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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 309 266
Rank change year-on-year -29 -43 -67
Contract jobs citing Wireless 394 259 334
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.79% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.67% 6.79% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 147 197
10th Percentile £250 £204 £217
25th Percentile £366 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £525 £514 £538
90th Percentile £586 £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 5,134 3,815 4,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.43% 11.65% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,012 2,348 2,633
10th Percentile £232 £235 £230
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 £610
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +2.96% -6.95% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 199 266
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.29 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.40 £42.50 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.88% -18.27% -7.95%
75th Percentile £67.47 £63.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -38.82% -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -12 350 £450 +9.09% 456
UK excluding London -25 263 £450 +18.42% 352
North of England -1 105 £475 +43.94% 63
London -69 96 £450 +5.88% 141
Work from Home -40 89 £450 -2.70% 154
North West +15 79 £520 +60.00% 42
South East -51 61 £425 +104.82% 127
Midlands -50 38 £425 +11.84% 48
West Midlands -47 36 £425 +11.84% 27
East of England -5 35 £400 -11.11% 56
Yorkshire -33 20 £450 - 15
Scotland -22 14 £381 -4.45% 23
South West -44 8 £375 -25.00% 38
North East -42 6 £420 -23.64% 10
Wales -13 5 £363 - 2
Northern Ireland +2 2 £265 -44.32% 3
East Midlands -14 2 £235 -46.29% 21

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 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.76%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 60 (15.23%) Azure
2 46 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.33%) AWS
5 11 (2.79%) GitHub
6 9 (2.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.78%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.76%) GCP
9 3 (0.76%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.51%) SaaS
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.25%) IBM Watson
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.25%) OCI
11 1 (0.25%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 175 (44.42%) Firewall
2 141 (35.79%) WAN
3 125 (31.73%) LAN
4 110 (27.92%) Network Security
4 110 (27.92%) VPN
5 93 (23.60%) Wi-Fi
6 79 (20.05%) DNS
7 72 (18.27%) BGP
8 68 (17.26%) VLAN
9 59 (14.97%) OSPF
10 58 (14.72%) DHCP
11 52 (13.20%) SD-WAN
12 51 (12.94%) Cisco ISE
13 47 (11.93%) TCP/IP
13 47 (11.93%) WLAN
14 34 (8.63%) IPsec
15 31 (7.87%) Cisco Wireless
16 30 (7.61%) Cisco ASA
16 30 (7.61%) Cisco Nexus
17 29 (7.36%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.28%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (2.03%) JIRA
3 7 (1.78%) Git
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.25%) MSI
General
1 112 (28.43%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (7.61%) Finance
4 18 (4.57%) Aerospace
4 18 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
4 18 (4.57%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.06%) Retail
6 15 (3.81%) Legal
7 14 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.03%) Banking
10 7 (1.78%) Law
11 5 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.27%) Police
12 4 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.02%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.76%) Front Office
13 3 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 214 (54.31%) Network Engineer
2 43 (10.91%) Senior
3 30 (7.61%) Cisco Engineer
3 30 (7.61%) Senior Network Engineer
4 29 (7.36%) Software Engineer
5 27 (6.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 26 (6.60%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 25 (6.35%) Embedded Engineer
7 25 (6.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (5.58%) Architect
9 20 (5.08%) Wireless Engineer
10 18 (4.57%) Analyst
10 18 (4.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 16 (4.06%) Security Engineer
12 12 (3.05%) Implementation Engineer
12 12 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.05%) Network Implementation Engineer
12 12 (3.05%) Network Security Engineer
12 12 (3.05%) Support Engineer
13 11 (2.79%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.91%) 802.1X
2 12 (3.05%) Terraform
3 11 (2.79%) Yocto
4 8 (2.03%) REST
5 7 (1.78%) JSON
5 7 (1.78%) Software Packaging
6 6 (1.52%) SAML
7 5 (1.27%) Django
8 3 (0.76%) Flask
8 3 (0.76%) LDAP
8 3 (0.76%) XML
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.25%) Middleware
9 1 (0.25%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.25%) OpenEmbedded
9 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.50%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.31%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.06%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.81%) PKI
6 13 (3.30%) Digital Signage
7 12 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.79%) Device Driver
9 10 (2.54%) MicroBlaze
9 10 (2.54%) RISC-V
10 9 (2.28%) FPGA
10 9 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.28%) PCIe
11 8 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.78%) Smartphone
13 6 (1.52%) IoT
13 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.27%) CCTV
14 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.27%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 54 (13.71%) Windows
2 19 (4.82%) Linux
3 17 (4.31%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.79%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (2.54%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.28%) FreeRTOS
6 9 (2.28%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.03%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.27%) Android
9 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.76%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.51%) Unix
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (11.42%) ITIL
3 44 (11.17%) Project Delivery
4 39 (9.90%) Change Management
5 34 (8.63%) Migration
6 32 (8.12%) High Availability
6 32 (8.12%) ITSM
7 30 (7.61%) Software Engineering
7 30 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (7.36%) Load Balancing
9 27 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (6.60%) Agile
11 25 (6.35%) Validation
12 23 (5.84%) Network Segmentation
13 21 (5.33%) Service Management
13 21 (5.33%) User Experience
13 21 (5.33%) Zero Trust
14 20 (5.08%) Digital Signal Processing
14 20 (5.08%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (5.08%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.38%) Python
2 21 (5.33%) C
3 11 (2.79%) C++
4 9 (2.28%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (1.02%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.76%) Lisp
7 3 (0.76%) SQL
7 3 (0.76%) VBScript
8 2 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 98 (24.87%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (23.60%) Security Cleared
3 81 (20.56%) CCNP
4 78 (19.80%) SC Cleared
5 56 (14.21%) CCNA
6 30 (7.61%) Degree
7 21 (5.33%) CCIE
8 19 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (2.79%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (1.78%) A+ Certification
10 7 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.27%) CWNA
11 5 (1.27%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.27%) 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 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.03%) SLA
3 6 (1.52%) NIST
4 5 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.27%) QA
5 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.76%) GDPR
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (13.20%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.31%) Firmware
3 14 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (2.03%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.27%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.25%) Docker
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.35%) FortiGate
2 24 (6.09%) Ansible
3 20 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (4.06%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (2.03%) SCCM
6 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.51%) Nagios
9 1 (0.25%) CASB
9 1 (0.25%) MobiControl
9 1 (0.25%) Nessus
9 1 (0.25%) Nmap
9 1 (0.25%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (54.06%) Cisco
2 76 (19.29%) Palo Alto
3 63 (15.99%) Microsoft
4 59 (14.97%) Aruba
5 52 (13.20%) F5
6 44 (11.17%) Meraki
7 39 (9.90%) Fortinet
8 35 (8.88%) Juniper
9 34 (8.63%) CheckPoint
10 30 (7.61%) ServiceNow
11 21 (5.33%) VMware
12 17 (4.31%) SolarWinds
12 17 (4.31%) Zscaler
13 14 (3.55%) Ekahau
14 12 (3.05%) Splunk
15 10 (2.54%) ForeScout
16 9 (2.28%) Blue Coat
16 9 (2.28%) Citrix
17 7 (1.78%) Arista
17 7 (1.78%) Infoblox