Wi-Fi Contracts in the South East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 127 109
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 +5
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 30 64 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.16% 1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.79% 5.21% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 59
10th Percentile £161 £170 £197
25th Percentile £248 £203 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £459 £419 £540
90th Percentile £536 £475 £694
England median daily rate £438 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £63.00
90th Percentile - - £80.25
England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.42% -10.81% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 518 1,228 954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.29% 22.24% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 613 577
10th Percentile £210 £205 £241
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +0.41% +8.44%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £648 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 131 73
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £20.85 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +7.20% +148.84%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £85.65 £80.25
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley +41 19 £425 +13.33% 17
Berkshire +36 10 £290 - 10
Buckinghamshire +17 8 £508 +69.17% 2
Surrey +16 5 £250 -38.27% 5
West Sussex - 4 £363 - 5
Hampshire -2 2 £369 -10.61% 14
Oxfordshire +3 1 £213 -54.30% 9
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) VLAN
3 4 (13.33%) Internet
3 4 (13.33%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (13.33%) VPN
3 4 (13.33%) WAN
4 3 (10.00%) 802.11
4 3 (10.00%) LAN
4 3 (10.00%) MPLS
4 3 (10.00%) Network Security
4 3 (10.00%) Wireless
5 2 (6.67%) DHCP
5 2 (6.67%) DNS
6 1 (3.33%) BGP
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.33%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.33%) IPsec
6 1 (3.33%) OSPF
6 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Aviation
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) IT Support
2 5 (16.67%) Lead
2 5 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.00%) Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) IT Technician
4 3 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Wireless Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (6.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.67%) CCTV
2 2 (6.67%) Digital Signage
2 2 (6.67%) NHS
2 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.67%) Content Management
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
3 5 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (16.67%) Post-Production
3 5 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (16.67%) Workflow
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.33%) Supplier Management
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.00%) Data Collection
5 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (10.00%) Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Network Design
5 3 (10.00%) Project Management
5 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Bash
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.00%) MCSA
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.67%) CCIE
4 2 (6.67%) CCNP
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Cisco
3 6 (20.00%) Aruba
4 5 (16.67%) Google
5 4 (13.33%) Palo Alto
6 3 (10.00%) AirMagnet
6 3 (10.00%) Citrix
6 3 (10.00%) Ekahau
6 3 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (10.00%) Juniper
6 3 (10.00%) Meraki
6 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow