Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in the North East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 41 28
Rank change year-on-year -13 -13 +23
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 1 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.20% 0.60% 2.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.08% 4.35% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £594 £163
25th Percentile - £622 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £688 £413
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +66.67% -8.84%
75th Percentile - £747 £425
90th Percentile - £771 -
England median daily rate £350 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -22.22% +9.09% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 48 46 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 9.82% 13.77% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 32
10th Percentile £146 £151 £133
25th Percentile £170 £237 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £247 £400 £395
Median % change year-on-year -38.38% +1.27% -4.82%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £425
90th Percentile £575 £643 £530
England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £22.25 - £24.73
25th Percentile £23.75 - £38.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £51.51 - £48.75
90th Percentile £65.16 - -
England median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -31.58% +137.50%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the North East

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 17 February 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
Tyne and Wear -19 1 £225 -67.27% 2
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft