Wireless Contracts in Scotland

Wireless
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 113 141
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 +22
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Wireless 8 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.48% 0.16% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.30% 1.51% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 10
10th Percentile £329 £224 -
25th Percentile £362 £251 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £308 £350
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -12.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £399 £369 £397
90th Percentile - £400 £539
UK median daily rate £425 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +4.94% -4.71% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 186 199 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.18% 10.67% 12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 127 207
10th Percentile £208 £177 £163
25th Percentile £350 £220 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -17.95% +12.39%
75th Percentile £500 £523 £550
90th Percentile £580 £619 £638
UK median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile - £12.00 -
25th Percentile - £14.63 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -61.72% -6.63%
75th Percentile - £18.89 £59.03
90th Percentile £33.38 £30.75 £60.25
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £55.91
% change year-on-year -8.16% -12.35% +59.73%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Scotland

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Wireless

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Wireless

Wireless
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -20 4 £387 +84.29% 5
Edinburgh +3 2 - - 7
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
South Lanarkshire - 1 £313 -
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) LAN
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (25.00%) VLAN
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
5 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) SDH
5 1 (12.50%) TACACS
5 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Executive
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (12.50%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Capacity Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Network Design
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Process Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) HNC
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) FortiGate
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Palo Alto
3 4 (50.00%) Juniper
4 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
5 1 (12.50%) Meraki
5 1 (12.50%) Nokia
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) Riverbed
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 1 (12.50%) Sun