Wireless Contracts in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 83 147
Rank change year-on-year -39 +64 +7
Contract jobs citing Wireless 76 145 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.38% 2.56% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.27% 15.73% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 97 67
10th Percentile £184 £217 £183
25th Percentile £200 £263 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £370 £320
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £531 £475 £421
90th Percentile £661 £570 £560
England median daily rate £413 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 8
10th Percentile £16.54 - £11.84
25th Percentile - £15.50 £12.95
Median hourly rate £17.69 £31.88 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.50% +0.39% -2.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £33.75
90th Percentile - £80.48 -
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,213 922 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.98% 16.30% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 551 758
10th Percentile £205 £241 £190
25th Percentile £363 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 73 73
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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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 11 May 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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
Surrey +15 28 £378 +21.77% 12
Hampshire -33 27 £210 -45.10% 11
Thames Valley -27 15 £425 -19.05% 41
Oxfordshire +14 9 £475 +35.71% 4
Kent +6 6 £425 +30.77% 3
Berkshire -48 6 £300 -43.93% 14
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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 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.63%) nginx
3 1 (1.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 21 (27.63%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.89%) Azure
3 5 (6.58%) AWS
4 3 (3.95%) WhatsApp
5 2 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (39.47%) Firewall
2 18 (23.68%) VPN
2 18 (23.68%) WAN
3 16 (21.05%) LAN
4 12 (15.79%) DHCP
4 12 (15.79%) DNS
5 11 (14.47%) Network Security
6 8 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (9.21%) TCP/IP
8 6 (7.89%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (7.89%) VLAN
9 4 (5.26%) BGP
9 4 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (5.26%) MPLS
9 4 (5.26%) OSPF
9 4 (5.26%) SAN
10 3 (3.95%) 5G
11 2 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (2.63%) SD-WAN
11 2 (2.63%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) MySQL
1 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Git
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Subversion
General
1 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Electronics
2 11 (14.47%) Telecoms
3 7 (9.21%) Marketing
4 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.26%) Finance
6 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Law
7 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Military
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 13 (17.11%) IT Support
3 8 (10.53%) Support Technician
4 7 (9.21%) Designer
5 6 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (7.89%) IT Technician
5 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) IT Support Specialist
6 5 (6.58%) Network Specialist
6 5 (6.58%) Network Support
6 5 (6.58%) Network Support Specialist
6 5 (6.58%) Support Specialist
7 4 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Field Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Senior
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.26%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.26%) Device Driver
2 4 (5.26%) NHS
2 4 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.63%) CCTV
4 2 (2.63%) FPGA
4 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) GNSS
5 1 (1.32%) Life Science
5 1 (1.32%) PKI
5 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (39.47%) Windows
2 18 (23.68%) Linux
3 7 (9.21%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.89%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.63%) Android
6 2 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.63%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.32%) Unix
7 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (13.16%) ITIL
3 8 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 7 (9.21%) Customer Service
4 7 (9.21%) Service Management
5 5 (6.58%) Business Case
5 5 (6.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (6.58%) Incident Management
5 5 (6.58%) Information Security
5 5 (6.58%) Problem Management
6 4 (5.26%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (5.26%) Signal Processing
6 4 (5.26%) Software Engineering
6 4 (5.26%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (5.26%) Time Management
6 4 (5.26%) Validation
7 3 (3.95%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (3.95%) Global Marketing
7 3 (3.95%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) C
2 4 (5.26%) Assembly Language
2 4 (5.26%) C++
2 4 (5.26%) MATLAB
2 4 (5.26%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) Shell Script
3 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.63%) SQL
5 1 (1.32%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 17 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 13 (17.11%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (15.79%) Degree
5 11 (14.47%) CCNP
6 7 (9.21%) CCNA
7 4 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (5.26%) CCSA
7 4 (5.26%) DBS Check
7 4 (5.26%) JNCIA
7 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 4 (5.26%) PhD
8 2 (2.63%) HND
9 1 (1.32%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.32%) MCSA
9 1 (1.32%) MCSE
9 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.47%) SLA
2 4 (5.26%) JTAG
3 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 25 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 13 (17.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.21%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.58%) Firmware
5 4 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.32%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (19.74%) SCCM
2 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.95%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.95%) WSUS
4 2 (2.63%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.32%) Nessus
5 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 22 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 20 (26.32%) Cisco
3 16 (21.05%) VMware
4 12 (15.79%) Palo Alto
5 10 (13.16%) MobileIron
6 9 (11.84%) Juniper
7 6 (7.89%) CheckPoint
8 5 (6.58%) Blue Coat
9 3 (3.95%) Apple
9 3 (3.95%) Aruba
9 3 (3.95%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (2.63%) F5
10 2 (2.63%) Forcepoint
10 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.63%) Meraki
10 2 (2.63%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (2.63%) Sage
10 2 (2.63%) Xilinx