Wireless Contracts in the North West

Wireless
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 103 132
Rank change year-on-year +12 +29 -33
Contract jobs citing Wireless 46 50 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.66% 1.56% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.60% 11.71% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 29
10th Percentile - £211 -
25th Percentile £313 £300 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +23.08% -4.41%
75th Percentile £433 £488 £445
90th Percentile £543 £525 £501
England median daily rate £413 £423 £375
% change year-on-year -2.37% +12.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £22.85 - £18.52
25th Percentile £23.38 - £20.04
Median hourly rate £24.25 - £23.06
75th Percentile £25.13 - £32.87
90th Percentile £25.65 - £38.47
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 365 427 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.21% 13.29% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 303 352
10th Percentile £199 £288 £183
25th Percentile £322 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +21.62%
75th Percentile £651 £575 £582
90th Percentile £825 £650 £638
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 13
10th Percentile - £17.92 £12.07
25th Percentile £17.72 £19.17 £16.23
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.25 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +68.92% -61.00%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.45 £42.20
90th Percentile £89.18 £52.13 £63.75
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Manchester +32 36 £396 -6.82% 14
Cheshire 0 6 £550 +69.23% 6
Merseyside +12 3 £295 -36.56%
Cumbria - 1 £445 - 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) AWS
1 8 (17.39%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.78%) LAN
2 14 (30.43%) DMZ
2 14 (30.43%) SD-WAN
3 13 (28.26%) Cisco Nexus
3 13 (28.26%) WAN
4 12 (26.09%) VPN
5 11 (23.91%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (23.91%) Wireless Security
6 10 (21.74%) Ethernet
6 10 (21.74%) OSPF
7 4 (8.70%) Firewall
8 3 (6.52%) DHCP
8 3 (6.52%) DNS
8 3 (6.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (6.52%) WLAN
9 2 (4.35%) Broadband
9 2 (4.35%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (4.35%) Network Security
9 2 (4.35%) VoIP
10 1 (2.17%) VLAN
General
1 15 (32.61%) Finance
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Banking
4 3 (6.52%) Legal
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.17%) Back Office
6 1 (2.17%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 35 (76.09%) Network Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Wireless Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.52%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) IT Support
6 2 (4.35%) Switch Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Lead
7 1 (2.17%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.17%) Network Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) WLAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
2 7 (15.22%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (23.91%) ITSM
2 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (15.22%) Customer Service
4 3 (6.52%) Load Balancing
4 3 (6.52%) Performance Management
4 3 (6.52%) Test Planning
5 2 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.35%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.35%) Information Security
5 2 (4.35%) Migration
5 2 (4.35%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (2.17%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.17%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Bash
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) SC Cleared
1 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (23.91%) CCNA
4 5 (10.87%) CCNP
5 2 (4.35%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.17%) CCIE
6 1 (2.17%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (17.39%) Hyper-V
2 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Cisco
2 14 (30.43%) F5
2 14 (30.43%) Palo Alto
3 8 (17.39%) VMware
4 4 (8.70%) Meraki
4 4 (8.70%) SolarWinds
5 3 (6.52%) Aruba
5 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.17%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (2.17%) Veeam