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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 239 283
Rank change year-on-year -62 +44 +121
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 99 114 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.64% 0.84% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.49% 8.39% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 79 75
10th Percentile £201 £243 £185
25th Percentile £358 £413 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% +30.61%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £588 £743
England median daily rate £350 £450 £410
% change year-on-year -22.22% +9.76% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £20.58 £15.95 -
25th Percentile £21.19 £18.02 -
Median hourly rate £22.21 £21.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% - -
75th Percentile £25.55 £24.95 -
90th Percentile £27.55 £27.03 -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year -20.00% -6.41% +25.23%

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 1,322 1,359 1,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.48% 10.04% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 820 1,192
10th Percentile £250 £255 £206
25th Percentile £404 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 70
10th Percentile £20.18 £23.91 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.84 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +33.66% -1.79%
75th Percentile £28.07 £40.25 £56.06
90th Percentile £93.75 £57.40 £72.62
England median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -31.58% +138.93%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -7 24 £475 +72.73% 10
South London -12 5 £425 -10.53% 4
West London -21 2 £375 -11.76% 5
North London - 1 - - 4
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 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (32.32%) Azure
2 25 (25.25%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.10%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.09%) AWS
4 9 (9.09%) PaaS
5 8 (8.08%) SaaS
6 6 (6.06%) IaaS
6 6 (6.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (5.05%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.05%) Power Platform
8 4 (4.04%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.03%) Datadog
9 3 (3.03%) GCP
9 3 (3.03%) Route 53
10 2 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.01%) Nutanix
11 1 (1.01%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 50 (50.51%) WAN
2 41 (41.41%) Firewall
2 41 (41.41%) LAN
3 25 (25.25%) VPN
4 17 (17.17%) Network Security
4 17 (17.17%) Wireless
5 14 (14.14%) VLAN
6 13 (13.13%) SD-WAN
7 11 (11.11%) BGP
7 11 (11.11%) OSPF
8 10 (10.10%) DNS
9 9 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (9.09%) DHCP
10 8 (8.08%) TCP/IP
11 6 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (5.05%) Internet
12 5 (5.05%) MPLS
13 4 (4.04%) EIGRP
13 4 (4.04%) PSTN
13 4 (4.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 3 (3.03%) Chocolatey
General
1 35 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.13%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.08%) Military
4 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.06%) Spanish Language
6 5 (5.05%) Local Government
7 4 (4.04%) Retail
8 3 (3.03%) Banking
8 3 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.02%) Billing
9 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Finance
9 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.02%) Marketing
10 1 (1.01%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.01%) Law
10 1 (1.01%) Legal
10 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.14%) IT Support
3 13 (13.13%) Architect
3 13 (13.13%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.11%) Network Architect
5 10 (10.10%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.08%) Support Technician
7 7 (7.07%) Analyst
7 7 (7.07%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (7.07%) IT Technician
7 7 (7.07%) Lead
7 7 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 7 (7.07%) Security Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Senior
9 5 (5.05%) Network Analyst
9 5 (5.05%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (5.05%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.06%) X-Windows
2 5 (5.05%) 802.1X
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (4.04%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.08%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (7.07%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (7.07%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.06%) Virtual Team
5 5 (5.05%) IoT
6 4 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.01%) EMC VMAX
9 1 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.01%) iPhone
9 1 (1.01%) Life Science
9 1 (1.01%) PropTech
9 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (32.32%) Windows
2 9 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.06%) Linux
4 6 (6.06%) Mac OS X
5 3 (3.03%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (13.13%) Network Architecture
2 13 (13.13%) Network Design
2 13 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (12.12%) ITIL
4 11 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 11 (11.11%) Migration
4 11 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 10 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.09%) Cloud Security
7 7 (7.07%) Change Management
7 7 (7.07%) Incident Response
8 6 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (6.06%) Information Security
8 6 (6.06%) Information Security Management
8 6 (6.06%) ITSM
8 6 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (6.06%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.05%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.04%) Python
3 3 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (17.17%) Security Cleared
3 16 (16.16%) CCNP
4 13 (13.13%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.08%) CCIE
5 8 (8.08%) CCNA
6 4 (4.04%) Degree
6 4 (4.04%) JNCIS
7 3 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.03%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.03%) JNCIP
7 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.03%) PMP
8 2 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.02%) Project+ Certification
9 1 (1.01%) CCSA
9 1 (1.01%) CWNA
9 1 (1.01%) GIAC
9 1 (1.01%) GSEC
9 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) QA
2 5 (5.05%) SLA
3 2 (2.02%) NIST
4 1 (1.01%) GDPR
4 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (13.13%) SCCM
2 7 (7.07%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.06%) CASB
3 6 (6.06%) SCOrch
4 5 (5.05%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.04%) Terraform
6 3 (3.03%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 27 (27.27%) Cisco
3 13 (13.13%) Aruba
4 11 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 10 (10.10%) Fortinet
5 10 (10.10%) Meraki
6 8 (8.08%) Juniper
7 7 (7.07%) CheckPoint
8 6 (6.06%) F5
9 5 (5.05%) Citrix
9 5 (5.05%) Infoblox
9 5 (5.05%) Zscaler
10 4 (4.04%) Okta
10 4 (4.04%) VMware
11 3 (3.03%) AppDynamics
11 3 (3.03%) Apple
11 3 (3.03%) Dynatrace
11 3 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.03%) Tenable
12 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow