Wireless Contracts in London

Wireless
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 239 324 396
Rank change year-on-year +85 +72 -41
Contract jobs citing Wireless 159 172 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.90% 0.64% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 6.43% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 115 136
10th Percentile £150 £179 £185
25th Percentile £235 £283 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +3.15%
75th Percentile £547 £580 £595
90th Percentile £863 £710 £700
England median daily rate £413 £423 £375
% change year-on-year -2.37% +12.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 8
10th Percentile £14.68 £27.66 £15.98
25th Percentile - £40.76 £23.71
Median hourly rate £18.93 £65.72 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -71.19% +94.71% -
75th Percentile £21.50 £93.80 £41.69
90th Percentile £22.54 £108.77 £46.45
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
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,674 3,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.67% 9.88% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,889 2,582
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 52 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £48.21 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.37% +37.74% +45.83%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.55
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in London

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in London

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in London

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the London 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
Central London +39 23 £363 +36.79% 11
West London +21 3 £250 +78.57% 9
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.89%) IIS
4 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (26.42%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.03%) MS Visio
3 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.38%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (18.87%) AWS
3 29 (18.24%) Azure
4 10 (6.29%) GCP
5 7 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.14%) OCI
8 4 (2.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.52%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.89%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.89%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.89%) Route 53
10 2 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.26%) IaaS
10 2 (1.26%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.26%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 72 (45.28%) LAN
2 70 (44.03%) Firewall
3 65 (40.88%) VPN
4 61 (38.36%) WAN
5 45 (28.30%) BGP
5 45 (28.30%) OSPF
6 35 (22.01%) IPsec
7 33 (20.75%) WLAN
8 25 (15.72%) Cisco ASA
9 23 (14.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 18 (11.32%) DNS
11 16 (10.06%) MPLS
11 16 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (9.43%) DHCP
13 14 (8.81%) VXLAN
14 13 (8.18%) SD-WAN
15 12 (7.55%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (6.92%) Internet
16 11 (6.92%) VLAN
17 10 (6.29%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.77%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (18.87%) Finance
2 28 (17.61%) Public Sector
2 28 (17.61%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.66%) Financial Institution
5 8 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.52%) Banking
7 4 (2.52%) Billing
8 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.26%) Legal
8 2 (1.26%) Retail
9 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.63%) French Language
9 1 (0.63%) German Language
9 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (30.82%) Network Engineer
2 24 (15.09%) Network Specialist
3 19 (11.95%) Analyst
4 15 (9.43%) IT Support
5 13 (8.18%) Service Analyst
6 12 (7.55%) Senior
6 12 (7.55%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) Desktop Support
7 10 (6.29%) IT Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (5.66%) Consultant
8 9 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.40%) Architect
10 6 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (3.77%) Lead
10 6 (3.77%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 5 (3.14%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 5 (3.14%) Network Consultant
11 5 (3.14%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.03%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.26%) .NET
2 2 (1.26%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.63%) LAMP
3 1 (0.63%) MFC
3 1 (0.63%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.21%) PKI
2 17 (10.69%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.69%) iPad
3 9 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (5.66%) Hedge funds
4 6 (3.77%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.52%) IoT
5 4 (2.52%) iPhone
5 4 (2.52%) NHS
5 4 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.26%) Animation
7 2 (1.26%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.26%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (32.70%) Windows
2 19 (11.95%) Windows 10
3 14 (8.81%) Windows 7
4 13 (8.18%) Android
4 13 (8.18%) Linux
5 8 (5.03%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.89%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.89%) Unix
7 3 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.26%) CentOS
8 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.26%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.63%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.63%) VMS
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (15.72%) Change Management
2 25 (15.72%) Customer Service
3 21 (13.21%) Migration
3 21 (13.21%) Threat Management
4 19 (11.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (11.95%) ITIL
5 18 (11.32%) Agile
5 18 (11.32%) Root Cause Analysis
6 16 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (10.06%) ITSM
7 13 (8.18%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (6.92%) Network Design
8 11 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (6.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 9 (5.66%) Capacity Management
10 9 (5.66%) Change Control
10 9 (5.66%) Incident Management
10 9 (5.66%) Kalman Filter
10 9 (5.66%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.32%) Python
2 8 (5.03%) C#
2 8 (5.03%) Go
3 6 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.89%) Bash
5 2 (1.26%) Java
5 2 (1.26%) Ruby
5 2 (1.26%) SQL
6 1 (0.63%) C
6 1 (0.63%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (21.38%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (20.75%) Security Cleared
3 30 (18.87%) CCNP
3 30 (18.87%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.81%) CCNA
5 9 (5.66%) CCIE
6 6 (3.77%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.77%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (3.77%) CREST Certified
6 6 (3.77%) Degree
6 6 (3.77%) GIAC
6 6 (3.77%) OSCP
7 5 (3.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.26%) GPEN
9 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.63%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.72%) SLA
2 6 (3.77%) NIST
3 2 (1.26%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (11.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.55%) Firmware
3 5 (3.14%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.89%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.63%) vCloud
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (10.06%) FortiGate
2 11 (6.92%) SCCM
3 8 (5.03%) Terraform
4 7 (4.40%) WSUS
5 6 (3.77%) Ansible
6 5 (3.14%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (2.52%) Iperf
7 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.89%) TrustSec
9 2 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.26%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.26%) Puppet
9 2 (1.26%) SCOM
9 2 (1.26%) SCVMM
9 2 (1.26%) VxRail
9 2 (1.26%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.63%) Avamar
10 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.63%) NetMRI
Vendors
1 76 (47.80%) Cisco
2 48 (30.19%) Microsoft
3 44 (27.67%) Palo Alto
4 29 (18.24%) Juniper
5 24 (15.09%) Fortinet
6 21 (13.21%) F5
7 20 (12.58%) Infoblox
8 17 (10.69%) CheckPoint
9 14 (8.81%) ServiceNow
10 12 (7.55%) Extreme Networks
11 10 (6.29%) Aruba
11 10 (6.29%) SolarWinds
12 8 (5.03%) Google
12 8 (5.03%) VMware
13 6 (3.77%) Apple
14 4 (2.52%) Blue Coat
14 4 (2.52%) Meraki
15 3 (1.89%) AlgoSec
15 3 (1.89%) Arista
15 3 (1.89%) Riverbed