WLAN Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring WLAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 154 173
Rank change year-on-year -16 +19 +56
Contract jobs citing WLAN 11 16 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.39% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.26% 3.17% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 23
10th Percentile - £535 £359
25th Percentile - £550 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £600 £486
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +23.46% +21.50%
75th Percentile - £650 -
90th Percentile £393 £665 £627
England median daily rate £401 £550 £486
% change year-on-year -27.18% +13.17% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.44
% change year-on-year - - +100.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

WLAN 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 486 505 671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.36% 12.23% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 296 477
10th Percentile £160 £213 £230
25th Percentile £325 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £523 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +10.00% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £586
90th Percentile £638 £824 £650
England median daily rate £490 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 18
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.87 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.33 £15.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.00 £19.82
Median % change year-on-year -39.74% +96.77% -7.34%
75th Percentile £63.56 £51.23 £40.07
90th Percentile £67.54 £52.20 £47.16
England median hourly rate £41.45 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.72% +1.52% +34.26%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN

WLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN

WLAN
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 WLAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 September 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 -4 11 £325 -45.83% 5
WLAN
England

WLAN
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) LAN
2 8 (72.73%) WAN
3 7 (63.64%) Network Security
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
4 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (36.36%) Wireless
5 3 (27.27%) BGP
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (27.27%) NX-OS
5 3 (27.27%) SAN
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Industrial Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) CMDB
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
1 4 (36.36%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Asset Management
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (36.36%) Problem Management
2 4 (36.36%) Task Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Proactive Maintenance
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) Storage Management
3 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
3 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CCNA
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) CCDP
3 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Backup Exec
1 3 (27.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) F5
2 4 (36.36%) Meraki
2 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
3 3 (27.27%) Symantec
3 3 (27.27%) Veeam
3 3 (27.27%) VMware