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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 270 327
Rank change year-on-year -71 +57 +9
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 95 94 68
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.47% 0.70% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.84% 6.83% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 61 35
10th Percentile £153 £250 £251
25th Percentile £222 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £523 £556
90th Percentile £550 £625 £745
England median daily rate £450 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% +1.54%
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 £16.30 £16.50
% change year-on-year +39.94% -1.21% -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 1,627 1,377 1,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.11% 10.30% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 889 998
10th Percentile £302 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £624
90th Percentile £735 £715 £706
England median daily rate £500 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 33 27
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.32 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.52 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +4.01% -31.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £62.05 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £55.75
% change year-on-year -36.95% -22.86% -1.32%

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 25 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 25 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 -22 14 £425 -16.67% 6
South London -21 3 £450 - 1
East London +5 2 £323 -10.42% 7
West London -44 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 (16.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (44.21%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (30.53%) Azure
3 23 (24.21%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.68%) OneDrive
5 9 (9.47%) SaaS
6 7 (7.37%) IaaS
6 7 (7.37%) PaaS
7 6 (6.32%) Datadog
8 5 (5.26%) Google Workspace
9 4 (4.21%) AWS
10 3 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.11%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.11%) Serverless
11 2 (2.11%) Slack
12 1 (1.05%) AWS KMS
12 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.05%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 37 (38.95%) Firewall
2 33 (34.74%) LAN
3 28 (29.47%) VPN
3 28 (29.47%) WAN
4 25 (26.32%) DNS
5 24 (25.26%) Wireless
6 22 (23.16%) DHCP
7 16 (16.84%) TCP/IP
8 12 (12.63%) BGP
8 12 (12.63%) Network Security
8 12 (12.63%) VLAN
9 8 (8.42%) SD-WAN
10 7 (7.37%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (7.37%) SAN
11 6 (6.32%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (5.26%) Multicast
12 5 (5.26%) OSPF
12 5 (5.26%) WLAN
13 4 (4.21%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (4.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.00%) Finance
3 10 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 9 (9.47%) Banking
5 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.21%) Local Government
6 4 (4.21%) Retail
7 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Legal
9 1 (1.05%) Law
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (31.58%) Network Engineer
2 19 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (12.63%) IT Engineer
3 12 (12.63%) Senior
4 11 (11.58%) IT Support
4 11 (11.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Implementation Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Support
7 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.32%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.26%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.37%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.11%) RFC 2544
3 1 (1.05%) JSON
3 1 (1.05%) Middleware
3 1 (1.05%) REST
3 1 (1.05%) SPIFFE
3 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.47%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.37%) IoT
3 7 (7.37%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.32%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (6.32%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.21%) CCTV
5 4 (4.21%) Digital Signage
5 4 (4.21%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.05%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.05%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.05%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.05%) PKI
7 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.05%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 48 (50.53%) Windows
2 14 (14.74%) Mac OS
3 8 (8.42%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.37%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.11%) Android
5 2 (2.11%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.05%) Linux
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 24 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (18.95%) ITSM
4 17 (17.89%) ITIL
5 16 (16.84%) Migration
5 16 (16.84%) Project Delivery
6 15 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.58%) User Experience
9 10 (10.53%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (8.42%) Data Protection
11 8 (8.42%) Incident Management
11 8 (8.42%) Service Management
12 7 (7.37%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (7.37%) Change Management
12 7 (7.37%) Test Automation
13 6 (6.32%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.21%) Python
2 3 (3.16%) Bash
3 1 (1.05%) C
3 1 (1.05%) C++
3 1 (1.05%) Go
3 1 (1.05%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (11.58%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.47%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.42%) CCNP
4 7 (7.37%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.32%) Degree
6 5 (5.26%) CCNA
7 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.11%) PMP
9 1 (1.05%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.05%) CCIE
9 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.05%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.68%) SLA
2 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.05%) NIST
3 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 40 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.05%) Firmware
4 1 (1.05%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (25.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (12.63%) SCCM
3 7 (7.37%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
5 4 (4.21%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.16%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.11%) Ansible
7 2 (2.11%) Nessus
7 2 (2.11%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.05%) AirWatch
8 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (51.58%) Microsoft
2 43 (45.26%) Cisco
3 15 (15.79%) VMware
4 12 (12.63%) Meraki
5 9 (9.47%) Palo Alto
5 9 (9.47%) ServiceNow
6 8 (8.42%) Aruba
6 8 (8.42%) Tenable
6 8 (8.42%) Zscaler
7 7 (7.37%) Juniper
8 6 (6.32%) AppDynamics
8 6 (6.32%) Dynatrace
9 5 (5.26%) Citrix
9 5 (5.26%) Google
9 5 (5.26%) Okta
10 4 (4.21%) Apple
10 4 (4.21%) HP
11 3 (3.16%) F5
11 3 (3.16%) Infoblox
11 3 (3.16%) SolarWinds