WLAN Contracts in the North West

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 122 121
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +56
DemandTrendContract jobs citing WLAN 12 3 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.54% 0.12% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.93% 1.00% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 23
10th Percentile - - £359
25th Percentile - £625 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £650 £486
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +33.74% +10.45%
75th Percentile - £675 -
90th Percentile £381 - £627
England median daily rate £400 £563 £486
% change year-on-year -28.89% +15.74% +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 £24.87 £33.22
% change year-on-year +20.63% -25.14% +47.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 305 301 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.68% 12.35% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 198 278
10th Percentile £147 £250 £300
25th Percentile £325 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £514 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% +8.16% -
75th Percentile £546 £675 £575
90th Percentile £675 £833 £638
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +0.90% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile £22.40 £24.61 £15.72
25th Percentile £26.00 £35.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £48.56 £16.68
Median % change year-on-year +36.94% +191.13% -27.65%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.00 £62.80 £49.35
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.73% -2.64% +43.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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DemandTrendContract 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 WLAN within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -14 8 £325 -
Lancashire - 3 - -
Manchester -1 1 - - 1
WLAN
England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
2 9 (75.00%) WAN
3 7 (58.33%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 3 (25.00%) BGP
6 3 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (25.00%) NX-OS
6 3 (25.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Industrial Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) CMDB
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
1 5 (41.67%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (41.67%) Problem Management
3 4 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
4 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) CCNA
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) CCDP
3 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 3 (25.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) F5
2 4 (33.33%) Meraki
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 3 (25.00%) Symantec
3 3 (25.00%) Veeam
3 3 (25.00%) VMware