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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 253 372
Rank change year-on-year -10 +119 -19
Contract jobs citing Wireless 76 224 267
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.94% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.96% 8.04% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 158 181
10th Percentile £246 £263 £326
25th Percentile £338 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -6.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £619 £675
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £413
% change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 16
10th Percentile £17.69 £27.90 £28.41
25th Percentile £21.30 £47.50 £37.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% +13.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £52.50
90th Percentile - £80.78 -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -58.00% +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 1,531 2,786 4,483
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 11.63% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,857 3,063
10th Percentile £300 £348 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 97 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +21.05% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £63.06
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +4.00%

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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 7 June 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 7 June 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 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.42%) AWS
2 7 (9.21%) Azure
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.63%) GCP
4 2 (2.63%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.32%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 31 (40.79%) LAN
2 25 (32.89%) WAN
3 18 (23.68%) Firewall
4 15 (19.74%) WLAN
5 14 (18.42%) SD-WAN
6 12 (15.79%) Network Security
7 11 (14.47%) VPN
8 10 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (11.84%) BGP
9 9 (11.84%) OSPF
10 6 (7.89%) DHCP
10 6 (7.89%) VLAN
11 5 (6.58%) IPsec
11 5 (6.58%) MPLS
11 5 (6.58%) VoIP
12 4 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (5.26%) Cisco Wireless
12 4 (5.26%) DNS
12 4 (5.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) Subversion
3 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 11 (14.47%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.21%) Finance
5 4 (5.26%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.63%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Back Office
8 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Electronics
8 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Marketing
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Network Engineer
2 6 (7.89%) Architect
2 6 (7.89%) Consultant
3 5 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (6.58%) Support Engineer
3 5 (6.58%) Wireless Engineer
4 4 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (5.26%) Network Architect
4 4 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 3 (3.95%) Implementation Engineer
5 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (3.95%) Network Consultant
5 3 (3.95%) Network Manager
5 3 (3.95%) Network Project Manager
5 3 (3.95%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (3.95%) Presales Consultant
5 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
5 3 (3.95%) Senior
5 3 (3.95%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.89%) Operational Technology
3 5 (6.58%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.26%) Device Driver
5 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.63%) NHS
6 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.63%) PKI
6 2 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.32%) BYOD
7 1 (1.32%) CCTV
7 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) IoT
7 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.16%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Linux
3 2 (2.63%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.32%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.32%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (13.16%) Migration
3 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (9.21%) Agile
4 7 (9.21%) Computer Science
5 6 (7.89%) Network Design
5 6 (7.89%) Presales
6 5 (6.58%) Change Management
6 5 (6.58%) Customer Service
6 5 (6.58%) Software Engineering
7 4 (5.26%) Defect Tracking
7 4 (5.26%) Problem Management
7 4 (5.26%) Signal Processing
7 4 (5.26%) Software Optimisation
7 4 (5.26%) Validation
8 3 (3.95%) Change Control
8 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (3.95%) High Availability
8 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (3.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) Python
2 7 (9.21%) C++
3 4 (5.26%) Assembly Language
3 4 (5.26%) C
3 4 (5.26%) MATLAB
3 4 (5.26%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.32%) Java
5 1 (1.32%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (19.74%) CCNP
3 8 (10.53%) Degree
4 7 (9.21%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.58%) CCNA
6 5 (6.58%) JNCIA
6 5 (6.58%) Master's Degree
7 4 (5.26%) CCIE
7 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.26%) PhD
8 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.95%) CCSA
8 3 (3.95%) CEH
8 3 (3.95%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.95%) GIAC
8 3 (3.95%) GPEN
8 3 (3.95%) OSCP
9 2 (2.63%) PMP
9 2 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) SLA
2 4 (5.26%) JTAG
3 3 (3.95%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.58%) Firmware
4 4 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (3.95%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.63%) vSphere
7 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) FortiGate
1 4 (5.26%) SCCM
2 3 (3.95%) Ansible
2 3 (3.95%) Terraform
2 3 (3.95%) WSUS
3 2 (2.63%) Grafana
3 2 (2.63%) Nessus
4 1 (1.32%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (42.11%) Cisco
2 15 (19.74%) Palo Alto
3 13 (17.11%) Microsoft
4 9 (11.84%) Fortinet
5 8 (10.53%) Aruba
5 8 (10.53%) Juniper
5 8 (10.53%) VMware
6 6 (7.89%) CheckPoint
7 5 (6.58%) Blue Coat
8 4 (5.26%) Apple
8 4 (5.26%) Meraki
9 3 (3.95%) Avaya
9 3 (3.95%) Ekahau
9 3 (3.95%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (3.95%) ForeScout
9 3 (3.95%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.63%) F5
10 2 (2.63%) HP
10 2 (2.63%) Okta
10 2 (2.63%) Veeam