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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 266 272
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +167
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 101 105 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.71% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.94% 7.16% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 68 84
10th Percentile £253 £259 £202
25th Percentile £400 £425 £325
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 £591 £743
England median daily rate £413 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +6.25%
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 £18.18 £20.38 £18.33
% change year-on-year -10.79% +11.19% +10.62%

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 1,272 1,466 1,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.83% 9.95% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 901 1,260
10th Percentile £300 £258 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%
75th Percentile £29.31 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.55 £75.31 £76.63
England median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -1.43% -38.04% +50.64%

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 31 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 31 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
Central London +7 24 £475 +38.18% 19
West London - 16 £450 - 4
South London -7 5 £438 -7.89% 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 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) DELMIA
1 1 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.72%) Azure
2 19 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.90%) AWS
4 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.96%) GCP
7 3 (2.97%) IaaS
7 3 (2.97%) Route 53
8 2 (1.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.98%) PaaS
9 1 (0.99%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.99%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.99%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.99%) SaaS
9 1 (0.99%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (56.44%) Firewall
2 53 (52.48%) LAN
3 49 (48.51%) WAN
4 30 (29.70%) SD-WAN
5 27 (26.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 25 (24.75%) VPN
7 17 (16.83%) Network Security
8 12 (11.88%) BGP
8 12 (11.88%) OSPF
9 11 (10.89%) Wireless
10 9 (8.91%) VLAN
11 8 (7.92%) TCP/IP
12 7 (6.93%) DNS
13 6 (5.94%) MPLS
14 5 (4.95%) DHCP
15 4 (3.96%) EIGRP
15 4 (3.96%) Internet
15 4 (3.96%) NGFW
15 4 (3.96%) VoIP
15 4 (3.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.90%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.94%) Military
4 6 (5.94%) Spanish Language
5 5 (4.95%) Retail
6 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Local Government
7 3 (2.97%) Finance
8 2 (1.98%) Billing
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.99%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.99%) Legal
9 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.99%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Network Engineer
2 25 (24.75%) Architect
3 21 (20.79%) Network Architect
4 10 (9.90%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.91%) Network Design Architect
6 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.92%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.93%) Analyst
8 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Lead
8 6 (5.94%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) IT Support
9 5 (4.95%) Juniper Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Network Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Network Support
9 5 (4.95%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Support Technician
10 4 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.96%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.82%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.95%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.95%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.96%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.99%) Blog
7 1 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.99%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.99%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.99%) Life Science
7 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.99%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (28.71%) Windows
2 9 (8.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.93%) Linux
4 3 (2.97%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.98%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (20.79%) Network Design
2 13 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (11.88%) Network Architecture
4 11 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (10.89%) Security Operations
5 10 (9.90%) Incident Management
6 9 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (7.92%) Cloud Security
7 8 (7.92%) ITIL
7 8 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (6.93%) Change Management
8 7 (6.93%) Incident Response
8 7 (6.93%) Information Security
8 7 (6.93%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (5.94%) Architectural Design
9 6 (5.94%) Information Security Management
9 6 (5.94%) ISMS
9 6 (5.94%) Security Management
9 6 (5.94%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (5.94%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.98%) SQL
2 1 (0.99%) C
2 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 20 (19.80%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 18 (17.82%) CCNP
4 8 (7.92%) CCIE
5 6 (5.94%) CCNA
6 4 (3.96%) JNCIS
7 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.97%) Degree
7 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.97%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.98%) PMP
9 1 (0.99%) CCSA
9 1 (0.99%) CWNA
9 1 (0.99%) GIAC
9 1 (0.99%) GSEC
9 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.99%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) QA
2 2 (1.98%) NIST
2 2 (1.98%) SLA
3 1 (0.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (19.80%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.98%) Firmware
5 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) SCCM
2 6 (5.94%) CASB
2 6 (5.94%) SCOrch
3 5 (4.95%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.96%) Terraform
5 3 (2.97%) Ansible
5 3 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.99%) Autotask
Vendors
1 42 (41.58%) Cisco
2 27 (26.73%) Fortinet
2 27 (26.73%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.88%) Aruba
4 10 (9.90%) Palo Alto
5 9 (8.91%) Meraki
6 8 (7.92%) Juniper
7 7 (6.93%) CheckPoint
8 6 (5.94%) F5
9 5 (4.95%) Citrix
10 4 (3.96%) Apple
10 4 (3.96%) Infoblox
10 4 (3.96%) Okta
10 4 (3.96%) Zscaler
11 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.97%) VMware
12 2 (1.98%) Adobe
12 2 (1.98%) Arista
12 2 (1.98%) HP
12 2 (1.98%) SolarWinds