Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 303 367
Rank change year-on-year +18 +64 +36
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 359 518 635
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.87% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.39% 7.03% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 337 371
10th Percentile £185 £160 £163
25th Percentile £250 £230 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £494 £518 £538
90th Percentile £596 £580 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £425 £363
% change year-on-year -20.59% +17.24% +14.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 41 56
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.77
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% +5.91%
75th Percentile £21.37 £63.00 £20.51
90th Percentile £40.00 £81.00 £22.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £18.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +16.13% -1.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +52 340 £360 -10.00% 214
UK excluding London +3 258 £338 -20.59% 174
London +63 81 £400 +14.29% 53
Work from Home +50 80 £433 -8.95% 72
South East -28 67 £371 -17.50% 46
East of England +40 65 £300 -34.78% 19
North of England +9 55 £360 -22.58% 45
South West +32 41 £259 +1.47% 25
Yorkshire +31 27 £325 -36.59% 17
Midlands +4 25 £350 -6.67% 24
North West -19 22 £458 -1.61% 24
West Midlands +25 19 £438 +36.72% 13
North East +18 6 £425 -2.86% 5
East Midlands +9 6 £325 -35.00% 11
Scotland -7 5 £325 -25.71% 9
Wales +7 2 £170 -60.00% 7

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (5.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.11%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 28 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.11%) Shopify
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 95 (26.46%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (8.64%) Azure
3 22 (6.13%) AWS
4 6 (1.67%) Entra ID
4 6 (1.67%) PaaS
4 6 (1.67%) SaaS
5 5 (1.39%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.11%) BigCommerce
6 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.11%) GCP
6 4 (1.11%) WhatsApp
7 3 (0.84%) IaaS
8 2 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.56%) GitHub
8 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.56%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.56%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.56%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.56%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 148 (41.23%) LAN
2 131 (36.49%) WAN
3 95 (26.46%) Firewall
4 70 (19.50%) VPN
5 47 (13.09%) DNS
6 42 (11.70%) DHCP
7 33 (9.19%) Wireless
8 32 (8.91%) BGP
9 31 (8.64%) OSPF
10 29 (8.08%) Cisco ASA
11 25 (6.96%) VoIP
12 24 (6.69%) SD-WAN
12 24 (6.69%) Structured Cabling
12 24 (6.69%) VLAN
13 23 (6.41%) MPLS
14 20 (5.57%) Cisco ISE
14 20 (5.57%) HSRP
15 18 (5.01%) EIGRP
15 18 (5.01%) IPsec
15 18 (5.01%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.11%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.34%) Git
2 6 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.39%) JIRA
3 5 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.28%) Hudson
General
1 99 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.70%) Retail
3 34 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.85%) Finance
6 12 (3.34%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.79%) Banking
8 8 (2.23%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.67%) Legal
11 5 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.39%) Marketing
12 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.56%) Automotive
13 2 (0.56%) French Language
13 2 (0.56%) Law
13 2 (0.56%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 78 (21.73%) Network Engineer
2 53 (14.76%) Analyst
3 41 (11.42%) Service Analyst
3 41 (11.42%) Service Desk Analyst
4 36 (10.03%) Project Manager
5 35 (9.75%) Architect
5 35 (9.75%) Network Architect
6 30 (8.36%) Support Engineer
7 23 (6.41%) IT Engineer
8 21 (5.85%) IT Support
9 20 (5.57%) Senior
10 16 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (3.90%) 1st Line Support
11 14 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.90%) Lead
12 12 (3.34%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
12 12 (3.34%) Consultant
12 12 (3.34%) Desktop Support
12 12 (3.34%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.57%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.18%) Jinja
3 6 (1.67%) LDAP
4 5 (1.39%) NETCONF
5 4 (1.11%) Node.js
6 3 (0.84%) JSON
6 3 (0.84%) RESTful
6 3 (0.84%) VML
6 3 (0.84%) XML
6 3 (0.84%) XMPP
6 3 (0.84%) YANG
7 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.28%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.04%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.57%) Clustering
3 19 (5.29%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.62%) Client/Server
5 9 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.95%) PKI
6 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.67%) Digital Signage
8 5 (1.39%) STB
9 4 (1.11%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.11%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.84%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.84%) Solar Power
11 2 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 75 (20.89%) Windows
2 37 (10.31%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.29%) Windows 7
3 19 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.46%) Linux
5 15 (4.18%) Unix
6 13 (3.62%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.51%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.11%) Android
10 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (17.27%) Customer Service
2 62 (17.27%) ITIL
3 47 (13.09%) Project Management
4 42 (11.70%) Incident Management
5 35 (9.75%) Network Management
6 32 (8.91%) Change Management
7 26 (7.24%) Migration
7 26 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (6.96%) Project Delivery
9 22 (6.13%) Data Protection
10 21 (5.85%) Decision-Making
10 21 (5.85%) PRINCE2
11 20 (5.57%) Load Balancing
12 18 (5.01%) DevOps
12 18 (5.01%) Risk Management
13 17 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (4.74%) Network Design
13 17 (4.74%) Software Engineering
14 16 (4.46%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.31%) Python
2 27 (7.52%) Perl
3 24 (6.69%) Tcl
4 22 (6.13%) C
5 21 (5.85%) PowerShell
6 17 (4.74%) SQL
7 14 (3.90%) C++
8 4 (1.11%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.11%) Go
9 2 (0.56%) Swift
10 1 (0.28%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 55 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.26%) A+ Certification
3 44 (12.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (11.42%) MCSA
5 39 (10.86%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (9.75%) Degree
7 32 (8.91%) CCNA
8 29 (8.08%) CCNP
9 12 (3.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (2.23%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.39%) MCP
13 5 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.11%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.11%) MCSE
15 3 (0.84%) CCIE
15 3 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.34%) QA
2 11 (3.06%) SLA
3 4 (1.11%) NCSC
4 3 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.56%) PMO
5 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 70 (19.50%) Active Directory
2 42 (11.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.74%) Firmware
4 16 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.46%) VMware Workstation
5 9 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.23%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (1.95%) KVM
8 5 (1.39%) Docker
9 2 (0.56%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.28%) vSphere
10 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (6.96%) SCCM
2 23 (6.41%) Ansible
3 14 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.79%) NetBackup
5 9 (2.51%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.23%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (2.23%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (2.23%) Nagios
7 7 (1.95%) Terraform
7 7 (1.95%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.67%) Autotask
9 3 (0.84%) AppManager
10 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.56%) Nmap
10 2 (0.56%) OpenNMS
10 2 (0.56%) SCOM
10 2 (0.56%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (36.77%) Cisco
2 80 (22.28%) Microsoft
3 69 (19.22%) Citrix
4 50 (13.93%) Juniper
5 48 (13.37%) VMware
6 43 (11.98%) Palo Alto
7 42 (11.70%) ServiceNow
8 40 (11.14%) Meraki
9 33 (9.19%) Aruba
10 22 (6.13%) F5
11 18 (5.01%) Apple
11 18 (5.01%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.90%) Brocade
12 14 (3.90%) CheckPoint
13 13 (3.62%) Fortinet
14 12 (3.34%) HP
15 11 (3.06%) 3Com
16 9 (2.51%) NetApp
17 8 (2.23%) Hitachi
18 6 (1.67%) Datto