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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 276 227
Rank change year-on-year -85 -49 +15
Contract jobs citing Wireless 284 276 453
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.94% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.34% 7.30% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 192 277
10th Percentile £176 £219 £168
25th Percentile £209 £325 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +7.14% -1.18%
75th Percentile £520 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £588 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £416
% change year-on-year -2.94% +2.24% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 39
10th Percentile £15.51 - £12.75
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.20 £16.24
Median hourly rate £21.86 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% +30.27% -62.14%
75th Percentile £42.50 £61.25 £22.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.94 £14.77 £17.69
% change year-on-year +35.02% -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 4,477 3,783 5,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 12.89% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 2,337 3,463
10th Percentile £232 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% - -5.34%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £466 £475
% change year-on-year +1.93% -1.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 170 422
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.12 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.44 £61.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £46.14
% change year-on-year +92.86% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -86 260 £400 -11.89% 285
UK excluding London -70 188 £413 -2.94% 273
London -87 69 £213 -53.19% 68
Work from Home -30 65 £437 +4.11% 62
South East -28 62 £480 +20.00% 95
North of England -61 48 £424 +6.03% 61
Midlands -40 39 £340 +61.90% 28
West Midlands -29 34 £340 +65.85% 16
North West -31 34 £450 +12.38% 27
East of England -48 20 £325 -31.58% 51
South West -36 16 £510 +23.64% 29
North East -12 7 £206 -62.50% 14
Yorkshire -53 7 £450 +7.14% 25
East Midlands -29 5 £158 -47.50% 12
Scotland -5 4 £360 -9.89% 21
Wales -21 2 £400 - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £385 -

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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 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (11.62%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (5.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.44%) Azure
2 39 (13.73%) AWS
3 34 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.52%) GCP
5 9 (3.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (2.46%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.76%) SaaS
9 4 (1.41%) Route 53
10 3 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.06%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.70%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.70%) PaaS
11 2 (0.70%) Slack
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 125 (44.01%) Firewall
2 88 (30.99%) LAN
3 86 (30.28%) WAN
4 57 (20.07%) VPN
5 50 (17.61%) Network Security
6 47 (16.55%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (15.85%) BGP
8 42 (14.79%) DNS
8 42 (14.79%) OSPF
9 39 (13.73%) SD-WAN
9 39 (13.73%) VLAN
10 37 (13.03%) DHCP
11 36 (12.68%) Cisco ISE
12 34 (11.97%) WLAN
13 33 (11.62%) Cisco Wireless
14 26 (9.15%) IPsec
15 24 (8.45%) Cisco ASA
16 20 (7.04%) Internet
17 19 (6.69%) MPLS
17 19 (6.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.06%) MySQL
1 3 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.63%) Burp Suite
2 14 (4.93%) Metasploit
3 5 (1.76%) JIRA
3 5 (1.76%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.06%) Android Studio
4 3 (1.06%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.06%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.06%) Xcode
5 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 86 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.10%) Public Sector
3 18 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.99%) Finance
5 16 (5.63%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.23%) Banking
7 11 (3.87%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.87%) Retail
8 9 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.82%) Marketing
10 7 (2.46%) Electronics
11 5 (1.76%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.76%) Local Government
12 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.41%) Legal
13 3 (1.06%) Billing
13 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.06%) Law
14 2 (0.70%) Military
14 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (36.62%) Network Engineer
2 25 (8.80%) Architect
3 23 (8.10%) IT Support
4 19 (6.69%) Penetration Tester
4 19 (6.69%) Tester
5 18 (6.34%) Senior
6 16 (5.63%) Cisco Engineer
6 16 (5.63%) Support Engineer
6 16 (5.63%) Wireless Engineer
7 15 (5.28%) Desktop Support
8 14 (4.93%) Network Architect
9 13 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 12 (4.23%) Senior Network Engineer
10 12 (4.23%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 11 (3.87%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 10 (3.52%) Analyst
12 10 (3.52%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (2.82%) IT Engineer
14 8 (2.82%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.79%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.52%) SAML
3 8 (2.82%) LDAP
4 6 (2.11%) X-Windows
5 3 (1.06%) Ajax
5 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.06%) CSS
5 3 (1.06%) GraphQL
5 3 (1.06%) React
5 3 (1.06%) Yocto
6 2 (0.70%) A2A Protocol
6 2 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.35%) Qt
7 1 (0.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.31%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.39%) IoT
3 15 (5.28%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.82%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.76%) BYOD
8 5 (1.76%) FPGA
8 5 (1.76%) PCIe
8 5 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.41%) NHS
9 4 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.41%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.06%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.06%) iPhone
10 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.31%) Windows
2 23 (8.10%) Android
3 22 (7.75%) Linux
3 22 (7.75%) Windows 10
4 21 (7.39%) Mac OS
5 12 (4.23%) Unix
6 10 (3.52%) Windows Server
7 6 (2.11%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (2.11%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.76%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.41%) CatOS
10 3 (1.06%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.70%) Debian
11 2 (0.70%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
12 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (11.97%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (9.51%) ITSM
3 27 (9.51%) Network Segmentation
4 25 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
5 22 (7.75%) ITIL
5 22 (7.75%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (7.75%) Zero Trust
6 20 (7.04%) Customer Service
6 20 (7.04%) Penetration Testing
7 19 (6.69%) Migration
8 18 (6.34%) Change Management
9 17 (5.99%) Cloud Security
9 17 (5.99%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (5.63%) High Availability
10 16 (5.63%) Information Security
10 16 (5.63%) Network Design
11 15 (5.28%) Network Management
11 15 (5.28%) Network Monitoring
11 15 (5.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.69%) Python
2 11 (3.87%) C
3 7 (2.46%) C++
4 4 (1.41%) Lisp
4 4 (1.41%) Perl
5 3 (1.06%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.06%) Java
5 3 (1.06%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Bash
6 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.35%) Korn
6 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) Ruby
6 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 83 (29.23%) SC Cleared
3 65 (22.89%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (20.77%) CCNP
5 36 (12.68%) CCNA
6 29 (10.21%) Degree
7 18 (6.34%) CCIE
8 14 (4.93%) CHECK Team Member
9 12 (4.23%) CREST Certified
9 12 (4.23%) Cyber Scheme
10 11 (3.87%) Postgraduate
11 10 (3.52%) DV Cleared
11 10 (3.52%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.82%) Server+ Certification
13 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.11%) JNCIA
14 6 (2.11%) JNCIP
14 6 (2.11%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.76%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.34%) GDPR
2 18 (6.34%) PCI DSS
3 13 (4.58%) QA
4 11 (3.87%) PMO
5 7 (2.46%) NIST
6 6 (2.11%) SLA
7 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.06%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) DICOM
9 1 (0.35%) HL7
9 1 (0.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 31 (10.92%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.93%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.52%) Firmware
5 5 (1.76%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.41%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (7.04%) Ansible
2 17 (5.99%) Nmap
3 14 (4.93%) FortiGate
4 10 (3.52%) SCCM
5 9 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.82%) Terraform
7 7 (2.46%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.11%) Grafana
9 5 (1.76%) Salt
10 4 (1.41%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (1.06%) Nessus
12 1 (0.35%) CASB
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.35%) Nagios
Vendors
1 154 (54.23%) Cisco
2 62 (21.83%) Palo Alto
3 50 (17.61%) Aruba
4 42 (14.79%) ServiceNow
5 39 (13.73%) Microsoft
6 36 (12.68%) F5
7 33 (11.62%) CheckPoint
8 32 (11.27%) Meraki
9 25 (8.80%) Juniper
10 24 (8.45%) Apple
10 24 (8.45%) Ekahau
10 24 (8.45%) Fortinet
11 23 (8.10%) HP
12 20 (7.04%) VMware
13 19 (6.69%) Dell
14 13 (4.58%) Splunk
15 12 (4.23%) SolarWinds
16 11 (3.87%) ForeScout
16 11 (3.87%) Remedy
17 9 (3.17%) Arista