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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 302 271
Rank change year-on-year -38 -31 -64
Contract jobs citing Wireless 362 273 339
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.83% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.18% 6.93% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 157 200
10th Percentile £250 £243 £194
25th Percentile £387 £350 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £525
90th Percentile £588 £588 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £375
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 31
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.20 £15.50
25th Percentile £28.00 £25.08 £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% +19.76% -42.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.63 £42.20
90th Percentile £70.00 £84.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.43 £30.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year +74.75% +69.01% -13.27%

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 5,042 3,940 4,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.41% 11.98% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,994 2,409 2,866
10th Percentile £250 £240 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 196 322
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.15 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.44 £48.75 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -45.76% +0.39% -3.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.50 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -40.76% -18.00% -4.28%

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 8 August 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 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 16 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 8 August 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 -40 328 £450 +5.88% 339
UK excluding London -35 235 £450 - 273
London -59 95 £450 +5.88% 93
North of England -20 92 £498 +17.06% 64
Work from Home -37 84 £450 -2.70% 102
North West +12 72 £520 +60.00% 36
South East -40 60 £480 +6.67% 113
Midlands -47 33 £425 +15.65% 31
West Midlands -49 32 £438 +23.24% 15
East of England -18 31 £363 -26.02% 38
Yorkshire -41 15 £450 - 20
Scotland -6 13 £381 -1.49% 6
South West -50 6 £363 -12.12% 30
North East -39 5 £420 - 10
East Midlands -11 1 £235 -46.29% 16
Northern Ireland - 1 £104 - 1

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 13 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.83%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Simulink
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.75%) Azure
2 35 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (6.63%) AWS
3 24 (6.63%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (2.49%) GitHub
6 7 (1.93%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.38%) GCP
8 4 (1.10%) SaaS
8 4 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.55%) PaaS
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.28%) IaaS
10 1 (0.28%) Route 53
10 1 (0.28%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 165 (45.58%) Firewall
2 122 (33.70%) WAN
3 118 (32.60%) LAN
4 101 (27.90%) VPN
5 95 (26.24%) Network Security
6 82 (22.65%) Wi-Fi
7 71 (19.61%) DNS
8 65 (17.96%) BGP
9 63 (17.40%) VLAN
10 55 (15.19%) OSPF
11 54 (14.92%) DHCP
12 49 (13.54%) Cisco ISE
13 45 (12.43%) SD-WAN
14 41 (11.33%) WLAN
15 37 (10.22%) TCP/IP
16 36 (9.94%) Structured Cabling
17 32 (8.84%) Cisco Wireless
18 30 (8.29%) IPsec
19 25 (6.91%) Cisco IOS
20 23 (6.35%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.38%) JIRA
3 2 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.55%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.28%) MSI
General
1 107 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 28 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (7.73%) Finance
3 19 (5.25%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.70%) Aerospace
4 17 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (4.42%) Retail
6 11 (3.04%) Legal
7 8 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.93%) Law
8 7 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.38%) Banking
10 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.10%) Police
11 3 (0.83%) Billing
11 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Front Office
12 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (53.04%) Network Engineer
2 31 (8.56%) Senior
3 30 (8.29%) Architect
4 24 (6.63%) Cisco Engineer
4 24 (6.63%) Software Engineer
5 21 (5.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 20 (5.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 20 (5.52%) Embedded Engineer
6 20 (5.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (5.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 20 (5.52%) Wireless Engineer
7 18 (4.97%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 16 (4.42%) Analyst
9 15 (4.14%) Network Architect
10 13 (3.59%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Desktop Support
11 11 (3.04%) Implementation Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Network Security Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Technical Architect
12 10 (2.76%) Network Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.98%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.21%) SAML
3 7 (1.93%) Yocto
4 6 (1.66%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.83%) LDAP
5 3 (0.83%) REST
6 2 (0.55%) Django
6 2 (0.55%) JSON
6 2 (0.55%) XML
6 2 (0.55%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.28%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.75%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.97%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.87%) PKI
4 13 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.31%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (2.49%) FPGA
6 9 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.49%) PCIe
6 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.21%) IoT
8 7 (1.93%) Device Driver
8 7 (1.93%) Digital Signage
8 7 (1.93%) MicroBlaze
8 7 (1.93%) RISC-V
8 7 (1.93%) Smartphone
9 6 (1.66%) iPad
10 5 (1.38%) BYOD
10 5 (1.38%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.15%) Windows
2 16 (4.42%) Linux
3 11 (3.04%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.49%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.49%) FreeRTOS
6 7 (1.93%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (1.93%) Unix
7 6 (1.66%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.38%) Android
9 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.83%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (11.05%) ITIL
3 37 (10.22%) ITSM
4 35 (9.67%) Project Delivery
5 34 (9.39%) Change Management
5 34 (9.39%) Migration
6 30 (8.29%) Network Segmentation
7 29 (8.01%) High Availability
8 28 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.91%) Software Engineering
10 23 (6.35%) Load Balancing
11 22 (6.08%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (6.08%) Zero Trust
12 21 (5.80%) User Experience
12 21 (5.80%) Validation
13 20 (5.52%) Agile
14 19 (5.25%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (5.25%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (5.25%) Service Management
15 18 (4.97%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.35%) Python
2 17 (4.70%) C
3 7 (1.93%) C++
4 6 (1.66%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.10%) Embedded C
6 3 (0.83%) Lisp
7 2 (0.55%) Perl
7 2 (0.55%) SQL
7 2 (0.55%) VBScript
8 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 105 (29.01%) Cisco Certification
2 90 (24.86%) Security Cleared
3 87 (24.03%) CCNP
4 75 (20.72%) SC Cleared
5 65 (17.96%) CCNA
6 29 (8.01%) Degree
7 25 (6.91%) Network+ Certification
8 22 (6.08%) CCIE
9 17 (4.70%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.93%) A+ Certification
13 5 (1.38%) CCIE Wireless
13 5 (1.38%) CWNA
13 5 (1.38%) JNCIP
13 5 (1.38%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (1.10%) CWDP
14 4 (1.10%) CWNE
14 4 (1.10%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.21%) SLA
3 7 (1.93%) NIST
3 7 (1.93%) QA
4 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.10%) GDPR
5 3 (0.83%) NCSC
5 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (12.15%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.04%) Firmware
2 11 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.93%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.38%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (7.46%) Ansible
2 22 (6.08%) FortiGate
3 19 (5.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.31%) Cisco Prime
5 11 (3.04%) Terraform
6 7 (1.93%) SCCM
7 5 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.10%) Grafana
8 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.83%) Salt
10 2 (0.55%) CASB
10 2 (0.55%) Nagios
10 2 (0.55%) Nmap
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.28%) Nessus
11 1 (0.28%) TrustSec
11 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 205 (56.63%) Cisco
2 79 (21.82%) Palo Alto
3 74 (20.44%) Aruba
4 51 (14.09%) Microsoft
5 46 (12.71%) F5
6 41 (11.33%) ServiceNow
7 38 (10.50%) CheckPoint
8 35 (9.67%) Fortinet
8 35 (9.67%) Meraki
9 31 (8.56%) Juniper
10 18 (4.97%) Ekahau
11 17 (4.70%) VMware
12 14 (3.87%) SolarWinds
13 13 (3.59%) Arista
13 13 (3.59%) Zscaler
14 11 (3.04%) Splunk
15 10 (2.76%) ForeScout
16 8 (2.21%) Citrix
17 7 (1.93%) Apple
18 6 (1.66%) Blue Coat