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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 130 111
Rank change year-on-year -30 -19 -36
Contract jobs citing Wireless 57 27 87
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.90% 0.84% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.47% 4.70% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 55
10th Percentile £308 £236 £129
25th Percentile £403 £412 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £259
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% +93.05% -20.31%
75th Percentile £538 £524 £450
90th Percentile £600 £555 £626
England median daily rate £453 £468 £400
% change year-on-year -3.21% +16.88% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 14
10th Percentile - - £16.66
25th Percentile £48.64 - £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.43 £14.20 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +269.19% -19.86% -21.24%
75th Percentile £56.21 - £61.81
90th Percentile £59.24 £18.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +108.45% +19.76% -55.20%

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 763 574 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.08% 17.80% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 380 569
10th Percentile £281 £219 £215
25th Percentile £413 £325 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 27 139
10th Percentile £17.56 £14.20 £17.35
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.76 £31.88
Median hourly rate £42.25 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £56.21 £58.72 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.56 £85.65
England median hourly rate £26.72 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -33.20% -12.82% +121.59%

Wireless
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 3 July 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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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 3 July 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
Thames Valley -32 33 £500 +35.14% 31
Hampshire -24 18 £525 +5.00% 27
Berkshire -27 18 £467 +26.08% 6
Buckinghamshire -30 12 £525 - 3
Surrey -21 4 £470 -0.53% 11
Oxfordshire -28 3 £480 - 22
West Sussex -18 1 - -
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 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 14 (24.56%) AWS
3 2 (3.51%) GCP
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.75%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) IaaS
4 1 (1.75%) PaaS
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (49.12%) Firewall
2 24 (42.11%) LAN
3 21 (36.84%) WAN
4 15 (26.32%) Network Security
5 11 (19.30%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (17.54%) BGP
6 10 (17.54%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (15.79%) OSPF
8 8 (14.04%) SD-WAN
9 6 (10.53%) DHCP
9 6 (10.53%) DNS
9 6 (10.53%) IPv6
9 6 (10.53%) Software-Defined Radio
9 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
9 6 (10.53%) VPN
10 5 (8.77%) BIG-IP
10 5 (8.77%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (8.77%) IPsec
10 5 (8.77%) IPv4
11 4 (7.02%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Burp Suite
2 4 (7.02%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Aerospace
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.75%) Billing
4 1 (1.75%) Finance
4 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Network Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Software Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (8.77%) Penetration Tester
4 5 (8.77%) Tester
5 4 (7.02%) Network Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Network Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Senior
6 3 (5.26%) Cisco Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Data Network Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) QA Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Yocto
2 5 (8.77%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.53%) Device Driver
2 6 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (10.53%) MicroBlaze
2 6 (10.53%) RISC-V
3 5 (8.77%) Security Posture
4 4 (7.02%) BYOD
4 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.26%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.75%) iSeries
7 1 (1.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Linux
2 7 (12.28%) Windows
3 6 (10.53%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.75%) VMS
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Software Engineering
2 11 (19.30%) Agile
3 8 (14.04%) ITIL
3 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (12.28%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (10.53%) Digital Signal Processing
5 6 (10.53%) High Availability
5 6 (10.53%) Signal Processing
6 5 (8.77%) Change Management
6 5 (8.77%) Cloud Security
6 5 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.77%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (8.77%) PRINCE2
6 5 (8.77%) Project Governance
6 5 (8.77%) Security Operations
6 5 (8.77%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (7.02%) Change Advisory Board
7 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) C
1 6 (10.53%) C++
2 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 26 (45.61%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.79%) CCNP
3 9 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (14.04%) CCNA
5 4 (7.02%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (7.02%) CREST Certified
5 4 (7.02%) Cyber Scheme
5 4 (7.02%) Degree
5 4 (7.02%) PMI Certification
5 4 (7.02%) PMP
6 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.26%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.75%) CCDA
7 1 (1.75%) CCIE
7 1 (1.75%) CCIP
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIP
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) QA
2 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.02%) GDPR
3 4 (7.02%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.26%) NCSC
4 3 (5.26%) NIST
4 3 (5.26%) PMO
5 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (10.53%) Firmware
1 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Nmap
2 2 (3.51%) CASB
3 1 (1.75%) Ansible
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.75%) Nessus
3 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (40.35%) Cisco
2 13 (22.81%) Aruba
3 11 (19.30%) Palo Alto
4 7 (12.28%) Juniper
4 7 (12.28%) VMware
5 6 (10.53%) Fortinet
5 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
6 5 (8.77%) F5
6 5 (8.77%) SolarWinds
7 3 (5.26%) Infoblox
7 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.51%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.51%) Meraki
9 1 (1.75%) Arista
9 1 (1.75%) HP
9 1 (1.75%) Zscaler