Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 282 | 317 | 377 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +60 | +37 |
| Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi | 358 | 492 | 629 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.83% | 0.83% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.48% | 6.73% | 6.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 183 | 320 | 363 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £160 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £235 | £226 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £395 | £425 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.06% | +6.25% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £519 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £610 | £588 | £653 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £338 | £428 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.05% | +14.00% | +15.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 63 | 40 | 58 |
| 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% | +5.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.42 | £63.00 | £20.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £40.00 | £81.00 | £22.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.50 | £18.50 | £16.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.81% | +15.63% | -3.61% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,525 | 7,311 | 9,672 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.80% | 12.38% | 10.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,306 | 4,755 | 6,321 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £240 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £520 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.81% | +4.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.95% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 420 | 473 | 363 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £14.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.72 | £10.63 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.82 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +112.54% | -31.56% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.91 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.88 | £18.50 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +148.00% | -13.95% | -9.71% |
Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Wi-Fi
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +41 | 339 | £350 | -12.50% | 247 |
| UK excluding London | +3 | 256 | £338 | -21.05% | 181 |
| London | +78 | 82 | £413 | +6.45% | 79 |
| Work from Home | +48 | 76 | £425 | -10.53% | 89 |
| East of England | +39 | 66 | £300 | -35.83% | 25 |
| South East | -25 | 64 | £338 | -25.00% | 54 |
| North of England | +13 | 57 | £370 | -22.11% | 45 |
| South West | +33 | 40 | £250 | -9.91% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | +31 | 27 | £325 | -36.59% | 17 |
| Midlands | +11 | 24 | £338 | -6.90% | 27 |
| North West | -6 | 23 | £450 | -6.35% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 18 | £400 | +45.45% | 13 |
| North East | +17 | 7 | £425 | -10.53% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 6 | £325 | -35.00% | 14 |
| Scotland | +7 | 5 | £325 | +10.17% | 7 |
| Wales | +7 | 2 | £170 | -63.24% | 6 |
Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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