Wireless Contracts in the South West

Wireless
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 111 132
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -35
Contract jobs citing Wireless 34 65 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.07% 1.77% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.38% 9.94% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 63 20
10th Percentile £213 £219 £188
25th Percentile £297 £363 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £425 £319
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +33.33% -15.00%
75th Percentile £579 £499 £400
90th Percentile £650 £611 £439
England median daily rate £415 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -2.35% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £43.10
25th Percentile £12.50 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £13.50 - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £56.00
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 West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 533 654 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.72% 17.84% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 425 300
10th Percentile £275 £206 £224
25th Percentile £460 £400 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £540
90th Percentile £713 £717 £619
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 128 34
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.13
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +9.91%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.13 £66.46
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.58 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bristol +13 19 £430 +7.50% 21
Wiltshire +3 6 £563 -13.46% 1
Somerset 0 5 £295 -21.33% 6
Devon -1 2 £215 -29.51% 6
Dorset -11 1 £425 -5.56% 1
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (38.24%) LAN
2 11 (32.35%) Wireshark
3 10 (29.41%) 3GPP
3 10 (29.41%) 4G
3 10 (29.41%) LTE
3 10 (29.41%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (23.53%) WAN
5 5 (14.71%) Firewall
6 4 (11.76%) Network Security
6 4 (11.76%) VPN
6 4 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (11.76%) WLAN
7 3 (8.82%) VoIP
8 2 (5.88%) Broadband
8 2 (5.88%) DHCP
8 2 (5.88%) DNS
9 1 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
9 1 (2.94%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
General
1 14 (41.18%) Telecoms
2 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Military
4 4 (11.76%) Electronics
4 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Marketing
5 3 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Lead
3 3 (8.82%) Support Assistant
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Assistant
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Leader
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Support
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Support Assistant
4 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Vision Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Coordinator
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Network Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Operational Technology
3 4 (11.76%) NHS
4 3 (8.82%) Blog
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.82%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (8.82%) Solar Power
5 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.94%) CUDA
5 1 (2.94%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) High Availability
2 12 (35.29%) Network Design
3 10 (29.41%) Project Management
4 5 (14.71%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (14.71%) Cyber Intelligence
4 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (14.71%) Open Source
4 5 (14.71%) OSINT
4 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
4 5 (14.71%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 3 (8.82%) Client Onboarding
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) Advanced Persistent Threat
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) C++
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.82%) CCNA
3 3 (8.82%) CCNP
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Actix
1 10 (29.41%) Ericsson
1 10 (29.41%) Huawei
1 10 (29.41%) Nokia
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 5 (14.71%) SolarWinds
4 4 (11.76%) SAP
5 2 (5.88%) Cisco
5 2 (5.88%) Google
6 1 (2.94%) Apple
6 1 (2.94%) Aruba
6 1 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.94%) Meraki
6 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.94%) Sophos
6 1 (2.94%) Splunk
6 1 (2.94%) VMware