Wireless Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Wireless Network Engineer
England > London

The median Wireless Network Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 362 384
Rank change year-on-year -77 +22 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Wireless Network Engineer 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% 0.015% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.016% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £470 - £416
25th Percentile £481 - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.57% +10.76%
75th Percentile £519 - £447
90th Percentile £530 - £449
England median daily rate £475 £419 £475
% change year-on-year +13.43% -11.84% +14.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
England median hourly rate - £67.50 £48.56
% change year-on-year - +39.00% +45.22%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,743 12,605 15,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 92.96% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,204 8,515 10,742
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 205 203
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.30
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.90 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -12.10% -12.97%
75th Percentile £58.79 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.00 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +7.66%

Wireless Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wireless Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Wireless Network Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Wireless Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wireless Network Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wireless Network Engineer job vacancies in London

Wireless Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wireless Network Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wireless Network Engineer job vacancies in London

Wireless Network Engineer
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 Wireless Network Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
East London - 1 £500 - 1
Wireless Network Engineer
England

Wireless Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, Wireless Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Wireless Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Meraki
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) 5G
3 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
3 1 (25.00%) Ansible
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (25.00%) Ekahau
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

Wireless Network Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) 5G
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless Security
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Meraki
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Ekahau
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper