Wireless Contracts in London

Wireless
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 327 396
Rank change year-on-year +71 +69 -42
Contract jobs citing Wireless 138 167 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.78% 0.64% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.21% 6.42% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 110 133
10th Percentile £150 £172 £186
25th Percentile £250 £263 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £533 £588 £600
90th Percentile £745 £801 £720
England median daily rate £413 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile £13.30 £27.66 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.24 £40.76 £28.75
Median hourly rate £21.00 £65.72 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.04% +87.76% -
75th Percentile £21.50 £93.80 £42.63
90th Percentile £23.44 £108.77 £47.10
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,680 2,601 3,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.93% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,826 2,512
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 55 81
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.09 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.86 £22.69 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.25% +14.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.75 £47.44
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in London

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in London

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in London

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Central London +43 18 £300 +20.00% 11
West London +22 3 £250 +58.73% 7
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (23.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.80%) MS Visio
3 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.19%) AWS
2 29 (21.01%) Azure
3 25 (18.12%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (7.25%) GCP
5 7 (5.07%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (3.62%) OCI
7 4 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.90%) WhatsApp
8 3 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.17%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.17%) Route 53
9 2 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.45%) IaaS
9 2 (1.45%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.45%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (47.10%) LAN
2 64 (46.38%) Firewall
3 56 (40.58%) VPN
4 53 (38.41%) WAN
5 39 (28.26%) BGP
5 39 (28.26%) OSPF
6 28 (20.29%) IPsec
7 27 (19.57%) WLAN
8 24 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
9 20 (14.49%) Cisco ASA
10 19 (13.77%) DNS
11 16 (11.59%) DHCP
11 16 (11.59%) MPLS
12 15 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (10.14%) SD-WAN
13 14 (10.14%) VXLAN
14 13 (9.42%) VLAN
15 11 (7.97%) EIGRP
15 11 (7.97%) Internet
16 9 (6.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (5.07%) JIRA
2 4 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (20.29%) Finance
2 24 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 24 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.07%) Financial Institution
4 7 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.17%) Banking
6 3 (2.17%) Billing
6 3 (2.17%) Legal
7 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.45%) Retail
8 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.72%) French Language
8 1 (0.72%) German Language
8 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.59%) Analyst
3 15 (10.87%) Network Specialist
4 11 (7.97%) IT Support
4 11 (7.97%) Senior
5 10 (7.25%) Service Analyst
6 9 (6.52%) Desktop Support
6 9 (6.52%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (6.52%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.80%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (5.80%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.07%) Architect
8 7 (5.07%) Consultant
9 6 (4.35%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) Lead
9 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 5 (3.62%) Desktop Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Test Engineer
11 4 (2.90%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.80%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.45%) .NET
2 2 (1.45%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.72%) LAMP
3 1 (0.72%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.14%) PKI
3 9 (6.52%) iPad
4 7 (5.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (5.07%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.90%) IoT
5 4 (2.90%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.90%) NHS
5 4 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.17%) iPhone
6 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.45%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.45%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.45%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.45%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (31.88%) Windows
2 16 (11.59%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.25%) Linux
3 10 (7.25%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.52%) Windows 7
5 6 (4.35%) Android
6 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.17%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.17%) Unix
7 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.45%) CentOS
8 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.45%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.72%) VMS
9 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (13.77%) Migration
3 18 (13.04%) Change Management
4 17 (12.32%) Customer Service
4 17 (12.32%) ITIL
5 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (10.14%) ITSM
6 14 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
7 13 (9.42%) Agile
7 13 (9.42%) Threat Management
8 11 (7.97%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (6.52%) Kalman Filter
10 9 (6.52%) Network Design
10 9 (6.52%) Network Monitoring
10 9 (6.52%) Problem Management
11 7 (5.07%) Capacity Management
11 7 (5.07%) Change Control
11 7 (5.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (5.07%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.59%) Python
2 8 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.35%) C#
3 6 (4.35%) Go
4 2 (1.45%) Bash
4 2 (1.45%) Java
4 2 (1.45%) Ruby
4 2 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (23.91%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (21.01%) CCNP
3 24 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 21 (15.22%) SC Cleared
5 14 (10.14%) CCNA
6 7 (5.07%) CCIE
7 6 (4.35%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.62%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.62%) Degree
9 4 (2.90%) CHECK Team Leader
9 4 (2.90%) CREST Certified
9 4 (2.90%) GIAC
9 4 (2.90%) OSCP
10 2 (1.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.72%) Check Point Certification
11 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.67%) SLA
2 4 (2.90%) NIST
3 2 (1.45%) QA
4 1 (0.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (14.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.70%) Firmware
3 7 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.17%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.72%) vCloud
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (8.70%) FortiGate
1 12 (8.70%) SCCM
2 9 (6.52%) WSUS
3 8 (5.80%) Terraform
4 6 (4.35%) Ansible
4 6 (4.35%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (2.90%) Iperf
5 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.17%) TrustSec
7 2 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.45%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.45%) Puppet
7 2 (1.45%) SCOM
7 2 (1.45%) SCVMM
7 2 (1.45%) VxRail
7 2 (1.45%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.72%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.72%) Avamar
8 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.72%) NetMRI
Vendors
1 69 (50.00%) Cisco
2 47 (34.06%) Microsoft
3 38 (27.54%) Palo Alto
4 23 (16.67%) Juniper
5 21 (15.22%) F5
6 20 (14.49%) Infoblox
7 19 (13.77%) Fortinet
8 18 (13.04%) CheckPoint
9 11 (7.97%) Aruba
9 11 (7.97%) ServiceNow
9 11 (7.97%) SolarWinds
10 10 (7.25%) VMware
11 8 (5.80%) Extreme Networks
11 8 (5.80%) Google
12 6 (4.35%) Apple
13 5 (3.62%) Meraki
14 4 (2.90%) Blue Coat
14 4 (2.90%) Dell
15 3 (2.17%) EMC
15 3 (2.17%) Riverbed