Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 226 174
Rank change year-on-year -30 -52 +17
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 116 154 289
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.88% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.50% 6.07% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 74 210
10th Percentile £190 £161 £200
25th Percentile £255 £200 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £512 £516 £550
90th Percentile £545 £568 £627
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 13
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.27
25th Percentile £15.12 £15.77 £15.33
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -66.67% +287.10%
75th Percentile £16.50 £21.37 £63.00
90th Percentile £40.60 £21.61 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £20.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -18.50% -61.17% +212.12%

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 2,110 2,538 3,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 14.50% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,389 2,197
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £313 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £485 £455
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +6.59% +1.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £644 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 169 271
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.16 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.10 £24.42
Median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £76.10
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.12% -11.49% +42.74%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi

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 4 October 2025.

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

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi

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 4 October 2025.

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 4 October 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 -46 26 £509 +29.33% 29
East of England -9 23 £170 -11.92% 19
South East -4 20 £275 -32.10% 87
North West -13 19 £475 -5.00% 13
Scotland +2 12 £388 -3.13% 11
South West +9 11 £263 -30.00% 22
Midlands -24 11 £525 +191.67% 30
Wales +15 10 £298 +48.75% 3
West Midlands -7 10 £525 +218.18% 21
Yorkshire -29 7 £530 +91.86% 13
Northern Ireland - 4 £195 - 1
East Midlands -16 1 - - 9
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (11.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (18.10%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.03%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.31%) SaaS
6 3 (2.59%) AWS
6 3 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (34.48%) WAN
2 35 (30.17%) LAN
3 32 (27.59%) Firewall
4 19 (16.38%) DNS
5 17 (14.66%) VPN
6 15 (12.93%) SD-WAN
7 14 (12.07%) Internet
8 13 (11.21%) Wireless
9 11 (9.48%) Cisco ISE
9 11 (9.48%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (9.48%) VoIP
10 8 (6.90%) Unified Communications
10 8 (6.90%) VLAN
11 7 (6.03%) DHCP
12 6 (5.17%) IPsec
12 6 (5.17%) NetScaler
12 6 (5.17%) Network Security
13 5 (4.31%) 4G
13 5 (4.31%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (4.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 38 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 7 (6.03%) Finance
3 7 (6.03%) Retail
4 5 (4.31%) Automotive
4 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.59%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.72%) Banking
6 2 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.86%) Back Office
7 1 (0.86%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.86%) Police
7 1 (0.86%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (30.17%) Network Engineer
2 33 (28.45%) Analyst
3 15 (12.93%) Service Analyst
3 15 (12.93%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (12.07%) Support Analyst
5 13 (11.21%) IT Support
6 11 (9.48%) Support Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Senior
8 8 (6.90%) IT Analyst
9 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.03%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (5.17%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (5.17%) Service Desk Support
10 6 (5.17%) Technical Services Analyst
11 5 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (4.31%) Call Centre Analyst
11 5 (4.31%) IT Engineer
11 5 (4.31%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (4.31%) Lead
11 5 (4.31%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.62%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.72%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.66%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.48%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (9.48%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.31%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.59%) iPhone
4 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.59%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.59%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.59%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.72%) CCTV
5 2 (1.72%) CMDB
5 2 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.86%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.86%) IBM XIV
6 1 (0.86%) Life Science
6 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (31.90%) Windows
2 14 (12.07%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.62%) Mac OS
4 6 (5.17%) Android
5 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.59%) Linux
7 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Customer Service
2 26 (22.41%) ITIL
3 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.38%) Incident Management
5 14 (12.07%) Mobile Device Management
5 14 (12.07%) Network Design
6 13 (11.21%) Load Balancing
7 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (9.48%) Network Architecture
7 11 (9.48%) Service Delivery
8 10 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (7.76%) ITSM
9 9 (7.76%) Mathematics
9 9 (7.76%) Migration
9 9 (7.76%) Network Management
9 9 (7.76%) Problem Management
9 9 (7.76%) Project Delivery
9 9 (7.76%) Project Management
10 8 (6.90%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.31%) Python
2 1 (0.86%) C
2 1 (0.86%) C++
Qualifications
1 27 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (13.79%) Degree
5 15 (12.93%) MCSA
6 14 (12.07%) A+ Certification
7 13 (11.21%) CCNA
8 8 (6.90%) CCNP
9 6 (5.17%) CCIE
10 3 (2.59%) ACSP
10 3 (2.59%) ACTC
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.72%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (1.72%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (0.86%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.45%) SLA
2 3 (2.59%) GDPR
3 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.86%) NIST
4 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 38 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.03%) Firmware
2 7 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.17%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (17.24%) SCCM
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.45%) Ansible
3 4 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.59%) AppManager
4 3 (2.59%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.72%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (1.72%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.72%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.86%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 40 (34.48%) Cisco
3 31 (26.72%) ServiceNow
4 19 (16.38%) Meraki
4 19 (16.38%) Palo Alto
5 15 (12.93%) Citrix
6 13 (11.21%) Apple
7 11 (9.48%) HP
8 10 (8.62%) MobileIron
9 8 (6.90%) F5
10 7 (6.03%) Aruba
10 7 (6.03%) VMware
11 6 (5.17%) McAfee
12 4 (3.45%) Fortinet
13 3 (2.59%) Ivanti
13 3 (2.59%) Juniper
14 2 (1.72%) Dell
14 2 (1.72%) Qualys
14 2 (1.72%) Remedy
14 2 (1.72%) Zscaler