Wireless Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Wireless
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 7.14% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £338
% change year-on-year +6.25% +18.52% -20.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2 1 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 14.29% 4.17% 22.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £108
25th Percentile £513 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £130 £520
Median % change year-on-year +303.85% -75.00% +258.62%
75th Percentile £538 - £589
90th Percentile - - £590
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £536
% change year-on-year -2.86% -18.38% +20.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.25
Median hourly rate - - £26.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.97%
75th Percentile - - £30.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £46.44 £59.03
% change year-on-year +61.51% -21.33% +264.83%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Wireless job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Wireless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Wireless

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Livingston - 1 £525 - 1
Wireless
Scotland

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds