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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 269 271
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +180
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 107 106 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.71% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.39% 7.10% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 69 88
10th Percentile £284 £260 £204
25th Percentile £400 £425 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +21.43%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £613
90th Percentile £575 £650 £744
England median daily rate £419 £450 £441
% change year-on-year -6.94% +1.98% +10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £15.95 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £18.02 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £21.49 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £20.53 £24.95 -
90th Percentile - £27.03 -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £20.92 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.69% -0.39% +32.28%

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 1,276 1,492 1,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.91% 9.99% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 914 1,323
10th Percentile £311 £257 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £629 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 13 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%
75th Percentile £27.25 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £76.91 £76.63
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -8.57% -37.99% +25.43%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 - 24 £425 - 3
Central London +6 23 £475 +38.18% 16
South London -4 6 £425 -10.53% 1
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 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.36%) Azure
2 20 (18.69%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.54%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.61%) AWS
5 4 (3.74%) GCP
6 3 (2.80%) IaaS
6 3 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Asana
7 2 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.87%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.87%) PaaS
7 2 (1.87%) SaaS
8 1 (0.93%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.93%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 63 (58.88%) Firewall
2 57 (53.27%) LAN
3 48 (44.86%) WAN
4 37 (34.58%) SD-WAN
5 35 (32.71%) Cisco Nexus
6 24 (22.43%) VPN
7 16 (14.95%) Network Security
8 11 (10.28%) BGP
8 11 (10.28%) OSPF
8 11 (10.28%) Wireless
9 8 (7.48%) VLAN
10 7 (6.54%) DNS
11 6 (5.61%) MPLS
11 6 (5.61%) TCP/IP
12 5 (4.67%) DHCP
12 5 (4.67%) VoIP
12 5 (4.67%) WLAN
13 4 (3.74%) EIGRP
13 4 (3.74%) Internet
14 3 (2.80%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
General
1 31 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.08%) Telecoms
3 13 (12.15%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.61%) Retail
4 6 (5.61%) Spanish Language
5 5 (4.67%) Military
6 4 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.74%) Finance
6 4 (3.74%) Local Government
7 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.87%) Billing
9 1 (0.93%) Aviation
9 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Marketing
9 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (28.04%) Architect
2 27 (25.23%) Network Engineer
3 23 (21.50%) Network Architect
4 10 (9.35%) Network Design Architect
4 10 (9.35%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.41%) Project Manager
6 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Analyst
8 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.67%) IT Support
9 5 (4.67%) Juniper Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Network Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) Network Support
9 5 (4.67%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.67%) Support Technician
10 4 (3.74%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) 802.1X
1 4 (3.74%) VML
2 1 (0.93%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.54%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.67%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.87%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.87%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.93%) Blog
6 1 (0.93%) CCTV
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.93%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.93%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Life Science
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (27.10%) Windows
2 9 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.54%) Linux
4 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.93%) VMS
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.50%) Network Design
2 13 (12.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (10.28%) Network Architecture
3 11 (10.28%) Security Operations
4 10 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (7.48%) Change Management
5 8 (7.48%) Incident Management
6 7 (6.54%) Cloud Security
6 7 (6.54%) Incident Response
6 7 (6.54%) Information Security
6 7 (6.54%) ITIL
6 7 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.61%) Architectural Design
7 6 (5.61%) Information Security Management
7 6 (5.61%) ISMS
7 6 (5.61%) Project Management
7 6 (5.61%) Security Management
7 6 (5.61%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (4.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.93%) C
1 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.56%) SC Cleared
3 20 (18.69%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (17.76%) CCNP
5 8 (7.48%) CCIE
6 6 (5.61%) CCNA
7 5 (4.67%) Degree
8 4 (3.74%) JNCIS
9 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.80%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.80%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.93%) ACSP
10 1 (0.93%) ACTC
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.93%) CCDE
10 1 (0.93%) CCDP
10 1 (0.93%) CISSP
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) QA
2 2 (1.87%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.61%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.87%) Firmware
5 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) SCCM
2 6 (5.61%) CASB
2 6 (5.61%) SCOrch
3 5 (4.67%) FortiGate
3 5 (4.67%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.80%) Ansible
5 3 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.80%) Terraform
6 1 (0.93%) Autotask
Vendors
1 51 (47.66%) Cisco
2 32 (29.91%) Fortinet
3 27 (25.23%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.35%) Aruba
5 9 (8.41%) Meraki
6 8 (7.48%) Juniper
6 8 (7.48%) Palo Alto
7 7 (6.54%) CheckPoint
8 6 (5.61%) F5
9 5 (4.67%) Citrix
10 4 (3.74%) Apple
10 4 (3.74%) Infoblox
10 4 (3.74%) Okta
10 4 (3.74%) Zscaler
11 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.87%) Adobe
12 2 (1.87%) Google
12 2 (1.87%) HP
12 2 (1.87%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.87%) Splunk