Wireless Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Wireless
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -25
Contract jobs citing Wireless 13 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 5.22% 0.68% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.53% 3.85% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £464
25th Percentile £435 £488 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% -1.87% +25.88%
75th Percentile £445 £563 £571
90th Percentile - - £583
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £500 £210
% change year-on-year +5.00% +138.10% -44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.64 - -
Median hourly rate £52.43 - -
75th Percentile £56.21 - -
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £52.43 - £17.69
% change year-on-year - - +10.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 49 26 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 19.68% 17.69% 37.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 20
10th Percentile £313 £385 £408
25th Percentile £372 £400 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +2.33% +26.47%
75th Percentile £557 £625 £603
90th Percentile £625 - £688
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +17.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 65
10th Percentile - £50.00 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.64 £53.75 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -7.43%
75th Percentile £56.21 £59.44 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Wireless

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 5 (38.46%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 9 (69.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Embedded Engineer
1 12 (92.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 12 (92.31%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) C++ Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Device Driver
1 5 (38.46%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (38.46%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (38.46%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Signal Processing
2 5 (38.46%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C
1 5 (38.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (38.46%) Firmware