Wi-Fi Contracts in Scotland

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 124 119
Rank change year-on-year +14 -5 +40
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 6 5 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.23% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.26% 2.00% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 39
10th Percentile £399 £219 £156
25th Percentile £408 £239 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £438
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -25.71% -2.23%
75th Percentile £465 £500 £493
90th Percentile £515 £635 £503
UK median daily rate £425 £398 £425
% change year-on-year +6.92% -6.47% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 141 250 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.68% 11.28% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 150 227
10th Percentile £200 £187 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
75th Percentile £525 £626 £538
90th Percentile £550 £700 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 21
10th Percentile - £15.43 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh +8 4 £425 -39.29% 7
Glasgow +2 3 £425 +70.00% 8
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) LAN
1 4 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (50.00%) IPsec
2 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (16.67%) 4G
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Portfolio Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) High Availability
2 3 (50.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) F5
2 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) BT
4 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (16.67%) Snow