Wi-Fi Contracts in the South East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 104 116
Rank change year-on-year -30 +12 +30
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 67 115 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.21% 2.05% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.59% 12.27% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 62 72
10th Percentile £177 £187 £152
25th Percentile £226 £240 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £421
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.82% +22.99%
75th Percentile £422 £525 £669
90th Percentile £490 £695 £774
England median daily rate £363 £390 £400
% change year-on-year -7.05% -2.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +275.76% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £71.63 £22.25
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,198 937 1,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.63% 16.70% 16.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 560 770
10th Percentile £205 £245 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £481 £455
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +5.62% +7.06%
75th Percentile £595 £588 £564
90th Percentile £646 £700 £658
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 70 78
10th Percentile £16.39 £17.98 £13.00
25th Percentile £29.38 £30.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -46.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +128.57% -26.81% +3.48%

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 25 May 2024.

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 25 May 2024. 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
Hampshire -17 33 £413 +71.88% 6
Thames Valley -19 14 £425 -11.05% 23
Middlesex +6 8 - -
Buckinghamshire +20 6 £400 -15.84% 7
Kent +9 6 £271 +146.59% 3
Surrey +16 4 £405 - 6
Oxfordshire +7 4 £465 +6.29% 12
Berkshire -35 4 - - 4
East Sussex +5 2 £170 -75.71% 2
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 5 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.96%) Azure
3 3 (4.48%) AWS
3 3 (4.48%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.99%) IaaS
4 2 (2.99%) PaaS
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (53.73%) WAN
2 34 (50.75%) LAN
3 30 (44.78%) VPN
4 11 (16.42%) Firewall
5 8 (11.94%) 802.11
6 7 (10.45%) DNS
7 6 (8.96%) VLAN
8 5 (7.46%) DHCP
8 5 (7.46%) Network Security
9 3 (4.48%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.48%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (4.48%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.48%) Internet
9 3 (4.48%) Junos
9 3 (4.48%) SD-WAN
9 3 (4.48%) WebEx
10 2 (2.99%) NX-OS
10 2 (2.99%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.49%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (1.49%) IPsec
General
1 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Retail
3 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.48%) Finance
4 3 (4.48%) French Language
5 2 (2.99%) Automotive
5 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.99%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (2.99%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Architect
1 20 (29.85%) Network Architect
2 10 (14.93%) IT Support
2 10 (14.93%) Network Engineer
3 8 (11.94%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (11.94%) Software Engineer
4 6 (8.96%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.46%) Desktop Support
5 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Field Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 3 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.48%) Consultant
7 3 (4.48%) Deskside Support
7 3 (4.48%) Installations Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.99%) Cisco Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.48%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Digital Signage
1 7 (10.45%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.97%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.87%) Windows
2 11 (16.42%) Windows 10
3 9 (13.43%) Apple iOS
4 8 (11.94%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.99%) Android
5 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) Project Management
2 19 (28.36%) Project Delivery
3 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.93%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.94%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.45%) CRM
6 7 (10.45%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (4.48%) Information Security
8 3 (4.48%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (2.99%) Analytics
9 2 (2.99%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.99%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.99%) Infrastructure Management
9 2 (2.99%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.99%) Logistics
9 2 (2.99%) Network Design
9 2 (2.99%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.99%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) C
1 8 (11.94%) C++
1 8 (11.94%) Perl
1 8 (11.94%) Tcl
2 7 (10.45%) SQL
3 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.46%) CCNA
4 4 (5.97%) CCNP
4 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.49%) CCIE
6 1 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) SLA
2 3 (4.48%) GDPR
3 2 (2.99%) PMO
3 2 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) SCCM
2 3 (4.48%) AppManager
3 1 (1.49%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (55.22%) Cisco
2 21 (31.34%) Juniper
3 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
4 12 (17.91%) VMware
5 8 (11.94%) Aruba
6 7 (10.45%) HP
7 6 (8.96%) Meraki
8 4 (5.97%) Apple
9 3 (4.48%) Ivanti
9 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.99%) Google
10 2 (2.99%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.49%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.49%) Zscaler