Wireless Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Wireless
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 25 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing Wireless 3 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.49% 2.11% 7.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 17.39% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile £443 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £448 - £538
90th Percentile - - £568
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £34.22
% change year-on-year -51.61% +81.18% +3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 40 23 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 19.90% 12.11% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 23
10th Percentile £406 £264 £283
25th Percentile £443 £288 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £538
90th Percentile £700 £639 £568
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £63.00 - £16.83
25th Percentile £63.75 £52.50 £18.86
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +175.00% -45.95%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - £37.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.00 £21.46 £20.00
% change year-on-year +39.79% +7.30% +29.03%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Wireless

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) Intel
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) VMware