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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 268 237
Rank change year-on-year -86 -31 +3
Contract jobs citing Wireless 278 279 441
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.95% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.21% 7.38% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 194 274
10th Percentile £190 £219 £168
25th Percentile £250 £325 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -1.18%
75th Percentile £520 £550 £540
90th Percentile £588 £588 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £438 £416
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.25% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 39
10th Percentile £15.62 - £12.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.20 £16.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +30.27% -62.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £14.77 £17.69
% change year-on-year +153.98% -16.53% -46.39%

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 4,480 3,782 5,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.68% 12.84% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,806 2,345 3,403
10th Percentile £246 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £489
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -0.31% -5.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 171 425
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £20.79 £21.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £48.72 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.92% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.38 £62.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £28.00 £46.14
% change year-on-year +98.21% -39.31% +149.38%

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 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -79 255 £400 -11.89% 262
UK excluding London -84 185 £413 -5.71% 249
London -83 67 £219 -51.82% 72
Work from Home -36 65 £437 +2.88% 61
South East -27 62 £480 +20.00% 91
North of England -57 45 £425 +6.25% 54
Midlands -37 37 £340 +58.14% 25
West Midlands -33 33 £340 +65.85% 14
North West -46 32 £475 +18.69% 22
East of England -50 21 £325 -33.67% 42
South West -35 16 £510 +23.64% 26
Yorkshire -65 7 £450 +7.14% 27
North East -9 6 £213 -61.36% 10
Scotland -8 4 £360 -9.89% 18
East Midlands -33 4 £158 -57.29% 11
Wales -20 2 £400 - 7
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 9 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (5.04%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.75%) Azure
2 39 (14.03%) AWS
3 30 (10.79%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.60%) GCP
5 9 (3.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (2.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (2.52%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.44%) Route 53
8 4 (1.44%) SaaS
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.72%) PaaS
10 2 (0.72%) Sauce Labs
10 2 (0.72%) Slack
11 1 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.36%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 125 (44.96%) Firewall
2 87 (31.29%) LAN
3 86 (30.94%) WAN
4 57 (20.50%) VPN
5 50 (17.99%) Network Security
6 48 (17.27%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (16.19%) BGP
8 43 (15.47%) OSPF
9 42 (15.11%) DNS
10 39 (14.03%) SD-WAN
10 39 (14.03%) VLAN
11 37 (13.31%) DHCP
12 35 (12.59%) Cisco ISE
13 34 (12.23%) WLAN
14 32 (11.51%) Cisco Wireless
15 26 (9.35%) IPsec
16 24 (8.63%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (7.19%) Internet
18 19 (6.83%) MPLS
19 18 (6.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.72%) MySQL
1 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.76%) Burp Suite
2 14 (5.04%) Metasploit
3 7 (2.52%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (1.80%) JIRA
5 2 (0.72%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.72%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.72%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.72%) Xcode
6 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 85 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 19 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (6.83%) Public Sector
3 13 (4.68%) Finance
4 12 (4.32%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.96%) Banking
5 11 (3.96%) Retail
6 8 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.52%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.16%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.80%) Local Government
10 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.44%) Law
10 4 (1.44%) Legal
10 4 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Billing
11 3 (1.08%) Electronics
12 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Military
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (37.41%) Network Engineer
2 25 (8.99%) Architect
3 19 (6.83%) IT Support
3 19 (6.83%) Penetration Tester
3 19 (6.83%) Tester
4 17 (6.12%) Senior
5 15 (5.40%) Support Engineer
5 15 (5.40%) Wireless Engineer
6 14 (5.04%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (5.04%) Network Architect
7 11 (3.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (3.96%) Desktop Support
7 11 (3.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 11 (3.96%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (3.96%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 10 (3.60%) Security Engineer
8 10 (3.60%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.24%) Analyst
10 8 (2.88%) IT Engineer
11 7 (2.52%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.11%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.60%) SAML
3 8 (2.88%) LDAP
4 6 (2.16%) X-Windows
5 3 (1.08%) Yocto
6 2 (0.72%) A2A Protocol
6 2 (0.72%) Ajax
6 2 (0.72%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.72%) CSS
6 2 (0.72%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.72%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (0.72%) React
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.36%) Qt
7 1 (0.36%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.91%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.55%) IoT
3 15 (5.40%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.88%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.52%) FPGA
6 7 (2.52%) PCIe
7 6 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.80%) BYOD
8 5 (1.80%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.08%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.08%) iPhone
10 3 (1.08%) MicroBlaze
10 3 (1.08%) NHS
10 3 (1.08%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 50 (17.99%) Windows
2 22 (7.91%) Windows 10
3 21 (7.55%) Linux
4 18 (6.47%) Android
5 17 (6.12%) Mac OS
6 11 (3.96%) Unix
7 9 (3.24%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.52%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (2.16%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.44%) CatOS
11 3 (1.08%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.72%) Debian
12 2 (0.72%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.36%) VMS
13 1 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (9.71%) ITSM
3 27 (9.71%) Network Segmentation
4 26 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
5 22 (7.91%) ITIL
5 22 (7.91%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (7.91%) Zero Trust
6 20 (7.19%) Customer Service
6 20 (7.19%) Penetration Testing
7 19 (6.83%) Migration
8 18 (6.47%) Change Management
9 17 (6.12%) Cloud Security
9 17 (6.12%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (5.76%) High Availability
10 16 (5.76%) Information Security
10 16 (5.76%) Network Design
11 15 (5.40%) Mentoring
11 15 (5.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (5.04%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.47%) Python
2 13 (4.68%) C
3 7 (2.52%) C++
4 4 (1.44%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.08%) Lisp
5 3 (1.08%) Perl
6 2 (0.72%) Java
6 2 (0.72%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.36%) Bash
7 1 (0.36%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.36%) Korn
7 1 (0.36%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.36%) Ruby
7 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (30.58%) Security Cleared
2 80 (28.78%) SC Cleared
3 64 (23.02%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (20.86%) CCNP
5 36 (12.95%) CCNA
6 29 (10.43%) Degree
7 18 (6.47%) CCIE
8 14 (5.04%) CHECK Team Member
9 12 (4.32%) CREST Certified
9 12 (4.32%) Cyber Scheme
10 11 (3.96%) Postgraduate
11 10 (3.60%) DV Cleared
11 10 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.88%) Server+ Certification
13 7 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.16%) JNCIA
14 6 (2.16%) JNCIP
14 6 (2.16%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.80%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.47%) GDPR
2 18 (6.47%) PCI DSS
3 13 (4.68%) QA
4 11 (3.96%) PMO
5 7 (2.52%) NIST
6 6 (2.16%) SLA
7 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.08%) NCSC
9 1 (0.36%) DICOM
9 1 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.36%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (10.79%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.04%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.60%) Firmware
5 5 (1.80%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.44%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (7.19%) Ansible
2 17 (6.12%) Nmap
3 13 (4.68%) FortiGate
4 10 (3.60%) SCCM
5 9 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.88%) Terraform
7 7 (2.52%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.16%) Grafana
9 5 (1.80%) Salt
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (1.08%) Nessus
12 1 (0.36%) CASB
12 1 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 148 (53.24%) Cisco
2 62 (22.30%) Palo Alto
3 50 (17.99%) Aruba
4 40 (14.39%) ServiceNow
5 38 (13.67%) Microsoft
6 36 (12.95%) F5
7 33 (11.87%) CheckPoint
8 31 (11.15%) Meraki
9 25 (8.99%) Fortinet
9 25 (8.99%) Juniper
10 23 (8.27%) Ekahau
11 20 (7.19%) Apple
11 20 (7.19%) VMware
12 19 (6.83%) HP
13 15 (5.40%) Dell
14 12 (4.32%) SolarWinds
14 12 (4.32%) Splunk
15 11 (3.96%) ForeScout
16 10 (3.60%) Remedy
17 9 (3.24%) Arista