WLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 382 418
Rank change year-on-year +37 +36 -16
Contract jobs citing WLAN 40 64 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.22% 1.84% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 43 53
10th Percentile £220 £300 £171
25th Percentile £373 £335 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £750 £486 £513
90th Percentile £775 £519 £573
UK median daily rate £450 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.32% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £26.26
25th Percentile £23.92 £31.50 £28.41
Median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +6.45% -4.62%
75th Percentile £25.83 £34.50 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.87 £33.00 £29.71
% change year-on-year -24.64% +11.09% -8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

WLAN 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,272 3,477 4,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.10% 15.13% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,193 2,656
10th Percentile £203 £207 £185
25th Percentile £348 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 310 243
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.88
Median hourly rate £45.88 £17.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +158.48% -17.44% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.67 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.83 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +13.64%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Midlands +33 10 £750 +130.77% 6
West Midlands +28 10 £750 +130.77% 3
South West +3 9 £588 +56.67% 3
North of England +15 6 - - 1
East of England +14 6 £575 - 4
South East -3 5 £388 -13.89% 8
Yorkshire +16 4 - - 1
Scotland +44 3 £444 +4.41%
Wales +22 2 £220 +10.00% 1
North West +2 2 - -
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (87.50%) LAN
2 30 (75.00%) WAN
3 22 (55.00%) Firewall
4 12 (30.00%) MPLS
4 12 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 12 (30.00%) VPN
5 10 (25.00%) Internet
5 10 (25.00%) VoIP
5 10 (25.00%) Wireless
6 9 (22.50%) PBX
7 7 (17.50%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (17.50%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (12.50%) DHCP
8 5 (12.50%) DNS
9 4 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (5.00%) NetScaler
10 2 (5.00%) Network Security
11 1 (2.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
1 9 (22.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.50%) Finance
2 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Senior
4 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Network Technician
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Network Technician
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Technician
6 3 (7.50%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Lead
6 3 (7.50%) Network Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Technical Leader
7 2 (5.00%) Database Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Domain Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Field Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.50%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (45.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (27.50%) Operational Technology
3 5 (12.50%) CMDB
4 4 (10.00%) NHS
5 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
5 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
5 3 (7.50%) Private Cloud
5 3 (7.50%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (7.50%) Solar Power
6 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.00%) Unix
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.50%) Linux
5 1 (2.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 10 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 10 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 9 (22.50%) Analytics
2 9 (22.50%) Architectural Design
2 9 (22.50%) Data Analytics
2 9 (22.50%) SOA
2 9 (22.50%) Storage Management
3 7 (17.50%) Customer Requirements
3 7 (17.50%) ITIL
3 7 (17.50%) Mentoring
3 7 (17.50%) Migration
3 7 (17.50%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 6 (15.00%) Resource Management
5 5 (12.50%) Edge Computing
5 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 5 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Bash
1 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (22.50%) CCIE
2 9 (22.50%) CCIE Data Center
3 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) CCNA
4 4 (10.00%) CCNP
4 4 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Cisco
2 13 (32.50%) Palo Alto
3 7 (17.50%) Fortinet
4 6 (15.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (12.50%) Infoblox
5 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 5 (12.50%) Symantec
5 5 (12.50%) Zscaler
6 4 (10.00%) Meraki
7 3 (7.50%) Citrix
7 3 (7.50%) SolarWinds
7 3 (7.50%) VMware
8 2 (5.00%) Avaya
8 2 (5.00%) Dell
8 2 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (5.00%) F5
8 2 (5.00%) Oracle
8 2 (5.00%) SonicWALL
8 2 (5.00%) WatchGuard
9 1 (2.50%) Ubiquiti