Wireless Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Wireless
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 49 62
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +19
Contract jobs citing Wireless 5 14 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.59% 1.84% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.06% 14.43% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 4
10th Percentile - £256 £291
25th Percentile £154 £338 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £161 £388 £491
90th Percentile - - £496
England median daily rate £380 £440 £450
% change year-on-year -13.64% -2.22% +2.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 97 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.30% 12.73% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 47 80
10th Percentile £146 £176 £212
25th Percentile £154 £216 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £509
90th Percentile £500 £717 £589
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 8
10th Percentile £17.32 £21.14 £10.76
25th Percentile £21.91 £22.40 £13.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +15.14% +18.51%
75th Percentile - £24.46 £54.00
90th Percentile - £24.96 -
England median hourly rate £32.77 £57.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -42.76% +1.35% +37.68%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Wireless

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Lincolnshire - 5 £158 - 2
Wireless
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Android
1 5 (100.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Apple
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Dell
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP