Wireless Contracts in Bristol

Wireless
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 54 79
Rank change year-on-year +11 +25 +11
Contract jobs citing Wireless 12 20 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 1.89% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.64% 13.16% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 21
10th Percentile £357 £260 £185
25th Percentile £382 £333 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £430 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% +7.50% +30.29%
75th Percentile £565 £650 £475
90th Percentile £621 - £588
South West median daily rate £413 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +8.55% -10.59% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 88 152 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 16.39% 14.38% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 76 97
10th Percentile £235 £230 £200
25th Percentile £250 £355 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £640 £600
90th Percentile £588 £688 £680
South West median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 87
10th Percentile £68.00 £12.57 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £38.26 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +563.27% -44.00%
75th Percentile - £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £87.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) Network Security
3 3 (25.00%) DHCP
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (16.67%) OSPF
4 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (8.33%) Internet
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) WLAN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Electronics
1 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Network Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (16.67%) Network Design
2 2 (16.67%) Network Management
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security Management
2 2 (16.67%) Security Management
2 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL
3 1 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (8.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCIE
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CCSA
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Aruba
1 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
1 4 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
1 4 (33.33%) F5
1 4 (33.33%) Infoblox
1 4 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
1 4 (33.33%) Zscaler
2 2 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) SAP