Wireless Contracts

Wireless
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 214 317
Rank change year-on-year -42 +103 +34
Contract jobs citing Wireless 391 685 752
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 1.22% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.21% 9.62% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 474 473
10th Percentile £181 £202 £185
25th Percentile £256 £273 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £538 £518 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £326
% change year-on-year - +22.61% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 24 39
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.50 £13.20
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.81 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +53.85% -
75th Percentile £23.80 £80.25 £46.49
90th Percentile £59.90 £83.84 £52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £27.21
% change year-on-year -11.55% -26.48% -16.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -25 360 £413 -2.94% 318
UK excluding London -65 222 £400 - 282
London +55 131 £425 -2.58% 72
Work from Home -12 80 £450 -5.26% 156
South East -51 72 £309 -14.86% 80
North of England 0 55 £416 -7.48% 50
North West -4 42 £396 -16.63% 28
South West -17 34 £525 +23.53% 36
Midlands +11 30 £265 -34.37% 34
East of England -29 26 £420 -6.67% 40
West Midlands +1 14 £425 +5.26% 16
East Midlands +14 13 £275 -27.63% 18
Yorkshire +21 10 £605 +125.12% 17
Scotland +12 5 £225 -45.45% 38
North East +11 3 £600 +185.71% 6
Wales +1 3 £263 -4.55% 8

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.28%) IIS
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 51 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.58%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.77%) InVision
5 3 (0.77%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.04%) AWS
2 48 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (11.76%) Azure
4 13 (3.32%) GCP
5 6 (1.53%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.28%) OCI
7 4 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.02%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.77%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.77%) Figma
8 3 (0.77%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.51%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.51%) SaaS
9 2 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.26%) GitHub
10 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 128 (32.74%) LAN
2 109 (27.88%) WAN
3 103 (26.34%) Firewall
4 85 (21.74%) VPN
5 59 (15.09%) OSPF
6 46 (11.76%) BGP
6 46 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 46 (11.76%) SD-WAN
7 42 (10.74%) DNS
7 42 (10.74%) WLAN
8 41 (10.49%) Network Security
9 38 (9.72%) DHCP
10 29 (7.42%) IPsec
10 29 (7.42%) VLAN
11 28 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (6.65%) Cisco ISE
13 23 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
14 21 (5.37%) MPLS
15 20 (5.12%) Ethernet
15 20 (5.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.26%) Big Data
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (3.84%) JIRA
2 6 (1.53%) Git
2 6 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.02%) Subversion
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (19.95%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.07%) Finance
3 46 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 37 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.32%) Electronics
6 12 (3.07%) Financial Institution
6 12 (3.07%) Legal
6 12 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.56%) Banking
7 10 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.05%) Military
9 7 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.79%) Marketing
10 5 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.77%) Billing
11 3 (0.77%) Retail
12 2 (0.51%) Back Office
12 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (33.50%) Network Engineer
2 31 (7.93%) Analyst
3 26 (6.65%) IT Support
4 25 (6.39%) Support Engineer
5 22 (5.63%) Senior
6 21 (5.37%) Network Specialist
7 18 (4.60%) Consultant
7 18 (4.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 17 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (3.84%) Test Engineer
9 15 (3.84%) Wireless Engineer
10 14 (3.58%) Architect
10 14 (3.58%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (3.58%) Network Support
11 13 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (3.32%) IT Engineer
11 13 (3.32%) Service Analyst
12 11 (2.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 11 (2.81%) Lead
12 11 (2.81%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.30%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.77%) .NET
2 3 (0.77%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.51%) HTML
3 2 (0.51%) LAMP
4 1 (0.26%) JSON
4 1 (0.26%) MFC
4 1 (0.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.11%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.35%) Operational Technology
2 17 (4.35%) PKI
3 12 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.56%) iPad
4 10 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.30%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.79%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.79%) Smartphone
7 6 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.53%) NHS
7 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.28%) iPhone
8 5 (1.28%) PDA
9 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.02%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.02%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 92 (23.53%) Windows
2 38 (9.72%) Linux
3 19 (4.86%) Windows 10
4 16 (4.09%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.05%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.53%) Android
8 5 (1.28%) Unix
8 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.77%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.51%) VMS
11 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (10.74%) Customer Service
3 39 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (7.67%) Migration
4 30 (7.67%) Network Design
5 28 (7.16%) ITIL
6 27 (6.91%) ITSM
7 25 (6.39%) High Availability
8 23 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (5.63%) Computer Science
10 20 (5.12%) Problem Management
11 19 (4.86%) Change Management
12 17 (4.35%) Network Monitoring
12 17 (4.35%) Project Management
13 16 (4.09%) Agile
14 15 (3.84%) Penetration Testing
15 14 (3.58%) Information Security
16 13 (3.32%) Root Cause Analysis
17 12 (3.07%) Change Control
17 12 (3.07%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.97%) Python
2 15 (3.84%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.58%) C++
4 7 (1.79%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.53%) C#
6 5 (1.28%) C
6 5 (1.28%) Java
7 4 (1.02%) Assembly Language
7 4 (1.02%) Go
7 4 (1.02%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.77%) Bash
9 2 (0.51%) Ruby
10 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 74 (18.93%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (15.86%) SC Cleared
4 51 (13.04%) CCNP
5 43 (11.00%) CCNA
6 27 (6.91%) Degree
7 13 (3.32%) CCIE
8 9 (2.30%) CREST Certified
8 9 (2.30%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.30%) GIAC
8 9 (2.30%) OSCP
9 8 (2.05%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.79%) CEH
10 7 (1.79%) GPEN
10 7 (1.79%) JNCIA
11 6 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.97%) SLA
2 9 (2.30%) NIST
3 4 (1.02%) JTAG
4 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 55 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 33 (8.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.37%) Firmware
3 21 (5.37%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.53%) vSphere
5 5 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.28%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.02%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (8.70%) SCCM
2 20 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.09%) WSUS
4 12 (3.07%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.56%) Terraform
6 8 (2.05%) Ansible
6 8 (2.05%) SolarWinds Orion
7 6 (1.53%) Nessus
8 5 (1.28%) OpenView
9 4 (1.02%) Iperf
10 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.77%) SCOM
10 3 (0.77%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.77%) VxRail
11 2 (0.51%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.51%) Grafana
11 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.26%) Avamar
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 139 (35.55%) Cisco
2 90 (23.02%) Microsoft
3 66 (16.88%) Palo Alto
4 40 (10.23%) F5
4 40 (10.23%) VMware
5 39 (9.97%) Juniper
6 29 (7.42%) CheckPoint
7 28 (7.16%) Fortinet
8 27 (6.91%) Aruba
9 20 (5.12%) Infoblox
9 20 (5.12%) SolarWinds
10 19 (4.86%) Meraki
11 14 (3.58%) MobileIron
12 13 (3.32%) Ericsson
13 12 (3.07%) Actix
13 12 (3.07%) Huawei
13 12 (3.07%) Nokia
14 11 (2.81%) Apple
14 11 (2.81%) Extreme Networks
15 10 (2.56%) Google