Wireless Contracts in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 96 121
Rank change year-on-year -26 +25 -9
Contract jobs citing Wireless 17 56 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.63% 1.91% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.79% 11.59% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 22
10th Percentile £231 £194 £173
25th Percentile £356 £425 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £395
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +29.20% -13.48%
75th Percentile £556 £571 £468
90th Percentile £585 £629 £635
South East median daily rate £378 £410 £320
% change year-on-year -7.93% +28.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £40.55 £36.68 -
25th Percentile - £62.44 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £78.50 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +551.45% -74.63%
75th Percentile - £80.44 -
90th Percentile - £80.78 -
South East median hourly rate £21.10 £61.13 £32.50
% change year-on-year -65.49% +88.08% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 610 483 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.67% 16.44% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 295 342
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year - +8.40% +15.31%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £550
90th Percentile £650 £645 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £488 £450
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -34.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Oxfordshire +16 9 £475 - 5
Berkshire -50 8 £550 +7.84% 15
Wireless
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) WAN
2 6 (35.29%) Firewall
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
4 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
4 2 (11.76%) VoIP
4 2 (11.76%) VPN
5 1 (5.88%) 2G
5 1 (5.88%) 3G
5 1 (5.88%) BGP
5 1 (5.88%) DNS
5 1 (5.88%) DSL
5 1 (5.88%) EIGRP
5 1 (5.88%) ICMP
5 1 (5.88%) Internet
5 1 (5.88%) MPLS
5 1 (5.88%) NGN
5 1 (5.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MySQL
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Git
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
1 4 (23.53%) Subversion
General
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
2 4 (23.53%) Aerospace
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Audio Visual Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.88%) ICT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) ICT Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Printer Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
2 4 (23.53%) Device Driver
3 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (11.76%) CCTV
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.88%) Life Science
5 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
2 2 (11.76%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
2 4 (23.53%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Signal Processing
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (23.53%) Validation
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
4 2 (11.76%) Coaching
4 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) Line Management
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) People Management
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (5.88%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Assembly Language
1 4 (23.53%) C
1 4 (23.53%) C++
1 4 (23.53%) MATLAB
1 4 (23.53%) Python
1 4 (23.53%) Shell Script
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
2 4 (23.53%) PhD
3 1 (5.88%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) CCNA
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) JTAG
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware
2 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.76%) PaperCut
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco
2 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.76%) Aruba
3 2 (11.76%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.76%) Sage
3 2 (11.76%) Veeam
3 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) WatchGuard
4 1 (5.88%) ADVA
4 1 (5.88%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.88%) Juniper
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Nokia
4 1 (5.88%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (5.88%) Tellabs