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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 128 121
Rank change year-on-year -44 -7 -49
Contract jobs citing Wireless 59 36 70
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.88% 1.03% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.35% 5.97% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 18 46
10th Percentile £238 - £117
25th Percentile £313 £204 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £284
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +58.66% -16.58%
75th Percentile £534 £520 £516
90th Percentile £596 £549 £657
England median daily rate £450 £431 £400
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.81% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.64 - £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.43 £14.20 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +269.19% -36.61% +40.00%
75th Percentile £56.21 £89.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +108.45% +19.76% -37.20%

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 803 603 964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.00% 17.17% 19.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 415 515
10th Percentile £296 £220 £254
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £608
90th Percentile £670 £638 £658
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 30 102
10th Percentile £17.55 £14.20 £23.10
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £48.72 £54.94 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% -4.21% -0.26%
75th Percentile £56.21 £67.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.47 £89.63 £75.24
England median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.94
% change year-on-year -36.93% -19.91% +3.66%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -39 26 £480 +32.41% 43
Hampshire -16 24 £525 +2.44% 40
Berkshire -23 12 £467 +28.69% 15
Buckinghamshire -34 11 £525 - 3
Surrey -27 4 £470 +126.51% 9
Oxfordshire -26 3 £480 - 27
Sussex - 2 £236 -
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 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) Azure
2 9 (15.25%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (49.15%) Firewall
2 22 (37.29%) WAN
3 21 (35.59%) LAN
4 16 (27.12%) Network Security
5 11 (18.64%) DNS
6 10 (16.95%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (16.95%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (15.25%) BGP
7 9 (15.25%) DHCP
7 9 (15.25%) VPN
8 8 (13.56%) OSPF
8 8 (13.56%) Software-Defined Radio
9 7 (11.86%) SD-WAN
9 7 (11.86%) VLAN
10 6 (10.17%) IPsec
10 6 (10.17%) NGFW
10 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
11 5 (8.47%) IPv4
11 5 (8.47%) IPv6
12 4 (6.78%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.69%) Metasploit
General
1 13 (22.03%) Aerospace
2 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.39%) Finance
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Network Engineer
2 17 (28.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (28.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 17 (28.81%) Software Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Senior
4 5 (8.47%) Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Network Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Network Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Network Field Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) Yocto
2 6 (10.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Device Driver
1 8 (13.56%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (11.86%) MicroBlaze
2 7 (11.86%) RISC-V
3 4 (6.78%) BYOD
4 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.39%) IoT
5 2 (3.39%) NHS
5 2 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Embedded Linux
1 8 (13.56%) Linux
2 7 (11.86%) Windows
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Software Engineering
2 10 (16.95%) Agile
2 10 (16.95%) ITIL
2 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.56%) Digital Signal Processing
3 8 (13.56%) Signal Processing
4 7 (11.86%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.17%) High Availability
5 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.47%) Change Management
6 5 (8.47%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (6.78%) ITSM
7 4 (6.78%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.78%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (6.78%) Security Operations
7 4 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (5.08%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.08%) Service Management
8 3 (5.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) C
1 8 (13.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) SC Cleared
1 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (13.56%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (11.86%) CCNA
3 7 (11.86%) CCNP
4 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.08%) PMP
5 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) JNCIP
5 2 (3.39%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (1.69%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.08%) NIST
2 3 (5.08%) SLA
3 2 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.39%) NCSC
4 1 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (13.56%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (13.56%) Firmware
2 7 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
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%) Nmap
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Cisco
2 14 (23.73%) Palo Alto
3 11 (18.64%) Aruba
4 9 (15.25%) VMware
5 8 (13.56%) Juniper
5 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.17%) F5
7 5 (8.47%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.78%) Infoblox
8 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
9 3 (5.08%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.39%) Blue Coat
10 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.69%) Meraki
11 1 (1.69%) SevOne