Wi-Fi Contracts in England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 293 337
Rank change year-on-year +40 +44 +30
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 340 424 569
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.92% 0.85% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.89% 6.94% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 273 327
10th Percentile £185 £163 £165
25th Percentile £250 £248 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £494 £525 £538
90th Percentile £597 £588 £651
UK median daily rate £398 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -6.47% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 36 56
10th Percentile £14.16 - -
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% -5.71%
75th Percentile £21.44 £60.75 £19.06
90th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £22.25
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.12% +5.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,938 6,112 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,985 4,015 5,213
10th Percentile £206 £237 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 434 305
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
London +77 82 £413 +6.45% 74
East of England +33 66 £300 -35.83% 24
South East -26 64 £338 -25.00% 56
North of England +8 57 £370 -22.11% 44
South West +33 40 £250 -9.91% 19
Yorkshire +32 27 £325 -36.59% 16
Midlands +13 24 £338 -6.90% 27
North West -7 23 £450 -6.35% 25
West Midlands +15 18 £400 +45.45% 13
North East +17 7 £425 -10.53% 4
East Midlands +11 6 £325 -35.00% 14
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.59%) Confluence
4 2 (0.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 28 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Shopify
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 94 (27.65%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (8.82%) Azure
3 21 (6.18%) AWS
4 6 (1.76%) PaaS
4 6 (1.76%) SaaS
5 5 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.18%) BigCommerce
6 4 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.18%) GCP
6 4 (1.18%) WhatsApp
7 3 (0.88%) IaaS
8 2 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.59%) GitHub
8 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.59%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.59%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 140 (41.18%) LAN
2 119 (35.00%) WAN
3 90 (26.47%) Firewall
4 65 (19.12%) VPN
5 47 (13.82%) DNS
6 41 (12.06%) DHCP
7 30 (8.82%) BGP
8 29 (8.53%) OSPF
9 28 (8.24%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (7.94%) Wireless
11 24 (7.06%) VoIP
12 22 (6.47%) Structured Cabling
12 22 (6.47%) VLAN
13 19 (5.59%) IPsec
13 19 (5.59%) MPLS
14 18 (5.29%) Cisco ISE
14 18 (5.29%) HSRP
14 18 (5.29%) SAN
14 18 (5.29%) SD-WAN
15 17 (5.00%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.18%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.53%) Git
2 7 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 93 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.47%) Retail
3 33 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.29%) Finance
6 10 (2.94%) Banking
6 10 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.35%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.76%) Legal
10 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.47%) Marketing
11 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.59%) Automotive
12 2 (0.59%) French Language
12 2 (0.59%) Law
12 2 (0.59%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 72 (21.18%) Network Engineer
2 54 (15.88%) Analyst
3 42 (12.35%) Service Analyst
4 41 (12.06%) Service Desk Analyst
5 34 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 33 (9.71%) Architect
6 33 (9.71%) Network Architect
7 29 (8.53%) Support Engineer
8 22 (6.47%) IT Engineer
9 21 (6.18%) IT Support
10 19 (5.59%) Senior
11 15 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (4.41%) Lead
12 14 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
13 13 (3.82%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
14 12 (3.53%) Desktop Support
14 12 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
15 11 (3.24%) Senior Network Engineer
15 11 (3.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.71%) 802.1X
2 14 (4.12%) Jinja
3 6 (1.76%) LDAP
4 4 (1.18%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.18%) Node.js
5 3 (0.88%) VML
5 3 (0.88%) XMPP
6 2 (0.59%) JSON
6 2 (0.59%) RESTful
6 2 (0.59%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.59%) XML
6 2 (0.59%) YANG
7 1 (0.29%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.29%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.88%) Clustering
3 17 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.82%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.76%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.76%) PKI
8 5 (1.47%) STB
9 4 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.88%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.88%) Solar Power
11 2 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (21.47%) Windows
2 36 (10.59%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.59%) Windows 7
4 18 (5.29%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.71%) Linux
6 15 (4.41%) Unix
7 12 (3.53%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.65%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.88%) Android
13 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.29%) CentOS
14 1 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (18.53%) ITIL
3 62 (18.24%) Customer Service
4 46 (13.53%) Project Management
5 43 (12.65%) Incident Management
6 34 (10.00%) Change Management
7 31 (9.12%) Network Management
8 27 (7.94%) Migration
8 27 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (7.35%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.76%) Data Protection
11 20 (5.88%) Decision-Making
11 20 (5.88%) PRINCE2
12 18 (5.29%) DevOps
12 18 (5.29%) Load Balancing
12 18 (5.29%) Risk Management
13 15 (4.41%) Agile
13 15 (4.41%) Line Management
13 15 (4.41%) Network Design
13 15 (4.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.59%) Python
2 25 (7.35%) Perl
3 22 (6.47%) Tcl
4 21 (6.18%) C
4 21 (6.18%) PowerShell
5 17 (5.00%) SQL
6 13 (3.82%) C++
7 4 (1.18%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.18%) Go
8 2 (0.59%) Bash
8 2 (0.59%) Swift
9 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.24%) A+ Certification
3 45 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (12.06%) MCSA
5 37 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (10.00%) Degree
7 32 (9.41%) CCNA
8 28 (8.24%) CCNP
9 12 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.18%) MCP
14 3 (0.88%) MCSE
14 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.82%) QA
2 11 (3.24%) SLA
3 3 (0.88%) GDPR
3 3 (0.88%) NCSC
4 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.59%) PMO
4 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 70 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 41 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.00%) Firmware
4 16 (4.71%) Hyper-V
5 15 (4.41%) VMware Workstation
6 9 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (2.06%) KVM
9 5 (1.47%) Docker
10 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.29%) vSphere
11 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (7.35%) SCCM
2 21 (6.18%) Ansible
3 14 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.94%) NetBackup
5 9 (2.65%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (2.35%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (2.35%) Nagios
7 7 (2.06%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.76%) Autotask
8 6 (1.76%) Terraform
9 3 (0.88%) AppManager
10 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) Nmap
10 2 (0.59%) OpenNMS
10 2 (0.59%) SCOM
10 2 (0.59%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 125 (36.76%) Cisco
2 79 (23.24%) Microsoft
3 70 (20.59%) Citrix
4 48 (14.12%) Juniper
5 47 (13.82%) VMware
6 43 (12.65%) ServiceNow
7 38 (11.18%) Palo Alto
8 35 (10.29%) Meraki
9 33 (9.71%) Aruba
10 22 (6.47%) F5
11 17 (5.00%) Apple
11 17 (5.00%) SolarWinds
12 14 (4.12%) Brocade
13 13 (3.82%) CheckPoint
14 12 (3.53%) HP
15 11 (3.24%) 3Com
15 11 (3.24%) Fortinet
16 9 (2.65%) NetApp
17 8 (2.35%) Hitachi
18 6 (1.76%) Datto