Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 273 256
Rank change year-on-year -52 -17 +55
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 327 275 410
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.93% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.46% 6.97% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 171 239
10th Percentile £184 £200 £190
25th Percentile £231 £243 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £523
90th Percentile £538 £600 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £290 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -27.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 38
10th Percentile £12.43 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £15.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.73 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% -1.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £19.81 £21.46 £21.46
90th Percentile £30.72 - £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,382 3,944 5,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.15% 13.36% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,833 2,414 3,595
10th Percentile £213 £210 £205
25th Percentile £367 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £496 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +4.46% -8.65%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 140 393
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.18 £21.46 £18.93
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% +7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £70.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +30.00% -29.16% +145.87%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the UK

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Top 16 Contract Job 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 14 March 2026. 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 -65 285 £400 -11.11% 177
UK excluding London -22 220 £290 -27.50% 165
London -65 99 £450 -7.88% 38
North of England -48 73 £450 +20.00% 29
Work from Home -18 71 £450 -4.00% 48
East of England -13 44 £350 +42.86% 30
South East -28 44 £260 -35.00% 52
North West -34 42 £525 +16.67% 17
Yorkshire -35 30 £290 +18.37% 11
Scotland +26 23 £275 -34.33% 9
Midlands -55 20 £188 +4.17% 35
West Midlands -60 17 £188 -6.25% 18
Wales -1 11 £290 +45.00% 4
South West -40 6 £281 -31.82% 14
North East -14 1 £225 -67.27% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £175 - 1

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 50 (15.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.34%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.06%) Confluence
4 9 (2.75%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (11.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.53%) Acrobat
3 5 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 128 (39.14%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (28.13%) Azure
3 38 (11.62%) Entra ID
3 38 (11.62%) OneDrive
4 24 (7.34%) SaaS
5 16 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.67%) AWS
6 12 (3.67%) PaaS
7 9 (2.75%) IaaS
8 6 (1.83%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.53%) Datadog
10 4 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.22%) GCP
10 4 (1.22%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.92%) Catchpoint
11 3 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.92%) Route 53
11 3 (0.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 131 (40.06%) WAN
2 125 (38.23%) LAN
3 101 (30.89%) Firewall
4 84 (25.69%) VPN
5 59 (18.04%) DNS
6 54 (16.51%) DHCP
7 53 (16.21%) VLAN
8 41 (12.54%) TCP/IP
9 38 (11.62%) Wireless
10 36 (11.01%) SD-WAN
11 29 (8.87%) Network Security
12 23 (7.03%) OSPF
13 22 (6.73%) BGP
14 21 (6.42%) Internet
15 20 (6.12%) Cisco Nexus
16 19 (5.81%) Cisco ISE
17 16 (4.89%) Unified Communications
18 14 (4.28%) 4G
19 12 (3.67%) VoIP
20 11 (3.36%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.92%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.50%) JIRA
2 5 (1.53%) Chocolatey
2 5 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.31%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 136 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 31 (9.48%) Public Sector
3 17 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.67%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.75%) Finance
6 8 (2.45%) Military
6 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.14%) Banking
7 7 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.14%) Legal
8 6 (1.83%) Local Government
8 6 (1.83%) Retail
8 6 (1.83%) Spanish Language
9 5 (1.53%) Automotive
10 3 (0.92%) Polish Language
11 2 (0.61%) Electronics
11 2 (0.61%) Law
11 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (23.85%) Network Engineer
2 77 (23.55%) IT Support
3 59 (18.04%) Support Engineer
4 47 (14.37%) IT Engineer
5 41 (12.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 40 (12.23%) Analyst
7 31 (9.48%) Architect
8 28 (8.56%) Support Analyst
9 24 (7.34%) Senior
10 19 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (5.20%) Network Architect
12 16 (4.89%) IT Analyst
12 16 (4.89%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.98%) IT Support Analyst
14 12 (3.67%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (3.36%) IT Technician
15 11 (3.36%) Technical Architect
16 10 (3.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 10 (3.06%) Field Engineer
16 10 (3.06%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.26%) 802.1X
2 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.83%) X-Windows
4 4 (1.22%) VML
5 1 (0.31%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.68%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.65%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.20%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.98%) IoT
5 10 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.75%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.45%) CMDB
7 8 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.22%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.92%) CCTV
11 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.92%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.61%) iPhone
12 2 (0.61%) Wiki
13 1 (0.31%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 161 (49.24%) Windows
2 51 (15.60%) Windows 10
3 16 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.59%) Apple iOS
5 14 (4.28%) Mac OS
6 12 (3.67%) Linux
6 12 (3.67%) Windows 7
7 11 (3.36%) Android
8 6 (1.83%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (13.46%) Customer Service
2 44 (13.46%) ITIL
3 35 (10.70%) ITSM
4 32 (9.79%) Network Design
5 31 (9.48%) Migration
6 30 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (7.95%) Change Management
8 25 (7.65%) Load Balancing
8 25 (7.65%) Network Architecture
8 25 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (5.81%) Mobile Device Management
11 18 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (4.89%) Incident Management
13 15 (4.59%) Agile
13 15 (4.59%) Project Management
13 15 (4.59%) Service Management
14 14 (4.28%) Network Monitoring
14 14 (4.28%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.17%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.89%) Python
3 9 (2.75%) VB
3 9 (2.75%) VBScript
4 7 (2.14%) SQL
5 2 (0.61%) C
Qualifications
1 76 (23.24%) Security Cleared
2 61 (18.65%) SC Cleared
3 49 (14.98%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (11.93%) CCNP
5 22 (6.73%) Degree
6 21 (6.42%) CCIE
7 18 (5.50%) CCNA
8 13 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.06%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.22%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.22%) PMP
12 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.92%) JNCIP
12 3 (0.92%) MCSA
13 2 (0.61%) CCIE Wireless
13 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.98%) SLA
2 10 (3.06%) QA
3 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.22%) NIST
4 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.61%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 122 (37.31%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.36%) BitLocker
3 7 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.92%) vSphere
7 2 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (15.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (15.29%) SCCM
3 12 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.45%) Ansible
5 8 (2.45%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.83%) CASB
6 6 (1.83%) SCOrch
7 4 (1.22%) Terraform
8 2 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.31%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 149 (45.57%) Microsoft
2 83 (25.38%) Cisco
3 46 (14.07%) Meraki
4 45 (13.76%) ServiceNow
5 42 (12.84%) Palo Alto
6 39 (11.93%) Aruba
7 20 (6.12%) Apple
8 18 (5.50%) Fortinet
8 18 (5.50%) HP
9 17 (5.20%) Juniper
10 16 (4.89%) Ekahau
10 16 (4.89%) VMware
11 15 (4.59%) MobileIron
12 14 (4.28%) F5
13 12 (3.67%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.75%) Citrix
15 8 (2.45%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.14%) Adobe
16 7 (2.14%) Infoblox
17 6 (1.83%) Arista