Wi-Fi Contracts in the South East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 106 113
Rank change year-on-year -27 +7 +41
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 68 110 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.20% 1.94% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.65% 11.36% 12.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 60 71
10th Percentile £183 £185 £150
25th Percentile £250 £239 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £440 £410
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +7.32% +19.71%
75th Percentile £473 £525 £675
90th Percentile £486 £655 £775
England median daily rate £398 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.00% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 22
10th Percentile - £18.25 -
25th Percentile - £60.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +275.76% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £80.25 £22.25
90th Percentile - £80.40 -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,203 968 1,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.30% 17.08% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 575 782
10th Percentile £205 £245 £206
25th Percentile £375 £367 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £562
90th Percentile £650 £700 £653
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 72 78
10th Percentile £16.68 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.20 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +170.71% -42.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Hampshire -12 33 £413 +71.88% 4
Thames Valley -7 14 £425 -11.05% 25
Kent +12 7 £338 +206.82% 7
Middlesex +2 7 - -
Buckinghamshire +26 6 £400 -15.84% 3
Surrey +13 4 £405 - 1
Oxfordshire +7 4 £465 +6.29% 10
Berkshire -34 4 - - 12
East Sussex +6 2 £170 -75.71%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.82%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) AWS
3 3 (4.41%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.94%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.94%) IaaS
4 2 (2.94%) PaaS
4 2 (2.94%) SaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (52.94%) WAN
2 34 (50.00%) LAN
3 30 (44.12%) VPN
4 11 (16.18%) Firewall
5 7 (10.29%) 802.11
5 7 (10.29%) DNS
5 7 (10.29%) Network Security
6 6 (8.82%) VLAN
7 5 (7.35%) DHCP
8 3 (4.41%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (4.41%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (4.41%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (4.41%) Internet
8 3 (4.41%) Junos
8 3 (4.41%) SD-WAN
8 3 (4.41%) WebEx
9 2 (2.94%) NX-OS
9 2 (2.94%) Wireshark
10 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.47%) IPsec
General
1 27 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.29%) Retail
3 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.41%) Finance
4 3 (4.41%) French Language
5 2 (2.94%) Automotive
5 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.94%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (2.94%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (29.41%) Architect
1 20 (29.41%) Network Architect
2 12 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) IT Support
4 7 (10.29%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Software Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (7.35%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Field Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.41%) Consultant
8 3 (4.41%) Deskside Support
8 3 (4.41%) Installations Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.94%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.41%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Digital Signage
1 7 (10.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) Windows
2 11 (16.18%) Windows 10
3 9 (13.24%) Apple iOS
4 8 (11.76%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.94%) Android
5 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.35%) Project Management
2 19 (27.94%) Project Delivery
3 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 7 (10.29%) CRM
5 7 (10.29%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (10.29%) Software Engineering
6 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (5.88%) Network Design
8 3 (4.41%) Information Security
8 3 (4.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.41%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (2.94%) Analytics
9 2 (2.94%) Infrastructure Management
9 2 (2.94%) Inventory Management
9 2 (2.94%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.94%) Logistics
9 2 (2.94%) Server Management
9 2 (2.94%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 2 (2.94%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) C
1 7 (10.29%) C++
1 7 (10.29%) Perl
1 7 (10.29%) SQL
1 7 (10.29%) Tcl
2 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.35%) CCNA
4 4 (5.88%) CCNP
4 4 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.41%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.47%) CCIE
6 1 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) SLA
2 3 (4.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.94%) PMO
3 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (22.06%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) SCCM
2 3 (4.41%) AppManager
3 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Cisco
2 21 (30.88%) Juniper
3 18 (26.47%) Microsoft
4 12 (17.65%) VMware
5 8 (11.76%) Aruba
6 7 (10.29%) HP
7 6 (8.82%) Meraki
8 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
9 4 (5.88%) Apple
10 3 (4.41%) Ivanti
11 2 (2.94%) Google
11 2 (2.94%) SolarWinds
12 1 (1.47%) CheckPoint
12 1 (1.47%) Zscaler