Wi-Fi Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 285 297
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +110
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 35 67 158
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.46% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.16% 4.33% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 44 105
10th Percentile £295 £300 £250
25th Percentile £413 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -0.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £515 £580
90th Percentile £576 £614 £743
UK median daily rate £425 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile - £14.88 £62.19
Median hourly rate - £15.75 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year - -79.94% +265.12%
75th Percentile - £16.63 £80.44
90th Percentile - - £81.00
UK median hourly rate £15.44 £17.84 £61.00
% change year-on-year -13.43% -70.76% +269.70%

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 1,108 1,549 2,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.94% 10.58% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 999 1,864
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.50% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 70 106
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £19.00
25th Percentile £40.50 £14.27 £31.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £87.46 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +100.00% -22.57%

Wi-Fi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Wi-Fi daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Asana
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 11 (31.43%) WAN
3 10 (28.57%) LAN
4 9 (25.71%) SD-WAN
5 7 (20.00%) VPN
5 7 (20.00%) Wireless
6 5 (14.29%) BGP
6 5 (14.29%) IPsec
6 5 (14.29%) Network Security
6 5 (14.29%) OSPF
7 4 (11.43%) Bluetooth
7 4 (11.43%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (11.43%) EIGRP
7 4 (11.43%) Internet
8 3 (8.57%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (8.57%) HSRP
8 3 (8.57%) MPLS
8 3 (8.57%) VoIP
9 2 (5.71%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (5.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) KGDB
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Banking
4 3 (8.57%) Local Government
4 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Electronics
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) Senior
3 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Lead
5 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Documentation Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
1 4 (11.43%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.71%) CCTV
2 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.86%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.86%) IoT
3 1 (2.86%) iPhone
3 1 (2.86%) IVR
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) PKI
3 1 (2.86%) Replication
3 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
3 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.86%) Android
5 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.86%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) ITIL
2 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (14.29%) Network Management
2 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (11.43%) ITSM
3 4 (11.43%) Network Design
3 4 (11.43%) Service Management
4 3 (8.57%) Linux Kernel Development
4 3 (8.57%) Load Balancing
4 3 (8.57%) Network Architecture
4 3 (8.57%) Open Source
4 3 (8.57%) Software Engineering
4 3 (8.57%) Validation
5 2 (5.71%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.71%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.71%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) C
2 1 (2.86%) Embedded C
2 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (17.14%) CCNP
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) CCIE
3 3 (8.57%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) ACSP
4 1 (2.86%) ACTC
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Firmware
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) Plesk
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Cisco
2 12 (34.29%) Palo Alto
3 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (17.14%) Meraki
5 4 (11.43%) Aruba
6 3 (8.57%) CheckPoint
6 3 (8.57%) SolarWinds
7 2 (5.71%) Apple
7 2 (5.71%) F5
7 2 (5.71%) HP
7 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
7 2 (5.71%) VMware
7 2 (5.71%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.86%) BMC
8 1 (2.86%) BT
8 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.86%) Juniper
8 1 (2.86%) NetScout
8 1 (2.86%) Rackspace
8 1 (2.86%) Splunk