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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 242 283
Rank change year-on-year -48 +41 +137
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 94 106 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.63% 0.77% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.30% 7.86% 6.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 70 78
10th Percentile £246 £249 £181
25th Percentile £358 £425 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +23.46% +29.60%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £595
90th Percentile £613 £588 £743
England median daily rate £362 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -19.67% +5.88% +9.68%
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 £18.18 £20.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.11% -50.00% +137.88%

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 1,287 1,349 1,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.63% 9.84% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 807 1,276
10th Percentile £267 £255 £206
25th Percentile £406 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £619
90th Percentile £694 £725 £745
England median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 71
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.02 £16.00
25th Percentile - £24.66 £19.73
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +27.45% -0.82%
75th Percentile £28.88 £39.75 £57.75
90th Percentile £90.50 £43.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

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 5 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 5 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 23 £475 +72.73% 10
South London -10 4 £438 -7.89% 6
West London - 2 £375 - 6
North London - 1 - - 6
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 (17.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (31.91%) Azure
2 24 (25.53%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.64%) AWS
3 10 (10.64%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.45%) PaaS
5 6 (6.38%) SaaS
5 6 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.32%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.26%) IaaS
7 4 (4.26%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.19%) GCP
8 3 (3.19%) Route 53
9 2 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.06%) Datadog
10 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.06%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.06%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 49 (52.13%) WAN
2 40 (42.55%) LAN
3 38 (40.43%) Firewall
4 22 (23.40%) VPN
5 16 (17.02%) Network Security
6 15 (15.96%) Wireless
7 12 (12.77%) SD-WAN
8 11 (11.70%) BGP
8 11 (11.70%) OSPF
8 11 (11.70%) VLAN
9 9 (9.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (8.51%) TCP/IP
11 6 (6.38%) DNS
12 5 (5.32%) DHCP
12 5 (5.32%) MPLS
13 4 (4.26%) EIGRP
13 4 (4.26%) Internet
13 4 (4.26%) PSTN
13 4 (4.26%) VoIP
13 4 (4.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Power BI
1 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) JIRA
2 1 (1.06%) Chocolatey
General
1 35 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.83%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.51%) Military
4 6 (6.38%) Spanish Language
5 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Local Government
6 4 (4.26%) Retail
7 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.13%) Billing
8 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Finance
8 2 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.13%) Marketing
9 1 (1.06%) Banking
9 1 (1.06%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.06%) Legal
9 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (26.60%) Network Engineer
2 13 (13.83%) Architect
3 12 (12.77%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.70%) IT Support
4 11 (11.70%) Network Architect
5 8 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (8.51%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.51%) Support Technician
6 7 (7.45%) IT Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) Lead
6 7 (7.45%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (5.32%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (5.32%) IT Technician
8 5 (5.32%) Network Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Network Support
8 5 (5.32%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.26%) VML
2 4 (4.26%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.89%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.38%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.32%) IoT
5 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.19%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (1.06%) Blog
8 1 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.06%) EMC VMAX
8 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.06%) Life Science
8 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.06%) PropTech
8 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.79%) Windows
2 8 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.45%) Windows 10
4 6 (6.38%) Linux
5 4 (4.26%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (13.83%) Network Architecture
2 13 (13.83%) Network Design
3 11 (11.70%) ITIL
3 11 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.70%) Security Operations
4 10 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (10.64%) Incident Management
5 8 (8.51%) Cloud Security
5 8 (8.51%) Migration
6 7 (7.45%) Change Management
6 7 (7.45%) Incident Response
7 6 (6.38%) Information Security
7 6 (6.38%) Information Security Management
7 6 (6.38%) ISMS
7 6 (6.38%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (6.38%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (6.38%) Security Management
7 6 (6.38%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.26%) Python
3 3 (3.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.21%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (18.09%) Security Cleared
3 15 (15.96%) CCNP
4 13 (13.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.51%) CCIE
6 7 (7.45%) CCNA
7 4 (4.26%) Degree
7 4 (4.26%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.19%) JNCIP
8 3 (3.19%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.19%) PMP
9 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.13%) Project+ Certification
10 1 (1.06%) CCSA
10 1 (1.06%) CWNA
10 1 (1.06%) GIAC
10 1 (1.06%) GSEC
10 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) QA
2 3 (3.19%) SLA
3 2 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (1.06%) GDPR
4 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (25.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (11.70%) SCCM
2 7 (7.45%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.38%) CASB
3 6 (6.38%) SCOrch
4 5 (5.32%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.26%) Terraform
6 3 (3.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (26.60%) Cisco
3 12 (12.77%) Aruba
4 10 (10.64%) Fortinet
4 10 (10.64%) Meraki
4 10 (10.64%) Palo Alto
5 7 (7.45%) CheckPoint
5 7 (7.45%) Juniper
6 6 (6.38%) F5
7 4 (4.26%) Infoblox
7 4 (4.26%) Okta
7 4 (4.26%) Zscaler
8 3 (3.19%) Apple
8 3 (3.19%) Citrix
8 3 (3.19%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.13%) Adobe
9 2 (2.13%) Arista
9 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.13%) VMware
10 1 (1.06%) Ubiquiti