Wireless Contracts in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 128 97
Rank change year-on-year +47 -31 +23
Contract jobs citing Wireless 21 17 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.39% 0.63% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 2.81% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 25
10th Percentile £121 £231 £198
25th Percentile £186 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +5.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £405 £556 £570
90th Percentile £454 £585 £622
South East median daily rate £403 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +7.33% -6.25% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile - £40.55 £36.68
25th Percentile - - £62.44
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -17.20% +551.45%
75th Percentile - - £80.44
90th Percentile £18.38 - £80.78
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £21.10 £61.13
% change year-on-year -32.69% -65.49% +88.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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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 1 May 2025.

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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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 1 May 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
Berkshire +34 11 £370 -32.73% 31
Buckinghamshire - 9 £123 - 15
Oxfordshire -3 1 - - 17
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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) Firewall
2 8 (38.10%) Internet
3 5 (23.81%) WAN
4 4 (19.05%) LAN
5 3 (14.29%) 802.11
5 3 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 3 (14.29%) VLAN
5 3 (14.29%) VPN
5 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (9.52%) DNS
6 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (9.52%) Network Security
6 2 (9.52%) SSL
7 1 (4.76%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (4.76%) IP Telephony
7 1 (4.76%) IPsec
7 1 (4.76%) MPLS
7 1 (4.76%) SAN
7 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.76%) Wireless Security
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Marketing
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Help Desk Agent
1 6 (28.57%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support
4 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) HR Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Time Management
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Break/Fix
4 3 (14.29%) Change Management
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) Data Collection
4 3 (14.29%) Network Design
5 2 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (9.52%) Configuration Management
5 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
5 2 (9.52%) ITIL
5 2 (9.52%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (9.52%) Problem Management
5 2 (9.52%) User Experience
6 1 (4.76%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (4.76%) Network Segmentation
6 1 (4.76%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) MCP
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.76%) vSphere
1 1 (4.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) CASB
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Aruba
2 4 (19.05%) Juniper
3 3 (14.29%) AirMagnet
3 3 (14.29%) Ekahau
3 3 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
3 3 (14.29%) Meraki
4 2 (9.52%) F5
5 1 (4.76%) Apple
5 1 (4.76%) Blue Coat
5 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.76%) Citrix
5 1 (4.76%) Dell
5 1 (4.76%) HP
5 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.76%) VMware