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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 269 195
Rank change year-on-year -25 -74 +91
Contract jobs citing Wireless 314 324 568
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.91% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.96% 7.32% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 205 368
10th Percentile £170 £225 £213
25th Percentile £204 £363 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% -2.85%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £538
90th Percentile £582 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £420 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 10 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.62 £34.74 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +96.20% +3.13%
75th Percentile - £52.35 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £54.88 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £48.56 £25.00
% change year-on-year -60.87% +94.24% +48.99%

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 3,946 4,427 6,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.88% 12.40% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,569 2,561 3,890
10th Percentile £206 £220 £211
25th Percentile £356 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 165 349
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.95 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.04 £22.50 £22.75
Median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.03 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.51% -14.98% +25.53%

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 18 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 9 December 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
England -40 279 £350 -22.22% 277
UK excluding London -26 207 £350 -16.67% 251
London -29 83 £375 -22.24% 62
South East +3 65 £208 -30.83% 104
Midlands -4 57 £363 -14.71% 26
Work from Home -31 54 £428 -5.00% 118
West Midlands +5 48 £380 -34.48% 17
North of England -48 47 £275 -40.64% 50
East of England -16 24 £523 +10.00% 37
North West -25 23 £330 -29.97% 37
Yorkshire -46 15 £445 +4.71% 10
Scotland +7 9 £425 +6.25% 13
North East +5 9 £175 -68.18% 5
East Midlands -19 9 £158 -58.00% 9
South West -34 6 £196 -53.27% 19
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 -
Wales -1 2 £400 +81.82% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.91%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 64 (20.38%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.78%) MS Visio
3 14 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 7 (2.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (19.43%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (13.06%) AWS
3 31 (9.87%) Azure
4 19 (6.05%) SaaS
5 18 (5.73%) Sauce Labs
6 8 (2.55%) GCP
6 8 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 6 (1.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (1.91%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.96%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.64%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.64%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.32%) IaaS
10 1 (0.32%) OCI
10 1 (0.32%) PaaS
10 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 125 (39.81%) Firewall
2 85 (27.07%) WAN
3 75 (23.89%) LAN
4 62 (19.75%) VPN
5 58 (18.47%) DNS
6 49 (15.61%) BGP
7 45 (14.33%) Cisco Wireless
8 42 (13.38%) DHCP
8 42 (13.38%) Network Security
9 40 (12.74%) OSPF
10 38 (12.10%) Cisco ISE
11 34 (10.83%) SD-WAN
12 30 (9.55%) VLAN
12 30 (9.55%) WLAN
13 27 (8.60%) IPsec
14 23 (7.32%) MPLS
15 22 (7.01%) SSL
15 22 (7.01%) TCP/IP
16 21 (6.69%) Wi-Fi
17 18 (5.73%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.73%) MySQL
1 18 (5.73%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.64%) Power BI
2 2 (0.64%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 18 (5.73%) Android Studio
1 18 (5.73%) Browser DevTools
1 18 (5.73%) Eclipse
1 18 (5.73%) Xcode
2 8 (2.55%) Burp Suite
3 7 (2.23%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.59%) JIRA
5 1 (0.32%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 91 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.97%) Telecoms
3 45 (14.33%) Public Sector
4 35 (11.15%) Manufacturing
5 34 (10.83%) Finance
6 31 (9.87%) Banking
7 24 (7.64%) Marketing
8 23 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (7.32%) Electronics
9 19 (6.05%) Retail
10 12 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.23%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.91%) Legal
12 6 (1.91%) Local Government
12 6 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.64%) Military
16 1 (0.32%) French Language
Job Titles
1 77 (24.52%) Network Engineer
2 39 (12.42%) Support Engineer
3 33 (10.51%) IT Support
4 30 (9.55%) Desktop Support
5 29 (9.24%) 2nd Line Support
6 27 (8.60%) Technical Support
7 24 (7.64%) Senior
8 23 (7.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (7.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 21 (6.69%) Analyst
10 19 (6.05%) Security Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 18 (5.73%) Technical Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) Technical Support Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) UX Engineer
12 15 (4.78%) Cisco Engineer
13 14 (4.46%) IT Engineer
14 13 (4.14%) Architect
14 13 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 13 (4.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.05%) 802.1X
2 18 (5.73%) Ajax
2 18 (5.73%) AngularJS
2 18 (5.73%) CSS
2 18 (5.73%) GraphQL
2 18 (5.73%) React
3 4 (1.27%) LDAP
3 4 (1.27%) SAML
4 1 (0.32%) REST
4 1 (0.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 103 (32.80%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.64%) Driving Licence
2 24 (7.64%) IoT
3 19 (6.05%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.18%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.55%) CMDB
7 8 (2.55%) NHS
7 8 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.59%) Life Science
8 5 (1.59%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.27%) PKI
10 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.96%) CCTV
10 3 (0.96%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.64%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 69 (21.97%) Android
2 66 (21.02%) Windows
3 58 (18.47%) Mac OS
4 29 (9.24%) Linux
5 20 (6.37%) Unix
6 16 (5.10%) Windows Server
7 12 (3.82%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.96%) VMS
9 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.64%) CatOS
9 2 (0.64%) Debian
9 2 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (9.87%) User Experience
4 28 (8.92%) Customer Service
5 26 (8.28%) Programme Management
6 25 (7.96%) ITIL
7 23 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (7.32%) Digital Marketing
8 20 (6.37%) Network Management
9 19 (6.05%) Change Management
9 19 (6.05%) Computer Science
9 19 (6.05%) Network Monitoring
10 18 (5.73%) Mobile Application Development
10 18 (5.73%) Network Design
10 18 (5.73%) OO
11 17 (5.41%) Migration
12 16 (5.10%) Project Delivery
13 15 (4.78%) Incident Response
13 15 (4.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (4.46%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.74%) Python
2 22 (7.01%) Perl
3 18 (5.73%) Java
3 18 (5.73%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.55%) Lisp
5 4 (1.27%) C++
6 2 (0.64%) Bash
6 2 (0.64%) C
6 2 (0.64%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.32%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) Ruby
7 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (31.53%) Security Cleared
2 89 (28.34%) SC Cleared
3 83 (26.43%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (18.47%) CCNP
5 32 (10.19%) CCNA
5 32 (10.19%) Degree
6 22 (7.01%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.46%) CCIE
7 14 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.87%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.55%) CCSA
9 8 (2.55%) JNCIE
10 7 (2.23%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (2.23%) CISSP
11 6 (1.91%) ECDL
11 6 (1.91%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.91%) PMP
12 5 (1.59%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.59%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.73%) SLA
2 17 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.78%) GDPR
4 13 (4.14%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.91%) NIST
5 6 (1.91%) QA
6 5 (1.59%) PMO
7 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.64%) GxP
8 1 (0.32%) COBIT
8 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.32%) JTAG
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (8.28%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.14%) Firmware
3 13 (4.14%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) FortiGate
2 16 (5.10%) Ansible
3 11 (3.50%) Terraform
4 9 (2.87%) Nmap
5 7 (2.23%) SCCM
6 4 (1.27%) CA Spectrum
6 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.96%) Nessus
8 2 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.64%) NSN NetAct
8 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 181 (57.64%) Cisco
2 59 (18.79%) Microsoft
3 53 (16.88%) Dell
4 52 (16.56%) F5
5 51 (16.24%) Apple
6 50 (15.92%) HP
7 42 (13.38%) Juniper
8 40 (12.74%) ServiceNow
9 30 (9.55%) CheckPoint
9 30 (9.55%) Fortinet
9 30 (9.55%) Palo Alto
10 29 (9.24%) SolarWinds
11 28 (8.92%) Meraki
12 24 (7.64%) SAP
13 22 (7.01%) VMware
14 21 (6.69%) Oracle
14 21 (6.69%) Splunk
15 19 (6.05%) Remedy
16 16 (5.10%) Aruba
17 12 (3.82%) Blue Coat