Wi-Fi Contracts in Scotland

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi 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 107 123 157
Rank change year-on-year +16 +34 +7
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 8 41 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 1.53% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.64% 11.39% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 37 13
10th Percentile £228 £152 £319
25th Percentile £281 £160 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +116.87%
75th Percentile £434 £499 £500
90th Percentile £581 £523 £542
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £388
% change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £19.17 £51.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -62.78% +212.12% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Wi-Fi 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 220 360 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.27% 13.47% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 221 200
10th Percentile £179 £160 £224
25th Percentile £229 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £460 £470
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £633 £575 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 19
10th Percentile £12.88 - £20.80
25th Percentile £15.88 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £18.14 £10.63 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.60% -79.06% +40.06%
75th Percentile £29.56 £38.18 £56.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £59.18 £57.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +14 4 £250 -43.66% 1
Edinburgh +16 3 £425 -10.53% 7
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) IPsec
3 3 (37.50%) Network Security
3 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
3 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
4 2 (25.00%) Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Hudson
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Field Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cabling Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (12.50%) iPad
1 1 (12.50%) iPhone
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) High Availability
1 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
1 3 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) F5
2 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Meraki