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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 250 273
Rank change year-on-year -48 +23 +126
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 96 109 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.63% 0.80% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.37% 8.06% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 73 76
10th Percentile £263 £253 £178
25th Percentile £358 £425 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £589
90th Percentile £598 £588 £743
England median daily rate £354 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -21.33% +9.09% +6.11%
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% +27.09%

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 1,302 1,353 1,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.58% 9.95% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 810 1,227
10th Percentile £263 £255 £205
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 £629 £625
90th Percentile £694 £725 £750
England median daily rate £487 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.60% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 70
10th Percentile £20.24 £24.13 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.02 £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 £27.66 £41.50 £56.06
90th Percentile £92.13 £53.50 £72.62
England median hourly rate £28.38 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -18.91% -26.32% +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 12 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 12 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 +1 22 £475 +72.73% 7
South London -8 5 £425 -10.53% 5
West London -15 2 £375 -11.76% 6
North London - 1 - - 2
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (31.25%) Azure
2 23 (23.96%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.42%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.38%) AWS
5 8 (8.33%) PaaS
6 7 (7.29%) SaaS
7 6 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (5.21%) IaaS
8 5 (5.21%) OneDrive
8 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
9 4 (4.17%) PowerApps
10 3 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (3.13%) GCP
10 3 (3.13%) Route 53
11 2 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (2.08%) Datadog
12 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (1.04%) Nutanix
12 1 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 48 (50.00%) WAN
2 39 (40.63%) Firewall
2 39 (40.63%) LAN
3 23 (23.96%) VPN
4 17 (17.71%) Wireless
5 16 (16.67%) Network Security
6 13 (13.54%) VLAN
7 12 (12.50%) SD-WAN
8 11 (11.46%) BGP
8 11 (11.46%) OSPF
9 9 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (8.33%) DNS
10 8 (8.33%) TCP/IP
11 7 (7.29%) DHCP
12 6 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (5.21%) MPLS
14 4 (4.17%) EIGRP
14 4 (4.17%) Internet
14 4 (4.17%) PSTN
14 4 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Chocolatey
General
1 34 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.54%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.33%) Military
4 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.25%) Spanish Language
5 5 (5.21%) Local Government
6 4 (4.17%) Retail
7 3 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.08%) Banking
8 2 (2.08%) Billing
8 2 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Finance
8 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.08%) Marketing
9 1 (1.04%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (27.08%) Network Engineer
2 13 (13.54%) Architect
2 13 (13.54%) IT Support
3 12 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.46%) Network Architect
5 9 (9.38%) Support Technician
6 8 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (7.29%) IT Technician
7 7 (7.29%) Lead
7 7 (7.29%) Project Manager
7 7 (7.29%) Security Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Analyst
8 6 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) Network Analyst
9 5 (5.21%) Network Support
9 5 (5.21%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (5.21%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) X-Windows
2 5 (5.21%) 802.1X
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (4.17%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.29%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.21%) IoT
5 4 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.08%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.08%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.04%) Blog
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.04%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.04%) iPhone
7 1 (1.04%) Life Science
7 1 (1.04%) PropTech
7 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (31.25%) Windows
2 9 (9.38%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.25%) Linux
4 6 (6.25%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 13 (13.54%) Network Architecture
1 13 (13.54%) Network Design
1 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.46%) ITIL
3 11 (11.46%) Security Operations
4 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (10.42%) Incident Management
4 10 (10.42%) Migration
5 8 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 7 (7.29%) Change Management
6 7 (7.29%) Incident Response
7 6 (6.25%) Information Security
7 6 (6.25%) Information Security Management
7 6 (6.25%) ISMS
7 6 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (6.25%) Security Management
7 6 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.17%) Python
3 3 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (17.71%) Security Cleared
3 16 (16.67%) CCNP
4 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.33%) CCIE
5 8 (8.33%) CCNA
6 4 (4.17%) Degree
6 4 (4.17%) JNCIS
7 3 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.13%) JNCIP
7 3 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.13%) PMP
8 2 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Project+ Certification
9 1 (1.04%) CCSA
9 1 (1.04%) CWNA
9 1 (1.04%) GIAC
9 1 (1.04%) GSEC
9 1 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.29%) QA
2 4 (4.17%) SLA
3 2 (2.08%) NIST
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (12.50%) SCCM
2 7 (7.29%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.25%) CASB
3 6 (6.25%) SCOrch
4 5 (5.21%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.17%) Terraform
6 3 (3.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (27.08%) Cisco
3 12 (12.50%) Aruba
4 11 (11.46%) Palo Alto
5 10 (10.42%) Fortinet
5 10 (10.42%) Meraki
6 7 (7.29%) CheckPoint
6 7 (7.29%) Juniper
7 6 (6.25%) F5
8 5 (5.21%) Infoblox
9 4 (4.17%) Okta
9 4 (4.17%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.13%) Apple
10 3 (3.13%) Citrix
10 3 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.13%) VMware
11 2 (2.08%) Adobe
11 2 (2.08%) AppDynamics
11 2 (2.08%) Arista
11 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow