WLAN Contracts in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 532 649
Rank change year-on-year +51 +117 -67
Contract jobs citing WLAN 69 104 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.43% 1.76% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 64 94
10th Percentile £363 £291 £204
25th Percentile £413 £357 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £448
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% +7.37% +17.76%
75th Percentile £650 £570 £538
90th Percentile £775 £828 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.32% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile - - £17.45
25th Percentile £23.92 - £28.41
Median hourly rate £24.87 - £29.71
75th Percentile £25.83 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.87 - £29.71
% change year-on-year - - -8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

WLAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WLAN in England.

Daily rate trend for WLAN in England

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WLAN in England.

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +58 30 £450 -18.18% 9
West Midlands +21 10 £750 +73.41% 3
Midlands +20 10 £750 +73.41% 6
South West +6 9 £588 +38.24% 4
North of England +5 8 £650 +42.70% 5
East of England - 6 £575 - 6
Yorkshire - 5 - - 2
South East +2 4 £425 -8.11% 6
North West -2 3 £650 +42.70% 3
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.04%) AWS
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon ElastiCache
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon S3
3 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (4.35%) Route 53
3 3 (4.35%) Serverless
3 3 (4.35%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.45%) Azure
4 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.45%) GitHub
4 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 59 (85.51%) LAN
2 48 (69.57%) WAN
3 33 (47.83%) Firewall
4 29 (42.03%) Wireless
5 21 (30.43%) VPN
6 18 (26.09%) SD-WAN
7 14 (20.29%) MPLS
8 11 (15.94%) DHCP
8 11 (15.94%) DNS
9 10 (14.49%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (14.49%) VoIP
10 9 (13.04%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (13.04%) Internet
10 9 (13.04%) PBX
10 9 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (11.59%) BGP
11 8 (11.59%) OSPF
12 7 (10.14%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (8.70%) Unified Communications
14 5 (7.25%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Gradle
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (18.84%) Telecoms
2 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.90%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.45%) Advertising
5 1 (1.45%) Aviation
5 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Legal
5 1 (1.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (30.43%) Network Engineer
2 19 (27.54%) Architect
3 12 (17.39%) Senior
4 10 (14.49%) Network Architect
5 7 (10.14%) Consultant
6 6 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Network Consultant
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Network Specialist
8 4 (5.80%) Network Technician
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Network Technician
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Technician
9 3 (4.35%) AWS DevOps
9 3 (4.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Lead
9 3 (4.35%) Technical Leader
9 3 (4.35%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) Web Services
2 2 (2.90%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.90%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.99%) Data Centre
2 12 (17.39%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.25%) CMDB
3 5 (7.25%) PKI
4 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.80%) NHS
5 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.35%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.35%) Solar Power
6 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.45%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Linux
1 3 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.84%) Network Architecture
2 12 (17.39%) Migration
3 10 (14.49%) Storage Management
4 9 (13.04%) Analytics
4 9 (13.04%) Architectural Design
4 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
4 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (13.04%) Performance Management
4 9 (13.04%) Programme Management
4 9 (13.04%) SOA
5 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (11.59%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (10.14%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (10.14%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.14%) Presales
7 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (8.70%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Network Design
7 6 (8.70%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.25%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) Bash
3 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.45%) Java
4 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 10 (14.49%) CCIE
4 9 (13.04%) CCIE Data Center
5 8 (11.59%) CCNP
6 7 (10.14%) CCNA
7 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
8 4 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.90%) RIBA
11 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.45%) JNCIE
11 1 (1.45%) JNCIP
11 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Firmware
2 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) SCCM
3 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (56.52%) Cisco
2 24 (34.78%) Palo Alto
3 14 (20.29%) Fortinet
4 11 (15.94%) CheckPoint
5 8 (11.59%) Infoblox
5 8 (11.59%) Juniper
6 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
7 6 (8.70%) Aruba
7 6 (8.70%) Meraki
7 6 (8.70%) Zscaler
8 5 (7.25%) HP
8 5 (7.25%) SolarWinds
8 5 (7.25%) Symantec
9 3 (4.35%) Blue Coat
9 3 (4.35%) VMware
10 2 (2.90%) Citrix
10 2 (2.90%) Ekahau
10 2 (2.90%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (2.90%) F5
10 2 (2.90%) ForeScout