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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 276 308
Rank change year-on-year -79 +32 +29
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 85 104 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.76% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.41% 7.40% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 71 43
10th Percentile £153 £213 £250
25th Percentile £250 £400 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £500 £509 £550
90th Percentile £550 £600 £760
England median daily rate £450 £425 £415
% change year-on-year +5.88% +2.41% +6.41%
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 £15.14 £16.50
% change year-on-year +50.66% -8.24% -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 1,571 1,405 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.31% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 915 1,026
10th Percentile £305 £283 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -0.50% -8.64%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £718 £713
England median daily rate £500 £494 £500
% change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 31
10th Percentile £19.34 £19.46 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.88 £50.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £45.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -37.78% -12.62% -0.75%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -15 14 £500 - 13
South London -21 5 £450 - 3
East London +3 1 £145 -59.72% 7
West London -47 1 - - 9
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 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (42.35%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (30.59%) Azure
3 15 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.59%) OneDrive
4 9 (10.59%) SaaS
5 8 (9.41%) Datadog
5 8 (9.41%) IaaS
5 8 (9.41%) PaaS
6 3 (3.53%) AWS
7 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.18%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.18%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.18%) Serverless
8 1 (1.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.00%) Firewall
2 28 (32.94%) LAN
3 25 (29.41%) DNS
4 24 (28.24%) DHCP
4 24 (28.24%) VPN
4 24 (28.24%) WAN
5 23 (27.06%) Wireless
6 12 (14.12%) TCP/IP
6 12 (14.12%) VLAN
7 10 (11.76%) BGP
7 10 (11.76%) Network Security
8 8 (9.41%) SAN
9 5 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (5.88%) SD-WAN
10 4 (4.71%) Broadband
10 4 (4.71%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (4.71%) Internet
10 4 (4.71%) Multicast
10 4 (4.71%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (4.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Finance
3 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.76%) Banking
4 7 (8.24%) Telecoms
5 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.88%) Local Government
7 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Retail
9 2 (2.35%) Law
9 2 (2.35%) Legal
10 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (32.94%) Network Engineer
2 14 (16.47%) Support Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Senior
4 12 (14.12%) IT Engineer
5 11 (12.94%) IT Support
6 9 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (10.59%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (9.41%) Analyst
8 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Implementation Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Network Implementation Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Project Manager
9 6 (7.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
10 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 5 (5.88%) Support Analyst
11 4 (4.71%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.35%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.18%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.41%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.88%) IoT
4 5 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.71%) CCTV
6 3 (3.53%) Digital Signage
6 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.35%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.35%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.35%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.18%) PKI
8 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (48.24%) Windows
2 10 (11.76%) Mac OS
3 8 (9.41%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.53%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.35%) Android
6 2 (2.35%) Mac OS X
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 21 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (22.35%) Migration
3 17 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 16 (18.82%) ITIL
4 16 (18.82%) ITSM
5 14 (16.47%) Project Delivery
6 11 (12.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.41%) Analytical Thinking
7 8 (9.41%) Incident Management
7 8 (9.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (9.41%) Security Patching
7 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (9.41%) User Experience
8 7 (8.24%) Data Protection
8 7 (8.24%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (8.24%) Service Delivery
9 6 (7.06%) Agile
9 6 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.18%) Bash
2 1 (1.18%) Go
2 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (10.59%) CCNP
3 8 (9.41%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.06%) CCNA
4 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.88%) Degree
6 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.35%) PMP
8 1 (1.18%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.18%) CCIE
8 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.47%) 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 38 (44.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) 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 20 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (15.29%) SCCM
3 5 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.53%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (3.53%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.35%) Nessus
5 2 (2.35%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.18%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.18%) Ansible
6 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (48.24%) Microsoft
2 39 (45.88%) Cisco
3 16 (18.82%) VMware
4 10 (11.76%) Meraki
4 10 (11.76%) Palo Alto
4 10 (11.76%) Tenable
5 9 (10.59%) Aruba
6 8 (9.41%) AppDynamics
6 8 (9.41%) Dynatrace
6 8 (9.41%) Juniper
6 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
6 8 (9.41%) Zscaler
7 7 (8.24%) Citrix
8 5 (5.88%) Infoblox
9 4 (4.71%) HP
9 4 (4.71%) Okta
10 2 (2.35%) Apple
10 2 (2.35%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.35%) Ekahau
10 2 (2.35%) F5