Wi-Fi Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 168 194
Rank change year-on-year -2 +26 +50
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 258 371 418
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.24% 1.53% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.36% 10.19% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 240 244
10th Percentile £190 £160 £162
25th Percentile £250 £225 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £425 £363
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +17.24% +15.08%
75th Percentile £474 £515 £503
90th Percentile £515 £569 £663
UK median daily rate £375 £419 £400
% change year-on-year -10.45% +4.69% +11.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 36 47
10th Percentile £14.32 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +19.35% -1.27%
75th Percentile £21.37 £23.44 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £71.63 £22.25
UK median hourly rate £17.84 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -3.59% +12.12% +6.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,506 3,642 4,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.88% 15.02% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,022 2,315 2,660
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £433
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% +8.19%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 340 239
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.39 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.76% -13.95% -11.34%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.59 £47.40
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% +6.89%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
South East -26 69 £405 -10.00% 44
East of England +36 62 £300 -36.84% 25
North of England +9 56 £345 -25.81% 42
South West +31 41 £259 +1.47% 23
Yorkshire +31 27 £325 -34.18% 13
Midlands +17 25 £350 -9.68% 27
North West -15 24 £433 -6.99% 26
West Midlands +32 19 £438 +36.72% 18
East Midlands +10 6 £325 -35.00% 9
North East +18 5 £425 -1.16% 4
Scotland -5 5 £325 -25.71% 9
Wales +4 2 £170 -60.00% 2
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 20 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.94%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (30.23%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (7.36%) Azure
3 7 (2.71%) AWS
4 5 (1.94%) BigCommerce
4 5 (1.94%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.16%) SaaS
6 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.78%) GitHub
6 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.78%) IaaS
6 2 (0.78%) PaaS
6 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.39%) GCP
7 1 (0.39%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 104 (40.31%) LAN
2 90 (34.88%) WAN
3 56 (21.71%) Firewall
4 48 (18.60%) VPN
5 29 (11.24%) DNS
6 26 (10.08%) DHCP
7 18 (6.98%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
8 17 (6.59%) VoIP
9 15 (5.81%) BGP
9 15 (5.81%) NetScaler
9 15 (5.81%) OSPF
9 15 (5.81%) SAN
10 14 (5.43%) 802.11
10 14 (5.43%) Cisco Firepower
10 14 (5.43%) Structured Cabling
10 14 (5.43%) VLAN
11 12 (4.65%) EIGRP
11 12 (4.65%) IPsec
11 12 (4.65%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.78%) JIRA
1 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.39%) Hudson
General
1 80 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.73%) Retail
3 26 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.65%) Finance
6 8 (3.10%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.71%) Banking
7 7 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.94%) Legal
9 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.16%) Marketing
9 3 (1.16%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.78%) Automotive
10 2 (0.78%) French Language
10 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Back Office
11 1 (0.39%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (22.48%) Network Engineer
2 47 (18.22%) Analyst
3 38 (14.73%) Service Analyst
3 38 (14.73%) Service Desk Analyst
4 28 (10.85%) Architect
4 28 (10.85%) Network Architect
5 22 (8.53%) Support Engineer
6 21 (8.14%) IT Engineer
7 18 (6.98%) IT Support
7 18 (6.98%) Project Manager
8 15 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (4.65%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.26%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 11 (4.26%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (4.26%) C++ Software Engineer
11 10 (3.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (3.88%) Senior
12 9 (3.49%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.20%) 802.1X
2 12 (4.65%) Jinja
3 3 (1.16%) VML
3 3 (1.16%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.40%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.14%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.81%) Clustering
4 9 (3.49%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.33%) Digital Signage
5 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.16%) Solar Power
7 3 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.39%) iPad
9 1 (0.39%) iPhone
9 1 (0.39%) LIMS
9 1 (0.39%) NHS
9 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.39%) PMI
9 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.64%) Windows
2 34 (13.18%) Windows 10
3 16 (6.20%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.43%) Windows 7
5 11 (4.26%) Mac OS
6 8 (3.10%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.10%) Unix
6 8 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.94%) Android
8 5 (1.94%) Linux
9 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.71%) Customer Service
3 55 (21.32%) ITIL
4 37 (14.34%) Incident Management
5 34 (13.18%) Project Management
6 27 (10.47%) Network Management
7 22 (8.53%) Change Management
8 21 (8.14%) Project Delivery
9 19 (7.36%) Migration
10 16 (6.20%) Decision-Making
11 15 (5.81%) Data Protection
12 14 (5.43%) Load Balancing
12 14 (5.43%) Software Engineering
13 13 (5.04%) Service Delivery
14 12 (4.65%) DevOps
15 11 (4.26%) Break/Fix
15 11 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (4.26%) ITSM
15 11 (4.26%) Risk Management
15 11 (4.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.69%) Perl
1 25 (9.69%) Tcl
2 17 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.20%) Python
4 14 (5.43%) C
5 13 (5.04%) C++
6 9 (3.49%) SQL
7 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (27.52%) Security Cleared
2 44 (17.05%) SC Cleared
3 41 (15.89%) A+ Certification
3 41 (15.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (14.73%) MCSA
5 31 (12.02%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (11.24%) CCNA
7 24 (9.30%) CCNP
7 24 (9.30%) Degree
8 7 (2.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (2.33%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.94%) MCP
10 5 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.55%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.55%) MCSE
12 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.49%) SLA
2 5 (1.94%) QA
3 3 (1.16%) GDPR
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.78%) PMO
4 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 57 (22.09%) Active Directory
2 37 (14.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.98%) VMware Workstation
4 16 (6.20%) Firmware
5 11 (4.26%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (3.10%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (2.71%) KVM
9 2 (0.78%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.39%) Docker
10 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.39%) vSphere
10 1 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (8.14%) SCCM
2 13 (5.04%) Ansible
3 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (3.10%) Nagios
3 8 (3.10%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.71%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.71%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.71%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.33%) Autotask
5 6 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.16%) AppManager
6 3 (1.16%) Terraform
7 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (37.21%) Cisco
2 62 (24.03%) Citrix
3 61 (23.64%) Microsoft
4 44 (17.05%) VMware
5 39 (15.12%) ServiceNow
6 36 (13.95%) Juniper
7 31 (12.02%) Aruba
8 27 (10.47%) Meraki
9 21 (8.14%) Palo Alto
10 17 (6.59%) Apple
11 15 (5.81%) SolarWinds
12 13 (5.04%) F5
13 12 (4.65%) Brocade
14 11 (4.26%) 3Com
15 10 (3.88%) HP
16 9 (3.49%) CheckPoint
16 9 (3.49%) NetApp
17 8 (3.10%) Hitachi
18 6 (2.33%) Datto
19 5 (1.94%) Salesforce