Hybrid/Remote Wireless Security Contract Job Trends

Wireless Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Wireless Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 - 335
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wireless Security 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.015% - 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% - 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £440 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
75th Percentile £480 - -
90th Percentile £492 - -
UK median daily rate £432 £463 £350
% change year-on-year -6.53% +32.14% -44.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wireless Security 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,319 1,040 1,379
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 10.51% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 662 865
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £656 £688 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 42 37
10th Percentile £16.92 £14.91 £13.66
25th Percentile £32.87 £44.09 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +41.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £69.25 £65.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £82.00 £69.67 £87.46
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -36.21% -18.27% -7.95%

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wireless Security and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Wireless Security job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireless Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) 802.11
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki