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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 259 304
Rank change year-on-year -102 +45 +52
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 77 99 85
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.39% 0.74% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.01% 7.22% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 65 51
10th Percentile £153 £213 £163
25th Percentile £231 £400 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +2.86% +25.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £533
90th Percentile £550 £600 £775
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £22.88 - -
25th Percentile £23.88 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.55 £67.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -62.16% +183.61% +39.47%
75th Percentile £27.21 £68.75 £35.82
90th Percentile £28.21 - £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 1,538 1,372 1,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.32% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 880 1,111
10th Percentile £300 £263 £228
25th Percentile £408 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £621
90th Percentile £716 £716 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 49
10th Percentile £17.03 £19.20 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £24.91 £16.86
Median hourly rate £28.96 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £49.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.75 £62.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.66 £40.50 £45.44
% change year-on-year -34.17% -10.87% +89.33%

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 7 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 7 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 -25 11 £500 -0.99% 6
South London -11 6 £450 -
West London -29 3 £375 -14.29% 10
East London 0 1 £145 -59.72% 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 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (24.68%) Azure
3 11 (14.29%) SaaS
4 10 (12.99%) PaaS
5 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
6 6 (7.79%) Datadog
6 6 (7.79%) IaaS
7 5 (6.49%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
8 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.90%) AWS
10 2 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (1.30%) AWS KMS
11 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (1.30%) Google Docs
11 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (35.06%) Firewall
2 26 (33.77%) LAN
3 24 (31.17%) WAN
4 21 (27.27%) VPN
5 20 (25.97%) Wireless
6 16 (20.78%) DHCP
6 16 (20.78%) DNS
7 7 (9.09%) VLAN
8 6 (7.79%) Network Security
8 6 (7.79%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (7.79%) SAN
8 6 (7.79%) SD-WAN
8 6 (7.79%) TCP/IP
9 5 (6.49%) BGP
10 4 (5.19%) Broadband
10 4 (5.19%) Internet
10 4 (5.19%) MPLS
10 4 (5.19%) PSTN
10 4 (5.19%) Unified Communications
10 4 (5.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Chocolatey
2 5 (6.49%) JIRA
General
1 23 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Banking
3 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) Local Government
5 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.60%) Finance
6 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 2 (2.60%) Military
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (31.17%) Network Engineer
2 14 (18.18%) IT Support
3 13 (16.88%) Support Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) IT Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (7.79%) IT Technician
7 6 (7.79%) Support Technician
8 5 (6.49%) Architect
8 5 (6.49%) Senior
9 4 (5.19%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior IT Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Help Desk Coordinator
10 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
10 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) 802.1X
1 6 (7.79%) X-Windows
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) IoT
2 7 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.79%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) CCTV
7 1 (1.30%) iPhone
7 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.30%) PKI
7 1 (1.30%) PropTech
7 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (45.45%) Windows
2 11 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 8 (10.39%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.79%) Mac OS X
5 3 (3.90%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.90%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.60%) Android
7 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.78%) Migration
2 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (15.58%) Customer Service
3 12 (15.58%) ITSM
4 11 (14.29%) ITIL
5 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
8 7 (9.09%) Agile
9 6 (7.79%) Analytical Thinking
9 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
9 6 (7.79%) Network Design
9 6 (7.79%) Security Patching
10 5 (6.49%) User Experience
11 4 (5.19%) Data Management
11 4 (5.19%) Incident Management
11 4 (5.19%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (5.19%) Service Delivery
11 4 (5.19%) Validation
12 3 (3.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.49%) Python
2 1 (1.30%) Bash
2 1 (1.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (11.69%) CCNP
2 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.09%) CCNA
5 4 (5.19%) Degree
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.30%) ACSP
7 1 (1.30%) ACTC
7 1 (1.30%) CCIE
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.09%) SLA
2 4 (5.19%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (40.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.30%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (15.58%) SCCM
3 6 (7.79%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.60%) Nessus
6 2 (2.60%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.30%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.30%) Ansible
7 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (40.26%) Cisco
2 30 (38.96%) Microsoft
3 11 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 10 (12.99%) VMware
5 9 (11.69%) Meraki
6 8 (10.39%) Aruba
6 8 (10.39%) Juniper
6 8 (10.39%) Tenable
7 7 (9.09%) ServiceNow
8 6 (7.79%) AppDynamics
8 6 (7.79%) Dynatrace
8 6 (7.79%) Infoblox
9 5 (6.49%) Citrix
10 4 (5.19%) Okta
10 4 (5.19%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.90%) Apple
12 2 (2.60%) CheckPoint
12 2 (2.60%) Ekahau
12 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
13 1 (1.30%) Yealink