Wireless Contracts in the East of England

Wireless
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 67 100
Rank change year-on-year -6 +33 -18
Contract jobs citing Wireless 34 58 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.79% 2.75% 1.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.30% 15.38% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 26
10th Percentile £335 £177 £241
25th Percentile £363 £231 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £370 £375
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -1.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £453 £488 £525
90th Percentile £475 - £582
England median daily rate £415 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -2.35% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £33.10 £18.50
25th Percentile - £35.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £12.86 £41.50 £27.21
Median % change year-on-year -69.01% +52.55% -39.54%
75th Percentile £14.31 £48.00 £28.41
90th Percentile £15.18 £50.70 -
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

Wireless 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 East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 301 377 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.83% 17.85% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 209 268
10th Percentile £205 £160 £193
25th Percentile £293 £306 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +11.76% +30.77%
75th Percentile £488 £663 £500
90th Percentile £588 £700 £600
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 46 52
10th Percentile £14.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +230.65% -15.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £19.53
90th Percentile - £74.13 £38.44
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Hertfordshire +8 22 £420 +40.00% 7
Cambridgeshire -10 7 £450 -3.74% 23
Essex +3 3 £300 +30.43% 3
Suffolk +10 1 £188 - 6
Norfolk +6 1 - -
Wireless
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) 5G
2 6 (17.65%) 4G
3 5 (14.71%) LAN
4 4 (11.76%) WAN
5 3 (8.82%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (5.88%) Network Security
6 2 (5.88%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.94%) 3GPP
7 1 (2.94%) 802.11
7 1 (2.94%) Bluetooth
7 1 (2.94%) DHCP
7 1 (2.94%) DNS
7 1 (2.94%) Firewall
7 1 (2.94%) GSM
7 1 (2.94%) PBX
7 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.94%) TETRA
7 1 (2.94%) UMTS
7 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Big Data
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Test Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Development Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) RF Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Test Development Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Field Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Field Test Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Python Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Network Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) RF Test Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Radio Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Service Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) FPGA
2 2 (5.88%) NHS
3 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Linux
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Software Engineering
2 6 (17.65%) Software Testing
3 4 (11.76%) Agile
3 4 (11.76%) ITIL
4 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.88%) Budget Control
5 2 (5.88%) Multithreading
5 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.88%) Signal Processing
5 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.94%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (2.94%) Analytics
6 1 (2.94%) Computational Linguistics
6 1 (2.94%) Data Analytics
6 1 (2.94%) Data Science
6 1 (2.94%) Machine Learning
6 1 (2.94%) Predictive Modelling
6 1 (2.94%) Software Architecture
6 1 (2.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) Python
2 6 (17.65%) C#
3 4 (11.76%) C++
4 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.94%) C
5 1 (2.94%) Java
5 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.82%) ECDL
2 3 (8.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (5.88%) CCNP
3 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.88%) PMP
3 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.94%) CCIE
4 1 (2.94%) CCNA
4 1 (2.94%) CCSA
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.94%) MCSE
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) SCCM
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) Juniper
4 1 (2.94%) Blue Coat
4 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.94%) MobileIron
4 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto