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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 122 113
Rank change year-on-year -28 -9 -27
Contract jobs citing Wireless 63 33 78
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.07% 1.10% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.43% 6.35% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 16 45
10th Percentile £303 £186 £184
25th Percentile £332 £296 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £403 £375
Median % change year-on-year +19.25% +7.33% -5.06%
75th Percentile £535 £500 £538
90th Percentile £600 £531 £630
England median daily rate £417 £468 £400
% change year-on-year -10.80% +16.88% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £49.18 - £16.68
25th Percentile £50.00 - £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.43 £14.20 £21.10
Median % change year-on-year +269.19% -32.69% -51.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £65.00
90th Percentile - £18.38 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +72.34% +30.27% -62.14%

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 747 520 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.74% 17.32% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 331 611
10th Percentile £281 £210 £205
25th Percentile £409 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -3.06% +0.77%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £588
90th Percentile £688 £625 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 29 131
10th Percentile £16.73 £14.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.83 £20.85 £27.50
Median hourly rate £48.72 £54.88 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -11.22% -4.32% +9.24%
75th Percentile £56.11 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.90 £66.25 £85.65
England median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%

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

Wireless
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 May 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 May 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 -21 43 £480 +47.69% 19
Berkshire -14 25 £475 +28.38% 10
Buckinghamshire -25 13 £525 +328.57% 2
Hampshire -20 11 £525 +5.00% 17
Oxfordshire -18 5 £480 - 8
Surrey -15 4 £361 -0.34% 3
Kent - 3 £400 - 4
West Sussex -18 1 - - 4
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:

Applications
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (20.63%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (20.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.10%) AWS
2 20 (31.75%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) GCP
4 2 (3.17%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Sauce Labs
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (60.32%) Firewall
2 23 (36.51%) LAN
3 19 (30.16%) WAN
4 16 (25.40%) Network Security
5 13 (20.63%) BGP
5 13 (20.63%) OSPF
6 10 (15.87%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (9.52%) IPsec
8 6 (9.52%) IPv6
8 6 (9.52%) Software-Defined Radio
8 6 (9.52%) VPN
9 5 (7.94%) BIG-IP
9 5 (7.94%) DHCP
9 5 (7.94%) DNS
9 5 (7.94%) IPv4
9 5 (7.94%) TCP/IP
9 5 (7.94%) WLAN
10 4 (6.35%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) MySQL
1 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (23.81%) Burp Suite
2 14 (22.22%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.59%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.59%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.59%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.59%) Xcode
General
1 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.59%) Billing
4 1 (1.59%) Finance
4 1 (1.59%) Retail
4 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 15 (23.81%) Penetration Tester
2 15 (23.81%) Tester
3 7 (11.11%) Architect
4 6 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Senior
5 5 (7.94%) Software Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Cisco Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) Yocto
2 5 (7.94%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.59%) Ajax
3 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.59%) CSS
3 1 (1.59%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (9.52%) Device Driver
3 6 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (9.52%) MicroBlaze
3 6 (9.52%) RISC-V
4 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.35%) BYOD
6 3 (4.76%) Public Cloud
6 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) iSeries
7 1 (1.59%) Life Science
7 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.59%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.98%) Windows
2 9 (14.29%) Linux
3 6 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (1.59%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Unix
4 1 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
2 14 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
3 13 (20.63%) Cloud Security
4 12 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (17.46%) Commercial Awareness
5 11 (17.46%) Information Security
5 11 (17.46%) Security Management
6 10 (15.87%) Agile
6 10 (15.87%) Business Development
6 10 (15.87%) Line Management
7 9 (14.29%) Customer Service
8 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.52%) Digital Signal Processing
9 6 (9.52%) High Availability
9 6 (9.52%) ITIL
9 6 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (9.52%) Signal Processing
9 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
9 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.94%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) C
1 6 (9.52%) C++
2 2 (3.17%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) Java
3 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 35 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 14 (22.22%) CHECK Team Member
4 13 (20.63%) Degree
5 12 (19.05%) CREST Certified
5 12 (19.05%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (17.46%) Postgraduate
7 9 (14.29%) CCNP
7 9 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (11.11%) CCNA
9 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
10 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
10 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
10 2 (3.17%) PMP
11 1 (1.59%) CCDA
11 1 (1.59%) CCDP
11 1 (1.59%) CCIE
11 1 (1.59%) CCIP
11 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (22.22%) GDPR
2 14 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 14 (22.22%) QA
3 11 (17.46%) PMO
4 3 (4.76%) NCSC
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.17%) NIST
6 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (9.52%) Firmware
1 6 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (23.81%) Nmap
2 1 (1.59%) Ansible
2 1 (1.59%) CASB
2 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.59%) Nessus
2 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (39.68%) Cisco
2 14 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 10 (15.87%) Aruba
4 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
5 6 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 6 (9.52%) Juniper
5 6 (9.52%) Meraki
5 6 (9.52%) VMware
6 5 (7.94%) F5
7 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.76%) Infoblox
8 3 (4.76%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.59%) Arista
10 1 (1.59%) BT
10 1 (1.59%) HP
10 1 (1.59%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (1.59%) Openreach
10 1 (1.59%) Oracle
10 1 (1.59%) Splunk