WPA2 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i-2004)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring WPA2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WPA2 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.037% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £413 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

WPA2 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 402 289 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.71% 18.93% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 143 339
10th Percentile £255 £250 £205
25th Percentile £368 £384 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £593 £561
90th Percentile £638 £650 £640
South East median daily rate £500 £494 £475
% change year-on-year +1.21% +4.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 47
10th Percentile £16.01 - £17.15
25th Percentile £19.26 £14.20 £23.81
Median hourly rate £31.94 £19.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.11% -60.00% +52.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £23.81 £77.20
90th Percentile £80.60 £51.80 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £56.88
% change year-on-year -23.18% -3.30% +26.39%

WPA2
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WPA2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

WPA2 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

WPA2
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WPA2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WPA2

WPA2
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 WPA2 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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 - 1 £413 -
WPA2
South East

WPA2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) HP