Wireless Contracts in the North of England

Wireless
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 145 163
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 -34
Contract jobs citing Wireless 58 69 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 1.21% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.21% 10.45% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 47 52
10th Percentile £291 £197 £208
25th Percentile £313 £275 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.96% - +27.27%
75th Percentile £538 £486 £475
90th Percentile £612 £525 £601
England median daily rate £416 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.19% +6.38% +6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £22.85 - -
25th Percentile £23.38 £17.50 £17.64
Median hourly rate £24.25 £20.00 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -1.71% -18.61%
75th Percentile £25.13 £22.50 £28.20
90th Percentile £25.65 - £36.60
England 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
North 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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 568 660 876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.10% 11.56% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 450 608
10th Percentile £200 £205 £180
25th Percentile £313 £325 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £607 £574 £550
90th Percentile £750 £675 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 27
10th Percentile £13.31 - £11.01
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.15 £23.26
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.13 £48.82
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North West +10 42 £396 -12.49% 34
Yorkshire +30 12 £605 +154.74% 23
North East +16 4 £600 +185.71% 7
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) AWS
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) SaaS
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (27.59%) SD-WAN
2 15 (25.86%) LAN
3 14 (24.14%) DMZ
3 14 (24.14%) WAN
4 13 (22.41%) Cisco Nexus
5 11 (18.97%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (18.97%) VPN
5 11 (18.97%) Wireless Security
6 10 (17.24%) Ethernet
6 10 (17.24%) OSPF
7 6 (10.34%) Network Security
8 3 (5.17%) DHCP
8 3 (5.17%) DNS
8 3 (5.17%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (3.45%) Broadband
9 2 (3.45%) Firewall
9 2 (3.45%) VoIP
9 2 (3.45%) WLAN
10 1 (1.72%) BGP
10 1 (1.72%) VLAN
General
1 15 (25.86%) Finance
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Legal
3 4 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.72%) Back Office
5 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (63.79%) Network Engineer
2 6 (10.34%) Wireless Engineer
3 5 (8.62%) Penetration Tester
3 5 (8.62%) Tester
3 5 (8.62%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Senior
4 4 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Coordinator
5 3 (5.17%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.45%) Cabling Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Data Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Installations Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Switch Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) Network Architect
7 1 (1.72%) Network Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.34%) Mobile App
2 6 (10.34%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.72%) CCTV
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.86%) Windows
2 13 (22.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (18.97%) ITSM
2 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
4 6 (10.34%) Application Security
4 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.34%) Ethical Hacking
4 6 (10.34%) Offensive Security
4 6 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (10.34%) Red Team
5 4 (6.90%) Migration
6 3 (5.17%) Load Balancing
6 3 (5.17%) Performance Management
6 3 (5.17%) Test Planning
7 2 (3.45%) Agile
7 2 (3.45%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.45%) Information Security
7 2 (3.45%) Network Architecture
7 2 (3.45%) Network Management
7 2 (3.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) Python
2 6 (10.34%) C++
2 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 20 (34.48%) SC Cleared
3 12 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (18.97%) CCNA
5 6 (10.34%) CEH
5 6 (10.34%) CREST Certified
5 6 (10.34%) GIAC
5 6 (10.34%) GPEN
5 6 (10.34%) OSCP
6 5 (8.62%) CCNP
7 2 (3.45%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.72%) CCIE
8 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Hyper-V
2 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (37.93%) Cisco
2 14 (24.14%) F5
2 14 (24.14%) Palo Alto
3 9 (15.52%) VMware
4 6 (10.34%) Aruba
5 5 (8.62%) Meraki
6 4 (6.90%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.45%) Juniper
7 2 (3.45%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.72%) Citrix
8 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.72%) HP
8 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.72%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (1.72%) Veeam