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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 286 283
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +154
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 103 107 140
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 0.68% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.83% 7.03% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 70 95
10th Percentile £263 £263 £183
25th Percentile £400 £431 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +26.87%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £575 £650 £743
England median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £15.48 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £16.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £19.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% - -
75th Percentile £20.53 £21.49 -
90th Percentile - £22.88 -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £21.46 £48.75
% change year-on-year -5.15% -55.98% +207.09%

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 1,316 1,521 2,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.28% 9.60% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 934 1,416
10th Percentile £305 £258 £223
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 13 56
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.63 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +35.92% +3.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £43.75 £60.44
90th Percentile £61.78 £76.91 £77.50
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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
West London +10 25 £438 - 3
Central London +8 20 £475 +31.03% 2
South London -1 7 £425 -10.53% 1
North London - 1 - - 3
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 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.27%) Azure
2 22 (21.36%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.77%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.85%) AWS
5 4 (3.88%) IaaS
6 3 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.91%) GCP
6 3 (2.91%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.91%) SaaS
7 2 (1.94%) Asana
7 2 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.94%) PaaS
7 2 (1.94%) Slack
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.97%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.97%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (57.28%) Firewall
2 52 (50.49%) LAN
3 41 (39.81%) WAN
4 34 (33.01%) SD-WAN
5 32 (31.07%) Cisco Nexus
6 21 (20.39%) VPN
7 15 (14.56%) Network Security
8 9 (8.74%) DNS
8 9 (8.74%) Wireless
9 8 (7.77%) VLAN
10 7 (6.80%) BGP
10 7 (6.80%) OSPF
10 7 (6.80%) TCP/IP
11 6 (5.83%) DHCP
11 6 (5.83%) MPLS
12 5 (4.85%) WLAN
13 4 (3.88%) Internet
14 3 (2.91%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (2.91%) IPsec
14 3 (2.91%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
General
1 31 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.62%) Telecoms
3 12 (11.65%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.83%) Spanish Language
5 5 (4.85%) Local Government
6 4 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Finance
6 4 (3.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.94%) Billing
8 2 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Aviation
9 1 (0.97%) Games
9 1 (0.97%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (25.24%) Architect
2 24 (23.30%) Network Engineer
3 19 (18.45%) Network Architect
4 13 (12.62%) Project Manager
5 10 (9.71%) Network Design Architect
5 10 (9.71%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) Analyst
7 7 (6.80%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (6.80%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.80%) IT Project Manager
7 7 (6.80%) Security Engineer
8 6 (5.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 6 (5.83%) IT Support
9 5 (4.85%) Network Analyst
9 5 (4.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.85%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (4.85%) Network Support
9 5 (4.85%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.94%) VML
2 1 (0.97%) OAuth
2 1 (0.97%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.53%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.74%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.85%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.88%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.94%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.94%) Life Science
5 2 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.94%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.97%) BYOD
6 1 (0.97%) CCTV
6 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.97%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.97%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.97%) IoT
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 34 (33.01%) Windows
2 9 (8.74%) Linux
2 9 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.88%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.91%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.97%) VMS
5 1 (0.97%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.36%) Network Design
2 13 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (11.65%) Security Operations
4 10 (9.71%) Network Architecture
4 10 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (7.77%) Change Management
5 8 (7.77%) Incident Management
5 8 (7.77%) Information Security
5 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (6.80%) Architectural Design
6 7 (6.80%) Cloud Security
6 7 (6.80%) Information Security Management
6 7 (6.80%) ISMS
6 7 (6.80%) ITIL
6 7 (6.80%) Security Management
6 7 (6.80%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (4.85%) Incident Response
7 5 (4.85%) IT Strategy
7 5 (4.85%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.97%) Bash
2 1 (0.97%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.45%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (17.48%) SC Cleared
4 17 (16.50%) CCNP
5 7 (6.80%) CCNA
6 6 (5.83%) CCIE
7 5 (4.85%) Degree
8 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.91%) JNCIP
9 3 (2.91%) JNCIS
10 2 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.94%) PMP
11 1 (0.97%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.97%) CCDP
11 1 (0.97%) CISSP
11 1 (0.97%) CWNA
11 1 (0.97%) MCP
11 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.97%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) SLA
2 1 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (21.36%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.94%) Firmware
5 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (9.71%) SCCM
2 7 (6.80%) CASB
2 7 (6.80%) SCOrch
3 5 (4.85%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.88%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.97%) Ansible
6 1 (0.97%) Autotask
6 1 (0.97%) SysTrack
6 1 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (44.66%) Cisco
2 29 (28.16%) Microsoft
3 28 (27.18%) Fortinet
4 8 (7.77%) Meraki
5 7 (6.80%) Juniper
6 6 (5.83%) Aruba
6 6 (5.83%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.85%) Citrix
7 5 (4.85%) F5
7 5 (4.85%) Infoblox
8 4 (3.88%) Apple
8 4 (3.88%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.88%) Okta
8 4 (3.88%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.91%) Google
9 3 (2.91%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.94%) Adobe
10 2 (1.94%) HP
10 2 (1.94%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.94%) VMware