Wireless Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 180 178 140
Rank change year-on-year -2 -38 +47
Contract jobs citing Wireless 164 243 453
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.17% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.35% 7.04% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 150 307
10th Percentile £223 £184 £200
25th Percentile £313 £300 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £532 £525 £476
90th Percentile £565 £650 £544
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 11
10th Percentile - £12.57 £17.50
25th Percentile - £16.01 £18.97
Median hourly rate £14.20 £17.69 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.73% -46.39% +26.92%
75th Percentile £44.83 £39.13 £66.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -62.14% +53.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
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 within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +1 42 £400 -1.52% 164
East of England +39 39 £490 +16.67% 138
North West +5 33 £400 +1.01% 78
South East +1 33 £403 +7.33% 218
South West +29 18 £413 +8.55% 98
Wales +14 14 £400 +33.33% 17
Scotland +21 13 £400 +77.56% 41
Yorkshire +4 8 £220 -63.64% 62
Midlands -6 7 £215 -49.41% 134
West Midlands -3 4 £205 -55.68% 69
East Midlands +3 3 £369 +34.09% 59
North East -3 1 £550 -8.33% 24
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.61%) CMS
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
2 1 (0.61%) SAS
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.05%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.61%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.61%) Sketch
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.63%) Azure
2 15 (9.15%) AWS
3 10 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.27%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.05%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Akamai
8 1 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.61%) IaaS
8 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.61%) SaaS
8 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 84 (51.22%) Firewall
2 52 (31.71%) WAN
3 46 (28.05%) VPN
4 45 (27.44%) LAN
5 40 (24.39%) Network Security
6 29 (17.68%) BGP
6 29 (17.68%) OSPF
7 23 (14.02%) SD-WAN
8 21 (12.80%) Cisco ASA
8 21 (12.80%) Cisco Firepower
8 21 (12.80%) Cisco Wireless
8 21 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (9.76%) Cisco Nexus
9 16 (9.76%) Internet
10 15 (9.15%) 5G
10 15 (9.15%) DNS
10 15 (9.15%) TCP/IP
11 14 (8.54%) DHCP
12 13 (7.93%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (6.71%) 5G NR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.22%) InfluxDB
2 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.61%) Big Data
3 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Git
1 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) GitLab
2 1 (0.61%) Selenium
2 1 (0.61%) WebDriver
General
1 44 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.76%) Telecoms
3 11 (6.71%) Finance
4 9 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.88%) Electronics
6 7 (4.27%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.05%) Marketing
8 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Banking
9 3 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Legal
10 2 (1.22%) Advertising
10 2 (1.22%) Back Office
10 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 14 (8.54%) Senior
3 12 (7.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 10 (6.10%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (5.49%) Developer
5 9 (5.49%) Security Engineer
5 9 (5.49%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (4.88%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (4.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (4.88%) Network Security Engineer
6 8 (4.88%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.27%) CUDA Engineer
7 7 (4.27%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 7 (4.27%) Linux Engineer
8 6 (3.66%) Help Desk Agent
8 6 (3.66%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (3.66%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.05%) Network Architect
9 5 (3.05%) Support Technician
9 5 (3.05%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.71%) 802.1X
2 8 (4.88%) REST
3 3 (1.83%) RESTful
4 2 (1.22%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.22%) Swagger
5 1 (0.61%) Java RMI
5 1 (0.61%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.61%) NumPy
5 1 (0.61%) Pandas
5 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.61%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.61%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.76%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.88%) CMDB
4 7 (4.27%) CUDA
4 7 (4.27%) FPGA
4 7 (4.27%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.66%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.66%) NHS
6 5 (3.05%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.83%) ASIC
7 3 (1.83%) IVR
7 3 (1.83%) VHDL
8 2 (1.22%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.59%) Linux
2 18 (10.98%) Windows
3 7 (4.27%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (4.27%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.44%) Android
5 3 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.22%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (13.41%) Network Design
3 14 (8.54%) ITIL
4 12 (7.32%) Computer Science
4 12 (7.32%) Customer Service
5 9 (5.49%) Change Management
5 9 (5.49%) Problem Management
6 8 (4.88%) Network Architecture
6 8 (4.88%) Performance Metrics
7 7 (4.27%) Containerisation
7 7 (4.27%) Migration
7 7 (4.27%) Network Management
7 7 (4.27%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (4.27%) Proactive Monitoring
7 7 (4.27%) Service Delivery
7 7 (4.27%) Test Automation
7 7 (4.27%) Time Management
8 6 (3.66%) Asset Management
8 6 (3.66%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (3.66%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.37%) Python
2 7 (4.27%) C++
2 7 (4.27%) Java
3 4 (2.44%) C#
3 4 (2.44%) SQL
4 3 (1.83%) C
4 3 (1.83%) Tcl
5 2 (1.22%) Go
5 2 (1.22%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.61%) Perl
6 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (27.44%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (18.90%) CCNP
3 25 (15.24%) Degree
3 25 (15.24%) Security Cleared
4 23 (14.02%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.59%) CCNA
6 13 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (5.49%) CCIE
8 5 (3.05%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.05%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.83%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.22%) CCIE Wireless
10 2 (1.22%) HP APS
10 2 (1.22%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.61%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.71%) SLA
2 5 (3.05%) GDPR
3 4 (2.44%) QA
4 3 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.27%) Docker
4 4 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.83%) Firmware
5 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.61%) vSphere
7 1 (0.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (4.27%) FortiGate
1 7 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.66%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (3.05%) Cacti
3 5 (3.05%) SmoothWall
4 4 (2.44%) Ansible
4 4 (2.44%) SCCM
5 2 (1.22%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.22%) XenMobile
6 1 (0.61%) CASB
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (51.83%) Cisco
2 40 (24.39%) Palo Alto
3 20 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 16 (9.76%) Aruba
4 16 (9.76%) SolarWinds
5 15 (9.15%) Juniper
6 12 (7.32%) Meraki
7 10 (6.10%) F5
7 10 (6.10%) VMware
8 8 (4.88%) Extreme Networks
8 8 (4.88%) Infoblox
9 7 (4.27%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.27%) Ekahau
9 7 (4.27%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.27%) NVIDIA
10 6 (3.66%) Apple
10 6 (3.66%) HP
10 6 (3.66%) Zscaler
11 5 (3.05%) Google
11 5 (3.05%) ServiceNow