Wireless Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Wireless Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Wireless Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wireless Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.28% - 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £450
75th Percentile £538 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £33.44
East of England median hourly rate - £48.56 £33.44
% change year-on-year - +45.22% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 310 286 383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.35% 76.27% 77.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 119 178
10th Percentile £213 £272 £184
25th Percentile £391 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.13% -4.42% -
75th Percentile £621 £558 £560
90th Percentile £700 £628 £629
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 37 108
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.49 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.93 £20.56
90th Percentile £47.15 £60.00 £34.50
East of England median hourly rate £30.05 £47.50 £43.15
% change year-on-year -36.73% +10.08% +117.82%

Wireless Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wireless Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Wireless Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Wireless Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wireless Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wireless Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Wireless Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wireless Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wireless Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Wireless Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Wireless Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Wireless Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G NR
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Wireless Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G NR
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++