Wi-Fi Contracts

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 274 296
Rank change year-on-year -21 +22 +54
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 236 349 487
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.81% 0.81% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.34% 6.43% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 173 324
10th Percentile £204 £185 £160
25th Percentile £285 £250 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £381
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +4.92% -4.69%
75th Percentile £536 £494 £500
90th Percentile £600 £555 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £338 £394
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 63 34
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.29 £16.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.42 £74.81
90th Percentile £27.14 £40.00 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.14 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.24% -10.81% +15.63%

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 3,725 5,430 7,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.77% 12.66% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,279 3,247 4,591
10th Percentile £220 £206 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £477 £475
% change year-on-year -2.52% +0.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 413 449
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £59.80
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £45.88 £18.22
% change year-on-year -34.61% +151.88% -15.28%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Top 15 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 31 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
England -16 217 £425 +6.25% 440
UK excluding London -33 140 £375 +11.11% 342
London +59 84 £475 +18.75% 129
North of England +15 50 £425 +9.68% 70
Work from Home +15 43 £463 +2.95% 248
North West +30 42 £400 -17.95% 31
South East +8 30 £375 -7.41% 68
East of England -6 28 £232 -19.39% 46
West Midlands +8 11 £300 +50.00% 48
Midlands +3 11 £300 -7.69% 75
Scotland +10 10 £425 +30.77% 27
South West +11 7 £255 -49.00% 56
Wales +6 5 £325 +91.18% 7
Yorkshire -4 4 £563 +73.08% 30
North East -5 3 £600 +45.45% 12

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 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
2 17 (7.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 86 (36.44%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (14.41%) Azure
3 14 (5.93%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.08%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.54%) AWS
6 5 (2.12%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.85%) IaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Asana
10 1 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.42%) PaaS
10 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.42%) SaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 98 (41.53%) Firewall
2 90 (38.14%) WAN
3 71 (30.08%) LAN
4 42 (17.80%) VPN
5 35 (14.83%) Wireless
6 25 (10.59%) DNS
6 25 (10.59%) Network Security
7 24 (10.17%) SD-WAN
8 22 (9.32%) Cisco ISE
8 22 (9.32%) DHCP
9 20 (8.47%) BGP
10 19 (8.05%) VLAN
11 18 (7.63%) OSPF
12 17 (7.20%) Internet
12 17 (7.20%) IPsec
13 16 (6.78%) NetScaler
14 15 (6.36%) VoIP
15 13 (5.51%) WLAN
16 12 (5.08%) MPLS
17 11 (4.66%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) KGDB
2 2 (0.85%) eggPlant
2 2 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.41%) Finance
3 20 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.81%) Retail
8 6 (2.54%) Banking
9 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.69%) Games
10 4 (1.69%) Local Government
10 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Aviation
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Legal
13 1 (0.42%) Electronics
13 1 (0.42%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (33.47%) Network Engineer
2 33 (13.98%) Analyst
3 31 (13.14%) Support Engineer
4 26 (11.02%) Service Analyst
4 26 (11.02%) Service Desk Analyst
5 25 (10.59%) IT Support
6 23 (9.75%) Senior
7 19 (8.05%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (7.63%) IT Engineer
8 18 (7.63%) Technical Services Analyst
9 16 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (6.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
11 14 (5.93%) Architect
12 12 (5.08%) Lead
12 12 (5.08%) Senior Network Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) Cisco Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) Project Manager
14 8 (3.39%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.02%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.85%) .NET
2 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.85%) XML
3 1 (0.42%) ADO
3 1 (0.42%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.14%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.90%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (3.39%) CCTV
4 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.12%) CMDB
5 5 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.69%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.27%) IVR
7 3 (1.27%) PKI
7 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.85%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.85%) NHS
8 2 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.27%) Windows
2 34 (14.41%) Windows 10
3 12 (5.08%) Linux
4 11 (4.66%) Windows Server
5 10 (4.24%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.81%) Android
7 7 (2.97%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.12%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.42%) Unix
10 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.42%) ITIL
2 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (21.19%) Customer Service
4 32 (13.56%) Network Design
5 30 (12.71%) Incident Management
6 28 (11.86%) Load Balancing
6 28 (11.86%) Network Management
6 28 (11.86%) Service Delivery
7 24 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (9.75%) Mathematics
9 18 (7.63%) ITSM
10 17 (7.20%) Network Architecture
11 15 (6.36%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.36%) Project Management
12 14 (5.93%) Migration
12 14 (5.93%) Network Monitoring
12 14 (5.93%) Service Management
13 13 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (5.08%) Impact Assessments
15 11 (4.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.66%) Python
2 10 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.69%) Perl
3 4 (1.69%) VB
3 4 (1.69%) VBScript
4 2 (0.85%) C#
4 2 (0.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.42%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.42%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 50 (21.19%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.76%) SC Cleared
3 31 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (12.71%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (11.86%) A+ Certification
6 27 (11.44%) MCSA
7 21 (8.90%) Degree
8 17 (7.20%) CCNA
9 15 (6.36%) CCNP
10 7 (2.97%) CCIE
11 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.85%) CWNA
13 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.85%) MCSE
14 1 (0.42%) BICSI Certification
14 1 (0.42%) BICSI RCDD
14 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.66%) SLA
2 3 (1.27%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (32.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.97%) BitLocker
4 5 (2.12%) Firmware
5 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.63%) SCCM
2 11 (4.66%) Ansible
3 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.97%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.69%) AppManager
6 3 (1.27%) SCOrch
6 3 (1.27%) Terraform
7 2 (0.85%) CASB
7 2 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.42%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.42%) Netcool
8 1 (0.42%) Plesk
8 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 98 (41.53%) Cisco
2 90 (38.14%) Microsoft
3 51 (21.61%) Palo Alto
4 46 (19.49%) Meraki
5 38 (16.10%) ServiceNow
6 30 (12.71%) Citrix
7 14 (5.93%) Aruba
7 14 (5.93%) SolarWinds
8 13 (5.51%) F5
8 13 (5.51%) VMware
9 12 (5.08%) Juniper
10 11 (4.66%) CheckPoint
11 9 (3.81%) Apple
11 9 (3.81%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.39%) Arista
12 8 (3.39%) Ekahau
12 8 (3.39%) Zscaler
13 7 (2.97%) HP
14 6 (2.54%) AirMagnet
15 5 (2.12%) Google