Wireless Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 139 185
Rank change year-on-year -45 +46 +34
Contract jobs citing Wireless 235 444 437
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.14% 1.86% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.94% 12.48% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 307 261
10th Percentile £184 £200 £170
25th Percentile £296 £273 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £320
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -5.54%
75th Percentile £528 £486 £450
90th Percentile £650 £539 £550
UK median daily rate £416 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.19% +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 28
10th Percentile £12.57 £15.70 £14.27
25th Percentile £16.01 £18.20 £17.11
Median hourly rate £17.69 £27.63 £27.21
Median % change year-on-year -35.98% +1.56% -16.29%
75th Percentile £39.13 £59.44 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,385 3,559 4,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.46% 14.90% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,940 2,259 2,651
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 322 237
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 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
South East -28 77 £378 -1.95% 78
North of England +21 60 £416 +14.86% 63
North West +15 44 £396 -12.49% 36
South West -4 34 £425 - 48
Midlands +8 33 £350 -19.54% 45
East of England -14 28 £420 +3.38% 54
West Midlands +5 19 £425 -2.30% 26
Yorkshire +21 12 £605 +125.12% 23
East Midlands +16 10 £275 -32.10% 19
Scotland +17 5 £225 -40.98% 29
North East +17 4 £600 +185.71% 5
Wales -5 1 £300 +9.09% 5
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 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.28%) nginx
2 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) IIS
3 2 (0.85%) WordPress
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.62%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (8.09%) Azure
3 14 (5.96%) AWS
4 3 (1.28%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.85%) GCP
5 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.85%) SaaS
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (25.11%) LAN
2 55 (23.40%) WAN
3 42 (17.87%) Firewall
4 38 (16.17%) VPN
5 25 (10.64%) DNS
5 25 (10.64%) Network Security
6 23 (9.79%) DHCP
7 21 (8.94%) Cisco Nexus
8 20 (8.51%) SD-WAN
9 18 (7.66%) 4G
9 18 (7.66%) Ethernet
10 17 (7.23%) Cisco IOS
10 17 (7.23%) Wireshark
11 15 (6.38%) OSPF
12 14 (5.96%) DMZ
12 14 (5.96%) Radio Access Network
13 12 (5.11%) 3GPP
13 12 (5.11%) 5G
13 12 (5.11%) LTE
13 12 (5.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.43%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.40%) JIRA
2 6 (2.55%) Git
3 4 (1.70%) Subversion
4 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.87%) Telecoms
3 26 (11.06%) Finance
4 20 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.81%) Electronics
6 15 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.26%) Marketing
8 9 (3.83%) Legal
8 9 (3.83%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.40%) Military
10 5 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.70%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.70%) Banking
12 3 (1.28%) Law
12 3 (1.28%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) Back Office
13 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (32.77%) Network Engineer
2 17 (7.23%) Analyst
3 15 (6.38%) IT Support
4 13 (5.53%) Support Engineer
5 11 (4.68%) Network Support
6 10 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (4.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 10 (4.26%) Senior
7 9 (3.83%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (3.83%) Field Engineer
7 9 (3.83%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (3.83%) Support Technician
7 9 (3.83%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 8 (3.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.40%) Test Engineer
9 7 (2.98%) Designer
10 6 (2.55%) IT Support Technician
10 6 (2.55%) IT Technician
10 6 (2.55%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) EDI
2 2 (0.85%) LAMP
3 1 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.43%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.02%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.96%) Operational Technology
3 12 (5.11%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.83%) NHS
5 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.98%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.55%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.13%) Device Driver
7 5 (2.13%) PDA
7 5 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.70%) CCTV
8 4 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.28%) IoT
9 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.28%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.96%) Windows
2 38 (16.17%) Linux
3 13 (5.53%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.83%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.40%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (2.13%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.70%) Android
7 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.85%) Unix
9 2 (0.85%) VMS
10 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 20 (8.51%) Customer Service
4 18 (7.66%) Computer Science
4 18 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (7.66%) High Availability
5 17 (7.23%) ITIL
5 17 (7.23%) Network Design
5 17 (7.23%) Project Management
6 13 (5.53%) ITSM
7 11 (4.68%) Software Engineering
8 10 (4.26%) Information Security
8 10 (4.26%) Migration
9 9 (3.83%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (3.83%) Cyber Intelligence
9 9 (3.83%) Mentoring
9 9 (3.83%) Open Source
9 9 (3.83%) Problem Management
9 9 (3.83%) Service Management
9 9 (3.83%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.23%) Python
2 14 (5.96%) C++
3 6 (2.55%) C
3 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.70%) Assembly Language
5 4 (1.70%) C#
5 4 (1.70%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.70%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.28%) SQL
7 2 (0.85%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.43%) Java
8 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (22.98%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 37 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (11.91%) CCNA
5 25 (10.64%) Degree
6 19 (8.09%) CCNP
7 10 (4.26%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.98%) JNCIA
10 6 (2.55%) CEH
10 6 (2.55%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.55%) GIAC
10 6 (2.55%) GPEN
10 6 (2.55%) OSCP
11 5 (2.13%) CCSA
11 5 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.23%) SLA
2 6 (2.55%) NIST
3 4 (1.70%) JTAG
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 38 (16.17%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (6.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.55%) Firmware
5 5 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.70%) vSphere
7 3 (1.28%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (8.09%) SCCM
2 18 (7.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.13%) OpenView
4 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.28%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.85%) Terraform
5 2 (0.85%) WSUS
6 1 (0.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 60 (25.53%) Cisco
2 41 (17.45%) Microsoft
3 30 (12.77%) Palo Alto
4 28 (11.91%) VMware
5 17 (7.23%) F5
6 14 (5.96%) Juniper
7 13 (5.53%) Aruba
8 12 (5.11%) Nokia
8 12 (5.11%) SolarWinds
9 11 (4.68%) Actix
9 11 (4.68%) Ericsson
9 11 (4.68%) Huawei
9 11 (4.68%) MobileIron
10 9 (3.83%) Meraki
11 8 (3.40%) CheckPoint
12 6 (2.55%) Blue Coat
12 6 (2.55%) HP
12 6 (2.55%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.55%) Veeam
13 5 (2.13%) SAP