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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 258 318
Rank change year-on-year -101 +60 +37
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 77 92 81
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.72% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.09% 6.94% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 49
10th Percentile £153 £213 £140
25th Percentile £300 £381 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £540
90th Percentile £550 £615 £775
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% +8.00%
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 £15.14 £16.50
% change year-on-year +50.66% -8.24% -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 1,512 1,326 1,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.34% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 854 1,100
10th Percentile £300 £263 £227
25th Percentile £408 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £623
90th Percentile £712 £723 £738
England median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 50
10th Percentile £16.04 £19.07 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £17.09
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +57.56% -37.81%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £27.88 £41.00 £46.69
% change year-on-year -32.00% -12.19% +125.50%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -23 11 £500 -1.96% 2
South London -9 6 £450 - 2
West London -21 3 £375 -11.76% 7
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
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.77%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (23.38%) Azure
3 11 (14.29%) SaaS
4 10 (12.99%) PaaS
5 7 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 6 (7.79%) Datadog
6 6 (7.79%) IaaS
7 5 (6.49%) AWS
7 5 (6.49%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
8 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.30%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.30%) Google Docs
10 1 (1.30%) Route 53
10 1 (1.30%) Slack
10 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (36.36%) Firewall
2 26 (33.77%) LAN
3 25 (32.47%) WAN
4 21 (27.27%) Wireless
5 20 (25.97%) VPN
6 16 (20.78%) DHCP
6 16 (20.78%) DNS
7 8 (10.39%) VLAN
8 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
9 6 (7.79%) BGP
9 6 (7.79%) Network Security
9 6 (7.79%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (7.79%) SAN
9 6 (7.79%) SD-WAN
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 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.79%) Banking
5 4 (5.19%) Local Government
6 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.60%) Finance
7 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.60%) Law
7 2 (2.60%) Legal
7 2 (2.60%) Military
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Retail
8 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Network Engineer
2 14 (18.18%) IT Support
3 12 (15.58%) IT Engineer
3 12 (15.58%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.39%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Analyst
6 6 (7.79%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (7.79%) IT Technician
6 6 (7.79%) Support Technician
7 5 (6.49%) Architect
7 5 (6.49%) Lead
7 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Senior
8 4 (5.19%) Network Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Senior IT Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 6 (7.79%) X-Windows
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.30%) JSON
4 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%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
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 34 (44.16%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) 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 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (14.29%) ITIL
3 11 (14.29%) ITSM
3 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (12.99%) Customer Service
4 10 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.09%) Agile
6 7 (9.09%) Network Design
7 6 (7.79%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
7 6 (7.79%) Security Patching
8 5 (6.49%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.49%) User Experience
9 4 (5.19%) Data Management
9 4 (5.19%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.19%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.19%) Validation
10 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
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) CCNP
3 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.39%) CCNA
5 4 (5.19%) Degree
6 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.60%) PMP
8 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) ACSP
8 1 (1.30%) ACTC
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.30%) CCIE
8 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.30%) Project+ Certification
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 29 (37.66%) 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 16 (20.78%) 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 28 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) 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 6 (7.79%) AppDynamics
7 6 (7.79%) Dynatrace
7 6 (7.79%) Infoblox
7 6 (7.79%) ServiceNow
8 5 (6.49%) Citrix
9 4 (5.19%) Okta
9 4 (5.19%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.90%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.60%) Apple
11 2 (2.60%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.60%) Ekahau
12 1 (1.30%) Yealink