WLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 356 380
Rank change year-on-year +41 +24 +44
Contract jobs citing WLAN 24 43 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.22% 1.25% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 44
10th Percentile £322 £220 £291
25th Percentile £325 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +41.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £466 £725 £490
90th Percentile £514 £775 £546
UK median daily rate £413 £531 £501
% change year-on-year -22.35% +5.99% +11.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23.92 £31.50
Median hourly rate - £24.87 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.64% +11.09%
75th Percentile - £25.83 £34.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £24.87 £33.00
% change year-on-year - -24.64% +16.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

WLAN 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 1,973 3,448 3,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 16.62% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,978 2,282
10th Percentile £200 £203 £210
25th Percentile £305 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £584
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 360 327
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
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 WLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +24 10 £325 -50.00% 7
North West +19 8 £325 - 4
East of England +29 6 £400 -30.43%
South West +38 3 £638 +6.25% 6
Scotland +13 3 £294 -33.80% 2
Yorkshire +3 2 - - 3
South East +41 1 £475 +22.58% 1
Midlands +10 1 £320 -57.33% 6
East Midlands - 1 £320 - 2
WLAN
UK

WLAN
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) LAN
2 18 (75.00%) WAN
3 12 (50.00%) Firewall
4 9 (37.50%) Network Security
4 9 (37.50%) Wireless
5 8 (33.33%) VPN
6 7 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
8 3 (12.50%) SAN
9 2 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (8.33%) EIGRP
9 2 (8.33%) Internet
9 2 (8.33%) OSPF
9 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (4.17%) Junos
10 1 (4.17%) Multicast
10 1 (4.17%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Automotive
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Industrial Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) IT Support
4 1 (4.17%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Support Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
2 6 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (20.83%) CMDB
4 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 4 (16.67%) Linux
4 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (8.33%) Unix
6 1 (4.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 5 (20.83%) Network Management
3 5 (20.83%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (20.83%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 3 (12.50%) Data Management
5 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.50%) Storage Management
5 3 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (33.33%) Degree
3 6 (25.00%) CCNA
4 3 (12.50%) CCNP
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CCIE
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) JNCIE
5 1 (4.17%) JNCIP
5 1 (4.17%) JNCIS
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) VMware NSX
2 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) FortiGate
2 3 (12.50%) Backup Exec
2 3 (12.50%) vCenter Server
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (4.17%) Ansible
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Cisco
2 8 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Symantec
4 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (12.50%) Meraki
4 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (12.50%) Veeam
5 2 (8.33%) Avaya
5 2 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (8.33%) Juniper
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle
6 1 (4.17%) AirMagnet
6 1 (4.17%) Aruba
6 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.17%) Ekahau
6 1 (4.17%) F5
6 1 (4.17%) FireEye
6 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds