Wi-Fi Contracts in the North of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 133 143
Rank change year-on-year +25 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 58 56 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.76% 1.18% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.47% 9.41% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 36 53
10th Percentile £208 £210 £251
25th Percentile £257 £298 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £360 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -24.21% +40.74%
75th Percentile £488 £467 £538
90th Percentile £608 £515 £550
England median daily rate £425 £370 £425
% change year-on-year +14.86% -12.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.42% -10.81% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 554 595 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.78% 12.51% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 415 468
10th Percentile £182 £200 £204
25th Percentile £250 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -2.41% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £607 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
% change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North West +38 46 £413 -9.84% 22
Yorkshire -12 8 £243 -25.38% 13
North East -6 3 £600 +41.18% 13
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (15.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.90%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.79%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) OneDrive
4 5 (8.62%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.17%) IaaS
5 3 (5.17%) PaaS
5 3 (5.17%) SaaS
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (67.24%) WAN
2 35 (60.34%) Firewall
3 23 (39.66%) LAN
4 16 (27.59%) Cisco ISE
4 16 (27.59%) NetScaler
5 15 (25.86%) VPN
6 13 (22.41%) DNS
6 13 (22.41%) Wireless
7 11 (18.97%) VLAN
8 10 (17.24%) DHCP
9 8 (13.79%) IPsec
10 7 (12.07%) BGP
10 7 (12.07%) OSPF
11 6 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (10.34%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (10.34%) EIGRP
11 6 (10.34%) HSRP
11 6 (10.34%) Internet
12 5 (8.62%) VoIP
12 5 (8.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.45%) Banking
2 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.72%) Finance
3 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (1.72%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (60.34%) Network Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (15.52%) Support Engineer
4 5 (8.62%) Senior
5 4 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Exchange Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) IT Support
6 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Consultant
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (29.31%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.62%) CMDB
2 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.62%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.17%) IVR
4 2 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Windows
2 10 (17.24%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.90%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.17%) Android
4 3 (5.17%) Linux
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (41.38%) Network Management
2 21 (36.21%) Network Design
3 18 (31.03%) Load Balancing
4 15 (25.86%) Network Architecture
5 14 (24.14%) ITIL
6 12 (20.69%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (13.79%) Customer Service
8 5 (8.62%) Asset Management
8 5 (8.62%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (8.62%) Problem Management
9 4 (6.90%) Disk Encryption
9 4 (6.90%) ITSM
9 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.90%) Service Management
10 3 (5.17%) BCP
10 3 (5.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (5.17%) Information Security
10 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 2 (3.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.90%) VB
2 4 (6.90%) VBScript
3 1 (1.72%) Perl
3 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (44.83%) SC Cleared
1 26 (44.83%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (12.07%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) CCNA
4 2 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (1.72%) CCIE
5 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.17%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.90%) BitLocker
4 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (5.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) SCCM
2 5 (8.62%) AppManager
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 36 (62.07%) Cisco
2 26 (44.83%) Palo Alto
3 22 (37.93%) Microsoft
4 21 (36.21%) Meraki
5 8 (13.79%) SolarWinds
6 6 (10.34%) CheckPoint
7 5 (8.62%) Ivanti
7 5 (8.62%) VMware
8 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
9 3 (5.17%) Apple
10 2 (3.45%) Aruba
10 2 (3.45%) HP
10 2 (3.45%) Tenable
11 1 (1.72%) Arista
11 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.72%) McAfee
11 1 (1.72%) Splunk