Wireless Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Wireless
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.73% - 2.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.79% - 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £178
75th Percentile £516 - £179
90th Percentile £566 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 - £178
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - - £12.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 29 18 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 12.55% 11.18% 18.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 19
10th Percentile - £139 £210
25th Percentile £325 £143 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £541 £163 -
90th Percentile £600 £250 £595
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £150 £400
% change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% -19.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £27.55 £12.83
25th Percentile - £30.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +145.90% +17.31%
75th Percentile - £40.25 £16.69
90th Percentile - - £17.48
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year -59.12% +145.90% +17.31%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in County Antrim

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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in County Antrim over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in County Antrim

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Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Wireless

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Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Belfast - 4 £475 - 1
Wireless
Northern Ireland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (75.00%) Network Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) Aruba
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft