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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 273 196
Rank change year-on-year -26 -77 +97
Contract jobs citing Wireless 310 327 598
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.90% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.68% 7.40% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 207 403
10th Percentile £170 £228 £213
25th Percentile £204 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £550
90th Percentile £581 £588 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £420 £425
% change year-on-year -16.07% -1.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 11 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £22.40 £15.35
25th Percentile £17.97 £27.53 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +96.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £30.06 £52.20 £43.75
90th Percentile £69.45 £53.75 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £48.56 £24.75
% change year-on-year -60.87% +96.20% +37.50%

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 4,034 4,418 6,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.24% 12.11% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,600 2,555 4,046
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £357 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £684 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 170 343
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.80 £24.18 £22.88
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% -20.21% +28.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.48% -14.04% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -38 276 £353 -21.67% 334
UK excluding London -21 206 £353 -16.07% 284
London -40 83 £400 -13.89% 93
Midlands +4 61 £369 -13.24% 32
South East +8 58 £208 -22.35% 113
West Midlands +13 52 £380 -34.48% 21
Work from Home -28 50 £430 -4.44% 127
North of England -48 46 £303 -35.29% 36
East of England -13 27 £520 +12.43% 33
North West -23 23 £330 -30.53% 25
Yorkshire -44 15 £445 +4.71% 7
Scotland -3 9 £425 +6.25% 19
East Midlands -16 9 £158 -58.00% 10
North East -1 8 £175 -68.18% 4
South West -19 6 £180 -58.62% 45
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 - 3
Wales -1 2 £400 +81.82% 7
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 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.94%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 60 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.19%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (11.29%) AWS
3 28 (9.03%) Azure
4 19 (6.13%) SaaS
5 18 (5.81%) Sauce Labs
6 8 (2.58%) GCP
6 8 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (1.94%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.97%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.65%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.32%) Amazon ELB
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.32%) IaaS
11 1 (0.32%) OCI
11 1 (0.32%) PaaS
11 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 123 (39.68%) Firewall
2 84 (27.10%) WAN
3 74 (23.87%) LAN
4 64 (20.65%) DNS
5 60 (19.35%) VPN
6 52 (16.77%) DHCP
7 48 (15.48%) BGP
8 47 (15.16%) Cisco Wireless
9 44 (14.19%) Network Security
10 39 (12.58%) Cisco ISE
10 39 (12.58%) OSPF
11 37 (11.94%) SD-WAN
12 31 (10.00%) VLAN
12 31 (10.00%) WLAN
13 24 (7.74%) TCP/IP
14 23 (7.42%) Wi-Fi
15 21 (6.77%) IPsec
15 21 (6.77%) MPLS
16 18 (5.81%) SSL
17 17 (5.48%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.81%) MySQL
1 18 (5.81%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.65%) Power BI
2 2 (0.65%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 18 (5.81%) Android Studio
1 18 (5.81%) Browser DevTools
1 18 (5.81%) Eclipse
1 18 (5.81%) Xcode
2 5 (1.61%) JIRA
3 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.32%) Postman
3 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 88 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.48%) Telecoms
3 44 (14.19%) Public Sector
4 37 (11.94%) Manufacturing
5 34 (10.97%) Finance
6 29 (9.35%) Banking
7 26 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (7.74%) Marketing
9 23 (7.42%) Electronics
10 15 (4.84%) Retail
11 12 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.26%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.94%) Legal
13 6 (1.94%) Local Government
13 6 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.97%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (24.84%) Network Engineer
2 39 (12.58%) Support Engineer
3 32 (10.32%) IT Support
4 30 (9.68%) Desktop Support
5 29 (9.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 27 (8.71%) Senior
6 27 (8.71%) Technical Support
7 25 (8.06%) Analyst
8 23 (7.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (7.42%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 18 (5.81%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 18 (5.81%) Technical Engineer
9 18 (5.81%) Technical Support Engineer
9 18 (5.81%) UX Engineer
10 17 (5.48%) Security Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) Cisco Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) IT Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) Support Analyst
13 12 (3.87%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.45%) 802.1X
2 18 (5.81%) Ajax
2 18 (5.81%) AngularJS
2 18 (5.81%) CSS
2 18 (5.81%) GraphQL
2 18 (5.81%) React
3 1 (0.32%) LDAP
3 1 (0.32%) REST
3 1 (0.32%) SAML
3 1 (0.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 105 (33.87%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.74%) Driving Licence
3 19 (6.13%) IoT
3 19 (6.13%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.19%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.87%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.58%) CMDB
7 8 (2.58%) NHS
8 6 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.61%) Life Science
10 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.29%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.29%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.29%) PKI
11 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.97%) CCTV
11 3 (0.97%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.65%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.61%) Android
2 58 (18.71%) Windows
3 56 (18.06%) Mac OS
4 27 (8.71%) Linux
5 20 (6.45%) Unix
6 16 (5.16%) Windows Server
7 11 (3.55%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.97%) VMS
9 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Debian
10 1 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (10.65%) ITIL
3 31 (10.00%) User Experience
4 26 (8.39%) Programme Management
5 25 (8.06%) Customer Service
6 24 (7.74%) Computer Science
7 23 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (7.42%) Digital Marketing
8 21 (6.77%) Change Management
9 20 (6.45%) Network Management
10 18 (5.81%) Mobile Application Development
10 18 (5.81%) Network Monitoring
10 18 (5.81%) OO
11 17 (5.48%) Migration
12 16 (5.16%) Network Design
12 16 (5.16%) Project Delivery
13 15 (4.84%) Incident Response
13 15 (4.84%) Mentoring
13 15 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.26%) Python
2 21 (6.77%) Perl
3 18 (5.81%) Java
3 18 (5.81%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.58%) Lisp
5 3 (0.97%) C++
6 2 (0.65%) C
6 2 (0.65%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.32%) Bash
7 1 (0.32%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (30.32%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 82 (26.45%) SC Cleared
4 64 (20.65%) CCNP
5 36 (11.61%) CCNA
6 32 (10.32%) Degree
7 20 (6.45%) DV Cleared
8 19 (6.13%) CCIE
8 19 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.90%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.58%) CCSA
10 8 (2.58%) JNCIE
11 7 (2.26%) CISSP
12 6 (1.94%) ECDL
12 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.94%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.94%) PMP
13 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.61%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.45%) SLA
2 9 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.58%) GDPR
4 6 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.61%) NIST
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) GxP
6 2 (0.65%) PMO
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.87%) Firmware
4 10 (3.23%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (6.13%) FortiGate
2 18 (5.81%) Ansible
3 11 (3.55%) Terraform
4 6 (1.94%) OpenView
5 5 (1.61%) SCCM
6 4 (1.29%) CA Spectrum
7 3 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.97%) Nessus
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.65%) NSN NetAct
8 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.32%) Nmap
9 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 188 (60.65%) Cisco
2 61 (19.68%) Microsoft
3 53 (17.10%) F5
4 51 (16.45%) Dell
5 49 (15.81%) Apple
6 48 (15.48%) HP
7 39 (12.58%) ServiceNow
8 38 (12.26%) Juniper
9 35 (11.29%) Fortinet
10 29 (9.35%) SolarWinds
11 27 (8.71%) CheckPoint
11 27 (8.71%) Meraki
12 26 (8.39%) Palo Alto
13 24 (7.74%) SAP
14 21 (6.77%) Oracle
14 21 (6.77%) Splunk
15 20 (6.45%) Remedy
16 19 (6.13%) VMware
17 16 (5.16%) Aruba
18 11 (3.55%) Blue Coat