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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 279 196
Rank change year-on-year -24 -83 +89
Contract jobs citing Wireless 306 310 610
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.86% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.64% 7.12% 9.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 192 415
10th Percentile £170 £221 £213
25th Percentile £204 £359 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% -1.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £541
90th Percentile £582 £590 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £420 £425
% change year-on-year -16.07% -1.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 11 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £22.40 £15.35
25th Percentile £17.97 £27.53 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +96.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £30.06 £52.20 £43.75
90th Percentile £69.45 £53.75 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £48.56 £24.75
% change year-on-year -60.87% +96.20% +37.50%

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 4,003 4,351 6,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.31% 12.07% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,592 2,513 4,092
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £686 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 161 343
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.63 £25.75 £22.88
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -13.64% +31.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.85 £75.00 £75.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.00% -11.49% +25.53%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 18 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 18 November 2025. 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 -36 272 £363 -19.44% 338
UK excluding London -9 206 £353 -16.07% 281
London -17 79 £400 -11.06% 89
Midlands -2 61 £369 -13.24% 38
South East +12 58 £208 -26.84% 115
West Midlands +6 52 £380 -34.48% 24
Work from Home -20 49 £440 +0.57% 124
North of England -39 46 £303 -36.32% 35
East of England -18 27 £520 +18.86% 34
North West -25 23 £330 -32.31% 24
Yorkshire -42 15 £445 +4.71% 7
Scotland +6 9 £425 +6.25% 14
East Midlands -19 9 £158 -58.00% 14
North East +1 8 £175 -68.18% 4
South West -20 6 £180 -58.62% 38
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 - 4
Wales 0 2 £400 +81.82% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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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 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.96%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 59 (19.28%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.25%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.33%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.95%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (11.44%) AWS
3 27 (8.82%) Azure
4 19 (6.21%) SaaS
5 18 (5.88%) Sauce Labs
6 8 (2.61%) GCP
6 8 (2.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (1.96%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.65%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.33%) IaaS
10 1 (0.33%) OCI
10 1 (0.33%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 124 (40.52%) Firewall
2 82 (26.80%) WAN
3 72 (23.53%) LAN
4 65 (21.24%) DNS
5 59 (19.28%) VPN
6 53 (17.32%) DHCP
7 48 (15.69%) BGP
7 48 (15.69%) Cisco Wireless
8 45 (14.71%) Network Security
9 39 (12.75%) Cisco ISE
9 39 (12.75%) OSPF
10 34 (11.11%) SD-WAN
11 32 (10.46%) VLAN
12 29 (9.48%) WLAN
13 26 (8.50%) TCP/IP
14 21 (6.86%) IPsec
15 20 (6.54%) MPLS
15 20 (6.54%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (5.88%) SSL
17 17 (5.56%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.88%) MySQL
1 18 (5.88%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.65%) Power BI
2 2 (0.65%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 18 (5.88%) Android Studio
1 18 (5.88%) Browser DevTools
1 18 (5.88%) Eclipse
1 18 (5.88%) Xcode
2 5 (1.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.33%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.33%) Postman
3 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 88 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.36%) Telecoms
3 42 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 37 (12.09%) Manufacturing
5 34 (11.11%) Finance
6 28 (9.15%) Banking
7 26 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (7.52%) Electronics
8 23 (7.52%) Marketing
9 15 (4.90%) Retail
10 12 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.29%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.96%) Legal
12 6 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.63%) Local Government
14 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (25.16%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.42%) Support Engineer
3 30 (9.80%) Desktop Support
3 30 (9.80%) IT Support
4 29 (9.48%) 2nd Line Support
5 28 (9.15%) Senior
6 27 (8.82%) Technical Support
7 24 (7.84%) Analyst
8 23 (7.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (7.52%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 18 (5.88%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 18 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
9 18 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
9 18 (5.88%) UX Engineer
10 17 (5.56%) Security Engineer
11 15 (4.90%) Cisco Engineer
11 15 (4.90%) IT Engineer
12 14 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) Support Analyst
14 12 (3.92%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.54%) 802.1X
2 18 (5.88%) Ajax
2 18 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 18 (5.88%) CSS
2 18 (5.88%) GraphQL
2 18 (5.88%) React
3 1 (0.33%) LDAP
3 1 (0.33%) REST
3 1 (0.33%) SAML
3 1 (0.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 104 (33.99%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.52%) Driving Licence
3 19 (6.21%) IoT
3 19 (6.21%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.25%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.92%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) CMDB
7 8 (2.61%) NHS
8 5 (1.63%) Life Science
8 5 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.31%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.31%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.31%) PKI
10 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.98%) CCTV
10 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.98%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.57%) Android
2 57 (18.63%) Windows
3 55 (17.97%) Mac OS
4 27 (8.82%) Linux
5 20 (6.54%) Unix
6 15 (4.90%) Windows Server
7 10 (3.27%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.98%) VMS
9 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.33%) Debian
10 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (10.78%) ITIL
3 31 (10.13%) User Experience
4 26 (8.50%) Programme Management
5 24 (7.84%) Computer Science
5 24 (7.84%) Customer Service
6 23 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (7.52%) Digital Marketing
7 22 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (6.54%) Change Management
8 20 (6.54%) Network Management
9 18 (5.88%) Mobile Application Development
9 18 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
9 18 (5.88%) OO
10 17 (5.56%) Migration
11 16 (5.23%) Mentoring
11 16 (5.23%) Project Delivery
12 15 (4.90%) Incident Response
12 15 (4.90%) Network Design
12 15 (4.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.42%) Python
2 21 (6.86%) Perl
3 18 (5.88%) Java
3 18 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.61%) Lisp
5 3 (0.98%) C++
6 2 (0.65%) C
6 2 (0.65%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.33%) Bash
7 1 (0.33%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 95 (31.05%) Cisco Certification
2 91 (29.74%) Security Cleared
3 80 (26.14%) SC Cleared
4 64 (20.92%) CCNP
5 36 (11.76%) CCNA
6 32 (10.46%) Degree
7 19 (6.21%) CCIE
7 19 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (6.21%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.94%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.61%) CCSA
9 8 (2.61%) JNCIE
10 7 (2.29%) CISSP
11 6 (1.96%) ECDL
11 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.96%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.96%) PMP
12 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.54%) SLA
2 9 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.61%) GDPR
4 6 (1.96%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) GxP
6 2 (0.65%) PMO
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) COBIT
7 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.92%) Firmware
4 10 (3.27%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (6.54%) FortiGate
2 18 (5.88%) Ansible
3 11 (3.59%) Terraform
4 6 (1.96%) OpenView
5 4 (1.31%) CA Spectrum
6 3 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.98%) Nessus
6 3 (0.98%) SCCM
7 2 (0.65%) NSN NetAct
7 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) Nmap
8 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (60.78%) Cisco
2 61 (19.93%) Microsoft
3 52 (16.99%) F5
4 50 (16.34%) Dell
5 48 (15.69%) Apple
6 47 (15.36%) HP
7 38 (12.42%) ServiceNow
8 37 (12.09%) Juniper
9 35 (11.44%) Fortinet
10 29 (9.48%) SolarWinds
11 27 (8.82%) CheckPoint
12 26 (8.50%) Meraki
12 26 (8.50%) Palo Alto
13 24 (7.84%) SAP
14 21 (6.86%) Oracle
14 21 (6.86%) Splunk
15 19 (6.21%) Remedy
15 19 (6.21%) VMware
16 15 (4.90%) Aruba
17 11 (3.59%) Blue Coat