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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 272 322
Rank change year-on-year -75 +50 +11
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 99 98 69
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.49% 0.73% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.05% 7.17% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 63 34
10th Percentile £153 £220 £251
25th Percentile £231 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £519 £523 £572
90th Percentile £573 £665 £764
England median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.26
25th Percentile - £66.25 -
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +183.61% +39.47%
75th Percentile - £68.75 -
90th Percentile - - £52.65
England median hourly rate £22.81 £16.30 £16.50
% change year-on-year +39.94% -1.21% -67.96%

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 1,636 1,367 1,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.15% 10.21% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 879 997
10th Percentile £300 £285 £250
25th Percentile £411 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% -5.91%
75th Percentile £600 £636 £625
90th Percentile £725 £711 £717
England median daily rate £500 £490 £505
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 34 25
10th Percentile £19.39 £19.01 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +32.21% +4.01% -21.37%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.38 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £61.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -36.21% -25.89% +1.52%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 16 £425 -16.67% 9
South London -23 3 £450 - 2
East London +3 2 £323 -10.42% 6
West London -42 1 - - 4
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 16 (16.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (43.43%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (30.30%) Azure
3 23 (23.23%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.13%) OneDrive
5 8 (8.08%) SaaS
6 6 (6.06%) AWS
6 6 (6.06%) Google Workspace
6 6 (6.06%) IaaS
6 6 (6.06%) PaaS
7 5 (5.05%) Datadog
8 3 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.02%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.02%) Google Docs
9 2 (2.02%) Serverless
9 2 (2.02%) Slack
10 1 (1.01%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.01%) Google Drive
10 1 (1.01%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 38 (38.38%) Firewall
2 35 (35.35%) LAN
3 32 (32.32%) WAN
4 29 (29.29%) VPN
5 25 (25.25%) DNS
5 25 (25.25%) Wireless
6 22 (22.22%) DHCP
7 17 (17.17%) TCP/IP
8 13 (13.13%) BGP
9 12 (12.12%) Network Security
9 12 (12.12%) VLAN
10 11 (11.11%) SD-WAN
11 7 (7.07%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (6.06%) Broadband
12 6 (6.06%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (6.06%) OSPF
12 6 (6.06%) SAN
13 5 (5.05%) Multicast
13 5 (5.05%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (5.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 33 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.21%) Finance
3 12 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 10 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.08%) Banking
6 7 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.05%) Retail
8 4 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.04%) Local Government
9 3 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Legal
11 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Law
11 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (30.30%) Network Engineer
2 19 (19.19%) Support Engineer
3 13 (13.13%) Senior
4 12 (12.12%) IT Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) IT Support
5 11 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Analyst
7 8 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (8.08%) Project Manager
8 7 (7.07%) Architect
8 7 (7.07%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) Implementation Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Support
8 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 7 (7.07%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) Support Analyst
9 6 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.06%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.02%) Middleware
2 2 (2.02%) RFC 2544
3 1 (1.01%) JSON
3 1 (1.01%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (1.01%) REST
3 1 (1.01%) SPIFFE
3 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.07%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (6.06%) IoT
5 5 (5.05%) CCTV
5 5 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (5.05%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (4.04%) Digital Signage
6 4 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.01%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.01%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.01%) PKI
8 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 48 (48.48%) Windows
2 15 (15.15%) Mac OS
3 8 (8.08%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.07%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.02%) Android
5 2 (2.02%) OpenWrt
5 2 (2.02%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.01%) Linux
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) Customer Service
1 26 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (19.19%) ITIL
3 17 (17.17%) ITSM
4 16 (16.16%) Migration
4 16 (16.16%) Project Delivery
5 15 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (12.12%) User Experience
8 10 (10.10%) Service Delivery
8 10 (10.10%) Service Management
9 9 (9.09%) Agile
9 9 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (8.08%) Change Management
10 8 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.08%) Data Protection
10 8 (8.08%) Incident Management
11 7 (7.07%) Project Management
11 7 (7.07%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.04%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.04%) Python
2 3 (3.03%) Bash
3 1 (1.01%) C
3 1 (1.01%) C++
3 1 (1.01%) Go
3 1 (1.01%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.10%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.08%) CCNP
4 7 (7.07%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.06%) CCNA
5 6 (6.06%) Degree
6 4 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.03%) PMP
8 2 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.01%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.01%) CCIE
9 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.12%) SLA
2 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.01%) NIST
3 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.01%) QA
System Software
1 39 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.01%) Firmware
4 1 (1.01%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (23.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.11%) SCCM
3 7 (7.07%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.05%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (5.05%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.03%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.02%) Ansible
6 2 (2.02%) Nessus
6 2 (2.02%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.01%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 43 (43.43%) Cisco
3 14 (14.14%) VMware
4 12 (12.12%) Meraki
5 10 (10.10%) Palo Alto
6 9 (9.09%) ServiceNow
7 8 (8.08%) Zscaler
8 7 (7.07%) Aruba
8 7 (7.07%) Juniper
8 7 (7.07%) Tenable
9 6 (6.06%) Google
10 5 (5.05%) AppDynamics
10 5 (5.05%) Apple
10 5 (5.05%) Citrix
10 5 (5.05%) Dynatrace
10 5 (5.05%) Okta
11 4 (4.04%) Fortinet
11 4 (4.04%) HP
12 3 (3.03%) Infoblox
12 3 (3.03%) SolarWinds