Wireless Contracts

Wireless
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 262 210
Rank change year-on-year -19 -52 +100
Contract jobs citing Wireless 281 397 689
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.92% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.32% 7.37% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 236 479
10th Percentile £263 £168 £200
25th Percentile £362 £254 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £550 £525 £525
90th Percentile £588 £650 £645
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £396 £400
% change year-on-year +18.06% -1.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 39 34
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.56 £16.24 £19.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -58.00% +57.48%
75th Percentile £31.00 £24.90 £74.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £54.80 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £17.69 £22.38
% change year-on-year +55.46% -20.96% -21.22%

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 3,837 5,390 7,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.45% 12.49% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,310 3,177 4,614
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £472 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.62% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 431 433
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.89 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +114.29% -27.59%
75th Percentile £60.97 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.93 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -32.79% +115.91% -2.22%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

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Top 17 Contract 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 1 July 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 -31 240 £468 +16.88% 1,065
UK excluding London -14 168 £468 +18.06% 699
London +13 90 £425 +3.03% 424
Work from Home +23 61 £475 +5.56% 346
North of England -8 42 £450 +6.09% 165
East of England +44 40 £525 +27.27% 82
South East -5 27 £500 +91.20% 210
Midlands +3 25 £346 +25.91% 81
North West -11 25 £375 -5.30% 95
West Midlands +12 23 £255 -26.62% 52
Yorkshire +5 16 £450 -25.62% 54
South West +10 13 £413 -20.67% 86
Scotland +9 12 £406 -10.82% 50
Wales +16 11 £370 +53.37% 16
East Midlands -10 2 £438 +34.62% 29
North East 0 1 £550 -8.33% 17
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.07%) Confluence
1 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.36%) CMS
2 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (0.36%) IIS
2 1 (0.36%) SAS
2 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.85%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.42%) AutoCAD
6 3 (1.07%) Revit
7 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.36%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.36%) Sketch
7 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.66%) Azure
2 34 (12.10%) AWS
3 22 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.14%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.78%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.07%) GCP
8 2 (0.71%) Akamai
8 2 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.71%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.71%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.71%) SaaS
8 2 (0.71%) Serverless
8 2 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.36%) IaaS
9 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.36%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 145 (51.60%) Firewall
2 103 (36.65%) WAN
3 87 (30.96%) LAN
4 74 (26.33%) Network Security
5 66 (23.49%) VPN
6 58 (20.64%) DNS
7 57 (20.28%) SD-WAN
8 55 (19.57%) DHCP
9 53 (18.86%) BGP
9 53 (18.86%) OSPF
10 42 (14.95%) Cisco Wireless
11 40 (14.23%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (12.81%) WLAN
13 33 (11.74%) TCP/IP
14 32 (11.39%) Cisco Nexus
15 31 (11.03%) Cisco ISE
16 30 (10.68%) VLAN
17 28 (9.96%) IPsec
18 22 (7.83%) Cisco ASA
18 22 (7.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.71%) InfluxDB
1 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) Big Data
2 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.36%) MySQL
2 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.42%) JIRA
1 4 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.07%) GitLab
2 3 (1.07%) KGDB
3 1 (0.36%) Android Studio
3 1 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.36%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Postman
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
3 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 90 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (10.32%) Telecoms
3 22 (7.83%) Finance
4 14 (4.98%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.63%) Banking
6 12 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.20%) Legal
8 7 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.78%) Electronics
11 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.07%) Advertising
12 3 (1.07%) Local Government
12 3 (1.07%) Retail
13 2 (0.71%) Aviation
14 1 (0.36%) Billing
14 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (42.35%) Network Engineer
2 29 (10.32%) Senior
3 18 (6.41%) Analyst
4 17 (6.05%) Cisco Engineer
4 17 (6.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (5.34%) Senior Network Engineer
6 14 (4.98%) Security Engineer
6 14 (4.98%) Support Engineer
7 12 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.27%) Network Security Engineer
7 12 (4.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 11 (3.91%) Architect
8 11 (3.91%) Network Architect
9 10 (3.56%) Embedded Engineer
9 10 (3.56%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.20%) Consultant
10 9 (3.20%) Developer
10 9 (3.20%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.49%) Field Engineer
11 7 (2.49%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.19%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.85%) REST
3 3 (1.07%) RESTful
4 2 (0.71%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.71%) Swagger
5 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.36%) CSS
5 1 (0.36%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.36%) Java RMI
5 1 (0.36%) JSON
5 1 (0.36%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.36%) NumPy
5 1 (0.36%) Pandas
5 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.36%) React
5 1 (0.36%) SAML
5 1 (0.36%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.36%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.36%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.22%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.91%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.20%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.49%) CUDA
5 7 (2.49%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (2.49%) PKI
5 7 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.14%) CMDB
6 6 (2.14%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.42%) CCTV
8 4 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.42%) FPGA
9 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.07%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.03%) Windows
2 22 (7.83%) Linux
3 14 (4.98%) Mac OS
4 12 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.91%) Android
6 7 (2.49%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (1.78%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.71%) VMS
9 2 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.36%) Unix
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (14.95%) Network Design
3 32 (11.39%) Computer Science
4 31 (11.03%) ITIL
5 30 (10.68%) Network Monitoring
6 26 (9.25%) Customer Service
7 19 (6.76%) Change Management
7 19 (6.76%) Project Management
8 17 (6.05%) High Availability
9 16 (5.69%) Agile
10 15 (5.34%) Incident Management
10 15 (5.34%) Mentoring
10 15 (5.34%) Process Improvement
11 14 (4.98%) Migration
11 14 (4.98%) Network Architecture
12 13 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (4.27%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (4.27%) Load Balancing
14 10 (3.56%) Problem Management
14 10 (3.56%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.25%) Python
2 8 (2.85%) Java
3 7 (2.49%) C++
4 6 (2.14%) SQL
5 5 (1.78%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.42%) C#
6 4 (1.42%) Perl
7 3 (1.07%) C
8 2 (0.71%) Go
9 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.36%) Lisp
9 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 110 (39.15%) Cisco Certification
2 78 (27.76%) CCNP
3 53 (18.86%) Degree
4 47 (16.73%) Security Cleared
5 41 (14.59%) SC Cleared
6 39 (13.88%) CCNA
7 30 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (7.12%) CCIE
9 10 (3.56%) CCSA
10 8 (2.85%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.49%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.42%) CISSP
13 4 (1.42%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.42%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.42%) PMP
14 3 (1.07%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.07%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.12%) SLA
2 7 (2.49%) QA
3 6 (2.14%) GDPR
4 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.36%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (4.27%) Firmware
2 11 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.49%) Docker
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.71%) vSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (5.69%) Ansible
2 15 (5.34%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.85%) CA Spectrum
4 7 (2.49%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.14%) OpenView
5 6 (2.14%) SCCM
5 6 (2.14%) SmoothWall
6 5 (1.78%) Cacti
6 5 (1.78%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.42%) Terraform
8 2 (0.71%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.71%) Nagios
8 2 (0.71%) NSN NetAct
8 2 (0.71%) XenMobile
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco LMS
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.36%) Netcool
9 1 (0.36%) OPNET
9 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 169 (60.14%) Cisco
2 51 (18.15%) Palo Alto
3 49 (17.44%) F5
4 43 (15.30%) Juniper
5 41 (14.59%) Microsoft
6 36 (12.81%) SolarWinds
7 32 (11.39%) Meraki
8 29 (10.32%) Aruba
8 29 (10.32%) CheckPoint
8 29 (10.32%) Fortinet
9 15 (5.34%) Infoblox
10 14 (4.98%) Apple
10 14 (4.98%) HP
11 11 (3.91%) Extreme Networks
12 9 (3.20%) Dell
12 9 (3.20%) Ekahau
12 9 (3.20%) Remedy
12 9 (3.20%) Ruckus Wireless
12 9 (3.20%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.20%) Zscaler