Wireless Contract Job Trends in Essex

Wireless
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing Wireless 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.83% - 3.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £203 - -
25th Percentile £206 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £320
Median % change year-on-year - - +96.92%
75th Percentile £219 - £375
90th Percentile £223 - £398
East of England median daily rate £445 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -6.32% +11.76% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8 26 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 7.34% 29.89% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 26
10th Percentile - - £244
25th Percentile £185 £213 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £260 £442
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -41.14% +176.09%
75th Percentile £199 £275 £550
90th Percentile £213 £506 £586
East of England median daily rate £381 £475 £433
% change year-on-year -19.74% +9.83% +1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £10.42
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -46.15% +4.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in Essex

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Essex region over the 6 months to 23 January 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
Chelmsford - 1 £225 -
Wickford - 1 £200 -
Wireless
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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%) NFC
1 2 (100.00%) RFID
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT