Wireless Security Contract Job Trends in England

Wireless Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Wireless Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 480 555
Rank change year-on-year -82 +75 +135
Contract jobs citing Wireless Security 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.015% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.057% 0.12% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £343 £270
25th Percentile £825 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £875 £438 £594
90th Percentile - - £620
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,481 3,385 5,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.44% 12.96% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,277 1,955 3,263
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.88% -7.43%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £677 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 105 385
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.40
25th Percentile £18.97 £20.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +141.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £76.02
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Wireless Security job vacancy trend in England

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Wireless Security
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireless Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
West Midlands -42 1 - - 2
Midlands -52 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £850 -
Wireless Security
UK

Wireless Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CWSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5