Wi-Fi Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 165 167
Rank change year-on-year -37 +2 +19
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 138 255 334
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.07% 1.25% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.82% 7.67% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 116 216
10th Percentile £199 £190 £160
25th Percentile £237 £214 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £338 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -20.59% +12.21%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £500
90th Percentile £538 £515 £550
UK median daily rate £438 £375 £390
% change year-on-year +16.67% -3.85% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 60 31
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.53 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -10.81% +15.63%
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £46.88
90th Percentile £17.85 £40.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £15.44 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.42% -10.81% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,024 3,325 3,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.76% 16.24% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,900 2,204
10th Percentile £198 £202 £209
25th Percentile £300 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +5.85%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £587
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £517
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.16% +3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 358 318
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.43 -
25th Percentile £15.33 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £46.14 £18.22
Median % change year-on-year -47.59% +153.28% -15.28%
75th Percentile £61.50 £63.75 £59.67
90th Percentile £77.41 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £28.71 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.24% +116.22% -33.63%

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 12 May 2025.

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
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 12 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
North of England +13 53 £350 -2.78% 52
North West +33 43 £400 -11.11% 28
East of England -5 33 £245 -18.33% 34
South East +9 30 £375 +11.11% 77
West Midlands +14 10 £319 +6.25% 32
Midlands +4 10 £319 -1.92% 53
Scotland +13 6 £425 +30.77% 20
Yorkshire -8 6 £243 -25.38% 15
South West +8 4 £520 +38.67% 44
North East -11 3 £600 +41.18% 11
Wales +4 2 £338 +98.53% 7
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 16 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.90%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (18.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (18.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.97%) OneDrive
3 6 (4.35%) Azure
3 6 (4.35%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.72%) IaaS
6 1 (0.72%) PaaS
6 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (41.30%) WAN
2 56 (40.58%) Firewall
3 41 (29.71%) LAN
4 28 (20.29%) VPN
5 22 (15.94%) VLAN
6 19 (13.77%) Wireless
7 18 (13.04%) Cisco ISE
8 17 (12.32%) DHCP
8 17 (12.32%) DNS
9 16 (11.59%) NetScaler
10 13 (9.42%) SD-WAN
11 12 (8.70%) Internet
11 12 (8.70%) IPsec
11 12 (8.70%) Network Security
12 11 (7.97%) BGP
12 11 (7.97%) OSPF
12 11 (7.97%) VoIP
13 8 (5.80%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (5.80%) EIGRP
14 7 (5.07%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (15.94%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.97%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.80%) Retail
4 7 (5.07%) Finance
4 7 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.45%) Aviation
7 2 (1.45%) Banking
7 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Law
8 1 (0.72%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Network Engineer
2 28 (20.29%) Analyst
2 28 (20.29%) Service Analyst
2 28 (20.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (13.04%) Technical Analyst
3 18 (13.04%) Technical Services Analyst
4 17 (12.32%) Support Engineer
5 16 (11.59%) Senior
6 14 (10.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 12 (8.70%) IT Support
8 10 (7.25%) Project Manager
9 8 (5.80%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Desktop Support
11 6 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Lead
11 6 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
12 5 (3.62%) Call Centre Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.80%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (3.62%) CMDB
3 5 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.17%) IVR
6 2 (1.45%) CCTV
6 2 (1.45%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.45%) NHS
6 2 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (23.19%) Windows
2 22 (15.94%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.07%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.90%) Android
4 4 (2.90%) Linux
4 4 (2.90%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.78%) ITIL
2 47 (34.06%) Customer Service
3 37 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (20.29%) Incident Management
5 27 (19.57%) Service Delivery
6 26 (18.84%) Network Design
7 24 (17.39%) Network Management
8 23 (16.67%) Mathematics
9 21 (15.22%) Load Balancing
10 15 (10.87%) Network Architecture
11 12 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
12 10 (7.25%) Project Management
13 9 (6.52%) Project Delivery
14 7 (5.07%) Migration
14 7 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 6 (4.35%) Problem Management
16 5 (3.62%) Network Segmentation
16 5 (3.62%) Post-Production
16 5 (3.62%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.90%) VB
2 4 (2.90%) VBScript
3 2 (1.45%) Python
4 1 (0.72%) Bash
4 1 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 43 (31.16%) SC Cleared
3 30 (21.74%) A+ Certification
3 30 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (20.29%) MCSA
5 15 (10.87%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (9.42%) Degree
7 11 (7.97%) CCNA
8 6 (4.35%) CCNP
9 4 (2.90%) CCIE
10 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.35%) SLA
2 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (31.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.90%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (10.14%) SCCM
2 8 (5.80%) AppManager
3 3 (2.17%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (40.58%) Cisco
2 55 (39.86%) Microsoft
3 37 (26.81%) ServiceNow
4 36 (26.09%) Palo Alto
5 28 (20.29%) Citrix
6 24 (17.39%) Meraki
7 11 (7.97%) Aruba
8 9 (6.52%) SolarWinds
9 8 (5.80%) Ivanti
9 8 (5.80%) VMware
10 7 (5.07%) CheckPoint
11 6 (4.35%) Google
12 5 (3.62%) Apple
12 5 (3.62%) F5
12 5 (3.62%) Juniper
13 4 (2.90%) AirMagnet
13 4 (2.90%) Ekahau
14 3 (2.17%) Extreme Networks
15 2 (1.45%) Fortinet
15 2 (1.45%) Tenable