Wireless Contracts in England

Wireless
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 241 309
Rank change year-on-year +31 +68 +16
Contract jobs citing Wireless 405 592 623
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.10% 1.17% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.10% 9.59% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 396 375
10th Percentile £167 £203 £179
25th Percentile £256 £274 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £423 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +12.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £497
90th Percentile £663 £607 £638
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 17 41
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.36 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £22.26 £19.75
Median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £23.80 £80.25 £44.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £81.00 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in England

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in England

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in England

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless 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 Wireless within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +85 159 £400 -5.88% 65
South East -40 78 £378 -5.63% 86
North of England +27 61 £406 +26.93% 55
North West +12 46 £396 -1.00% 30
Midlands +5 35 £425 - 32
South West -7 34 £380 -10.59% 48
East of England -13 30 £420 +13.51% 46
West Midlands +13 21 £463 +8.82% 17
Yorkshire +20 12 £605 +154.74% 22
East Midlands +17 10 £275 -27.63% 15
North East +19 3 £625 +197.62% 5
Wireless
UK

Wireless
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 16 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.23%) IIS
4 3 (0.74%) nginx
4 3 (0.74%) WordPress
5 2 (0.49%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 64 (15.80%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.21%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (11.85%) Azure
3 44 (10.86%) AWS
4 13 (3.21%) GCP
5 7 (1.73%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.73%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.23%) OCI
7 5 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.99%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.74%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.74%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.74%) Route 53
10 2 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.49%) IaaS
10 2 (0.49%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.49%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.49%) SaaS
11 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 136 (33.58%) LAN
2 123 (30.37%) WAN
3 116 (28.64%) Firewall
4 106 (26.17%) VPN
5 61 (15.06%) OSPF
6 52 (12.84%) BGP
7 45 (11.11%) WLAN
8 44 (10.86%) Cisco Nexus
9 43 (10.62%) DNS
10 39 (9.63%) IPsec
11 38 (9.38%) DHCP
12 37 (9.14%) SD-WAN
13 34 (8.40%) Cisco ASA
14 33 (8.15%) Network Security
15 27 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
16 22 (5.43%) MPLS
17 20 (4.94%) Cisco IOS
17 20 (4.94%) VLAN
18 19 (4.69%) Ethernet
19 18 (4.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) Big Data
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (3.21%) JIRA
2 5 (1.23%) Git
2 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.99%) Subversion
4 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.07%) Finance
3 50 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 44 (10.86%) Telecoms
5 40 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.20%) Electronics
7 12 (2.96%) Marketing
7 12 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.72%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.47%) Legal
10 8 (1.98%) Banking
10 8 (1.98%) Military
11 6 (1.48%) Retail
12 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.99%) Billing
14 3 (0.74%) Law
15 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (33.09%) Network Engineer
2 36 (8.89%) Analyst
3 31 (7.65%) IT Support
4 30 (7.41%) Network Specialist
5 24 (5.93%) Support Engineer
6 23 (5.68%) Senior
7 18 (4.44%) Senior Network Engineer
8 17 (4.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 17 (4.20%) Service Analyst
9 15 (3.70%) IT Engineer
9 15 (3.70%) Wireless Engineer
10 14 (3.46%) Consultant
10 14 (3.46%) Service Desk Analyst
10 14 (3.46%) Test Engineer
11 13 (3.21%) Desktop Support
11 13 (3.21%) Network Support
12 12 (2.96%) Cisco Engineer
12 12 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (2.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 11 (2.72%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.72%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.74%) EDI
2 3 (0.74%) LAMP
2 3 (0.74%) Yocto
3 2 (0.49%) .NET
3 2 (0.49%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.25%) JSON
4 1 (0.25%) MFC
4 1 (0.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.06%) Data Centre
2 24 (5.93%) PKI
3 18 (4.44%) iPad
4 15 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.46%) NHS
5 14 (3.46%) Operational Technology
6 12 (2.96%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.47%) Hedge funds
9 9 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.73%) Device Driver
11 7 (1.73%) Smartphone
12 6 (1.48%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.48%) IoT
13 5 (1.23%) iPhone
13 5 (1.23%) PDA
14 4 (0.99%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 114 (28.15%) Windows
2 54 (13.33%) Linux
3 29 (7.16%) Windows 10
4 21 (5.19%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.95%) Android
6 15 (3.70%) Windows 7
7 11 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.47%) Mac OS
9 9 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.98%) Ubuntu
11 7 (1.73%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (1.23%) Unix
13 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.74%) VMS
14 3 (0.74%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.49%) CentOS
15 2 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 38 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (8.89%) ITIL
5 31 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (7.65%) Migration
6 29 (7.16%) ITSM
7 28 (6.91%) Network Design
8 26 (6.42%) Agile
8 26 (6.42%) Change Management
9 23 (5.68%) Computer Science
9 23 (5.68%) High Availability
10 22 (5.43%) Project Management
11 21 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 21 (5.19%) Threat Management
12 19 (4.69%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (3.95%) Incident Management
13 16 (3.95%) Mentoring
13 16 (3.95%) Problem Management
14 14 (3.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.63%) Python
2 17 (4.20%) C++
3 12 (2.96%) C#
4 11 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.98%) Go
6 7 (1.73%) C
7 6 (1.48%) Bash
7 6 (1.48%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.23%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.23%) SQL
9 4 (0.99%) Assembly Language
9 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.74%) Java
11 2 (0.49%) Ruby
12 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 73 (18.02%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (18.02%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.59%) CCNP
4 42 (10.37%) CCNA
5 29 (7.16%) Degree
6 13 (3.21%) CCIE
7 12 (2.96%) CREST Certified
7 12 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.96%) GIAC
7 12 (2.96%) OSCP
8 9 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.98%) GPEN
10 7 (1.73%) JNCIA
11 6 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.48%) CEH
11 6 (1.48%) CHECK Team Leader
12 5 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.23%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.12%) SLA
2 12 (2.96%) NIST
3 4 (0.99%) JTAG
4 3 (0.74%) QA
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 57 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.69%) Firmware
5 6 (1.48%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.48%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.23%) vSphere
7 3 (0.74%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 30 (7.41%) SCCM
2 22 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.94%) FortiGate
4 11 (2.72%) Terraform
5 9 (2.22%) WSUS
6 8 (1.98%) Ansible
7 7 (1.73%) SolarWinds Orion
8 5 (1.23%) OpenView
9 4 (0.99%) Iperf
10 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.74%) TrustSec
11 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.49%) Puppet
11 2 (0.49%) SCOM
11 2 (0.49%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.49%) VxRail
11 2 (0.49%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 142 (35.06%) Cisco
2 90 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 76 (18.77%) Palo Alto
4 43 (10.62%) Juniper
5 39 (9.63%) F5
5 39 (9.63%) VMware
6 30 (7.41%) Fortinet
7 27 (6.67%) Aruba
8 26 (6.42%) CheckPoint
9 24 (5.93%) SolarWinds
10 20 (4.94%) Infoblox
11 16 (3.95%) Meraki
12 15 (3.70%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.21%) Extreme Networks
13 13 (3.21%) MobileIron
14 11 (2.72%) Nokia
15 10 (2.47%) Actix
15 10 (2.47%) Blue Coat
15 10 (2.47%) Ericsson
15 10 (2.47%) Google