CWNE Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CWNP Certified Wireless Networking Expert (CWNE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CWNE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CWNE 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.037% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CWNE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,088 4,546 7,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.06% 35.91% 37.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,174 2,815 4,551
10th Percentile £306 £214 £263
25th Percentile £412 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £705 £688 £716
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 393 873
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.17 £16.30
Median hourly rate £39.72 £48.82 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% +22.04% -19.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £84.00 £80.93 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £39.92
% change year-on-year -12.22% +12.73% -23.96%

CWNE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CWNE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CWNE job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CWNE
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CWNE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CWNE

CWNE
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CWNE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
Midlands - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
CWNE
UK

CWNE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) 802.11
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) WLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Predictive Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CWDP
1 3 (100.00%) CWNA
1 3 (100.00%) CWSP
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Aruba
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Ekahau