Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Wales

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 46 45
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +21
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 10 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.63% 0.46% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.41% 3.33% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £282 - £259
25th Percentile £291 - £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £200 £388
Median % change year-on-year +48.75% -48.39% +142.19%
75th Percentile £300 - £522
90th Percentile £326 - £550
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £20.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -18.50% -61.17% +212.12%

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 34 60 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 8.95% 13.89% 17.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 65
10th Percentile £190 £172 £202
25th Percentile £201 £210 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £241 £375
Median % change year-on-year +23.32% -35.67% -28.91%
75th Percentile £405 £376 £550
90th Percentile £448 £546 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -73.01% - -
UK median hourly rate £41.72 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.56% -11.49% +50.64%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Wales

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

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 5 October 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 - 9 £300 - 1
North Wales - 1 £205 - 1
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
1 8 (80.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Life Science
2 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Android
2 2 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 5 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Apple
1 7 (70.00%) HP
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) MobileIron
2 5 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (10.00%) Remedy