Wireless Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 233 261 261
Rank change year-on-year +28 0 +135
Contract jobs citing Wireless 71 84 227
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.55% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.81% 5.22% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 41 152
10th Percentile £246 £225 £263
25th Percentile £396 £300 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £456
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -1.37% -7.43%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £550
90th Percentile £588 £725 £619
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 12
10th Percentile - £17.69 £33.10
25th Percentile - £22.94 £47.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £46.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -69.46% -27.06% +27.50%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £80.25
90th Percentile - £65.25 £80.93
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -62.14% +53.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless.

Wireless daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wireless over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Wireless daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless.

Wireless hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) CMS
2 1 (1.41%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (1.41%) SAS
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.41%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.41%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Azure
2 8 (11.27%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.04%) AWS
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.41%) Datadog
5 1 (1.41%) GCP
5 1 (1.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.41%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (66.20%) Firewall
2 28 (39.44%) LAN
3 27 (38.03%) WAN
4 26 (36.62%) VPN
5 23 (32.39%) Network Security
6 15 (21.13%) Internet
7 14 (19.72%) DNS
8 13 (18.31%) DHCP
9 12 (16.90%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (15.49%) TCP/IP
11 10 (14.08%) BGP
11 10 (14.08%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (14.08%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (14.08%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (14.08%) OSPF
12 9 (12.68%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (9.86%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (9.86%) MPLS
14 6 (8.45%) 4G
14 6 (8.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.41%) Looker
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) KGDB
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Finance
3 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.82%) Back Office
5 2 (2.82%) Banking
5 2 (2.82%) German Language
5 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.41%) Advertising
6 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (50.70%) Network Engineer
2 10 (14.08%) Senior
3 8 (11.27%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Security Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Network Security Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Architect
5 6 (8.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Help Desk Agent
5 6 (8.45%) Help Desk Support
5 6 (8.45%) Network Architect
5 6 (8.45%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Implementation Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Network Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Network Implementation Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.82%) LDAP
2 2 (2.82%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.82%) REST
2 2 (2.82%) RESTful
2 2 (2.82%) SAML
2 2 (2.82%) Swagger
3 1 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.31%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.23%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (4.23%) IVR
2 3 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.82%) IoT
3 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) PKI
3 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.41%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) SCADA
4 1 (1.41%) Smart Home
4 1 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.49%) Linux
2 9 (12.68%) Windows
3 3 (4.23%) Android
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (14.08%) Network Design
3 8 (11.27%) Change Management
4 7 (9.86%) ITIL
4 7 (9.86%) Load Balancing
4 7 (9.86%) Network Architecture
4 7 (9.86%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (8.45%) Information Security
5 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (8.45%) Mentoring
5 6 (8.45%) Time Management
6 5 (7.04%) Business Continuity
6 5 (7.04%) High Availability
6 5 (7.04%) Incident Management
6 5 (7.04%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (5.63%) Inventory Management
7 4 (5.63%) Network Security Management
7 4 (5.63%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Python
2 3 (4.23%) C++
2 3 (4.23%) Go
2 3 (4.23%) Java
3 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.41%) C
4 1 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.41%) Lisp
4 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (33.80%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (26.76%) CCNP
3 11 (15.49%) CCNA
4 9 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.45%) Degree
6 5 (7.04%) CCIE
7 3 (4.23%) CCIE Security
7 3 (4.23%) CISSP
7 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.41%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (1.41%) CCSA
8 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.41%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) NIST
1 3 (4.23%) SLA
2 2 (2.82%) HIPAA
2 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.82%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.63%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (2.82%) Docker
4 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) CASB
3 1 (1.41%) Grafana
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) OfficeScan
3 1 (1.41%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 39 (54.93%) Cisco
2 17 (23.94%) Palo Alto
3 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
4 10 (14.08%) Aruba
5 9 (12.68%) Juniper
6 8 (11.27%) F5
7 7 (9.86%) CheckPoint
8 6 (8.45%) Meraki
9 5 (7.04%) Fortinet
10 4 (5.63%) Infoblox
11 3 (4.23%) Apple
11 3 (4.23%) Arista
11 3 (4.23%) Ericsson
11 3 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (4.23%) Ruckus Wireless
11 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
11 3 (4.23%) VMware
11 3 (4.23%) Zscaler
12 2 (2.82%) Forcepoint
12 2 (2.82%) Nokia