.33%
South London -14 5 £450 -25.00% 2
West London -23 2 £375 -14.29% 3
North London - 1 - - 1
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 10 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.09%) Azure
2 21 (23.86%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.50%) PaaS
4 10 (11.36%) AWS
4 10 (11.36%) SaaS
5 9 (10.23%) Entra ID
6 8 (9.09%) IaaS
7 6 (6.82%) Datadog
8 5 (5.68%) Power Platform
8 5 (5.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (4.55%) OneDrive
9 4 (4.55%) PowerApps
10 3 (3.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (3.41%) Route 53
11 2 (2.27%) GCP
12 1 (1.14%) AWS KMS
12 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (46.59%) WAN
2 35 (39.77%) LAN
3 34 (38.64%) Firewall
4 24 (27.27%) VPN
5 19 (21.59%) Wireless
6 14 (15.91%) Network Security
7 13 (14.77%) SD-WAN
8 11 (12.50%) DNS
9 10 (11.36%) DHCP
9 10 (11.36%) VLAN
10 9 (10.23%) BGP
10 9 (10.23%) OSPF
11 6 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (6.82%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (6.82%) SAN
12 5 (5.68%) MPLS
12 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
12 5 (5.68%) WLAN
13 4 (4.55%) PSTN
13 4 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Chocolatey
2 5 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 20 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.77%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.09%) Military
4 6 (6.82%) Banking
5 5 (5.68%) Local Government
5 5 (5.68%) Retail
5 5 (5.68%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Law
7 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.27%) Marketing
7 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.14%) Billing
8 1 (1.14%) Finance
8 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.14%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.14%) Legal
8 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (26.14%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.64%) Architect
3 11 (12.50%) IT Support
4 10 (11.36%) Network Architect
5 9 (10.23%) Analyst
5 9 (10.23%) IT Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) Senior
7 6 (6.82%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (6.82%) IT Technician
7 6 (6.82%) Lead
7 6 (6.82%) Network Analyst
7 6 (6.82%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.82%) Support Technician
8 5 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (5.68%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (5.68%) Network Support
8 5 (5.68%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (5.68%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) 802.1X
2 6 (6.82%) X-Windows
3 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (4.55%) VML
4 1 (1.14%) JSON
4 1 (1.14%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (10.23%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (7.95%) IoT
4 6 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.82%) Virtual Team
5 5 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.14%) Blog
7 1 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.14%) iPhone
7 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.14%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.14%) PKI
7 1 (1.14%) PropTech
7 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (26.14%) Windows
2 7 (7.95%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.82%) Mac OS X
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.41%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.27%) Linux
7 1 (1.14%) Android
7 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.91%) Migration
1 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 10 (11.36%) ITIL
4 10 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.23%) Incident Management
5 9 (10.23%) Network Design
6 8 (9.09%) ITSM
7 7 (7.95%) Change Management
7 7 (7.95%) Incident Response
7 7 (7.95%) Security Operations
8 6 (6.82%) Analytical Thinking
8 6 (6.82%) Cloud Security
8 6 (6.82%) Data Protection
8 6 (6.82%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (6.82%) Security Patching
9 5 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (5.68%) High Availability
9 5 (5.68%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.68%) Python
3 3 (3.41%) SQL
4 1 (1.14%) Bash
4 1 (1.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (11.36%) CCNP
5 8 (9.09%) CCIE
6 7 (7.95%) CCNA
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.41%) Degree
8 3 (3.41%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.41%) PMP
9 2 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.27%) Project+ Certification
10 1 (1.14%) ACTC
10 1 (1.14%) CCDP
10 1 (1.14%) CISSP
10 1 (1.14%) CWNA
10 1 (1.14%) GIAC
10 1 (1.14%) GSEC
10 1 (1.14%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.14%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.09%) QA
2 6 (6.82%) SLA
3 3 (3.41%) NIST
4 1 (1.14%) GDPR
4 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (26.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.14%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.36%) SCCM
3 5 (5.68%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.55%) Ansible
4 4 (4.55%) Terraform
5 3 (3.41%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.27%) CASB
6 2 (2.27%) SCOrch
7 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (32.95%) Cisco
2 25 (28.41%) Microsoft
3 14 (15.91%) Aruba
4 11 (12.50%) Meraki
4 11 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 9 (10.23%) Fortinet
6 8 (9.09%) CheckPoint
7 7 (7.95%) Juniper
7 7 (7.95%) VMware
8 6 (6.82%) AppDynamics
8 6 (6.82%) Dynatrace
8 6 (6.82%) Infoblox
8 6 (6.82%) Tenable
9 5 (5.68%) F5
10 3 (3.41%) Arista
10 3 (3.41%) Ekahau
10 3 (3.41%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.27%) Citrix
12 1 (1.14%) Adobe
12 1 (1.14%) Apple