Wireless Contracts in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 122 77
Rank change year-on-year -7 -45 +61
Contract jobs citing Wireless 25 85 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.80% 1.50% 2.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.50% 7.30% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 54 112
10th Percentile £322 £129 £206
25th Percentile £421 £187 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £262 £338
Median % change year-on-year +91.20% -22.52% -10.00%
75th Percentile £528 £450 £450
90th Percentile £560 £632 £638
England median daily rate £468 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +16.88% -5.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 14
10th Percentile - £16.66 -
25th Percentile - £17.69 £15.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £17.72 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% -21.24% -29.13%
75th Percentile - £61.81 £45.00
90th Percentile £18.38 £65.00 £80.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £46.88
% change year-on-year +19.76% -55.20% +44.23%

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 556 1,164 994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.80% 20.51% 17.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 560 587
10th Percentile £220 £212 £240
25th Percentile £325 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £493 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.40% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 141 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.63 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £36.75 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £37.50 £46.69 £20.71
% change year-on-year -19.68% +125.50% -17.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the South East

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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 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 30 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +28 17 £370 -12.94% 86
Berkshire +25 10 £370 - 66
Buckinghamshire +17 6 - - 9
Hampshire +12 6 £500 +138.10% 41
Surrey -9 2 £488 +82.42% 29
Oxfordshire -5 1 - - 13
West Sussex - 1 - - 13
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) Akamai
4 1 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) Nutanix
4 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) Firewall
2 11 (44.00%) WAN
3 9 (36.00%) LAN
4 7 (28.00%) Internet
4 7 (28.00%) VPN
5 4 (16.00%) Network Security
5 4 (16.00%) SD-WAN
5 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (12.00%) 802.11
6 3 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (12.00%) VLAN
7 2 (8.00%) 5G
7 2 (8.00%) DNS
7 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (8.00%) SSL
8 1 (4.00%) DHCP
8 1 (4.00%) IP Telephony
8 1 (4.00%) IPsec
8 1 (4.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
General
1 19 (76.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Help Desk Agent
2 6 (24.00%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Support
4 2 (8.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
1 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (24.00%) Time Management
3 4 (16.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Data Collection
4 3 (12.00%) Network Design
4 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 2 (8.00%) Change Management
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (8.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (8.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Project Governance
6 1 (4.00%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.00%) CCNA
3 4 (16.00%) CCNP
3 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (8.00%) PMP
5 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CCIE
5 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.00%) MCP
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) vSphere
2 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Ansible
1 1 (4.00%) CASB
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Cisco
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (32.00%) Juniper
4 5 (20.00%) Aruba
5 4 (16.00%) Meraki
6 3 (12.00%) AirMagnet
6 3 (12.00%) Ekahau
6 3 (12.00%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (12.00%) Palo Alto
7 2 (8.00%) F5
8 1 (4.00%) Apple
8 1 (4.00%) Blue Coat
8 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
8 1 (4.00%) Citrix
8 1 (4.00%) Dell
8 1 (4.00%) Dell KACE
8 1 (4.00%) HP
8 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.00%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (4.00%) VMware