Wireless Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 263 256 387
Rank change year-on-year -7 +131 -32
Contract jobs citing Wireless 84 221 248
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.88% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.38% 7.63% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 149 156
10th Percentile £230 £258 £319
25th Percentile £300 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £496
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.32% +24.11%
75th Percentile £574 £540 £600
90th Percentile £703 £619 £663
UK median daily rate £416 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.04% +6.25% +5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 16
10th Percentile £17.69 £33.10 £28.41
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £37.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £63.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +27.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £52.50
90th Percentile - £80.93 -
UK median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless.

Wireless daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Wireless daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless.

Wireless hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Wireless hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.29%) AWS
2 7 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.38%) GCP
4 2 (2.38%) Route 53
4 2 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.38%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (44.05%) LAN
2 32 (38.10%) WAN
3 22 (26.19%) Firewall
4 19 (22.62%) VPN
4 19 (22.62%) WLAN
5 13 (15.48%) BGP
6 12 (14.29%) OSPF
6 12 (14.29%) SD-WAN
7 11 (13.10%) Network Security
8 10 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (9.52%) IPsec
11 6 (7.14%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (5.95%) DHCP
12 5 (5.95%) VoIP
13 4 (4.76%) DNS
13 4 (4.76%) Internet
13 4 (4.76%) MPLS
14 3 (3.57%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Git
1 4 (4.76%) JIRA
1 4 (4.76%) Subversion
2 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 13 (15.48%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.52%) Finance
5 5 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.76%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.57%) Marketing
8 2 (2.38%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Back Office
9 1 (1.19%) Banking
9 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Electronics
9 1 (1.19%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (8.33%) Consultant
3 6 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Architect
4 5 (5.95%) Network Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Senior
5 4 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Network Architect
5 4 (4.76%) Network Consultant
5 4 (4.76%) Network Project Manager
5 4 (4.76%) Network Specialist
5 4 (4.76%) Software Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Implementation Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Tester
6 3 (3.57%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.14%) NHS
2 6 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.95%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.76%) Device Driver
4 4 (4.76%) PKI
5 3 (3.57%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.19%) BYOD
7 1 (1.19%) CCTV
7 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) IoT
7 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Windows
2 5 (5.95%) Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) CentOS
4 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.19%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.10%) Migration
3 9 (10.71%) Agile
4 8 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (8.33%) Change Management
5 7 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 7 (8.33%) Network Design
6 5 (5.95%) Presales
6 5 (5.95%) Service Management
6 5 (5.95%) Software Engineering
7 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (4.76%) Defect Tracking
7 4 (4.76%) Incident Management
7 4 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (4.76%) Problem Management
7 4 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (4.76%) Signal Processing
7 4 (4.76%) Software Optimisation
7 4 (4.76%) Validation
8 3 (3.57%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) Python
2 7 (8.33%) C++
3 4 (4.76%) Assembly Language
3 4 (4.76%) C
3 4 (4.76%) MATLAB
3 4 (4.76%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.19%) Java
5 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.19%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (19.05%) CCNP
3 11 (13.10%) Security Cleared
4 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
5 8 (9.52%) Degree
6 5 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.95%) CCIE
6 5 (5.95%) CCNA
6 5 (5.95%) JNCIA
6 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.76%) PhD
8 3 (3.57%) CCSA
8 3 (3.57%) CEH
8 3 (3.57%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.57%) GIAC
8 3 (3.57%) GPEN
8 3 (3.57%) OSCP
9 2 (2.38%) PMP
9 2 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.71%) SLA
2 4 (4.76%) JTAG
3 3 (3.57%) NIST
3 3 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 10 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) Firmware
3 4 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (3.57%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.76%) Ansible
3 3 (3.57%) Terraform
3 3 (3.57%) TrustSec
4 2 (2.38%) Grafana
4 2 (2.38%) SCCM
4 2 (2.38%) WSUS
5 1 (1.19%) Nessus
5 1 (1.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (47.62%) Cisco
2 18 (21.43%) Palo Alto
3 11 (13.10%) Juniper
4 10 (11.90%) Fortinet
5 9 (10.71%) Microsoft
6 6 (7.14%) Aruba
6 6 (7.14%) CheckPoint
7 5 (5.95%) Blue Coat
7 5 (5.95%) Meraki
8 4 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (4.76%) Infoblox
8 4 (4.76%) VMware
9 3 (3.57%) F5
9 3 (3.57%) ForeScout
10 2 (2.38%) Ekahau
10 2 (2.38%) Okta
10 2 (2.38%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.19%) Altiris
11 1 (1.19%) Qualys
11 1 (1.19%) Riverbed