802.11 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IEEE 802.11
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring 802.11 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 802.11 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 331 464
Rank change year-on-year +29 +133 +156
Contract jobs citing 802.11 2 14 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.091% 0.050%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.19% 0.87% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile - - £405
25th Percentile £463 £406 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £431 £486
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -11.27% -23.76%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £544
90th Percentile - - £562
UK median daily rate £454 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +10.06% -13.16% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76.50
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.81
90th Percentile - - £81.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £78.75
% change year-on-year - - +142.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

802.11 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

802.11
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.11 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

802.11 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

802.11
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.11.

802.11 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

802.11
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.11.

802.11 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

802.11
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (100.00%) Broadband
1 2 (100.00%) DOCSIS
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DSL
2 1 (50.00%) GPON
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) PPP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) ZigBee
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Digital TV
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Home
1 1 (50.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C