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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 305 268
Rank change year-on-year -27 -37 -71
Contract jobs citing Wireless 392 259 335
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.79% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.65% 6.73% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 147 197
10th Percentile £250 £204 £217
25th Percentile £369 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £525 £514 £538
90th Percentile £588 £588 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £380 £416
% change year-on-year +18.42% -8.71% +0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 43 20
10th Percentile £14.19 £15.66 £15.73
25th Percentile £36.25 £18.50 £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £23.10
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% +8.87% -32.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £33.00 £51.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.00 £52.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.43 £30.00 £35.48
% change year-on-year +74.75% -15.45% +57.69%

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 5,121 3,847 4,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 11.66% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,001 2,367 2,650
10th Percentile £235 £235 £228
25th Percentile £396 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £609
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -7.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 201 267
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.33 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.14 £42.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.49% -17.48% -8.83%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.13 £73.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -39.36% -25.89% +1.52%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -17 349 £450 +9.09% 345
UK excluding London -31 262 £450 +18.42% 283
North of England -3 105 £475 +43.94% 55
London -60 96 £450 +5.88% 87
Work from Home -32 88 £450 -2.70% 121
North West +10 79 £520 +60.00% 35
South East -49 60 £425 +104.82% 113
Midlands -54 38 £425 +11.84% 40
West Midlands -44 36 £438 +15.13% 21
East of England -10 35 £400 -11.11% 39
Yorkshire -43 20 £450 - 14
Scotland -36 14 £381 -4.45% 11
South West -39 8 £375 -25.00% 31
North East -42 6 £420 -23.64% 10
Wales -8 5 £363 - 1
Northern Ireland +3 2 £265 -44.32% 3
East Midlands -16 2 £235 -46.29% 19

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 15 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.77%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.26%) Simulink
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 60 (15.31%) Azure
2 46 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.89%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.36%) AWS
5 11 (2.81%) GitHub
6 9 (2.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.79%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.77%) GCP
9 3 (0.77%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.51%) SaaS
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.26%) IaaS
11 1 (0.26%) IBM Watson
11 1 (0.26%) OCI
11 1 (0.26%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 174 (44.39%) Firewall
2 138 (35.20%) WAN
3 122 (31.12%) LAN
4 110 (28.06%) VPN
5 108 (27.55%) Network Security
6 93 (23.72%) Wi-Fi
7 78 (19.90%) DNS
8 71 (18.11%) BGP
9 68 (17.35%) VLAN
10 58 (14.80%) DHCP
10 58 (14.80%) OSPF
11 51 (13.01%) SD-WAN
12 50 (12.76%) Cisco ISE
13 47 (11.99%) WLAN
14 46 (11.73%) TCP/IP
15 32 (8.16%) IPsec
16 31 (7.91%) Cisco Wireless
17 30 (7.65%) Cisco Nexus
18 29 (7.40%) Structured Cabling
19 28 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (2.04%) JIRA
3 7 (1.79%) Git
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) MSI
General
1 112 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (7.65%) Finance
4 18 (4.59%) Aerospace
4 18 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
4 18 (4.59%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.08%) Retail
6 15 (3.83%) Legal
7 14 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.04%) Banking
10 7 (1.79%) Law
11 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.28%) Police
12 4 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.02%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.77%) Front Office
13 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 213 (54.34%) Network Engineer
2 42 (10.71%) Senior
3 29 (7.40%) Cisco Engineer
3 29 (7.40%) Senior Network Engineer
3 29 (7.40%) Software Engineer
4 26 (6.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 25 (6.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 25 (6.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 25 (6.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 22 (5.61%) Architect
7 20 (5.10%) Wireless Engineer
8 18 (4.59%) Analyst
8 18 (4.59%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 16 (4.08%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.06%) Implementation Engineer
10 12 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.06%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 12 (3.06%) Network Security Engineer
10 12 (3.06%) Support Engineer
11 11 (2.81%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (10.71%) 802.1X
2 12 (3.06%) Terraform
3 11 (2.81%) Yocto
4 8 (2.04%) REST
5 7 (1.79%) JSON
5 7 (1.79%) Software Packaging
6 5 (1.28%) Django
6 5 (1.28%) SAML
7 3 (0.77%) Flask
7 3 (0.77%) XML
8 2 (0.51%) LDAP
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.26%) Middleware
9 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.26%) OpenEmbedded
9 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (16.33%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.87%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.34%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.08%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.83%) PKI
6 13 (3.32%) Digital Signage
7 12 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.81%) Device Driver
9 10 (2.55%) MicroBlaze
9 10 (2.55%) RISC-V
10 9 (2.30%) FPGA
10 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.30%) PCIe
11 8 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.79%) Smartphone
13 6 (1.53%) IoT
13 6 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.28%) CCTV
14 5 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.28%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 54 (13.78%) Windows
2 19 (4.85%) Linux
3 17 (4.34%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.81%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (2.55%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.30%) FreeRTOS
6 9 (2.30%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.28%) Android
9 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.77%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.51%) Unix
11 1 (0.26%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (10.97%) ITIL
2 43 (10.97%) Project Delivery
3 39 (9.95%) Change Management
4 33 (8.42%) Migration
5 31 (7.91%) ITSM
6 30 (7.65%) High Availability
6 30 (7.65%) Software Engineering
7 29 (7.40%) Load Balancing
8 28 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (6.63%) Agile
9 26 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (6.38%) Validation
11 24 (6.12%) Network Segmentation
12 22 (5.61%) Zero Trust
13 21 (5.36%) User Experience
14 20 (5.10%) Digital Signal Processing
14 20 (5.10%) Service Management
14 20 (5.10%) Signal Processing
15 19 (4.85%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.42%) Python
2 21 (5.36%) C
3 11 (2.81%) C++
4 9 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.28%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (1.02%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.77%) Lisp
7 3 (0.77%) SQL
7 3 (0.77%) VBScript
8 2 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 99 (25.26%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (23.47%) Security Cleared
3 82 (20.92%) CCNP
4 77 (19.64%) SC Cleared
5 56 (14.29%) CCNA
6 30 (7.65%) Degree
7 22 (5.61%) CCIE
8 19 (4.85%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (2.81%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (1.79%) A+ Certification
10 7 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.28%) CWNA
11 5 (1.28%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.28%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.02%) CCIE Wireless
12 4 (1.02%) City & Guilds
12 4 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.04%) SLA
3 6 (1.53%) NIST
4 5 (1.28%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.28%) QA
5 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (13.01%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.34%) Firmware
3 12 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.81%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (2.04%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.77%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.26%) Docker
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.38%) FortiGate
2 24 (6.12%) Ansible
3 20 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (4.08%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (2.04%) SCCM
6 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.51%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) CASB
8 1 (0.26%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) TrustSec
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (54.34%) Cisco
2 75 (19.13%) Palo Alto
3 61 (15.56%) Microsoft
4 58 (14.80%) Aruba
5 50 (12.76%) F5
6 46 (11.73%) Meraki
7 40 (10.20%) Fortinet
8 35 (8.93%) Juniper
9 34 (8.67%) CheckPoint
10 30 (7.65%) ServiceNow
11 18 (4.59%) VMware
12 17 (4.34%) Zscaler
13 16 (4.08%) SolarWinds
14 13 (3.32%) Ekahau
15 12 (3.06%) Splunk
16 10 (2.55%) ForeScout
17 9 (2.30%) Blue Coat
17 9 (2.30%) Citrix
18 7 (1.79%) Arista
18 7 (1.79%) Infoblox