Wireless Security Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Wireless Security
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Wireless Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
North West median daily rate £420 - £325

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

Wireless Security 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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 132 61 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.97% 14.63% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 44 66
10th Percentile £336 £202 £114
25th Percentile £375 £259 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £435 £495
Median % change year-on-year +11.62% -12.12% +0.41%
75th Percentile £610 £528 £538
90th Percentile £647 £609 £582
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.68
25th Percentile £15.50 - £20.11
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.55%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £24.25
90th Percentile £18.50 - £25.30
North West median hourly rate £58.10 £24.59 £26.00
% change year-on-year +136.32% -5.44% +7.87%

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Wireless Security job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Wireless Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
Knutsford - 1 £420 -
Wireless Security
North West

Wireless Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) 802.11
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki