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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 258 312
Rank change year-on-year -68 +54 +62
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 86 100 79
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.48% 0.80% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.16% 7.56% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 68 49
10th Percentile £213 £213 £140
25th Percentile £362 £351 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% +2.89%
75th Percentile £497 £556 £540
90th Percentile £620 £600 £743
England median daily rate £425 £444 £350
% change year-on-year -4.23% +26.79% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £22.88 £32.19 -
25th Percentile £23.88 £37.87 -
Median hourly rate £25.55 £47.96 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -46.73% +101.49% +39.47%
75th Percentile £27.21 £58.67 £47.84
90th Percentile £28.21 £64.72 £62.26
England median hourly rate £22.81 £15.29 £16.50
% change year-on-year +49.18% -7.33% -10.81%

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 1,395 1,323 1,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.86% 10.60% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 846 1,123
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £703 £722 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 53
10th Percentile £19.49 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £30.37 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.11 £42.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.56% +80.85% -41.25%
75th Percentile £35.20 £51.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.25 £62.65 £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.10 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +45.16% -27.50% +116.22%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -19 15 £475 +33.33% 8
South London -14 5 £450 -14.29% 3
West London -27 2 £375 -14.29% 2
North London - 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 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Azure
2 22 (25.58%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.79%) PaaS
4 10 (11.63%) SaaS
5 9 (10.47%) AWS
6 8 (9.30%) Entra ID
7 7 (8.14%) IaaS
8 6 (6.98%) Datadog
9 5 (5.81%) Power Platform
9 5 (5.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (4.65%) OneDrive
10 4 (4.65%) PowerApps
11 3 (3.49%) Route 53
12 2 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (2.33%) GCP
13 1 (1.16%) AWS KMS
13 1 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (1.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 39 (45.35%) WAN
2 33 (38.37%) LAN
3 29 (33.72%) Firewall
4 22 (25.58%) Wireless
5 21 (24.42%) VPN
6 12 (13.95%) SD-WAN
7 11 (12.79%) DNS
8 10 (11.63%) DHCP
8 10 (11.63%) Network Security
9 9 (10.47%) BGP
9 9 (10.47%) OSPF
9 9 (10.47%) VLAN
10 7 (8.14%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (6.98%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (6.98%) SAN
12 5 (5.81%) TCP/IP
12 5 (5.81%) WLAN
13 4 (4.65%) Internet
13 4 (4.65%) PSTN
13 4 (4.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Chocolatey
2 5 (5.81%) JIRA
General
1 21 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.79%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Military
4 6 (6.98%) Banking
5 5 (5.81%) Retail
5 5 (5.81%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.65%) Local Government
7 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Finance
8 2 (2.33%) Law
8 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.33%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (26.74%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.95%) IT Support
3 11 (12.79%) Architect
4 10 (11.63%) IT Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) Network Architect
6 8 (9.30%) Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) Support Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Lead
7 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (6.98%) IT Technician
8 6 (6.98%) Senior
8 6 (6.98%) Support Technician
9 5 (5.81%) Network Analyst
10 4 (4.65%) Senior IT Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Wireless Engineer
11 3 (3.49%) Network Security Analyst
11 3 (3.49%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) 802.1X
2 6 (6.98%) X-Windows
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (4.65%) VML
4 1 (1.16%) JSON
4 1 (1.16%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (9.30%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.30%) IoT
3 7 (8.14%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.65%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.65%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.16%) Blog
8 1 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.16%) iPhone
8 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.16%) PKI
8 1 (1.16%) PropTech
8 1 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 23 (26.74%) Windows
2 7 (8.14%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.98%) Mac OS X
4 3 (3.49%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.49%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.16%) Android
6 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.16%) Linux
6 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (15.12%) Migration
3 12 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (13.95%) ITIL
4 9 (10.47%) ITSM
4 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (8.14%) Data Protection
5 7 (8.14%) Incident Management
5 7 (8.14%) Network Architecture
5 7 (8.14%) Network Design
6 6 (6.98%) Analytical Thinking
6 6 (6.98%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (6.98%) Security Patching
7 5 (5.81%) Change Management
7 5 (5.81%) Cloud Security
7 5 (5.81%) Customer Service
7 5 (5.81%) Incident Response
7 5 (5.81%) Load Balancing
7 5 (5.81%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (5.81%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.81%) Python
2 3 (3.49%) SQL
3 1 (1.16%) Bash
3 1 (1.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 17 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.60%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.98%) CCNP
5 5 (5.81%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.81%) CCIE
5 5 (5.81%) CCNA
6 3 (3.49%) Degree
6 3 (3.49%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.49%) PMP
7 2 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.33%) Project+ Certification
8 1 (1.16%) ACSP
8 1 (1.16%) ACTC
8 1 (1.16%) CCDE
8 1 (1.16%) CCDP
8 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.16%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.16%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) QA
2 6 (6.98%) SLA
3 3 (3.49%) NIST
4 1 (1.16%) GDPR
4 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (25.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.16%) OpenSSH
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.47%) SCCM
3 5 (5.81%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.65%) Ansible
4 4 (4.65%) Terraform
5 2 (2.33%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.16%) CASB
6 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.16%) SCOrch
6 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (34.88%) Cisco
2 25 (29.07%) Microsoft
3 16 (18.60%) Aruba
4 12 (13.95%) Meraki
5 10 (11.63%) Palo Alto
6 8 (9.30%) CheckPoint
6 8 (9.30%) Fortinet
7 7 (8.14%) Juniper
7 7 (8.14%) VMware
8 6 (6.98%) AppDynamics
8 6 (6.98%) Dynatrace
8 6 (6.98%) Infoblox
8 6 (6.98%) Tenable
9 5 (5.81%) F5
10 3 (3.49%) Arista
10 3 (3.49%) Ekahau
10 3 (3.49%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.33%) Citrix
12 1 (1.16%) Adobe
12 1 (1.16%) Apple