Wireless Security Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireless Security
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wireless Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 343 412
Rank change year-on-year -58 +69 -
Contract jobs citing Wireless Security 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.030% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.086% 0.18% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £343 -
25th Percentile £825 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £425 £200
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +112.50% -
75th Percentile £875 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Wireless Security 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,323 2,239 3,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.90% 16.57% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 1,271 2,116
10th Percentile £194 £189 £205
25th Percentile £307 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +2.15%
75th Percentile £563 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 112 333
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £15.33
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.79 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.93% -42.20% +179.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Wireless Security job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
West Midlands -42 1 - - 2
Midlands -52 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £850 -
Wireless Security
UK

Wireless Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CWSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5