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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 255 270
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +177
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 100 102 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.69% 0.70% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.89% 7.10% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 67 84
10th Percentile £238 £258 £202
25th Percentile £400 £425 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +26.87%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £575 £593 £743
England median daily rate £413 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +7.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £15.95 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £18.02 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £21.49 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £20.53 £24.95 -
90th Percentile - £27.03 -
England median hourly rate £18.18 £20.38 £18.33
% change year-on-year -10.79% +11.19% +10.62%

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 1,268 1,436 1,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.79% 9.91% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 881 1,267
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 13 59
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £27.25 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £75.31 £76.50
England median hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.00% -38.04% +50.64%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +8 24 £475 +38.18% 12
West London - 16 £450 - 4
South London -7 4 £425 -10.53% 1
North London - 1 - - 2
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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.00%) Azure
2 19 (19.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (11.00%) AWS
4 7 (7.00%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.00%) GCP
7 3 (3.00%) IaaS
7 3 (3.00%) Route 53
8 2 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.00%) PaaS
9 1 (1.00%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.00%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.00%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.00%) SaaS
9 1 (1.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 55 (55.00%) Firewall
2 52 (52.00%) LAN
3 50 (50.00%) WAN
4 28 (28.00%) SD-WAN
5 25 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 25 (25.00%) VPN
6 17 (17.00%) Network Security
7 12 (12.00%) BGP
7 12 (12.00%) OSPF
8 11 (11.00%) Wireless
9 10 (10.00%) VLAN
10 8 (8.00%) TCP/IP
11 7 (7.00%) DNS
12 6 (6.00%) MPLS
13 5 (5.00%) DHCP
14 4 (4.00%) EIGRP
14 4 (4.00%) Internet
14 4 (4.00%) NGFW
14 4 (4.00%) VoIP
14 4 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (1.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) JIRA
General
1 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Public Sector
3 10 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.00%) Military
4 6 (6.00%) Spanish Language
5 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.00%) Local Government
5 4 (4.00%) Retail
6 3 (3.00%) Finance
7 2 (2.00%) Billing
7 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.00%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.00%) Legal
8 1 (1.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (25.00%) Architect
1 25 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 21 (21.00%) Network Architect
3 10 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 9 (9.00%) Network Design Architect
5 8 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (8.00%) Project Manager
6 7 (7.00%) Analyst
6 7 (7.00%) Lead
7 6 (6.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 6 (6.00%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.00%) IT Support
8 5 (5.00%) Juniper Engineer
8 5 (5.00%) Network Analyst
8 5 (5.00%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (5.00%) Network Support
8 5 (5.00%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (5.00%) Security Analyst
8 5 (5.00%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.00%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.00%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.00%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.00%) Blog
7 1 (1.00%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.00%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.00%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.00%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.00%) Life Science
7 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.00%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (29.00%) Windows
2 9 (9.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.00%) Linux
4 3 (3.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.00%) Network Design
2 13 (13.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (13.00%) Network Architecture
3 11 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (11.00%) Security Operations
4 10 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 9 (9.00%) ITIL
5 9 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (8.00%) Cloud Security
6 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (7.00%) Change Management
7 7 (7.00%) Incident Response
7 7 (7.00%) Information Security
7 7 (7.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (6.00%) Architectural Design
8 6 (6.00%) Information Security Management
8 6 (6.00%) ISMS
8 6 (6.00%) Security Management
8 6 (6.00%) Security Monitoring
8 6 (6.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.00%) C
2 1 (1.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (23.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (21.00%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (18.00%) CCNP
5 8 (8.00%) CCIE
6 7 (7.00%) CCNA
7 4 (4.00%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.00%) Degree
8 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.00%) JNCIP
8 3 (3.00%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.00%) PMP
9 2 (2.00%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.00%) Project+ Certification
10 1 (1.00%) ACTC
10 1 (1.00%) CCSA
10 1 (1.00%) GIAC
10 1 (1.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.00%) QA
2 2 (2.00%) NIST
2 2 (2.00%) SLA
3 1 (1.00%) GDPR
3 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.00%) Firmware
5 1 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.00%) SCCM
2 6 (6.00%) CASB
2 6 (6.00%) SCOrch
3 5 (5.00%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.00%) Terraform
5 3 (3.00%) Ansible
5 3 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.00%) Autotask
Vendors
1 40 (40.00%) Cisco
2 27 (27.00%) Microsoft
3 25 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 12 (12.00%) Aruba
5 10 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 9 (9.00%) Meraki
7 8 (8.00%) Juniper
8 7 (7.00%) CheckPoint
9 6 (6.00%) F5
10 5 (5.00%) Citrix
11 4 (4.00%) Apple
11 4 (4.00%) Infoblox
11 4 (4.00%) Okta
11 4 (4.00%) Zscaler
12 3 (3.00%) ServiceNow
12 3 (3.00%) VMware
13 2 (2.00%) Adobe
13 2 (2.00%) Arista
13 2 (2.00%) HP
13 2 (2.00%) SolarWinds