Wireless Contract Job Trends in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 121 122
Rank change year-on-year -51 +1 -46
Contract jobs citing Wireless 59 48 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.89% 1.34% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.15% 7.99% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 32 42
10th Percentile £237 - £112
25th Percentile £303 £204 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £208 £321
Median % change year-on-year +83.13% -35.41% -12.59%
75th Percentile £480 £450 £525
90th Percentile £538 £520 £621
England median daily rate £453 £385 £450
% change year-on-year +17.53% -14.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 3
10th Percentile - £71.00 £18.58
25th Percentile £48.64 £80.32 £20.01
Median hourly rate £52.43 £89.63 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +300.13% +22.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £91.69 £37.33
90th Percentile - £120.25 £46.28
England median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +108.45% -48.21% +47.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 724 601 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.97% 16.77% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 433 428
10th Percentile £275 £204 £242
25th Percentile £400 £325 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% -2.50% +7.97%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £608
90th Percentile £650 £638 £665
England median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 20 43
10th Percentile £19.54 £18.86 £26.40
25th Percentile £31.25 £38.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £64.73 £84.66 £74.38
90th Percentile £90.75 £90.04 £75.00
England median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire -3 34 £395 -21.00% 33
Thames Valley -52 14 £380 +2.70% 35
Berkshire -24 12 £370 - 18
Surrey -31 4 £525 +153.01% 11
Oxfordshire -23 2 £480 - 11
West Sussex -27 2 £513 +13.89% 4
Sussex - 2 £236 - 1
Kent - 2 £250 - 7
Wireless
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) Azure
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.78%) AWS
2 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (33.90%) Firewall
2 17 (28.81%) WAN
3 13 (22.03%) DNS
3 13 (22.03%) LAN
4 11 (18.64%) VPN
5 10 (16.95%) Software-Defined Radio
6 9 (15.25%) Network Security
7 8 (13.56%) DHCP
8 7 (11.86%) VLAN
9 6 (10.17%) SSL
10 5 (8.47%) DMVPN
10 5 (8.47%) IPsec
10 5 (8.47%) SD-WAN
10 5 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (6.78%) Cisco IPT
12 3 (5.08%) BGP
12 3 (5.08%) IPv4
12 3 (5.08%) IPv6
12 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
13 2 (3.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (20.34%) Aerospace
2 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Finance
6 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (44.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 25 (42.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 25 (42.37%) Software Engineer
3 13 (22.03%) Network Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) DSP Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) DSP Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) DSP Software Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Security Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior
8 2 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Desktop Technician
8 2 (3.39%) Embedded C Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Network Delivery Manager
8 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.95%) Yocto
2 5 (8.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Device Driver
1 10 (16.95%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (15.25%) MicroBlaze
2 9 (15.25%) RISC-V
3 5 (8.47%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.08%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.39%) IoT
5 2 (3.39%) NHS
5 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Windows
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded Linux
2 10 (16.95%) Linux
3 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.39%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.69%) macOS
5 1 (1.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (45.76%) Software Engineering
2 11 (18.64%) Agile
3 10 (16.95%) Digital Signal Processing
3 10 (16.95%) Signal Processing
4 9 (15.25%) ITIL
4 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) Change Management
6 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.78%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (5.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.08%) Inventory Management
8 3 (5.08%) Network Management
8 3 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.39%) Business Continuity
9 2 (3.39%) Change Advisory Board
9 2 (3.39%) Customer Experience
9 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (3.39%) Information Security
9 2 (3.39%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.95%) C
1 10 (16.95%) C++
2 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) SC Cleared
1 15 (25.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.08%) CCNA
3 3 (5.08%) CCNP
4 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.39%) JNCIP
4 2 (3.39%) JNCIS
4 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.39%) PMP
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) SLA
2 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
3 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (16.95%) Firmware
2 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
3 6 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.78%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) CASB
2 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.69%) Nagios
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Cisco
2 11 (18.64%) Juniper
3 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.95%) Palo Alto
4 8 (13.56%) VMware
5 7 (11.86%) CheckPoint
6 5 (8.47%) Blue Coat
6 5 (8.47%) F5
6 5 (8.47%) Zscaler
7 4 (6.78%) Aruba
7 4 (6.78%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.08%) Infoblox
8 3 (5.08%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.39%) Cadence
10 1 (1.69%) Apple
10 1 (1.69%) Dell
10 1 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.69%) Meraki
10 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.69%) SevOne