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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 288 265
Rank change year-on-year -80 -23 -54
Contract jobs citing Wireless 295 252 388
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.87% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.21% 6.95% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 156 246
10th Percentile £206 £219 £181
25th Percentile £338 £325 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year - +8.76% -2.65%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 35
10th Percentile £12.98 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £37.50 £14.66 £16.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £24.66 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.59% +17.43% -58.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.75 £23.80
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £59.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.43 £21.23 £17.69
% change year-on-year +147.00% +19.98% -11.55%

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 4,750 3,626 5,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 12.58% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,907 2,248 3,213
10th Percentile £263 £216 £206
25th Percentile £400 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 162 414
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.88 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.96 £41.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.79% +3.13% +118.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.78 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.93 £80.91 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £31.79 £45.88
% change year-on-year +2.23% -30.71% +154.89%

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 4 June 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 4 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

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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 4 June 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 -70 270 £450 -5.26% 319
UK excluding London -63 194 £450 - 272
London -77 77 £438 -5.41% 81
Work from Home -33 73 £450 -2.70% 104
North of England -42 66 £450 +38.46% 47
South East -29 55 £513 +2.50% 102
North West -2 53 £515 +58.46% 27
Midlands -52 28 £403 +23.37% 43
West Midlands -49 27 £425 +97.67% 26
East of England -49 21 £325 -35.96% 38
South West -31 14 £516 +25.03% 30
Scotland -13 9 £313 -21.78% 12
Yorkshire -60 8 £450 +104.55% 14
North East -24 5 £420 -23.64% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 £245 - 1
East Midlands -26 1 £235 -46.29% 17

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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 9 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.73%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.25%) Azure
2 28 (9.49%) AWS
3 23 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.39%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (1.69%) GCP
7 4 (1.36%) Route 53
7 4 (1.36%) SaaS
8 3 (1.02%) GitHub
8 3 (1.02%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.68%) PaaS
9 2 (0.68%) Slack
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.34%) IaaS
10 1 (0.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 134 (45.42%) Firewall
2 98 (33.22%) LAN
3 95 (32.20%) WAN
4 69 (23.39%) Wi-Fi
5 67 (22.71%) Network Security
6 56 (18.98%) VPN
7 52 (17.63%) DNS
8 46 (15.59%) VLAN
9 45 (15.25%) DHCP
10 43 (14.58%) BGP
11 41 (13.90%) Cisco ISE
11 41 (13.90%) SD-WAN
12 40 (13.56%) OSPF
13 38 (12.88%) WLAN
14 30 (10.17%) Cisco Wireless
15 25 (8.47%) Structured Cabling
16 23 (7.80%) IPsec
17 21 (7.12%) Cisco IOS
17 21 (7.12%) TCP/IP
18 19 (6.44%) SAN
Development Applications
1 9 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (2.71%) Burp Suite
3 7 (2.37%) Metasploit
4 6 (2.03%) JIRA
5 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 86 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (4.41%) Finance
4 12 (4.07%) Aerospace
4 12 (4.07%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.05%) Retail
6 5 (1.69%) Legal
6 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.36%) Banking
7 4 (1.36%) Law
7 4 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.02%) Billing
8 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) German Language
10 1 (0.34%) Greek Language
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 130 (44.07%) Network Engineer
2 31 (10.51%) Architect
3 21 (7.12%) Cisco Engineer
3 21 (7.12%) Senior
4 19 (6.44%) Software Engineer
5 18 (6.10%) Wireless Engineer
6 17 (5.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 17 (5.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 16 (5.42%) Network Architect
8 15 (5.08%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 14 (4.75%) Embedded Engineer
9 14 (4.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 13 (4.41%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (4.07%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Desktop Support
12 11 (3.73%) Technical Architect
13 10 (3.39%) Analyst
13 10 (3.39%) IT Support
13 10 (3.39%) Security Engineer
14 9 (3.05%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (17.97%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.05%) SAML
3 6 (2.03%) LDAP
3 6 (2.03%) X-Windows
3 6 (2.03%) Yocto
4 5 (1.69%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.68%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.34%) Qt
6 1 (0.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.07%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (4.07%) IoT
4 10 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.05%) FPGA
5 9 (3.05%) PCIe
5 9 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.37%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.37%) PKI
7 6 (2.03%) Device Driver
7 6 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.03%) iPad
7 6 (2.03%) MicroBlaze
7 6 (2.03%) RISC-V
8 5 (1.69%) BYOD
8 5 (1.69%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.69%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.90%) Windows
2 17 (5.76%) Linux
2 17 (5.76%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.05%) Apple iOS
3 9 (3.05%) FreeRTOS
3 9 (3.05%) Unix
4 7 (2.37%) Android
4 7 (2.37%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (2.03%) Mac OS X
5 6 (2.03%) Windows 7
5 6 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.69%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.36%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.68%) CatOS
9 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.54%) Network Segmentation
2 33 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (10.17%) ITSM
3 30 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
4 26 (8.81%) Migration
5 24 (8.14%) High Availability
5 24 (8.14%) Zero Trust
6 22 (7.46%) ITIL
7 20 (6.78%) Software Engineering
8 19 (6.44%) Change Management
9 18 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.10%) Project Delivery
9 18 (6.10%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (5.76%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (5.76%) Incident Management
11 16 (5.42%) Agile
11 16 (5.42%) User Experience
12 15 (5.08%) Digital Signal Processing
12 15 (5.08%) Regulatory Compliance
12 15 (5.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.76%) C
2 13 (4.41%) Python
3 7 (2.37%) C++
4 4 (1.36%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.02%) Lisp
6 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.34%) Korn
7 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 83 (28.14%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (25.08%) CCNP
4 73 (24.75%) SC Cleared
5 49 (16.61%) CCNA
6 24 (8.14%) Degree
7 23 (7.80%) Network+ Certification
8 20 (6.78%) CCIE
9 17 (5.76%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (2.37%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.37%) CREST Certified
10 7 (2.37%) Cyber Scheme
11 6 (2.03%) Postgraduate
12 5 (1.69%) CWNA
13 4 (1.36%) CWDP
13 4 (1.36%) CWNE
13 4 (1.36%) CWSP
13 4 (1.36%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.36%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.07%) QA
2 10 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.39%) SLA
3 8 (2.71%) GDPR
3 8 (2.71%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.03%) PMO
5 5 (1.69%) NIST
6 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.02%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) DICOM
7 1 (0.34%) HL7
System Software
1 36 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.05%) Firmware
4 8 (2.71%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.03%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (7.12%) Ansible
2 16 (5.42%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.71%) Nmap
5 7 (2.37%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.03%) Grafana
7 5 (1.69%) Salt
7 5 (1.69%) SCCM
7 5 (1.69%) Terraform
8 4 (1.36%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.68%) CASB
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.34%) Nagios
10 1 (0.34%) Nessus
Vendors
1 164 (55.59%) Cisco
2 65 (22.03%) Aruba
3 61 (20.68%) Palo Alto
4 41 (13.90%) ServiceNow
5 35 (11.86%) Microsoft
6 32 (10.85%) F5
7 31 (10.51%) CheckPoint
7 31 (10.51%) Meraki
8 28 (9.49%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.46%) Ekahau
10 18 (6.10%) Juniper
11 17 (5.76%) ForeScout
12 14 (4.75%) VMware
13 11 (3.73%) Apple
13 11 (3.73%) Splunk
14 10 (3.39%) Arista
15 8 (2.71%) SolarWinds
16 6 (2.03%) BigPanda
16 6 (2.03%) HP
17 5 (1.69%) Infoblox