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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 257 382
Rank change year-on-year -7 +125 -21
Contract jobs citing Wireless 85 229 251
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.91% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.52% 7.89% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 154 161
10th Percentile £232 £247 £313
25th Percentile £300 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £570 £540 £600
90th Percentile £695 £619 £650
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £405
% change year-on-year -2.94% +4.94% +6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 16
10th Percentile £17.69 £33.10 £28.41
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £37.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £63.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +27.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £52.50
90th Percentile - £80.93 -
UK median hourly rate £19.97 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -60.07% +53.85% -

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 1,541 2,904 4,330
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.32% 11.53% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,924 2,932
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -4.99% +3.15% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 96 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.14 £42.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £23.75 £58.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +23.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.06 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +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 13 May 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 13 May 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 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) AWS
2 7 (8.24%) Azure
3 3 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.35%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) Route 53
4 2 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.35%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.18%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (43.53%) LAN
2 32 (37.65%) WAN
3 23 (27.06%) Firewall
4 20 (23.53%) VPN
5 19 (22.35%) WLAN
6 13 (15.29%) BGP
7 12 (14.12%) OSPF
7 12 (14.12%) SD-WAN
8 11 (12.94%) Network Security
9 10 (11.76%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (10.59%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (10.59%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (9.41%) IPsec
12 6 (7.06%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (5.88%) DHCP
13 5 (5.88%) VoIP
14 4 (4.71%) DNS
14 4 (4.71%) Internet
14 4 (4.71%) MPLS
15 3 (3.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.18%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Git
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
1 4 (4.71%) Subversion
2 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 16 (18.82%) Public Sector
3 13 (15.29%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.41%) Finance
5 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.53%) Marketing
8 2 (2.35%) Legal
9 1 (1.18%) Back Office
9 1 (1.18%) Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Electronics
9 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (32.94%) Network Engineer
2 7 (8.24%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (8.24%) Consultant
3 6 (7.06%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.88%) Architect
4 5 (5.88%) Network Manager
4 5 (5.88%) Senior
5 4 (4.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Network Architect
5 4 (4.71%) Network Consultant
5 4 (4.71%) Network Project Manager
5 4 (4.71%) Network Specialist
5 4 (4.71%) Software Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Implementation Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (3.53%) Presales Consultant
6 3 (3.53%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.06%) NHS
2 6 (7.06%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.71%) Device Driver
4 4 (4.71%) PKI
5 3 (3.53%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.18%) BYOD
7 1 (1.18%) CCTV
7 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.18%) IoT
7 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.94%) Windows
2 5 (5.88%) Linux
3 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.18%) CentOS
5 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (12.94%) Migration
3 9 (10.59%) Agile
3 9 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (8.24%) Change Management
4 7 (8.24%) Computer Science
4 7 (8.24%) Network Design
5 5 (5.88%) Presales
5 5 (5.88%) Service Management
5 5 (5.88%) Software Engineering
6 4 (4.71%) Customer Service
6 4 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (4.71%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (4.71%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (4.71%) Problem Management
6 4 (4.71%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (4.71%) Signal Processing
6 4 (4.71%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (4.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.94%) Python
2 7 (8.24%) C++
3 4 (4.71%) Assembly Language
3 4 (4.71%) C
3 4 (4.71%) MATLAB
3 4 (4.71%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.18%) Java
6 1 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (18.82%) CCNP
3 11 (12.94%) Security Cleared
4 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 8 (9.41%) Degree
6 5 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.88%) CCIE
6 5 (5.88%) CCNA
6 5 (5.88%) JNCIA
6 5 (5.88%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.71%) PhD
8 3 (3.53%) CCSA
8 3 (3.53%) CEH
8 3 (3.53%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.53%) GIAC
8 3 (3.53%) GPEN
8 3 (3.53%) OSCP
9 2 (2.35%) PMP
9 2 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) SLA
2 4 (4.71%) JTAG
3 3 (3.53%) NIST
3 3 (3.53%) QA
System Software
1 11 (12.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.88%) Firmware
3 4 (4.71%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.53%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.71%) Ansible
3 3 (3.53%) SCCM
3 3 (3.53%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) TrustSec
3 3 (3.53%) WSUS
4 2 (2.35%) Grafana
5 1 (1.18%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.18%) Nessus
5 1 (1.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (47.06%) Cisco
2 18 (21.18%) Palo Alto
3 11 (12.94%) Juniper
4 10 (11.76%) Fortinet
4 10 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.06%) Aruba
5 6 (7.06%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.88%) Blue Coat
6 5 (5.88%) Meraki
6 5 (5.88%) VMware
7 4 (4.71%) Extreme Networks
7 4 (4.71%) Infoblox
8 3 (3.53%) F5
8 3 (3.53%) ForeScout
9 2 (2.35%) Apple
9 2 (2.35%) Ekahau
9 2 (2.35%) Okta
9 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.18%) Qualys
10 1 (1.18%) Riverbed