Wireless Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 264 387
Rank change year-on-year -11 +123 -48
Contract jobs citing Wireless 84 228 249
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.88% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.13% 7.69% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 154 155
10th Percentile £225 £263 £309
25th Percentile £300 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +15.97%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £594
90th Percentile £725 £619 £650
UK median daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.35% +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 16
10th Percentile £17.69 £33.10 £28.41
25th Percentile £22.94 £47.50 £37.44
Median hourly rate £46.50 £63.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +27.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £80.93 -
UK median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,639 2,964 4,351
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.66% 11.39% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 1,975 2,965
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 105 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.13 £57.50 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -58.04% +16.66% +18.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £63.19
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.70 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 a work from home option citing Wireless.

Wireless hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Wireless hourly rate histogram 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 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.29%) AWS
2 7 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.38%) GCP
4 2 (2.38%) Route 53
4 2 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.38%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (48.81%) LAN
2 36 (42.86%) WAN
3 24 (28.57%) Firewall
4 23 (27.38%) VPN
5 20 (23.81%) WLAN
6 15 (17.86%) BGP
7 14 (16.67%) OSPF
8 13 (15.48%) SD-WAN
9 10 (11.90%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (11.90%) IPsec
9 10 (11.90%) Network Security
9 10 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (8.33%) Cisco Wireless
11 6 (7.14%) MPLS
12 5 (5.95%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (5.95%) DHCP
12 5 (5.95%) DNS
12 5 (5.95%) VoIP
13 4 (4.76%) 5G
13 4 (4.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Git
1 4 (4.76%) JIRA
1 4 (4.76%) Subversion
2 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 12 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 7 (8.33%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Legal
7 2 (2.38%) Marketing
8 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (8.33%) Consultant
3 6 (7.14%) Architect
3 6 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (7.14%) Network Specialist
3 6 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 6 (7.14%) Senior
4 5 (5.95%) Network Architect
4 5 (5.95%) Network Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Software Engineer
4 5 (5.95%) Wireless Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Network Consultant
5 4 (4.76%) Network Project Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Implementation Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.14%) PKI
3 5 (5.95%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.95%) NHS
4 4 (4.76%) Device Driver
5 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.19%) BYOD
7 1 (1.19%) CCTV
7 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) IoT
7 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) CentOS
4 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
4 1 (1.19%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (11.90%) Migration
3 9 (10.71%) Agile
3 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (9.52%) Computer Science
5 7 (8.33%) Network Design
6 6 (7.14%) Change Management
6 6 (7.14%) Software Engineering
7 5 (5.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (5.95%) Presales
7 5 (5.95%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (5.95%) Service Management
7 5 (5.95%) Signal Processing
8 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (4.76%) Defect Tracking
8 4 (4.76%) Incident Management
8 4 (4.76%) ITIL
8 4 (4.76%) Software Optimisation
8 4 (4.76%) Threat Management
8 4 (4.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) Python
2 8 (9.52%) C++
3 5 (5.95%) MATLAB
4 4 (4.76%) Assembly Language
4 4 (4.76%) C
4 4 (4.76%) Shell Script
5 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) Java
6 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.19%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (17.86%) CCNP
3 12 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
5 8 (9.52%) Degree
6 5 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.95%) CCIE
6 5 (5.95%) JNCIA
6 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.76%) CCNA
7 4 (4.76%) PhD
8 3 (3.57%) CCSA
8 3 (3.57%) CEH
8 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.57%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.57%) GIAC
8 3 (3.57%) GPEN
8 3 (3.57%) OSCP
9 2 (2.38%) PMP
9 2 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.71%) SLA
2 4 (4.76%) JTAG
3 3 (3.57%) NIST
3 3 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 10 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) Firmware
3 4 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (3.57%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.76%) Ansible
3 3 (3.57%) Terraform
3 3 (3.57%) TrustSec
4 2 (2.38%) Grafana
4 2 (2.38%) SCCM
4 2 (2.38%) WSUS
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.19%) Nessus
5 1 (1.19%) Puppet
5 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 39 (46.43%) Cisco
2 20 (23.81%) Palo Alto
3 13 (15.48%) Juniper
4 9 (10.71%) Fortinet
5 8 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 6 (7.14%) CheckPoint
6 6 (7.14%) Meraki
7 5 (5.95%) Aruba
7 5 (5.95%) Blue Coat
8 4 (4.76%) F5
8 4 (4.76%) Infoblox
8 4 (4.76%) VMware
9 3 (3.57%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (3.57%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.38%) Ekahau
10 2 (2.38%) Okta
11 1 (1.19%) ADVA
11 1 (1.19%) Arista
11 1 (1.19%) Tellabs
11 1 (1.19%) Zscaler