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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 274 268
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +173
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 104 107 137
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 0.70% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.07% 7.03% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 69 93
10th Percentile £281 £260 £190
25th Percentile £400 £450 £313
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 £745
England median daily rate £413 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.86% +9.38%
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 £21.46 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.15% +2.19% +33.86%

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 1,288 1,521 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.03% 9.96% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 936 1,363
10th Percentile £312 £256 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 56
10th Percentile £20.76 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +35.92% +3.00%
75th Percentile £33.19 £43.75 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.35 £76.91 £76.88
England median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year -20.00% -24.65% +27.03%

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 14 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 14 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 - 6
Central London +6 22 £475 +72.73% 11
South London -2 6 £425 -10.53% 1
North London - 1 - - 1
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 (10.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.08%) Azure
2 20 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.73%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.81%) AWS
5 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.88%) GCP
5 3 (2.88%) IaaS
6 2 (1.92%) Asana
6 2 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.92%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.92%) PaaS
6 2 (1.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.96%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.96%) Slack
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 61 (58.65%) Firewall
2 54 (51.92%) LAN
3 46 (44.23%) WAN
4 35 (33.65%) SD-WAN
5 34 (32.69%) Cisco Nexus
6 22 (21.15%) VPN
7 15 (14.42%) Network Security
8 9 (8.65%) BGP
8 9 (8.65%) OSPF
8 9 (8.65%) Wireless
9 8 (7.69%) VLAN
10 6 (5.77%) DNS
10 6 (5.77%) MPLS
11 5 (4.81%) TCP/IP
11 5 (4.81%) VoIP
11 5 (4.81%) WLAN
12 4 (3.85%) DHCP
12 4 (3.85%) EIGRP
12 4 (3.85%) Internet
13 2 (1.92%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 32 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.46%) Telecoms
3 12 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.77%) Retail
4 6 (5.77%) Spanish Language
5 4 (3.85%) Finance
6 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.88%) Local Government
6 3 (2.88%) Military
7 2 (1.92%) Billing
8 1 (0.96%) Aviation
8 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) Architect
2 26 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 22 (21.15%) Network Architect
4 10 (9.62%) Network Design Architect
4 10 (9.62%) Project Manager
4 10 (9.62%) Support Engineer
5 8 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.73%) Analyst
6 7 (6.73%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 7 (6.73%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 5 (4.81%) IT Support
8 5 (4.81%) Network Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Network Support
8 5 (4.81%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Security Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) VML
2 2 (1.92%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.96%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.31%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.81%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.81%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.96%) Blog
6 1 (0.96%) CCTV
6 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.96%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.96%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.96%) IoT
6 1 (0.96%) Life Science
6 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.96%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (27.88%) Windows
2 9 (8.65%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.69%) Linux
4 3 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.96%) VMS
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.12%) Network Design
2 13 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (11.54%) Security Operations
4 11 (10.58%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (9.62%) Network Architecture
5 10 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.69%) Change Management
6 8 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 8 (7.69%) Information Security
7 7 (6.73%) Architectural Design
7 7 (6.73%) Cloud Security
7 7 (6.73%) Information Security Management
7 7 (6.73%) ISMS
7 7 (6.73%) Security Management
7 7 (6.73%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (5.77%) ITIL
8 6 (5.77%) Project Management
9 5 (4.81%) Configuration Management
9 5 (4.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.96%) C
1 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 20 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 19 (18.27%) CCNP
4 8 (7.69%) CCIE
5 6 (5.77%) CCNA
6 5 (4.81%) Degree
7 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.88%) JNCIP
7 3 (2.88%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.96%) ACSP
8 1 (0.96%) CCDE
8 1 (0.96%) CCDP
8 1 (0.96%) CISSP
8 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.96%) CWNA
8 1 (0.96%) GIAC
8 1 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) SLA
3 1 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (20.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.73%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.92%) Firmware
5 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (8.65%) SCCM
2 7 (6.73%) CASB
2 7 (6.73%) SCOrch
3 5 (4.81%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.85%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.96%) Ansible
6 1 (0.96%) Autotask
6 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (47.12%) Cisco
2 29 (27.88%) Fortinet
3 28 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 9 (8.65%) Aruba
4 9 (8.65%) Meraki
5 8 (7.69%) Juniper
6 6 (5.77%) CheckPoint
6 6 (5.77%) F5
6 6 (5.77%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.81%) Citrix
8 4 (3.85%) Apple
8 4 (3.85%) Okta
9 3 (2.88%) Infoblox
9 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.88%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.92%) Adobe
10 2 (1.92%) Google
10 2 (1.92%) HP
10 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.92%) VMware