Ekahau Contract Job Trends in the North West

Ekahau
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring knowledge or experience of Ekahau products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ekahau over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ekahau.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 123 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Ekahau 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.32% 0.049% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.71% 0.096% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £406 £413
% change year-on-year +4.62% -1.52% -17.50%

All Vendors
North West

Ekahau falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,270 1,046 1,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 45.83% 51.60% 42.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 631 746
10th Percentile £213 £250 £265
25th Percentile £360 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £583
90th Percentile £686 £670 £683
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 49 123
10th Percentile £15.54 £20.64 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.58 £25.26 £14.50
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +83.41% -40.24%
75th Percentile £60.61 £60.00 £34.32
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.17 £26.03
% change year-on-year -23.57% +19.76% -21.12%

Ekahau
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Ekahau job vacancy trend in the North West

Ekahau
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Ekahau
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Ekahau
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 Ekahau within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Merseyside - 7 - -
Manchester -14 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £425 -
Ekahau
England

Ekahau
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 9 (100.00%) Wireless
2 8 (88.89%) BGP
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco Wireless
2 8 (88.89%) NX-OS
2 8 (88.89%) VXLAN
3 7 (77.78%) DHCP
3 7 (77.78%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) MPLS
5 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
5 1 (11.11%) WebEx
5 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
1 7 (77.78%) Investment Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) RF Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Wireless Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) User Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Presales
2 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Service Design
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CCNP
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) Remedy
2 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) Aruba
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft