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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 308 343
Rank change year-on-year +41 +35 +109
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 94 72 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.71% 0.45% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.16% 4.79% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 38 87
10th Percentile £216 £252 £150
25th Percentile £400 £356 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +16.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £515 £559 £655
90th Percentile £623 £749 £743
England median daily rate £425 £438 £425
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £18.26 -
25th Percentile £66.25 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £67.50 £23.80 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +183.61% +39.47% -2.49%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £18.00
90th Percentile - £52.65 -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year -1.21% -67.96% +212.12%

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 1,313 1,502 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.92% 9.34% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 962 1,621
10th Percentile £289 £252 £250
25th Percentile £404 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £712 £722 £750
England median daily rate £490 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -4.03% +2.12% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 43
10th Percentile £18.56 £20.40 £18.93
25th Percentile - £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.61%
75th Percentile £44.75 £55.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.05 £66.38 £79.50
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.26%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +19 25 £438 - 4
Central London +9 20 £505 +15.43% 15
South London +1 11 £450 -
East London - 1 £360 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (26.60%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (20.21%) Azure
3 8 (8.51%) AWS
4 6 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.19%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.13%) Asana
6 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.13%) GCP
6 2 (2.13%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.06%) Google Drive
7 1 (1.06%) IaaS
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.06%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 46 (48.94%) Firewall
1 46 (48.94%) LAN
2 34 (36.17%) SD-WAN
3 31 (32.98%) WAN
4 29 (30.85%) Cisco Nexus
5 12 (12.77%) VPN
6 11 (11.70%) DNS
7 8 (8.51%) Network Security
8 7 (7.45%) DHCP
8 7 (7.45%) TCP/IP
8 7 (7.45%) Wireless
9 5 (5.32%) BGP
9 5 (5.32%) MPLS
10 3 (3.19%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (3.19%) IPsec
10 3 (3.19%) OSPF
10 3 (3.19%) SSL
10 3 (3.19%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (2.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) eggPlant
1 2 (2.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.06%) JIRA Agile
General
1 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.89%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.64%) Finance
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.19%) Banking
7 3 (3.19%) Games
7 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.13%) Local Government
8 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.06%) Aviation
9 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Architect
2 19 (20.21%) Network Architect
2 19 (20.21%) Network Engineer
3 11 (11.70%) Network Design Architect
3 11 (11.70%) Support Engineer
4 8 (8.51%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.45%) IT Manager
6 6 (6.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (6.38%) Technical Architect
7 5 (5.32%) IT Support
7 5 (5.32%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Designer
8 4 (4.26%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.19%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.06%) ADO
2 1 (1.06%) OAuth
2 1 (1.06%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.19%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.13%) CCTV
5 2 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.13%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.06%) BYOD
6 1 (1.06%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.06%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.06%) IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Life Science
6 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (28.72%) Windows
2 5 (5.32%) Linux
2 5 (5.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.26%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.13%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.06%) VMS
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.96%) Network Design
2 11 (11.70%) ITIL
3 9 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (8.51%) Process Improvement
5 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.45%) Project Delivery
6 6 (6.38%) Customer Service
7 5 (5.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.26%) Agile
8 4 (4.26%) Load Balancing
8 4 (4.26%) Migration
8 4 (4.26%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (4.26%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (4.26%) Project Management
8 4 (4.26%) Roadmaps
8 4 (4.26%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.26%) Service Management
8 4 (4.26%) Time Management
9 3 (3.19%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.26%) Python
2 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.06%) Bash
3 1 (1.06%) C
3 1 (1.06%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
1 18 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.70%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (8.51%) CCNP
4 7 (7.45%) CCNA
4 7 (7.45%) Degree
5 3 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.13%) CWNA
6 2 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.13%) PMP
7 1 (1.06%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.06%) ACTC
7 1 (1.06%) CCIE
7 1 (1.06%) MCP
7 1 (1.06%) MCSA
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.06%) QA
1 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (20.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.06%) Firmware
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.32%) Ansible
1 5 (5.32%) SCCM
2 2 (2.13%) CASB
2 2 (2.13%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.13%) SCOrch
3 1 (1.06%) Autotask
3 1 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.06%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 47 (50.00%) Cisco
2 27 (28.72%) Fortinet
3 26 (27.66%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.38%) Infoblox
4 6 (6.38%) Meraki
5 5 (5.32%) CheckPoint
5 5 (5.32%) Juniper
5 5 (5.32%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.26%) Arista
6 4 (4.26%) Citrix
6 4 (4.26%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.19%) F5
7 3 (3.19%) HP
7 3 (3.19%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.19%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.19%) VMware
8 2 (2.13%) Apple
8 2 (2.13%) Google
8 2 (2.13%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (2.13%) Splunk