Wireless Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Wireless
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 8 16 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 5.33% 10.46% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.51% 19.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 0
10th Percentile £407 £300 -
25th Percentile £485 £393 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £468 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -
75th Percentile £593 £575 -
90th Percentile £611 £638 -
Cumbria median daily rate £550 £446 -
% change year-on-year +23.25% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Wireless falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 41 83 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 27.33% 54.25% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 22
10th Percentile £369 £388 £505
25th Percentile £463 £458 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £550 £663
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -17.04% +36.42%
75th Percentile £578 £618 £670
90th Percentile £611 £638 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +18.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median hourly rate - - £41.23

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Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Wireless job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in Barrow-in-Furness

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Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Wireless

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) VLAN
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (50.00%) DHCP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) NAS
2 4 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
4 1 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CCNA
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) CCNP
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Aruba
1 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) Ekahau
1 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow