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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 296 317
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 +119
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 94 82 125
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.51% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.42% 5.28% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 42 86
10th Percentile £278 £275 £160
25th Percentile £400 £416 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +21.21% +17.86%
75th Percentile £510 £572 £622
90th Percentile £620 £734 £743
England median daily rate £425 £450 £445
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +18.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £18.26 -
25th Percentile £20.18 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £20.36 £23.80 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +39.47% -2.49%
75th Percentile £20.53 - £18.00
90th Percentile - £52.65 -
England median hourly rate £16.15 £20.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year -19.25% -50.31% +143.94%

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 1,267 1,553 2,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.45% 9.71% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 958 1,493
10th Percentile £283 £256 £252
25th Percentile £404 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.31% -1.27%
75th Percentile £630 £636 £650
90th Percentile £711 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 45
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.80 -
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +32.08% +10.62%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £62.65 £76.41 £79.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +35.31%

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 2025. 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
West London +21 25 £438 - 27
Central London +10 19 £510 +14.93% 22
South London +1 8 £425 -10.53% 4
East London - 1 £360 - 8
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 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (24.47%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (22.34%) Azure
3 6 (6.38%) AWS
3 6 (6.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.19%) GCP
4 3 (3.19%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.19%) SaaS
5 2 (2.13%) Asana
5 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.13%) IaaS
5 2 (2.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.13%) Slack
6 1 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.06%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.06%) PaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (55.32%) Firewall
2 49 (52.13%) LAN
3 34 (36.17%) WAN
4 32 (34.04%) SD-WAN
5 31 (32.98%) Cisco Nexus
6 14 (14.89%) VPN
7 11 (11.70%) DNS
8 8 (8.51%) DHCP
8 8 (8.51%) Network Security
9 7 (7.45%) TCP/IP
10 6 (6.38%) VLAN
11 5 (5.32%) BGP
11 5 (5.32%) Wireless
12 4 (4.26%) MPLS
12 4 (4.26%) OSPF
13 3 (3.19%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (3.19%) IPsec
14 2 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (2.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) JIRA
2 2 (2.13%) eggPlant
3 1 (1.06%) JIRA Agile
General
1 30 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.89%) Telecoms
3 8 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.45%) Finance
5 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.26%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.13%) Banking
7 2 (2.13%) Games
7 2 (2.13%) Local Government
7 2 (2.13%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Aviation
8 1 (1.06%) Billing
8 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Architect
2 21 (22.34%) Network Engineer
3 19 (20.21%) Network Architect
4 11 (11.70%) Network Design Architect
5 10 (10.64%) Project Manager
5 10 (10.64%) Support Engineer
6 8 (8.51%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.45%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.38%) IT Support
8 6 (6.38%) Security Engineer
8 6 (6.38%) Technical Architect
9 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 5 (5.32%) Network Security Engineer
9 5 (5.32%) Support Technician
10 4 (4.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (4.26%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (4.26%) Designer
10 4 (4.26%) IT Engineer
10 4 (4.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.06%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.06%) ADO
1 1 (1.06%) OAuth
1 1 (1.06%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.26%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.13%) CCTV
5 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.13%) Life Science
5 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.06%) BYOD
6 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.06%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.06%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.06%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.06%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.06%) IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (34.04%) Windows
2 8 (8.51%) Linux
2 8 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.26%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.19%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.13%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.06%) VMS
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.15%) Network Design
2 11 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (10.64%) ITIL
4 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (6.38%) Incident Management
5 6 (6.38%) Information Security
5 6 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.32%) Architectural Design
6 5 (5.32%) Cloud Security
6 5 (5.32%) Information Security Management
6 5 (5.32%) ISMS
6 5 (5.32%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (5.32%) Process Improvement
6 5 (5.32%) Project Delivery
6 5 (5.32%) Project Management
6 5 (5.32%) Security Management
6 5 (5.32%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (5.32%) Security Operations
6 5 (5.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.06%) Bash
2 1 (1.06%) C
2 1 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (10.64%) CCNP
5 8 (8.51%) CCNA
6 6 (6.38%) Degree
7 3 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.13%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.13%) JNCIS
8 2 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.13%) PMP
9 1 (1.06%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.06%) ACSP
9 1 (1.06%) ACTC
9 1 (1.06%) CCSA
9 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.06%) QA
1 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (22.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.13%) Firmware
4 2 (2.13%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.51%) SCCM
2 5 (5.32%) CASB
2 5 (5.32%) SCOrch
3 4 (4.26%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.13%) Ansible
4 2 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.06%) Autotask
5 1 (1.06%) SysTrack
5 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (48.94%) Cisco
2 28 (29.79%) Microsoft
3 27 (28.72%) Fortinet
4 6 (6.38%) Citrix
4 6 (6.38%) Palo Alto
5 5 (5.32%) Infoblox
5 5 (5.32%) Juniper
5 5 (5.32%) Meraki
5 5 (5.32%) Zscaler
6 4 (4.26%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.19%) Apple
7 3 (3.19%) F5
7 3 (3.19%) Google
7 3 (3.19%) Okta
7 3 (3.19%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.19%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.19%) VMware
8 2 (2.13%) HP
8 2 (2.13%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (1.06%) EMC