Wireless Contract Job Trends

Wireless
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 265 228
Rank change year-on-year -96 -37 +17
Contract jobs citing Wireless 286 283 467
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.97% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.33% 7.50% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 200 289
10th Percentile £175 £218 £169
25th Percentile £206 £353 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £520 £550 £533
90th Percentile £588 £588 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £431 £420
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 39
10th Percentile £13.93 - £12.75
25th Percentile £15.61 £14.20 £16.24
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +30.27% -62.14%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.25 £22.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.79 £14.77 £17.69
% change year-on-year +20.47% -16.53% -46.39%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,519 3,771 5,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 12.90% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,852 2,341 3,526
10th Percentile £231 £213 £205
25th Percentile £398 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -6.74%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £468 £475
% change year-on-year +1.60% -1.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 164 421
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £61.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +92.86% -38.97% +148.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the UK

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 April 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
England -76 262 £400 -11.11% 255
UK excluding London -81 190 £413 -4.35% 221
London -92 70 £213 -53.19% 59
Work from Home -36 66 £450 +8.37% 73
South East -29 62 £480 +20.00% 78
North of England -59 49 £420 -0.59% 54
Midlands -31 40 £340 +61.90% 32
North West -25 36 £437 +2.78% 33
West Midlands -33 34 £358 +74.39% 18
East of England -50 20 £325 -31.58% 40
South West -37 17 £513 +24.24% 21
North East -9 8 £200 -63.64% 8
East Midlands -36 6 £158 -47.50% 14
Yorkshire -54 5 £450 +7.14% 15
Scotland -4 4 £360 -10.00% 5
Wales -20 2 £400 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £385 - 2

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 38 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (4.90%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.34%) Azure
2 39 (13.64%) AWS
3 37 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.50%) GCP
5 9 (3.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (3.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (2.45%) SaaS
7 6 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.40%) Route 53
8 4 (1.40%) Sauce Labs
9 3 (1.05%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.05%) PaaS
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.70%) IaaS
10 2 (0.70%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.70%) Slack
11 1 (0.35%) OCI
11 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 122 (42.66%) Firewall
2 84 (29.37%) LAN
2 84 (29.37%) WAN
3 56 (19.58%) VPN
4 49 (17.13%) Network Security
5 48 (16.78%) Wi-Fi
6 46 (16.08%) BGP
7 42 (14.69%) OSPF
8 40 (13.99%) VLAN
9 39 (13.64%) SD-WAN
10 38 (13.29%) DNS
11 37 (12.94%) Cisco ISE
12 34 (11.89%) DHCP
12 34 (11.89%) WLAN
13 32 (11.19%) Cisco Wireless
14 26 (9.09%) IPsec
15 23 (8.04%) Cisco ASA
16 20 (6.99%) TCP/IP
17 19 (6.64%) MPLS
18 18 (6.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.40%) MySQL
1 4 (1.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.59%) Burp Suite
2 14 (4.90%) Metasploit
3 5 (1.75%) JIRA
3 5 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (1.40%) Android Studio
4 4 (1.40%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (1.40%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.40%) Xcode
5 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 84 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.44%) Public Sector
3 22 (7.69%) Finance
4 20 (6.99%) Telecoms
5 19 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.55%) Banking
8 12 (4.20%) Marketing
9 11 (3.85%) Electronics
9 11 (3.85%) Retail
10 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.75%) Local Government
12 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.40%) Legal
13 3 (1.05%) Billing
13 3 (1.05%) Law
14 2 (0.70%) Military
14 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (34.62%) Network Engineer
2 27 (9.44%) IT Support
3 25 (8.74%) Architect
4 19 (6.64%) Desktop Support
4 19 (6.64%) Penetration Tester
4 19 (6.64%) Senior
4 19 (6.64%) Tester
5 17 (5.94%) Support Engineer
5 17 (5.94%) Wireless Engineer
6 16 (5.59%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support
7 14 (4.90%) Network Architect
8 13 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 13 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (4.55%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 11 (3.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 11 (3.85%) Analyst
9 11 (3.85%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 11 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 9 (3.15%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.03%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.15%) SAML
3 7 (2.45%) LDAP
4 6 (2.10%) X-Windows
5 4 (1.40%) Ajax
5 4 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.40%) CSS
5 4 (1.40%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.40%) React
6 3 (1.05%) Yocto
7 2 (0.70%) A2A Protocol
7 2 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.35%) Qt
8 1 (0.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.58%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.34%) IoT
3 15 (5.24%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.75%) BYOD
8 5 (1.75%) FPGA
8 5 (1.75%) NHS
8 5 (1.75%) PCIe
8 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.05%) iPhone
10 3 (1.05%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.18%) Windows
2 28 (9.79%) Android
3 25 (8.74%) Mac OS
4 23 (8.04%) Linux
5 22 (7.69%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.85%) Unix
6 11 (3.85%) Windows Server
7 6 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (2.10%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.75%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.40%) CatOS
10 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.70%) Debian
11 2 (0.70%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
12 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (9.44%) ITSM
3 27 (9.44%) Network Segmentation
4 25 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
5 22 (7.69%) ITIL
5 22 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (7.69%) Zero Trust
6 20 (6.99%) Customer Service
6 20 (6.99%) Migration
7 19 (6.64%) Penetration Testing
8 18 (6.29%) Change Management
8 18 (6.29%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (5.94%) Cloud Security
9 17 (5.94%) Network Design
9 17 (5.94%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (5.59%) High Availability
10 16 (5.59%) Information Security
11 15 (5.24%) Asset Management
11 15 (5.24%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.34%) Python
2 11 (3.85%) C
3 7 (2.45%) C++
4 6 (2.10%) Perl
5 4 (1.40%) Java
5 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.40%) Lisp
6 3 (1.05%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.35%) Korn
7 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) Ruby
7 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (32.17%) Security Cleared
2 87 (30.42%) SC Cleared
3 64 (22.38%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (20.63%) CCNP
5 35 (12.24%) CCNA
6 29 (10.14%) Degree
7 17 (5.94%) CCIE
8 14 (4.90%) CHECK Team Member
9 12 (4.20%) CREST Certified
9 12 (4.20%) Cyber Scheme
10 11 (3.85%) Postgraduate
11 10 (3.50%) DV Cleared
11 10 (3.50%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.80%) Server+ Certification
13 7 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.10%) JNCIA
14 6 (2.10%) JNCIP
14 6 (2.10%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.75%) CISSP
15 5 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.29%) GDPR
2 18 (6.29%) PCI DSS
3 13 (4.55%) QA
4 11 (3.85%) PMO
5 7 (2.45%) NIST
6 6 (2.10%) SLA
7 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.05%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) DICOM
9 1 (0.35%) HL7
9 1 (0.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.55%) VMware NSX
4 11 (3.85%) Firmware
5 5 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (6.99%) Ansible
2 17 (5.94%) Nmap
3 15 (5.24%) FortiGate
4 10 (3.50%) SCCM
5 8 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.80%) Terraform
6 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.45%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.10%) Grafana
8 5 (1.75%) Salt
9 4 (1.40%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.05%) Nessus
11 1 (0.35%) CASB
11 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.35%) Nagios
Vendors
1 155 (54.20%) Cisco
2 62 (21.68%) Palo Alto
3 50 (17.48%) Aruba
4 43 (15.03%) ServiceNow
5 38 (13.29%) Microsoft
6 33 (11.54%) F5
7 32 (11.19%) Meraki
8 30 (10.49%) CheckPoint
9 28 (9.79%) Apple
10 26 (9.09%) HP
11 25 (8.74%) Ekahau
11 25 (8.74%) Juniper
12 24 (8.39%) Fortinet
13 23 (8.04%) Dell
14 19 (6.64%) VMware
15 14 (4.90%) Splunk
16 13 (4.55%) SolarWinds
17 11 (3.85%) ForeScout
17 11 (3.85%) Remedy
17 11 (3.85%) SAP