WLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 360 375 414
Rank change year-on-year +15 +39 -14
Contract jobs citing WLAN 41 55 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.56% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 40 58
10th Percentile £220 £299 £180
25th Percentile £406 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £429 £408
Median % change year-on-year +39.94% +5.21% +8.67%
75th Percentile £750 £486 £517
90th Percentile £775 £539 £566
UK median daily rate £450 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.32% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile - - £26.26
25th Percentile £23.92 - £28.41
Median hourly rate £24.87 - £31.00
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
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 WLAN within the UK excluding London 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
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% 5
Scotland +47 3 £444 -6.58% 2
North West -2 3 £650 +42.70% 3
Wales +22 2 £220 +10.00% 1
WLAN
UK

WLAN
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 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.32%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (90.24%) LAN
2 31 (75.61%) WAN
3 22 (53.66%) Firewall
4 13 (31.71%) VPN
5 12 (29.27%) MPLS
5 12 (29.27%) SD-WAN
6 11 (26.83%) Internet
7 10 (24.39%) VoIP
8 9 (21.95%) PBX
8 9 (21.95%) Wireless
9 7 (17.07%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (17.07%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (12.20%) DHCP
10 5 (12.20%) DNS
10 5 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (9.76%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (7.32%) Network Security
13 2 (4.88%) NetScaler
13 2 (4.88%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.32%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Aviation
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Network Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Network Architect
4 7 (17.07%) Senior
5 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Network Technician
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Network Technician
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Technician
7 3 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Lead
7 3 (7.32%) Network Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Technical Leader
8 2 (4.88%) Database Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Domain Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Field Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Network Communications Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (21.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (46.34%) Data Centre
2 11 (26.83%) Operational Technology
3 5 (12.20%) CMDB
4 4 (9.76%) NHS
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
5 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
5 3 (7.32%) Private Cloud
5 3 (7.32%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (7.32%) Solar Power
6 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (2.44%) CCTV
7 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.88%) Unix
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.44%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Network Architecture
1 10 (24.39%) Performance Management
1 10 (24.39%) Programme Management
2 9 (21.95%) Analytics
2 9 (21.95%) Architectural Design
2 9 (21.95%) Data Analytics
2 9 (21.95%) SOA
2 9 (21.95%) Storage Management
3 8 (19.51%) ITIL
4 7 (17.07%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
4 7 (17.07%) Migration
4 7 (17.07%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (14.63%) Resource Management
5 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.20%) Edge Computing
6 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
6 5 (12.20%) TOGAF
6 5 (12.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Bash
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.95%) CCIE
2 9 (21.95%) CCIE Data Center
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.76%) CCNA
4 4 (9.76%) CCNP
4 4 (9.76%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.88%) Degree
7 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (4.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.32%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 13 (31.71%) Palo Alto
3 7 (17.07%) Fortinet
4 6 (14.63%) CheckPoint
5 5 (12.20%) Infoblox
5 5 (12.20%) Symantec
5 5 (12.20%) Zscaler
6 4 (9.76%) Meraki
6 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
7 3 (7.32%) SolarWinds
7 3 (7.32%) VMware
8 2 (4.88%) Avaya
8 2 (4.88%) Citrix
8 2 (4.88%) Dell
8 2 (4.88%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (4.88%) F5
8 2 (4.88%) Oracle
8 2 (4.88%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.88%) WatchGuard
9 1 (2.44%) Veeam