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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 267 312
Rank change year-on-year -90 +45 +2
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 105 95 76
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.51% 0.71% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.33% 7.44% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 63 39
10th Percentile £153 £278 £274
25th Percentile £225 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £519 £510 £556
90th Percentile £552 £600 £745
England median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.26
25th Percentile £33.84 £20.18 -
Median hourly rate £36.26 £20.36 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +78.14% -14.47% +39.47%
75th Percentile £38.69 £20.53 -
90th Percentile - - £52.65
England median hourly rate £22.81 £16.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year +39.94% -18.50% -50.31%

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 1,659 1,277 1,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.09% 9.53% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 820 962
10th Percentile £294 £282 £256
25th Percentile £405 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 37 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.69 £23.80
25th Percentile £23.38 - £24.39
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £100.00 £40.00 £61.69
90th Percentile £155.00 £62.65 £75.27
England median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%

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 October 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 14 October 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 -21 20 £389 -23.77% 16
South London -18 3 £450 +5.88% 1
East London +5 2 £323 -10.42% 1
West London -45 2 £375 -14.29% 4
North London - 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 15 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 46 (43.81%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 29 (27.62%) Azure
4 13 (12.38%) OneDrive
5 9 (8.57%) SaaS
6 6 (5.71%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.76%) IaaS
7 5 (4.76%) PaaS
8 4 (3.81%) AWS
8 4 (3.81%) Datadog
9 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.86%) Slack
10 2 (1.90%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.90%) Serverless
11 1 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.95%) GitHub
11 1 (0.95%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.95%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.95%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 41 (39.05%) Firewall
2 34 (32.38%) LAN
3 32 (30.48%) WAN
4 30 (28.57%) VPN
5 28 (26.67%) Wireless
6 26 (24.76%) DNS
7 23 (21.90%) DHCP
8 18 (17.14%) TCP/IP
9 15 (14.29%) BGP
9 15 (14.29%) Network Security
10 13 (12.38%) VLAN
11 12 (11.43%) SD-WAN
12 7 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (5.71%) Broadband
13 6 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (5.71%) Multicast
13 6 (5.71%) OSPF
14 5 (4.76%) SAN
14 5 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (4.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Chocolatey
General
1 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.86%) Finance
3 11 (10.48%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.62%) Banking
5 8 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.76%) Retail
7 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.81%) Local Government
8 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Avionics
9 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 18 (17.14%) Support Engineer
3 14 (13.33%) Senior
4 13 (12.38%) IT Support
5 12 (11.43%) IT Engineer
6 11 (10.48%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (9.52%) Analyst
7 10 (9.52%) Architect
8 9 (8.57%) Project Manager
9 8 (7.62%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Implementation Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 7 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.67%) Support Analyst
11 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Support
11 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
12 5 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.90%) Middleware
2 2 (1.90%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.95%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (0.95%) REST
3 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 11 (10.48%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (5.71%) Digital Signage
4 6 (5.71%) IoT
5 5 (4.76%) CCTV
5 5 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.90%) PKI
9 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.95%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.95%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 52 (49.52%) Windows
2 18 (17.14%) macOS
3 8 (7.62%) Windows 10
3 8 (7.62%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.90%) OpenWrt
4 2 (1.90%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.95%) Android
5 1 (0.95%) Linux
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.76%) Customer Service
2 25 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (19.05%) ITIL
4 19 (18.10%) ITSM
5 18 (17.14%) Project Delivery
6 17 (16.19%) Migration
7 15 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (12.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (12.38%) Service Management
9 11 (10.48%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (10.48%) User Experience
10 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
11 9 (8.57%) Agile
11 9 (8.57%) Change Management
12 8 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (7.62%) Data Protection
12 8 (7.62%) Incident Management
13 7 (6.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.86%) Python
3 2 (1.90%) Bash
4 1 (0.95%) Bicep
4 1 (0.95%) C
4 1 (0.95%) C++
4 1 (0.95%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.62%) Azure Certification
4 8 (7.62%) CCNP
5 6 (5.71%) CCNA
5 6 (5.71%) Degree
6 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.86%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.86%) PMP
8 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.95%) CCIE
9 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.95%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.95%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.48%) SLA
2 2 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 40 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.90%) Firmware
3 2 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.52%) SCCM
3 7 (6.67%) Cisco Prime
3 7 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (5.71%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.90%) Nessus
5 2 (1.90%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.95%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.95%) Ansible
6 1 (0.95%) Grafana
Vendors
1 56 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 44 (41.90%) Cisco
3 13 (12.38%) VMware
4 12 (11.43%) Meraki
5 11 (10.48%) ServiceNow
6 10 (9.52%) Palo Alto
7 7 (6.67%) Aruba
7 7 (6.67%) Juniper
7 7 (6.67%) Zscaler
8 6 (5.71%) Fortinet
8 6 (5.71%) Google
8 6 (5.71%) Okta
8 6 (5.71%) Tenable
9 5 (4.76%) Apple
9 5 (4.76%) Citrix
9 5 (4.76%) Dynatrace
10 4 (3.81%) AppDynamics
10 4 (3.81%) F5
10 4 (3.81%) HP
11 3 (2.86%) SolarWinds