Wi-Fi Contracts in the North West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 112 97
Rank change year-on-year +33 -15 +41
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 46 23 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.34% 0.84% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.02% 6.61% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 37
10th Percentile £254 £206 £278
25th Percentile £325 £230 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -3.23% +55.00%
75th Percentile £488 £515 £525
90th Percentile £569 £516 £550
England median daily rate £438 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -17.65% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 328 348 427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.67% 12.78% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 241 302
10th Percentile £191 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £663 £574
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +62.34%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.41 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.98% +116.22% -22.63%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Cumbria +16 30 £445 -13.59% 3
Manchester +15 7 £450 +91.49% 11
Cheshire +5 6 £325 +62.50% 3
Merseyside - 3 £215 - 2
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.70%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.52%) IaaS
4 3 (6.52%) PaaS
4 3 (6.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (73.91%) Firewall
2 32 (69.57%) WAN
3 16 (34.78%) Cisco ISE
3 16 (34.78%) NetScaler
4 15 (32.61%) LAN
5 13 (28.26%) Wireless
6 9 (19.57%) VPN
7 8 (17.39%) IPsec
8 7 (15.22%) BGP
8 7 (15.22%) OSPF
9 6 (13.04%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (13.04%) DNS
9 6 (13.04%) EIGRP
9 6 (13.04%) HSRP
9 6 (13.04%) Internet
10 5 (10.87%) VLAN
10 5 (10.87%) WLAN
11 4 (8.70%) DHCP
11 4 (8.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.17%) Banking
3 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Finance
3 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (76.09%) Network Engineer
2 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Senior
3 4 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Exchange Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Support
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (36.96%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) CMDB
2 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.87%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.52%) IVR
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
2 4 (8.70%) Windows 7
3 3 (6.52%) Android
3 3 (6.52%) Linux
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Network Management
2 21 (45.65%) Network Design
3 18 (39.13%) Load Balancing
4 15 (32.61%) Network Architecture
5 14 (30.43%) ITIL
6 12 (26.09%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (10.87%) Asset Management
7 5 (10.87%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (10.87%) Problem Management
8 4 (8.70%) Disk Encryption
8 4 (8.70%) ITSM
8 4 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.70%) Service Management
9 3 (6.52%) BCP
9 3 (6.52%) Customer Service
9 3 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (6.52%) Information Security
9 3 (6.52%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 2 (4.35%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) VB
2 4 (8.70%) VBScript
3 1 (2.17%) Perl
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (56.52%) SC Cleared
1 26 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (15.22%) Degree
3 6 (13.04%) CCNA
4 2 (4.35%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) CCIE
5 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
1 3 (6.52%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.70%) BitLocker
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (6.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) SCCM
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (76.09%) Cisco
2 26 (56.52%) Palo Alto
3 20 (43.48%) Meraki
4 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
5 8 (17.39%) SolarWinds
6 6 (13.04%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
8 3 (6.52%) Apple
9 2 (4.35%) Aruba
9 2 (4.35%) HP
10 1 (2.17%) Arista
10 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.17%) McAfee
10 1 (2.17%) Splunk