Wireless Contracts in Wales

Wireless
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 43 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 +18
Contract jobs citing Wireless 14 1 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.78% 0.25% 3.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.90% 2.70% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 14
10th Percentile £267 - £250
25th Percentile £285 - £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £475 - £468
90th Percentile £510 - £588
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 67 37 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.87% 9.37% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 78
10th Percentile £165 £173 £250
25th Percentile £208 £199 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £440 £588 £550
90th Percentile £472 £685 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.75 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.68% - -
75th Percentile £43.13 £17.97 -
90th Percentile £50.00 £18.69 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Wales

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in Wales

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in Wales

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in Wales

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales - 12 £400 - 6
North Wales - 2 - -
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
5 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.14%) IaaS
5 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) BGP
1 8 (57.14%) OSPF
2 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) Network Security
3 5 (35.71%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (35.71%) DHCP
3 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 5 (35.71%) IPsec
3 5 (35.71%) SD-WAN
3 5 (35.71%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) 802.11
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (21.43%) HSRP
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) VoIP
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (14.29%) IPv4
5 2 (14.29%) LAN
5 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Junior
3 1 (7.14%) Junior Field Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Rollout Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) NHS
2 2 (14.29%) Anti-Spyware
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 5 (35.71%) Network Design
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) High Availability
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (7.14%) Offensive Security
5 1 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Red Team
5 1 (7.14%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) CCNP
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 6 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (14.29%) A+ Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CCIE
5 1 (7.14%) CCNA
5 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
5 1 (7.14%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Cacti
2 2 (14.29%) AirWatch
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 2 (14.29%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) SolarWinds
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Ekahau
3 3 (21.43%) Palo Alto
4 2 (14.29%) Adobe
4 2 (14.29%) Apple
4 2 (14.29%) Ivanti
4 2 (14.29%) MobileIron
4 2 (14.29%) Remedy
4 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.14%) Aerohive Networks
5 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.14%) Meraki
5 1 (7.14%) Splunk