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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 112 115
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +37
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 65 111 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.19% 1.98% 2.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.44% 12.08% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 56 70
10th Percentile £170 £185 £170
25th Percentile £203 £235 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £440 £413
Median % change year-on-year -23.30% +6.67% +22.22%
75th Percentile £419 £525 £663
90th Percentile £475 £578 £775
England median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +275.76% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £71.63 £22.25
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
England 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
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 1,195 919 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.91% 16.41% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 553 764
10th Percentile £205 £244 £200
25th Percentile £363 £372 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £453
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.08% +6.59%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £563
90th Percentile £646 £700 £659
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 77
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £61.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

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 18 May 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 18 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
Hampshire -18 33 £413 +71.88% 7
Thames Valley -20 12 £375 -18.92% 16
Middlesex +8 8 - -
Kent +13 6 £271 +146.59% 2
Buckinghamshire +21 4 £300 -34.11% 6
Surrey +11 4 £405 - 5
Oxfordshire +10 4 £465 +6.29% 4
Berkshire -37 4 - - 6
East Sussex +5 2 £170 -75.71% 2
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 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.85%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
3 3 (4.62%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.08%) AWS
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
4 2 (3.08%) IaaS
4 2 (3.08%) PaaS
4 2 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (55.38%) WAN
2 34 (52.31%) LAN
3 29 (44.62%) VPN
4 10 (15.38%) Firewall
5 8 (12.31%) 802.11
6 7 (10.77%) DNS
7 6 (9.23%) VLAN
8 5 (7.69%) DHCP
8 5 (7.69%) Network Security
9 3 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.62%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (4.62%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.62%) Internet
9 3 (4.62%) Junos
9 3 (4.62%) SD-WAN
9 3 (4.62%) WebEx
10 2 (3.08%) NX-OS
10 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (1.54%) IPsec
General
1 28 (43.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Retail
3 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.62%) Finance
5 2 (3.08%) Automotive
5 2 (3.08%) French Language
5 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.08%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (3.08%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (30.77%) Architect
1 20 (30.77%) Network Architect
2 10 (15.38%) IT Support
2 10 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Software Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.69%) Desktop Support
5 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.62%) Consultant
7 3 (4.62%) Deskside Support
7 3 (4.62%) Field Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Installations Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Cisco Architect
8 2 (3.08%) Cisco Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Digital Signage
1 7 (10.77%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.15%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.69%) Windows
2 11 (16.92%) Windows 10
3 9 (13.85%) Apple iOS
4 8 (12.31%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.08%) Android
5 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) Project Management
2 19 (29.23%) Project Delivery
3 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.31%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.77%) CRM
6 7 (10.77%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (4.62%) Information Security
8 3 (4.62%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.62%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (3.08%) Analytics
9 2 (3.08%) Configuration Management
9 2 (3.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Management
9 2 (3.08%) Load Balancing
9 2 (3.08%) Logistics
9 2 (3.08%) Network Design
9 2 (3.08%) Risk Management
9 2 (3.08%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) C
1 8 (12.31%) C++
1 8 (12.31%) Perl
1 8 (12.31%) Tcl
2 7 (10.77%) SQL
3 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (33.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.69%) CCNA
4 4 (6.15%) CCNP
4 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.62%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.54%) CCIE
6 1 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) SLA
2 3 (4.62%) GDPR
3 2 (3.08%) PMO
3 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) SCCM
2 3 (4.62%) AppManager
3 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (56.92%) Cisco
2 21 (32.31%) Juniper
3 18 (27.69%) Microsoft
4 12 (18.46%) VMware
5 8 (12.31%) Aruba
6 7 (10.77%) HP
7 6 (9.23%) Meraki
8 4 (6.15%) Apple
9 3 (4.62%) Ivanti
9 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
10 2 (3.08%) Google
10 2 (3.08%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint