802.11 Contract Job Trends in the North West

IEEE 802.11
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring 802.11 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 121 131
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +54
Contract jobs citing 802.11 1 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.045% 0.041% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.34% 0.32% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +8.02% +12.37%
75th Percentile - £538 £557
90th Percentile - - £627
England median daily rate £400 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.02% +44.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

802.11 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 297 308 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.50% 12.75% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 151 317
10th Percentile £147 £243 £323
25th Percentile £330 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £594
90th Percentile £680 £750 £655
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 10
10th Percentile - £25.43 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.50 £37.55 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £48.56 £16.68
Median % change year-on-year -60.87% +191.13% -16.10%
75th Percentile £34.97 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £67.25 £57.65 £49.35
England median hourly rate £35.00 £57.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -39.13% +1.79% +37.68%

802.11
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 802.11 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

802.11 job vacancy trend in the North West

802.11
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing 802.11.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing 802.11

802.11
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing 802.11.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing 802.11

802.11
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 802.11 within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Manchester - 1 - -
802.11
England

802.11
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto