Wireless Contract Job Trends in London

Wireless
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 295 271
Rank change year-on-year -68 -24 -4
Contract jobs citing Wireless 97 73 109
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.48% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.93% 5.61% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 39 62
10th Percentile £242 £170 £232
25th Percentile £400 £344 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £506 £588
90th Percentile £588 £588 £675
England median daily rate £455 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 3
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +5.67% +25.73%
England median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +108.45% -48.21% +94.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,635 1,301 1,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.08% 9.77% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,031 834 950
10th Percentile £286 £283 £256
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £631
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 36 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.66 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £95.00 £39.06 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.88 £66.38
England median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +10.63% -38.97% +1.52%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in London

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireless

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in London

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the London region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Central London -6 16 £425 +12.96% 17
East London - 2 £525 - 1
South London -10 1 - - 1
West London -30 1 - - 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.87%) Azure
2 17 (17.53%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (16.49%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.28%) GitHub
5 7 (7.22%) AWS
5 7 (7.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.09%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.03%) IaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.03%) SaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 49 (50.52%) Firewall
2 31 (31.96%) VPN
3 29 (29.90%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (28.87%) WAN
5 26 (26.80%) Network Security
6 25 (25.77%) BGP
7 23 (23.71%) LAN
8 21 (21.65%) DNS
9 18 (18.56%) DHCP
9 18 (18.56%) TCP/IP
9 18 (18.56%) VLAN
10 13 (13.40%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (12.37%) OSPF
12 11 (11.34%) Cisco Wireless
13 9 (9.28%) SD-WAN
13 9 (9.28%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (8.25%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (8.25%) MPLS
14 8 (8.25%) Multicast
14 8 (8.25%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) JIRA
General
1 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.68%) Finance
3 9 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.25%) Banking
4 8 (8.25%) Legal
4 8 (8.25%) Retail
5 5 (5.15%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.12%) Front Office
6 4 (4.12%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Advertising
8 1 (1.03%) Billing
8 1 (1.03%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (48.45%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.43%) Cisco Engineer
3 12 (12.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 11 (11.34%) Senior
5 9 (9.28%) Implementation Engineer
5 9 (9.28%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Analyst
6 8 (8.25%) Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Desktop Support
7 7 (7.22%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.19%) Desktop Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.19%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.15%) Network Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Technical Manager
9 5 (5.15%) Wireless Engineer
9 5 (5.15%) Wireless Network Engineer
10 4 (4.12%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.43%) 802.1X
2 6 (6.19%) Terraform
3 3 (3.09%) REST
3 3 (3.09%) SAML
3 3 (3.09%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.03%) JSON
4 1 (1.03%) Middleware
4 1 (1.03%) OpenEmbedded
4 1 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.68%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.28%) Digital Signage
3 7 (7.22%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.12%) CCTV
5 4 (4.12%) IoT
5 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.12%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.09%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.09%) PKI
7 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.06%) NHS
7 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.06%) Smartcard
7 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.03%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.53%) Windows
2 7 (7.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.12%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.03%) Linux
6 1 (1.03%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.59%) Project Delivery
2 16 (16.49%) Migration
2 16 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (13.40%) ITIL
3 13 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (12.37%) Zero Trust
5 11 (11.34%) Agile
6 10 (10.31%) Load Balancing
7 9 (9.28%) High Availability
7 9 (9.28%) Runbook
8 8 (8.25%) Data Protection
8 8 (8.25%) ITSM
8 8 (8.25%) Use Case
9 7 (7.22%) Incident Management
9 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (7.22%) Network Design
9 7 (7.22%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (6.19%) Project Management
10 6 (6.19%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.34%) Python
2 5 (5.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.09%) SQL
3 3 (3.09%) VBScript
4 2 (2.06%) Lisp
5 1 (1.03%) Bicep
5 1 (1.03%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 19 (19.59%) CCNP
1 19 (19.59%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (8.25%) Degree
3 7 (7.22%) CCNA
4 5 (5.15%) CCIE
4 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.12%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.09%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.06%) CCIE Security
7 2 (2.06%) JNCIP
7 2 (2.06%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.03%) CCNA CyberOps
8 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.03%) CWNA
8 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.09%) NIST
3 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.06%) GDPR
3 2 (2.06%) QA
System Software
1 22 (22.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.03%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (15.46%) FortiGate
2 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (10.31%) Ansible
3 10 (10.31%) Cisco Prime
4 7 (7.22%) SCCM
5 1 (1.03%) Grafana
5 1 (1.03%) Nessus
5 1 (1.03%) TrustSec
5 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (55.67%) Cisco
2 27 (27.84%) Microsoft
3 19 (19.59%) Palo Alto
4 17 (17.53%) Aruba
5 16 (16.49%) F5
5 16 (16.49%) Meraki
6 12 (12.37%) Fortinet
7 11 (11.34%) Juniper
8 5 (5.15%) Zscaler
9 4 (4.12%) VMware
10 3 (3.09%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (3.09%) McAfee
10 3 (3.09%) Ping Identity
10 3 (3.09%) Riverbed
10 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.09%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.06%) Apple
11 2 (2.06%) Citrix
11 2 (2.06%) ForeScout
11 2 (2.06%) LogicMonitor