Wireless Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Wireless
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Wireless 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.96% - 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.00% - 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £566 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate - - £12.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 25 19 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 12.25% 12.67% 18.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 13
10th Percentile £234 £143 £243
25th Percentile £363 £144 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% +28.00%
75th Percentile £500 £163 -
90th Percentile £598 £444 £618
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £150 £400
% change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £12.83
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +58.56% +1.67%
75th Percentile - - £16.69
90th Percentile - - £17.48
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £15.25
% change year-on-year -36.60% +58.56% +1.67%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in Belfast

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Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in Belfast

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Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Wireless

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (75.00%) Network Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) Aruba
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft