Hybrid/Remote Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 263 232
Rank change year-on-year +4 -31 +162
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 49 62 142
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.53% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.58% 4.89% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 104
10th Percentile £185 £207 £313
25th Percentile £313 £347 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +2.78% -
75th Percentile £538 £528 £627
90th Percentile £578 £625 £743
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £30.60 - -
25th Percentile £33.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £14.56 -
Median % change year-on-year +133.52% - -
75th Percentile £35.00 - -
90th Percentile £56.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.36 £21.46 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.15% +2.19% +33.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,071 1,268 2,234
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 10.77% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 763 1,443
10th Percentile £309 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 30 79
10th Percentile £21.03 £18.11 £19.39
25th Percentile £35.25 £38.63 £20.66
Median hourly rate £64.25 £46.78 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +37.34% +0.84% -26.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.52 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.01 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £39.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.86% -28.18% +32.53%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wi-Fi and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Wi-Fi daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Wi-Fi hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.08%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
3 4 (8.16%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) GCP
5 1 (2.04%) IaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.04%) OCI
5 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (55.10%) Firewall
1 27 (55.10%) WAN
2 22 (44.90%) LAN
3 11 (22.45%) VPN
4 10 (20.41%) TCP/IP
5 9 (18.37%) VLAN
6 7 (14.29%) DNS
6 7 (14.29%) Internet
6 7 (14.29%) Wireless
7 6 (12.24%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (12.24%) DHCP
7 6 (12.24%) MPLS
7 6 (12.24%) SD-WAN
7 6 (12.24%) VoIP
8 5 (10.20%) BGP
8 5 (10.20%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (10.20%) OSPF
9 4 (8.16%) EIGRP
9 4 (8.16%) NetScaler
9 4 (8.16%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.24%) Local Government
4 5 (10.20%) Retail
4 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.12%) Finance
6 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.04%) Automotive
7 1 (2.04%) Billing
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Military
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Network Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Field Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Architect
5 4 (8.16%) Field Support Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) IT Support
5 4 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Data Network Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) Middleware
2 4 (8.16%) 802.1X
2 4 (8.16%) VML
3 1 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (36.73%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.16%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.04%) Blog
3 1 (2.04%) Clustering
3 1 (2.04%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.04%) IBM XIV
3 1 (2.04%) IoT
3 1 (2.04%) iPhone
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.04%) PKI
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.04%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.08%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.08%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.04%) Android
5 1 (2.04%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Load Balancing
2 10 (20.41%) Network Design
3 7 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (12.24%) Network Architecture
4 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.20%) Network Management
6 4 (8.16%) Configuration Management
6 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
6 4 (8.16%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (8.16%) ITSM
6 4 (8.16%) Logistics
6 4 (8.16%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.12%) Change Management
7 3 (6.12%) ITIL
7 3 (6.12%) Migration
7 3 (6.12%) PRINCE2
7 3 (6.12%) Project Management
7 3 (6.12%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) VB
2 2 (4.08%) VBScript
3 1 (2.04%) C
3 1 (2.04%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) CCNP
3 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
4 6 (12.24%) CCIE
5 4 (8.16%) CCNA
6 2 (4.08%) CCDP
6 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.04%) ACSP
7 1 (2.04%) ACTC
7 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.04%) CCDE
7 1 (2.04%) Degree
7 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (2.04%) GDPR
1 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.08%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (2.04%) Firmware
4 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) FortiGate
2 3 (6.12%) SCCM
3 2 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.04%) Ansible
4 1 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Cisco
2 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
3 12 (24.49%) Meraki
4 10 (20.41%) Aruba
4 10 (20.41%) Palo Alto
5 7 (14.29%) F5
6 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow
6 6 (12.24%) VMware
7 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.16%) Citrix
7 4 (8.16%) HP
7 4 (8.16%) Juniper
8 2 (4.08%) Okta
8 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.04%) Apple
9 1 (2.04%) Ekahau
9 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.04%) IBM
9 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.04%) Salesforce