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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 269 228
Rank change year-on-year -71 -41 +26
Contract jobs citing Wireless 300 276 472
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.93% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.00% 7.00% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 202 289
10th Percentile £170 £223 £178
25th Percentile £198 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% +10.00% -1.45%
75th Percentile £519 £556 £525
90th Percentile £588 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £450 £418
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.61% -1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 37
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.20 £12.65
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.79 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +30.27% -59.29%
75th Percentile £25.15 £65.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £28.40 - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -50.77% +44.44% -21.05%

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 4,285 3,941 6,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.10% 13.33% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 2,409 3,619
10th Percentile £206 £209 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.88% +5.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 141 400
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.33 £14.27
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.46 £18.98
Median hourly rate £40.54 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.83% -12.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.38 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.38% -31.58% +151.19%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -62 271 £340 -28.42% 290
UK excluding London -68 192 £380 -15.56% 268
London -39 81 £213 -56.63% 61
Work from Home -31 64 £463 -2.63% 77
South East -11 60 £400 -3.61% 88
Midlands -31 47 £340 -6.21% 38
North of England -59 45 £275 -40.09% 58
West Midlands -31 38 £375 -11.76% 16
North West -31 35 £381 -17.10% 37
East of England -50 21 £445 -7.77% 48
South West -38 15 £513 +24.24% 27
East Midlands -25 9 £158 -47.50% 21
Scotland +1 7 £425 +6.25% 5
North East -8 7 £175 -68.18% 5
Yorkshire -62 3 £440 +4.76% 17
Wales -12 2 £400 - 11
Northern Ireland - 2 £430 - 3

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 12 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 54 (18.00%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (6.33%) MS Visio
4 16 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (18.33%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (13.00%) Azure
3 38 (12.67%) AWS
4 12 (4.00%) GCP
4 12 (4.00%) SaaS
5 11 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 9 (3.00%) Sauce Labs
7 7 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (2.00%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.33%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.00%) PaaS
10 3 (1.00%) Route 53
10 3 (1.00%) Slack
11 2 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.67%) IaaS
12 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 122 (40.67%) Firewall
2 80 (26.67%) WAN
3 75 (25.00%) LAN
4 62 (20.67%) VPN
5 45 (15.00%) Network Security
6 44 (14.67%) BGP
7 35 (11.67%) DNS
7 35 (11.67%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (11.33%) Cisco ISE
8 34 (11.33%) OSPF
9 33 (11.00%) Cisco Wireless
10 31 (10.33%) SD-WAN
10 31 (10.33%) VLAN
11 30 (10.00%) DHCP
12 25 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
12 25 (8.33%) IPsec
12 25 (8.33%) WLAN
13 22 (7.33%) MPLS
14 19 (6.33%) Cisco Nexus
14 19 (6.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.00%) MySQL
1 9 (3.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (5.00%) Burp Suite
2 13 (4.33%) Metasploit
3 9 (3.00%) Android Studio
3 9 (3.00%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (3.00%) Eclipse
3 9 (3.00%) Xcode
4 2 (0.67%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.67%) Public Sector
3 36 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 34 (11.33%) Finance
5 28 (9.33%) Manufacturing
6 24 (8.00%) Marketing
7 23 (7.67%) Electronics
8 19 (6.33%) Banking
9 14 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.67%) Retail
11 7 (2.33%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.00%) Local Government
13 5 (1.67%) Legal
14 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.00%) Military
16 2 (0.67%) Billing
17 1 (0.33%) French Language
17 1 (0.33%) German Language
Job Titles
1 85 (28.33%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.67%) IT Support
3 32 (10.67%) Desktop Support
4 29 (9.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (8.33%) Senior
5 25 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 23 (7.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 23 (7.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 20 (6.67%) Architect
8 19 (6.33%) Cisco Engineer
8 19 (6.33%) Penetration Tester
8 19 (6.33%) Tester
9 16 (5.33%) Technical Support
9 16 (5.33%) Wireless Engineer
10 15 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 14 (4.67%) Analyst
11 14 (4.67%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.33%) Network Architect
12 13 (4.33%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (4.33%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.67%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.00%) Ajax
2 9 (3.00%) AngularJS
2 9 (3.00%) CSS
2 9 (3.00%) GraphQL
2 9 (3.00%) React
2 9 (3.00%) SAML
3 7 (2.33%) LDAP
4 6 (2.00%) X-Windows
5 2 (0.67%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.33%) Qt
6 1 (0.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 78 (26.00%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.67%) IoT
3 16 (5.33%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.67%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.33%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.00%) NHS
8 7 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.00%) CMDB
9 6 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.00%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.67%) BYOD
10 5 (1.67%) Life Science
10 5 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.67%) CCTV
12 2 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 61 (20.33%) Windows
2 50 (16.67%) Android
3 43 (14.33%) Mac OS
4 25 (8.33%) Linux
5 22 (7.33%) Windows 10
6 16 (5.33%) Unix
7 15 (5.00%) Windows Server
8 6 (2.00%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.33%) CatOS
10 3 (1.00%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.00%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (1.00%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.67%) Debian
11 2 (0.67%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.67%) VMS
12 1 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (13.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (8.67%) Network Segmentation
2 26 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (8.67%) Programme Management
3 23 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (7.67%) Digital Marketing
4 22 (7.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 21 (7.00%) Network Management
5 21 (7.00%) Zero Trust
6 19 (6.33%) Asset Management
6 19 (6.33%) Cloud Security
6 19 (6.33%) Customer Service
6 19 (6.33%) User Experience
7 18 (6.00%) ITSM
7 18 (6.00%) Network Monitoring
7 18 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
7 18 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
8 17 (5.67%) Incident Management
8 17 (5.67%) ITIL
8 17 (5.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.67%) Python
2 11 (3.67%) Perl
3 9 (3.00%) Java
3 9 (3.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.67%) Lisp
5 4 (1.33%) C++
6 2 (0.67%) C
7 1 (0.33%) Bash
7 1 (0.33%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.33%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.33%) Korn
7 1 (0.33%) Ruby
7 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (32.33%) Security Cleared
2 92 (30.67%) SC Cleared
3 63 (21.00%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (18.67%) CCNP
5 32 (10.67%) CCNA
6 28 (9.33%) Degree
7 13 (4.33%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (4.00%) CCIE
9 11 (3.67%) CREST Certified
9 11 (3.67%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (3.67%) Postgraduate
10 10 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.33%) CISSP
13 6 (2.00%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.00%) ECDL
13 6 (2.00%) JNCIP
13 6 (2.00%) Server+ Certification
14 5 (1.67%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.67%) GDPR
2 17 (5.67%) PCI DSS
3 12 (4.00%) QA
4 11 (3.67%) PMO
5 8 (2.67%) SLA
6 7 (2.33%) NIST
7 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.33%) NCSC
8 2 (0.67%) GxP
9 1 (0.33%) DICOM
9 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.33%) HL7
9 1 (0.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 34 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.00%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.33%) Firmware
5 3 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (6.33%) FortiGate
2 16 (5.33%) Nmap
3 14 (4.67%) Ansible
4 8 (2.67%) SCCM
4 8 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.33%) Terraform
6 6 (2.00%) Grafana
7 5 (1.67%) Salt
8 3 (1.00%) Nessus
9 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.33%) CASB
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 164 (54.67%) Cisco
2 59 (19.67%) Palo Alto
3 44 (14.67%) Microsoft
4 42 (14.00%) Apple
4 42 (14.00%) ServiceNow
5 41 (13.67%) HP
6 39 (13.00%) Aruba
6 39 (13.00%) Dell
7 33 (11.00%) F5
8 32 (10.67%) CheckPoint
9 31 (10.33%) Meraki
10 25 (8.33%) Juniper
11 24 (8.00%) Fortinet
12 23 (7.67%) SAP
13 22 (7.33%) Ekahau
14 16 (5.33%) Splunk
14 16 (5.33%) VMware
15 14 (4.67%) Remedy
15 14 (4.67%) SolarWinds
16 10 (3.33%) Oracle