Wireless Contracts in the South West

Wireless
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 103 129
Rank change year-on-year -17 +26 -29
Contract jobs citing Wireless 37 57 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.12% 1.68% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.75% 9.91% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 55 20
10th Percentile £213 £219 £250
25th Percentile £285 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £339
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +25.46% -1.45%
75th Percentile £631 £499 £400
90th Percentile £650 £622 £439
England median daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.50 - £41.00
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £48.48
75th Percentile £13.50 - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £56.00
England median hourly rate £19.35 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -61.31% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Wireless falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 548 575 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.61% 16.97% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 357 306
10th Percentile £310 £219 £214
25th Percentile £463 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.50 £70.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol +7 20 £588 +46.88% 8
Wiltshire -6 6 £563 -13.46% 4
Somerset -4 5 £295 -21.33% 1
Devon -1 4 £215 -29.51% 4
Dorset -9 2 £425 -5.56% 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) Wireshark
2 12 (32.43%) 3GPP
2 12 (32.43%) 4G
2 12 (32.43%) LTE
2 12 (32.43%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (24.32%) LAN
4 5 (13.51%) Network Security
4 5 (13.51%) WLAN
5 4 (10.81%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (8.11%) VLAN
6 3 (8.11%) VoIP
7 2 (5.41%) Broadband
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (5.41%) DHCP
7 2 (5.41%) DNS
7 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.70%) 802.11
8 1 (2.70%) BGP
8 1 (2.70%) OSPF
General
1 12 (32.43%) Telecoms
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Military
3 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Retail
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Lead
3 3 (8.11%) Support Assistant
3 3 (8.11%) Technical Assistant
3 3 (8.11%) Technical Leader
3 3 (8.11%) Technical Support
3 3 (8.11%) Technical Support Assistant
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Computer Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Coordinator
5 1 (2.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Specialist
5 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Operational Technology
2 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
4 3 (8.11%) Blog
4 3 (8.11%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.11%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (8.11%) Solar Power
5 2 (5.41%) NHS
6 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.70%) CUDA
6 1 (2.70%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (2.70%) PKI
6 1 (2.70%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
2 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Network Design
2 13 (35.14%) High Availability
3 12 (32.43%) Project Management
4 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (13.51%) Cyber Intelligence
5 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (13.51%) Open Source
5 5 (13.51%) OSINT
5 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
5 5 (13.51%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.11%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (5.41%) Advanced Persistent Threat
8 2 (5.41%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (5.41%) Migration
8 2 (5.41%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) C++
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) DV Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) CCNP
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.11%) CCNA
5 2 (5.41%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.70%) Cacti
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Actix
1 12 (32.43%) Ericsson
1 12 (32.43%) Huawei
1 12 (32.43%) Nokia
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.51%) Cisco
4 3 (8.11%) Aruba
5 2 (5.41%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.41%) VMware
6 1 (2.70%) Apple
6 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.70%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.70%) Meraki
6 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.70%) Sophos
6 1 (2.70%) Splunk