Wi-Fi Contracts in Wales

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 43 51
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 3 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.05% 0.51% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.41% 5.56% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £231 - £146
25th Percentile £285 - £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £170 £463
Median % change year-on-year +135.29% -63.24% -2.63%
75th Percentile £456 - £509
90th Percentile £475 - £564
UK median daily rate £438 £398 £425
% change year-on-year +10.06% -6.47% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.17 -
UK median hourly rate £15.44 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.42% -10.81% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 68 36 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.78% 9.18% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 22 78
10th Percentile £166 £172 £259
25th Percentile £213 £199 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -35.00% +17.07%
75th Percentile £438 £588 £550
90th Percentile £471 £687 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.75 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.68% - -
75th Percentile £43.13 £17.97 -
90th Percentile £50.00 £18.69 -
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.88
% change year-on-year -23.25% +111.92% -31.36%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Wales

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in Wales

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Wales over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Wales

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in Wales

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 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
South Wales +7 2 £300 +76.47% 6
West Wales - 1 £475 -
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Aerohive Networks
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Ekahau
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds