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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 278 218
Rank change year-on-year -53 -60 +32
Contract jobs citing Wireless 299 269 486
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.92% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.78% 7.05% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 198 300
10th Percentile £170 £217 £168
25th Percentile £195 £377 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £520 £550 £527
90th Percentile £588 £588 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £438 £420
% change year-on-year -8.57% +4.17% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 42
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.48 £16.24
Median hourly rate £17.79 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +30.27% -59.29%
75th Percentile £24.79 £64.06 £23.81
90th Percentile £38.75 £65.00 £61.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.66 £24.66 £17.69
% change year-on-year -32.44% +39.40% -37.93%

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 4,409 3,818 5,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.06% 13.11% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,840 2,370 3,543
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 145 397
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £13.94
25th Percentile £18.78 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.10 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £43.12
% change year-on-year +29.05% -24.62% +128.00%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -72 274 £363 -21.32% 256
UK excluding London -64 196 £400 -8.57% 224
London -62 77 £211 -55.53% 60
Work from Home -32 68 £450 -5.26% 76
South East -17 64 £450 +10.43% 76
North of England -59 49 £338 -20.59% 56
Midlands -29 46 £340 +13.33% 32
North West -29 37 £400 -7.46% 34
West Midlands -30 37 £375 +17.19% 17
East of England -49 20 £388 -19.69% 41
South West -39 15 £513 +24.24% 21
North East -9 9 £175 -68.18% 8
East Midlands -25 9 £158 -47.50% 15
Scotland -1 5 £425 +6.25% 7
Yorkshire -64 3 £440 +4.76% 16
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 11 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (16.05%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (5.35%) MS Visio
4 15 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (14.38%) Azure
3 40 (13.38%) AWS
4 11 (3.68%) GCP
5 9 (3.01%) SaaS
5 9 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (2.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (2.01%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.01%) Sauce Labs
8 5 (1.67%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.00%) PaaS
9 3 (1.00%) Route 53
9 3 (1.00%) Slack
10 2 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.67%) IaaS
11 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 122 (40.80%) Firewall
2 84 (28.09%) WAN
3 81 (27.09%) LAN
4 58 (19.40%) VPN
5 49 (16.39%) Network Security
6 47 (15.72%) BGP
7 44 (14.72%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (13.71%) OSPF
9 39 (13.04%) DNS
10 37 (12.37%) VLAN
11 36 (12.04%) Cisco ISE
12 34 (11.37%) DHCP
12 34 (11.37%) SD-WAN
13 28 (9.36%) Cisco Wireless
14 26 (8.70%) WLAN
15 25 (8.36%) Cisco ASA
15 25 (8.36%) IPsec
16 22 (7.36%) TCP/IP
17 20 (6.69%) MPLS
18 16 (5.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.01%) MySQL
1 6 (2.01%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (5.35%) Burp Suite
2 14 (4.68%) Metasploit
3 6 (2.01%) Android Studio
3 6 (2.01%) Browser DevTools
3 6 (2.01%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.01%) Xcode
4 2 (0.67%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (27.09%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.05%) Public Sector
3 35 (11.71%) Telecoms
4 34 (11.37%) Finance
5 28 (9.36%) Manufacturing
6 24 (8.03%) Marketing
7 23 (7.69%) Electronics
8 18 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (5.35%) Banking
10 10 (3.34%) Retail
11 7 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.01%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.67%) Legal
13 5 (1.67%) Local Government
14 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.67%) Billing
15 2 (0.67%) Military
16 1 (0.33%) Back Office
16 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 92 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 37 (12.37%) IT Support
3 31 (10.37%) Desktop Support
4 27 (9.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 23 (7.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 23 (7.69%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 22 (7.36%) Architect
6 22 (7.36%) Senior
7 19 (6.35%) Penetration Tester
7 19 (6.35%) Support Engineer
7 19 (6.35%) Tester
8 18 (6.02%) Cisco Engineer
9 16 (5.35%) Wireless Engineer
10 14 (4.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (4.68%) Network Architect
11 13 (4.35%) Analyst
12 12 (4.01%) Security Engineer
12 12 (4.01%) Senior Network Engineer
12 12 (4.01%) Wireless Network Engineer
13 11 (3.68%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.05%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.01%) SAML
3 7 (2.34%) LDAP
4 6 (2.01%) Ajax
4 6 (2.01%) AngularJS
4 6 (2.01%) CSS
4 6 (2.01%) GraphQL
4 6 (2.01%) React
4 6 (2.01%) X-Windows
5 2 (0.67%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.33%) Qt
6 1 (0.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 68 (22.74%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.36%) IoT
3 16 (5.35%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.34%) NHS
7 6 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.01%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.67%) BYOD
8 5 (1.67%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.34%) CMDB
9 4 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.34%) Life Science
9 4 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.67%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 57 (19.06%) Windows
2 43 (14.38%) Android
3 40 (13.38%) Mac OS
4 22 (7.36%) Windows 10
5 21 (7.02%) Linux
6 13 (4.35%) Unix
6 13 (4.35%) Windows Server
7 6 (2.01%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.34%) CatOS
9 3 (1.00%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.00%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.67%) Debian
10 2 (0.67%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.67%) VMS
11 1 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (9.36%) Network Segmentation
2 28 (9.36%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (8.70%) Programme Management
4 23 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 22 (7.36%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (7.36%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (7.02%) Zero Trust
7 20 (6.69%) Cloud Security
7 20 (6.69%) ITSM
7 20 (6.69%) Migration
8 19 (6.35%) ITIL
8 19 (6.35%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (6.35%) Penetration Testing
9 18 (6.02%) Customer Service
10 17 (5.69%) Asset Management
10 17 (5.69%) Network Design
10 17 (5.69%) User Experience
11 16 (5.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.02%) Python
2 8 (2.68%) Perl
3 6 (2.01%) Java
3 6 (2.01%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.01%) Lisp
4 4 (1.34%) C++
5 2 (0.67%) C
6 1 (0.33%) Bash
6 1 (0.33%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.33%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.33%) Korn
6 1 (0.33%) Ruby
6 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (32.78%) Security Cleared
2 93 (31.10%) SC Cleared
3 61 (20.40%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (18.39%) CCNP
5 32 (10.70%) CCNA
6 27 (9.03%) Degree
7 14 (4.68%) CCIE
7 14 (4.68%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (4.01%) CREST Certified
8 12 (4.01%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (3.68%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.68%) Postgraduate
10 10 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.34%) CISSP
13 6 (2.01%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.01%) JNCIA
13 6 (2.01%) JNCIP
13 6 (2.01%) JNCIS
13 6 (2.01%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.02%) GDPR
2 18 (6.02%) PCI DSS
3 14 (4.68%) QA
4 11 (3.68%) PMO
5 7 (2.34%) NIST
6 6 (2.01%) SLA
7 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.34%) NCSC
8 2 (0.67%) GxP
9 1 (0.33%) DICOM
9 1 (0.33%) HL7
9 1 (0.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 31 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.35%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.01%) Firmware
5 4 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.69%) Nmap
2 15 (5.02%) Ansible
3 14 (4.68%) FortiGate
4 9 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.68%) SCCM
5 8 (2.68%) Terraform
6 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.34%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.01%) Grafana
8 5 (1.67%) Salt
9 3 (1.00%) Nessus
10 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.33%) CASB
11 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 160 (53.51%) Cisco
2 59 (19.73%) Palo Alto
3 47 (15.72%) Aruba
4 41 (13.71%) Microsoft
5 39 (13.04%) Apple
5 39 (13.04%) HP
5 39 (13.04%) ServiceNow
6 36 (12.04%) Dell
7 33 (11.04%) Meraki
8 32 (10.70%) CheckPoint
8 32 (10.70%) F5
9 24 (8.03%) Ekahau
10 23 (7.69%) Fortinet
10 23 (7.69%) Juniper
10 23 (7.69%) SAP
11 19 (6.35%) VMware
12 13 (4.35%) Remedy
12 13 (4.35%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.35%) Splunk
13 9 (3.01%) Arista