Wireless Contracts in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 130 76 160
Rank change year-on-year -54 +84 -24
Contract jobs citing Wireless 77 164 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.37% 2.77% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.92% 16.27% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 106 67
10th Percentile £184 £226 £185
25th Percentile £200 £273 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £413 £320
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +28.91% -8.57%
75th Percentile £534 £500 £431
90th Percentile £589 £570 £560
England median daily rate £415 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -2.35% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 6
10th Percentile £16.54 £17.50 £21.28
25th Percentile - £25.56 £30.69
Median hourly rate £17.69 £61.13 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.06% +88.08% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £33.75
90th Percentile - £80.63 -
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,301 1,008 1,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 23.20% 17.02% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 612 786
10th Percentile £205 £228 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £484 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +7.49% +5.88%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £656
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 78 64
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.08
25th Percentile £27.50 £28.44 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% +109.30% -34.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.28
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £59.25
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South East 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
Hampshire -24 30 £213 -46.88% 19
Surrey +12 24 £375 +25.00% 14
Thames Valley -29 18 £475 -6.86% 43
Oxfordshire +15 9 £475 - 6
Berkshire -50 9 £470 -6.00% 17
Kent +5 5 £425 +30.77% 6
Wireless
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.60%) nginx
1 2 (2.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.49%) Azure
3 3 (3.90%) AWS
3 3 (3.90%) WhatsApp
4 2 (2.60%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (44.16%) Firewall
2 24 (31.17%) WAN
3 20 (25.97%) LAN
4 18 (23.38%) VPN
5 15 (19.48%) DHCP
5 15 (19.48%) DNS
6 9 (11.69%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (11.69%) Network Security
7 6 (7.79%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (7.79%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.49%) BGP
8 5 (6.49%) MPLS
8 5 (6.49%) OSPF
8 5 (6.49%) SAN
8 5 (6.49%) VLAN
9 4 (5.19%) 5G
9 4 (5.19%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (3.90%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (3.90%) DSL
10 3 (3.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) MySQL
1 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 4 (5.19%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Subversion
General
1 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Telecoms
3 9 (11.69%) Electronics
4 8 (10.39%) Marketing
5 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.19%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.19%) Finance
6 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Law
8 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Military
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 13 (16.88%) IT Support
3 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (10.39%) Support Technician
4 6 (7.79%) Field Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) IT Support Technician
4 6 (7.79%) IT Technician
5 5 (6.49%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (6.49%) Network Specialist
5 5 (6.49%) Network Support
5 5 (6.49%) Network Support Specialist
5 5 (6.49%) Senior
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) Support Specialist
6 4 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.19%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.19%) Device Driver
2 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.19%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.90%) NHS
4 2 (2.60%) CCTV
4 2 (2.60%) FPGA
4 2 (2.60%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.30%) GNSS
5 1 (1.30%) Life Science
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (38.96%) Windows
2 19 (24.68%) Linux
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.60%) Android
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.60%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.60%) Unix
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.29%) ITIL
2 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
3 9 (11.69%) Service Management
4 6 (7.79%) Incident Management
4 6 (7.79%) Information Security
4 6 (7.79%) Time Management
5 5 (6.49%) Business Case
5 5 (6.49%) Customer Service
5 5 (6.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (6.49%) Problem Management
5 5 (6.49%) Project Management
6 4 (5.19%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (5.19%) High Availability
6 4 (5.19%) Migration
6 4 (5.19%) Signal Processing
6 4 (5.19%) Software Engineering
6 4 (5.19%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (5.19%) Validation
7 3 (3.90%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) Assembly Language
1 4 (5.19%) C
1 4 (5.19%) C++
1 4 (5.19%) MATLAB
1 4 (5.19%) Python
1 4 (5.19%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.60%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 18 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (16.88%) Degree
5 12 (15.58%) CCNP
6 8 (10.39%) CCNA
7 6 (7.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (7.79%) DBS Check
8 4 (5.19%) CCSA
8 4 (5.19%) JNCIA
8 4 (5.19%) Master's Degree
8 4 (5.19%) PhD
9 2 (2.60%) HND
10 1 (1.30%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.30%) MCSA
10 1 (1.30%) MCSE
10 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) SLA
2 4 (5.19%) JTAG
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 24 (31.17%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (11.69%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (5.19%) Firmware
5 2 (2.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.30%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (16.88%) SCCM
2 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.60%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.60%) PaperCut
3 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Cisco
2 22 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 16 (20.78%) VMware
4 13 (16.88%) Palo Alto
5 10 (12.99%) Juniper
5 10 (12.99%) MobileIron
6 6 (7.79%) CheckPoint
7 5 (6.49%) Blue Coat
7 5 (6.49%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.90%) Aruba
8 3 (3.90%) F5
8 3 (3.90%) Forcepoint
8 3 (3.90%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.90%) SAP
9 2 (2.60%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (2.60%) Citrix
9 2 (2.60%) HP
9 2 (2.60%) Meraki
9 2 (2.60%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (2.60%) Sage