Wi-Fi Contracts in the Thames Valley

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 84 135 101
Rank change year-on-year +51 -34 -7
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 18 10 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 0.37% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.14% 1.65% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 32
10th Percentile £161 £202 £185
25th Percentile £245 £250 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £481
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -37.57% +18.66%
75th Percentile £536 £473 £543
90th Percentile - £474 £580
South East median daily rate £375 £371 £450
% change year-on-year +1.01% -17.50% +8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.63
90th Percentile - - £80.85
South East median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +228.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +36 9 £370 +48.00% 20
Buckinghamshire +20 8 £508 +69.17% 16
Oxfordshire +4 1 £213 -54.30% 16
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Google Workspace
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
1 8 (44.44%) VLAN
2 3 (16.67%) 802.11
2 3 (16.67%) Internet
2 3 (16.67%) MPLS
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) Wireless
3 2 (11.11%) DHCP
3 2 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (5.56%) BGP
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (5.56%) EIGRP
4 1 (5.56%) IPsec
4 1 (5.56%) LAN
4 1 (5.56%) OSPF
4 1 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Aviation
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Support
1 5 (27.78%) Lead
2 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) IT Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) CCTV
1 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 5 (27.78%) Content Management
2 5 (27.78%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (27.78%) Post-Production
2 5 (27.78%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (27.78%) Workflow
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 3 (16.67%) Network Design
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 2 (11.11%) ITIL
5 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.11%) Migration
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 2 (11.11%) MCSA
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCIE
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) Aruba
3 5 (27.78%) Google
4 3 (16.67%) AirMagnet
4 3 (16.67%) Ekahau
4 3 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (16.67%) Juniper
4 3 (16.67%) Meraki
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix
5 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow