Wireless Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Wireless
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.16% 0.49% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.00% 2.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% - -
75th Percentile £180 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £175 £500 -
% change year-on-year -65.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 39 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 7.75% 18.93% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 14
10th Percentile £146 £139 £290
25th Percentile £170 £255 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £505 £488 £425
90th Percentile £575 £653 £453
North East median daily rate £340 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -16.25%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Wireless job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Wireless

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Wireless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -6 3 £175 -61.11% 5
Wireless
North East

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP