Wireless Contracts in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 105 110
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Wireless 12 42 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 1.50% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 9.33% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 23 24
10th Percentile £162 £189 £155
25th Percentile £214 £416 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +12.57% -13.57%
75th Percentile £369 £571 £439
90th Percentile £410 £638 £609
South East median daily rate £350 £363 £320
% change year-on-year -3.45% +13.28% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - £36.68 £11.50
25th Percentile - £62.44 £11.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £78.50 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +551.45% -74.63%
75th Percentile - £80.44 £12.90
90th Percentile - £80.78 £13.41
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £31.88 £31.75
% change year-on-year -44.50% +0.39% -2.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 554 450 614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.27% 16.06% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 279 349
10th Percentile £205 £300 £206
25th Percentile £335 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +2.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £638 £650 £648
South East median daily rate £488 £485 £450
% change year-on-year +0.52% +7.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 21
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.10 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -32.67%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.49 £81.22 £26.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -33.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Oxfordshire +14 7 £280 -20.00% 4
Berkshire -43 5 £300 -42.31% 12
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 2 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (8.33%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) IP Telephony
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
1 4 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Audio Visual Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Deskside Support
3 1 (8.33%) Deskside Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Printer Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Printer Support
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 4 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Life Science
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Assembly Language
1 4 (33.33%) C
1 4 (33.33%) C++
1 4 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 4 (33.33%) PhD
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) JTAG
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
1 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft