Wireless Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Wireless
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Wireless skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 41 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -15 +7
Contract jobs citing Wireless 7 3 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.01% 0.70% 5.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.77% 5.66% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 19
10th Percentile £355 - £396
25th Percentile £400 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £454 - £488
90th Percentile £467 - £545
East of England median daily rate £445 £413 £443
% change year-on-year +7.88% -6.78% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £32.08
25th Percentile £29.00 - £32.96
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £34.22
75th Percentile £31.00 - £41.88
90th Percentile - - £54.25
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £33.44
% change year-on-year -38.22% +45.22% +218.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 65 53 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 18.68% 12.41% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 54
10th Percentile £273 £262 £225
25th Percentile £363 £326 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% +13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £498
90th Percentile £718 - £575
East of England median daily rate £523 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% -8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 12
10th Percentile - - £15.26
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.46
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - -9.99% +16.84%
75th Percentile £31.31 £21.37 £33.71
90th Percentile £71.25 - £34.95
East of England median hourly rate £62.00 £48.56 £65.00
% change year-on-year +27.68% -25.29% +30.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Cambridgeshire

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Wireless

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +2 5 £445 - 10
Peterborough - 2 - -
Wireless
East of England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) VLAN
2 3 (42.86%) WLAN
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (28.57%) DHCP
3 2 (28.57%) DNS
3 2 (28.57%) PuTTY
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) 802.11
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Multicast
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless Security
4 1 (14.29%) WPA2
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Network Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Network Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Dell
2 2 (28.57%) Intel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Peregrine
2 2 (28.57%) Remedy
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) AirMagnet
3 1 (14.29%) Ekahau