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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 263 303
Rank change year-on-year -80 +40 +31
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 91 105 76
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.77% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.80% 7.53% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 72 45
10th Percentile £153 £213 £250
25th Percentile £303 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.21%
75th Percentile £500 £519 £550
90th Percentile £550 £600 £775
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% +8.00%
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 £15.29 £16.50
% change year-on-year +49.18% -7.33% -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 1,569 1,394 1,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.28% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 910 1,056
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £725 £715 £724
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 37
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.33 £15.09
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.75 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +36.36% -37.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.25 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -40.62% -9.09% -

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -10 14 £500 - 8
South London -23 5 £450 - 2
East London +3 1 £145 -59.72% 3
West London -41 1 - - 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 13 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (43.96%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (29.67%) Azure
3 17 (18.68%) Entra ID
4 13 (14.29%) SaaS
5 12 (13.19%) OneDrive
5 12 (13.19%) PaaS
6 8 (8.79%) Datadog
6 8 (8.79%) IaaS
7 4 (4.40%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.40%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.30%) AWS
9 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.10%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.10%) Google Docs
10 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.10%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 34 (37.36%) Firewall
2 33 (36.26%) LAN
3 29 (31.87%) WAN
4 25 (27.47%) DHCP
4 25 (27.47%) DNS
5 24 (26.37%) VPN
5 24 (26.37%) Wireless
6 12 (13.19%) TCP/IP
6 12 (13.19%) VLAN
7 11 (12.09%) Network Security
8 10 (10.99%) BGP
9 8 (8.79%) SAN
10 5 (5.49%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (5.49%) SD-WAN
11 4 (4.40%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (4.40%) Multicast
11 4 (4.40%) PSTN
11 4 (4.40%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (4.40%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (4.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Chocolatey
2 5 (5.49%) JIRA
General
1 28 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.29%) Finance
3 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.99%) Banking
4 8 (8.79%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.49%) Local Government
7 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.30%) Retail
9 2 (2.20%) Law
9 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Marketing
10 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Support Engineer
3 14 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 14 (15.38%) IT Support
4 13 (14.29%) Senior
5 10 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (9.89%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (8.79%) Analyst
8 7 (7.69%) Project Manager
9 6 (6.59%) Implementation Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Cisco Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support
10 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Support Analyst
11 4 (4.40%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.40%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.10%) JSON
3 1 (1.10%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) IoT
1 9 (9.89%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.79%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.59%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (5.49%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.40%) CCTV
6 3 (3.30%) Digital Signage
6 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
8 1 (1.10%) PropTech
8 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (48.35%) Windows
2 11 (12.09%) Mac OS
3 10 (10.99%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.69%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.40%) Mac OS X
6 3 (3.30%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.20%) Android
8 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) Migration
2 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (17.58%) Customer Service
4 15 (16.48%) ITIL
4 15 (16.48%) ITSM
4 15 (16.48%) Project Delivery
5 14 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (12.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (10.99%) Agile
7 10 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (8.79%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (8.79%) Data Protection
8 8 (8.79%) Incident Management
8 8 (8.79%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (8.79%) Security Patching
9 7 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (7.69%) User Experience
10 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (6.59%) Network Design
10 6 (6.59%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.49%) Python
3 1 (1.10%) Bash
3 1 (1.10%) Go
Qualifications
1 10 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (10.99%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.89%) CCNP
3 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) CCNA
5 5 (5.49%) Degree
6 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.20%) PMP
8 1 (1.10%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.10%) ACSP
8 1 (1.10%) ACTC
8 1 (1.10%) CCIE
8 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
3 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.10%) OpenSSH
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (26.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.29%) SCCM
3 6 (6.59%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (5.49%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.30%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.20%) Nessus
6 2 (2.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.10%) Ansible
7 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 39 (42.86%) Cisco
3 16 (17.58%) VMware
4 10 (10.99%) Meraki
4 10 (10.99%) Palo Alto
4 10 (10.99%) Tenable
5 8 (8.79%) AppDynamics
5 8 (8.79%) Aruba
5 8 (8.79%) Dynatrace
5 8 (8.79%) Juniper
5 8 (8.79%) ServiceNow
5 8 (8.79%) Zscaler
6 7 (7.69%) Citrix
7 5 (5.49%) Infoblox
8 4 (4.40%) HP
8 4 (4.40%) Okta
9 3 (3.30%) Apple
10 2 (2.20%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.20%) F5
10 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds