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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 275 200
Rank change year-on-year -23 -75 +91
Contract jobs citing Wireless 314 328 580
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.90% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.91% 7.39% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 206 380
10th Percentile £170 £220 £213
25th Percentile £204 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £488 £550 £538
90th Percentile £581 £595 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £420 £425
% change year-on-year -16.07% -1.18% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 11 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £22.40 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.34 £27.53 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +96.20% -15.38%
75th Percentile - £52.20 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.00 £53.75 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £48.56 £25.00
% change year-on-year -60.87% +94.24% +38.89%

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 3,971 4,436 6,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.02% 12.17% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,578 2,549 3,957
10th Percentile £205 £223 £211
25th Percentile £356 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 169 347
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.16 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.10 £22.88
Median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -27.30% +35.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.16
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 29 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -35 279 £350 -22.22% 244
UK excluding London -22 205 £353 -16.07% 234
London -6 86 £400 -15.97% 52
South East +17 62 £208 -29.66% 110
Midlands -4 58 £369 -9.23% 22
Work from Home -27 52 £428 -5.00% 78
West Midlands +8 49 £380 -34.48% 13
North of England -49 47 £275 -41.18% 31
East of England -19 24 £523 +11.47% 27
North West -34 23 £330 -30.53% 21
Yorkshire -34 15 £445 +4.71% 8
Scotland +5 9 £425 +6.25% 12
North East +2 9 £175 -68.18% 2
East Midlands -15 9 £158 -58.00% 8
South West -15 6 £196 -53.27% 28
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 - 1
Wales -2 2 £400 +81.82% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.91%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 62 (19.75%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.14%) MS Visio
3 11 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (19.11%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (12.10%) AWS
3 30 (9.55%) 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
1 121 (38.54%) Firewall
2 82 (26.11%) WAN
3 73 (23.25%) LAN
4 60 (19.11%) DNS
5 58 (18.47%) VPN
6 47 (14.97%) BGP
6 47 (14.97%) DHCP
7 46 (14.65%) Cisco Wireless
8 41 (13.06%) Network Security
9 38 (12.10%) Cisco ISE
9 38 (12.10%) OSPF
10 35 (11.15%) SD-WAN
11 31 (9.87%) VLAN
12 30 (9.55%) WLAN
13 23 (7.32%) TCP/IP
14 22 (7.01%) IPsec
14 22 (7.01%) Wi-Fi
15 21 (6.69%) MPLS
16 19 (6.05%) SSL
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 5 (1.59%) Burp Suite
2 5 (1.59%) JIRA
3 4 (1.27%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.32%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.32%) Postman
4 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.61%) Telecoms
3 45 (14.33%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.46%) Manufacturing
5 34 (10.83%) Finance
6 30 (9.55%) Banking
7 25 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (7.64%) Marketing
9 23 (7.32%) Electronics
10 19 (6.05%) Retail
11 12 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.23%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.23%) Local Government
13 6 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.59%) Legal
15 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.64%) Military
18 1 (0.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 77 (24.52%) Network Engineer
2 40 (12.74%) 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 25 (7.96%) Senior
8 23 (7.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (7.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 22 (7.01%) 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
12 15 (4.78%) IT Engineer
13 14 (4.46%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 12 (3.82%) Network Security Engineer
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 1 (0.32%) LDAP
3 1 (0.32%) REST
3 1 (0.32%) SAML
3 1 (0.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 105 (33.44%) 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
4 11 (3.50%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.55%) CMDB
6 8 (2.55%) NHS
7 6 (1.91%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.59%) Life Science
8 5 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.27%) PKI
10 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.96%) CCTV
11 2 (0.64%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 68 (21.66%) Android
2 62 (19.75%) Windows
3 57 (18.15%) Mac OS
4 29 (9.24%) Linux
5 20 (6.37%) Unix
6 16 (5.10%) Windows Server
7 11 (3.50%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.96%) VMS
9 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
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 42 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (9.87%) User Experience
3 27 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (8.60%) ITIL
4 26 (8.28%) Customer Service
4 26 (8.28%) Programme Management
5 23 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (7.32%) Digital Marketing
6 21 (6.69%) Computer Science
7 20 (6.37%) Change Management
7 20 (6.37%) Network Management
8 18 (5.73%) Mobile Application Development
8 18 (5.73%) Network Monitoring
8 18 (5.73%) OO
9 17 (5.41%) Migration
9 17 (5.41%) Network Design
10 16 (5.10%) Project Delivery
11 15 (4.78%) Incident Response
11 15 (4.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (4.46%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.06%) 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 88 (28.03%) Cisco Certification
2 88 (28.03%) SC Cleared
3 60 (19.11%) CCNP
4 34 (10.83%) CCNA
5 32 (10.19%) Degree
6 21 (6.69%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.10%) CCIE
7 16 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.87%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.55%) CCSA
9 8 (2.55%) JNCIE
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%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.59%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.73%) SLA
2 14 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.82%) GDPR
4 10 (3.18%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.91%) NIST
6 4 (1.27%) QA
7 3 (0.96%) PMO
8 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.64%) GxP
9 1 (0.32%) COBIT
9 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.32%) JTAG
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.46%) Firmware
4 10 (3.18%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) Ansible
1 18 (5.73%) FortiGate
2 11 (3.50%) Terraform
3 6 (1.91%) Nmap
3 6 (1.91%) SCCM
4 4 (1.27%) CA Spectrum
5 3 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.96%) Nessus
5 3 (0.96%) OpenView
6 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.64%) NSN NetAct
6 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 183 (58.28%) Cisco
2 58 (18.47%) Microsoft
3 52 (16.56%) Dell
4 51 (16.24%) F5
5 50 (15.92%) Apple
6 49 (15.61%) HP
7 40 (12.74%) Juniper
8 39 (12.42%) ServiceNow
9 31 (9.87%) Fortinet
10 28 (8.92%) CheckPoint
10 28 (8.92%) SolarWinds
11 26 (8.28%) Meraki
12 25 (7.96%) Palo Alto
13 24 (7.64%) SAP
14 21 (6.69%) Oracle
14 21 (6.69%) Splunk
15 19 (6.05%) Remedy
15 19 (6.05%) VMware
16 16 (5.10%) Aruba
17 12 (3.82%) Blue Coat