Wi-Fi Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 166 176 175
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +82
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 249 330 444
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.43% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.61% 9.48% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 216 264
10th Percentile £190 £160 £157
25th Percentile £211 £222 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £394 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +5.00% +10.29%
75th Percentile £484 £500 £519
90th Percentile £515 £540 £661
UK median daily rate £398 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.00% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 27 53
10th Percentile £14.16 - -
25th Percentile £15.53 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +15.63% +4.23%
75th Percentile £21.37 £61.50 £20.00
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% +6.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,273 3,480 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.12% 15.12% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,191 2,661
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £348 £350 £310
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 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 308 244
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.94
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the UK excluding London 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
South East -10 65 £338 -23.30% 47
East of England +26 64 £288 -39.47% 21
North of England +19 55 £363 -19.44% 45
South West +19 39 £500 +80.18% 20
Yorkshire +23 24 £325 -13.33% 19
North West -6 22 £463 +2.78% 21
Midlands +3 21 £325 +1.56% 23
West Midlands +18 16 £200 -27.27% 11
North East +18 9 £425 +66.67% 5
Scotland +6 5 £325 +2.77% 3
East Midlands +4 5 £325 -2.26% 12
Wales +10 2 £170 -63.24% 7
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
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 13 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Shopify
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (7.23%) Azure
3 7 (2.81%) AWS
4 5 (2.01%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.20%) BigCommerce
5 3 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.20%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.80%) GitHub
6 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.80%) IaaS
6 2 (0.80%) PaaS
6 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.80%) SaaS
7 1 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.40%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.40%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 102 (40.96%) LAN
2 89 (35.74%) WAN
3 56 (22.49%) Firewall
4 47 (18.88%) VPN
5 24 (9.64%) DNS
6 21 (8.43%) DHCP
7 18 (7.23%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (7.23%) Cisco ISE
8 15 (6.02%) BGP
8 15 (6.02%) NetScaler
8 15 (6.02%) OSPF
8 15 (6.02%) SAN
8 15 (6.02%) VLAN
9 14 (5.62%) IPsec
9 14 (5.62%) Structured Cabling
9 14 (5.62%) VoIP
10 13 (5.22%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (5.22%) EIGRP
11 12 (4.82%) HSRP
11 12 (4.82%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.80%) JIRA
1 2 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.40%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) Hudson
General
1 66 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.66%) Retail
3 25 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.42%) Finance
6 8 (3.21%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.01%) Legal
9 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.20%) Banking
10 3 (1.20%) Marketing
10 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.20%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.80%) Automotive
11 2 (0.80%) French Language
11 2 (0.80%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Military
12 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (21.29%) Network Engineer
2 52 (20.88%) Analyst
3 42 (16.87%) Service Analyst
3 42 (16.87%) Service Desk Analyst
4 28 (11.24%) Architect
4 28 (11.24%) Network Architect
5 20 (8.03%) Support Engineer
6 19 (7.63%) IT Engineer
6 19 (7.63%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.83%) IT Support
8 13 (5.22%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 13 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.42%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (4.02%) Senior
11 9 (3.61%) Desktop Support
11 9 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Senior Network Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.21%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.82%) Jinja
2 10 (4.02%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.20%) VML
3 3 (1.20%) XMPP
4 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.40%) Django
4 1 (0.40%) Flask
4 1 (0.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.04%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.23%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.02%) Clustering
4 9 (3.61%) Client/Server
5 7 (2.81%) Digital Signage
6 6 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.20%) Solar Power
9 3 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.80%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.40%) iPad
11 1 (0.40%) iPhone
11 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) STB
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.69%) Windows
2 29 (11.65%) Windows 10
3 14 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.42%) Mac OS
4 11 (4.42%) Windows 7
5 9 (3.61%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.21%) Unix
6 8 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.41%) Linux
9 3 (1.20%) Android
10 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.92%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (24.10%) Customer Service
3 57 (22.89%) ITIL
4 42 (16.87%) Incident Management
5 32 (12.85%) Project Management
6 27 (10.84%) Network Management
7 23 (9.24%) Change Management
8 22 (8.84%) Project Delivery
9 16 (6.43%) Data Protection
9 16 (6.43%) Decision-Making
10 15 (6.02%) Migration
11 14 (5.62%) Service Delivery
11 14 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (5.22%) Mathematics
13 12 (4.82%) DevOps
13 12 (4.82%) Load Balancing
14 11 (4.42%) Break/Fix
14 11 (4.42%) Capacity Planning
14 11 (4.42%) ITSM
14 11 (4.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.03%) Perl
1 20 (8.03%) Tcl
2 17 (6.83%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.83%) Python
3 10 (4.02%) SQL
4 8 (3.21%) C
4 8 (3.21%) C++
5 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 72 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 44 (17.67%) A+ Certification
3 44 (17.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (16.47%) MCSA
5 29 (11.65%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (11.24%) CCNA
6 28 (11.24%) Degree
7 24 (9.64%) CCNP
8 8 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.81%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.61%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.61%) MCP
11 4 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.20%) CCIE
12 3 (1.20%) MCSE
12 3 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.02%) SLA
2 4 (1.61%) GDPR
2 4 (1.61%) QA
3 3 (1.20%) PMO
4 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (20.88%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.43%) Firmware
4 11 (4.42%) VMware Workstation
5 10 (4.02%) Hyper-V
6 8 (3.21%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.20%) KVM
9 2 (0.80%) Docker
9 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.40%) vSphere
10 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (8.43%) SCCM
2 13 (5.22%) Ansible
3 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (3.21%) Nagios
3 8 (3.21%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.81%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.41%) Autotask
5 6 (2.41%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.20%) AppManager
6 3 (1.20%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.20%) Terraform
6 3 (1.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (35.74%) Cisco
2 66 (26.51%) Citrix
3 58 (23.29%) Microsoft
4 43 (17.27%) ServiceNow
5 36 (14.46%) VMware
6 35 (14.06%) Juniper
7 30 (12.05%) Aruba
8 24 (9.64%) Meraki
9 21 (8.43%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.62%) Apple
10 14 (5.62%) SolarWinds
11 12 (4.82%) Brocade
12 11 (4.42%) 3Com
13 10 (4.02%) F5
13 10 (4.02%) HP
14 9 (3.61%) NetApp
15 8 (3.21%) Hitachi
16 7 (2.81%) CheckPoint
17 6 (2.41%) Datto
18 4 (1.61%) Google