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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 308 275
Rank change year-on-year -31 -33 -78
Contract jobs citing Wireless 406 264 317
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.80% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.06% 6.98% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 155 189
10th Percentile £248 £170 £220
25th Percentile £355 £249 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £525 £490 £553
90th Percentile £588 £588 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £380 £413
% change year-on-year +18.42% -7.88% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 47 13
10th Percentile £14.80 £15.50 £22.68
25th Percentile £26.51 £18.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% -48.21% +67.45%
75th Percentile £60.81 £31.00 £52.25
90th Percentile £67.75 £85.65 £53.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.43 £30.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year +74.75% -38.22% +111.13%

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 5,039 3,784 4,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.24% 11.45% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,916 2,391 2,600
10th Percentile £236 £219 £225
25th Percentile £390 £360 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £606
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% +5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 196 193
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £14.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £20.81 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £40.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.75% -19.00% -11.49%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £42.50 £56.13
% change year-on-year -38.49% -24.28% -2.39%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -10 356 £450 +12.50% 676
UK excluding London -19 274 £450 +18.42% 514
North of England -1 99 £500 +42.86% 119
London -62 96 £463 +12.12% 175
Work from Home -37 87 £475 - 218
North West +14 75 £525 +61.54% 74
South East -54 55 £380 +83.13% 150
Midlands -50 46 £425 +11.84% 66
West Midlands -45 42 £425 +11.84% 41
East of England -14 38 £410 -27.11% 69
Yorkshire -32 21 £450 - 31
Scotland -7 19 £313 -26.47% 39
South West -27 14 £325 +80.56% 50
Wales - 5 £363 - 10
East Midlands -12 4 £475 +201.59% 25
Northern Ireland +8 3 £425 -10.53% 14
North East -40 3 £400 +128.57% 15

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 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.48%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.74%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.26%) Azure
2 55 (13.55%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.88%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.42%) AWS
5 13 (3.20%) GitHub
6 8 (1.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.23%) GCP
7 5 (1.23%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.74%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.49%) SaaS
10 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.25%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.25%) IaaS
10 1 (0.25%) IBM Watson
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 178 (43.84%) Firewall
2 141 (34.73%) WAN
3 122 (30.05%) LAN
4 117 (28.82%) VPN
5 103 (25.37%) Network Security
6 91 (22.41%) Wi-Fi
7 80 (19.70%) DNS
8 67 (16.50%) VLAN
9 65 (16.01%) BGP
10 59 (14.53%) DHCP
11 53 (13.05%) SD-WAN
12 51 (12.56%) OSPF
13 49 (12.07%) TCP/IP
14 48 (11.82%) Cisco ISE
15 43 (10.59%) WLAN
16 35 (8.62%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (7.64%) IPsec
18 30 (7.39%) Cisco Wireless
19 28 (6.90%) Structured Cabling
20 26 (6.40%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (4.43%) Git
2 14 (3.45%) JIRA
3 6 (1.48%) GitLab
3 6 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 109 (26.85%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (7.39%) Finance
4 23 (5.67%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.93%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.19%) Aerospace
7 17 (4.19%) Legal
8 13 (3.20%) Retail
9 9 (2.22%) Banking
9 9 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.48%) Law
12 5 (1.23%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.23%) Police
13 4 (0.99%) Front Office
13 4 (0.99%) Multimedia
13 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.74%) Automotive
14 3 (0.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 215 (52.96%) Network Engineer
2 46 (11.33%) Senior
3 30 (7.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 30 (7.39%) Senior Network Engineer
3 30 (7.39%) Software Engineer
4 29 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
5 27 (6.65%) Embedded Engineer
5 27 (6.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 25 (6.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 20 (4.93%) Architect
8 18 (4.43%) Analyst
8 18 (4.43%) Wireless Engineer
9 17 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.19%) Wireless Network Engineer
10 16 (3.94%) IT Support
10 16 (3.94%) Security Engineer
11 14 (3.45%) Support Engineer
12 12 (2.96%) Desktop Support
12 12 (2.96%) Network Architect
12 12 (2.96%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.10%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.96%) JSON
2 12 (2.96%) REST
2 12 (2.96%) Terraform
3 9 (2.22%) Yocto
4 7 (1.72%) Django
4 7 (1.72%) Software Packaging
5 5 (1.23%) Flask
5 5 (1.23%) SAML
6 4 (0.99%) YAML
7 3 (0.74%) XML
8 2 (0.49%) LDAP
9 1 (0.25%) Middleware
9 1 (0.25%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.25%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.52%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.42%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.45%) Digital Signage
4 14 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (3.45%) PKI
4 14 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.22%) Device Driver
6 9 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.97%) MicroBlaze
7 8 (1.97%) RISC-V
8 7 (1.72%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.72%) Smartphone
9 6 (1.48%) FPGA
9 6 (1.48%) IoT
9 6 (1.48%) PCIe
9 6 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.23%) CCTV
10 5 (1.23%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 60 (14.78%) Windows
2 23 (5.67%) Linux
3 21 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 14 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (1.97%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.72%) VMS
8 6 (1.48%) Android
8 6 (1.48%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.74%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.74%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.49%) Unix
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (11.58%) Project Delivery
3 37 (9.11%) Change Management
3 37 (9.11%) ITIL
4 34 (8.37%) Load Balancing
5 32 (7.88%) Software Engineering
6 29 (7.14%) Migration
7 28 (6.90%) Agile
7 28 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (6.65%) ITSM
9 25 (6.16%) High Availability
9 25 (6.16%) Validation
10 24 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (5.67%) Network Segmentation
11 23 (5.67%) Zero Trust
12 22 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (5.42%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (5.17%) Network Design
14 20 (4.93%) CI/CD
14 20 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 42 (10.34%) Python
2 18 (4.43%) C
3 14 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.46%) C++
5 5 (1.23%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (0.99%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.74%) Lisp
7 3 (0.74%) SQL
7 3 (0.74%) VBScript
8 2 (0.49%) Bash
8 2 (0.49%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) Bicep
9 1 (0.25%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 89 (21.92%) Cisco Certification
2 87 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 73 (17.98%) CCNP
4 72 (17.73%) SC Cleared
5 50 (12.32%) CCNA
6 27 (6.65%) Degree
7 19 (4.68%) CCIE
8 17 (4.19%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.22%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (1.72%) A+ Certification
10 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.23%) JNCIP
12 4 (0.99%) City & Guilds
12 4 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.99%) CWNA
12 4 (0.99%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.99%) JNCIS
12 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.74%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.97%) QA
2 8 (1.97%) SLA
3 6 (1.48%) NIST
4 5 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.19%) Firmware
3 11 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (1.72%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.48%) Docker
6 6 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.99%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.99%) vSphere
8 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (5.91%) FortiGate
2 22 (5.42%) Ansible
3 21 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.20%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (2.22%) SCCM
6 3 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.25%) CASB
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.25%) Iperf
8 1 (0.25%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.25%) Nagios
8 1 (0.25%) Nessus
8 1 (0.25%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 210 (51.72%) Cisco
2 73 (17.98%) Microsoft
3 71 (17.49%) Palo Alto
4 52 (12.81%) Meraki
5 51 (12.56%) Aruba
6 46 (11.33%) F5
7 44 (10.84%) Fortinet
8 38 (9.36%) Juniper
9 31 (7.64%) CheckPoint
10 23 (5.67%) ServiceNow
11 18 (4.43%) VMware
12 16 (3.94%) SolarWinds
12 16 (3.94%) Zscaler
13 10 (2.46%) Citrix
14 9 (2.22%) Blue Coat
14 9 (2.22%) Splunk
15 8 (1.97%) Ekahau
15 8 (1.97%) ForeScout
16 7 (1.72%) Arista
17 6 (1.48%) Infoblox