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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 262 317
Rank change year-on-year -80 +55 +27
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 85 103 77
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.43% 0.76% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.42% 7.37% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 72 43
10th Percentile £153 £213 £185
25th Percentile £304 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% +10.69%
75th Percentile £500 £519 £545
90th Percentile £550 £600 £775
England median daily rate £442 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +4.06% +4.94% +13.68%
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 £15.29 £16.50
% change year-on-year +49.18% -7.33% -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 1,569 1,397 1,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.93% 10.31% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 909 1,078
10th Percentile £300 £275 £231
25th Percentile £411 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £725 £725 £716
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 30 40
10th Percentile £18.02 £19.40 £15.40
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.55
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.58 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% +20.41% -35.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.50 £43.13
90th Percentile £82.75 £63.25 £60.50
England median hourly rate £26.72 £44.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -39.27% - -2.22%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -21 13 £500 -0.99% 14
South London -19 6 £450 -
West London -34 2 £375 -14.29% 7
East London +1 1 £145 -59.72%
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 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.82%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (27.06%) Azure
3 13 (15.29%) Entra ID
4 12 (14.12%) SaaS
5 11 (12.94%) PaaS
6 8 (9.41%) OneDrive
7 7 (8.24%) Datadog
7 7 (8.24%) IaaS
8 4 (4.71%) Power Platform
8 4 (4.71%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.53%) AWS
10 2 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (1.18%) AWS KMS
11 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (1.18%) Google Docs
11 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 33 (38.82%) Firewall
2 31 (36.47%) LAN
3 27 (31.76%) WAN
4 24 (28.24%) Wireless
5 22 (25.88%) VPN
6 20 (23.53%) DHCP
6 20 (23.53%) DNS
7 11 (12.94%) VLAN
8 10 (11.76%) BGP
8 10 (11.76%) Network Security
9 9 (10.59%) TCP/IP
10 7 (8.24%) SAN
11 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
12 5 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (4.71%) Broadband
13 4 (4.71%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (4.71%) Multicast
13 4 (4.71%) PSTN
13 4 (4.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Chocolatey
2 5 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (10.59%) Banking
3 8 (9.41%) Finance
3 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.88%) Local Government
4 5 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.35%) Law
6 2 (2.35%) Legal
6 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (32.94%) Network Engineer
2 13 (15.29%) IT Support
2 13 (15.29%) Support Engineer
3 12 (14.12%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Senior
5 8 (9.41%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (9.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Analyst
7 6 (7.06%) Implementation Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (5.88%) IT Technician
8 5 (5.88%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.88%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.71%) Architect
9 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) 802.1X
2 5 (5.88%) X-Windows
3 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.18%) JSON
4 1 (1.18%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) IoT
2 7 (8.24%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (8.24%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.06%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (7.06%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.71%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.53%) CCTV
5 3 (3.53%) Digital Signage
5 3 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.35%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.35%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.18%) PKI
7 1 (1.18%) PropTech
7 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 39 (45.88%) Windows
2 11 (12.94%) Mac OS
3 9 (10.59%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.88%) Mac OS X
4 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.53%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.35%) Android
6 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.00%) Migration
2 15 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (16.47%) Customer Service
4 13 (15.29%) ITIL
4 13 (15.29%) ITSM
4 13 (15.29%) Project Delivery
5 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (10.59%) Agile
8 8 (9.41%) Data Protection
9 7 (8.24%) Analytical Thinking
9 7 (8.24%) Security Patching
10 6 (7.06%) Incident Management
10 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (7.06%) Network Design
10 6 (7.06%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (7.06%) User Experience
11 5 (5.88%) Service Delivery
12 4 (4.71%) Service Management
12 4 (4.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.06%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (1.18%) Bash
3 1 (1.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (12.94%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (10.59%) CCNP
2 9 (10.59%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.24%) CCNA
3 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) Degree
5 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.35%) PMP
7 1 (1.18%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.18%) ACSP
7 1 (1.18%) ACTC
7 1 (1.18%) CCIE
7 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.35%) QA
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.18%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (22.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (12.94%) SCCM
3 6 (7.06%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.53%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.53%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.35%) Nessus
6 2 (2.35%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.18%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.18%) Ansible
7 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (44.71%) Cisco
2 35 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 13 (15.29%) VMware
4 11 (12.94%) Palo Alto
5 9 (10.59%) Juniper
5 9 (10.59%) Meraki
5 9 (10.59%) Tenable
6 8 (9.41%) Aruba
7 7 (8.24%) AppDynamics
7 7 (8.24%) Dynatrace
7 7 (8.24%) ServiceNow
8 6 (7.06%) Citrix
8 6 (7.06%) Infoblox
8 6 (7.06%) Zscaler
9 4 (4.71%) Okta
10 3 (3.53%) Apple
11 2 (2.35%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.35%) HP
11 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds