Wireless Contracts in England

Wireless
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 228 303
Rank change year-on-year -9 +75 +29
Contract jobs citing Wireless 371 562 626
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.16% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.75% 9.51% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 381 380
10th Percentile £173 £200 £180
25th Percentile £256 £273 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £533 £498 £500
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £406 £425 £405
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.94% +5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 39
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.50 £14.82
25th Percentile £16.00 £19.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -
75th Percentile £23.80 £80.25 £44.60
90th Percentile £59.90 £81.00 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £19.97 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -60.07% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,788 5,911 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.17% 12.24% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,877 3,859 5,152
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 424 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.98
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -2.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.07 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London +75 135 £400 -11.11% 62
South East -39 74 £356 +1.79% 76
North of England +8 58 £416 +14.86% 61
North West +3 42 £396 -12.49% 30
South West -7 34 £523 +26.67% 49
Midlands +14 33 £275 -35.29% 46
East of England -20 26 £420 +8.39% 51
West Midlands +1 18 £425 -5.56% 24
Yorkshire +22 12 £605 +125.12% 25
East Midlands +16 12 £275 -27.63% 22
North East +12 4 £600 +185.71% 7
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.35%) IIS
4 3 (0.81%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 53 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.50%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.02%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (12.40%) AWS
3 43 (11.59%) Azure
4 13 (3.50%) GCP
5 7 (1.89%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (1.35%) OCI
7 4 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.08%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.81%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.81%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.54%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.54%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.54%) SaaS
9 2 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.27%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.27%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 119 (32.08%) LAN
2 102 (27.49%) WAN
3 100 (26.95%) Firewall
4 90 (24.26%) VPN
5 55 (14.82%) OSPF
6 46 (12.40%) BGP
7 45 (12.13%) Cisco Nexus
8 43 (11.59%) DNS
9 38 (10.24%) DHCP
9 38 (10.24%) SD-WAN
10 36 (9.70%) Network Security
10 36 (9.70%) WLAN
11 31 (8.36%) IPsec
12 27 (7.28%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (6.20%) VLAN
13 23 (6.20%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (5.66%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (5.66%) MPLS
15 19 (5.12%) 4G
16 18 (4.85%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.27%) Big Data
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (3.77%) JIRA
2 5 (1.35%) Git
2 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.08%) Subversion
4 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.56%) Finance
3 44 (11.86%) Telecoms
4 42 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 34 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.04%) Electronics
7 12 (3.23%) Legal
7 12 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.96%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.43%) Banking
9 9 (2.43%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.43%) Marketing
10 8 (2.16%) Military
11 6 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.35%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.35%) Retail
13 3 (0.81%) Billing
14 2 (0.54%) Back Office
14 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 129 (34.77%) Network Engineer
2 33 (8.89%) Analyst
3 25 (6.74%) IT Support
4 22 (5.93%) Support Engineer
5 21 (5.66%) Network Specialist
6 20 (5.39%) Senior
7 17 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (4.31%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 14 (3.77%) Network Support
9 14 (3.77%) Service Analyst
10 13 (3.50%) Cisco Engineer
10 13 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.50%) Test Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Consultant
11 12 (3.23%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
11 12 (3.23%) Wireless Engineer
12 11 (2.96%) Desktop Support
12 11 (2.96%) Lead
13 10 (2.70%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.70%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.81%) LAMP
3 2 (0.54%) .NET
3 2 (0.54%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.27%) MFC
4 1 (0.27%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.36%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.58%) Operational Technology
3 16 (4.31%) PKI
4 14 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.96%) NHS
5 11 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.70%) iPad
6 10 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.16%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.89%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.62%) IoT
11 5 (1.35%) PDA
12 4 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.08%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.08%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 97 (26.15%) Windows
2 39 (10.51%) Linux
3 25 (6.74%) Windows 10
4 20 (5.39%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.70%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.62%) Android
7 6 (1.62%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.08%) Unix
9 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.81%) VMS
10 3 (0.81%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (10.78%) Customer Service
3 37 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (8.09%) ITIL
5 29 (7.82%) Migration
5 29 (7.82%) Network Design
6 27 (7.28%) ITSM
7 26 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (5.93%) High Availability
9 21 (5.66%) Computer Science
10 20 (5.39%) Project Management
11 18 (4.85%) Change Management
12 17 (4.58%) Agile
12 17 (4.58%) Problem Management
13 14 (3.77%) Incident Management
13 14 (3.77%) Information Security
14 12 (3.23%) Disaster Recovery
14 12 (3.23%) Mentoring
14 12 (3.23%) Network Monitoring
14 12 (3.23%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.16%) Python
2 15 (4.04%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.50%) C++
4 8 (2.16%) C#
5 6 (1.62%) Go
5 6 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.35%) C
7 4 (1.08%) Assembly Language
7 4 (1.08%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.08%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.81%) Bash
8 3 (0.81%) Java
9 2 (0.54%) Ruby
9 2 (0.54%) SQL
10 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.68%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (16.17%) SC Cleared
4 50 (13.48%) CCNP
5 43 (11.59%) CCNA
6 26 (7.01%) Degree
7 12 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.96%) CCIE
9 10 (2.70%) CREST Certified
9 10 (2.70%) GIAC
9 10 (2.70%) OSCP
10 8 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.89%) JNCIA
12 6 (1.62%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.62%) CEH
12 6 (1.62%) GPEN
13 5 (1.35%) CCSA
13 5 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.35%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.51%) SLA
2 10 (2.70%) NIST
3 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.08%) JTAG
4 3 (0.81%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (14.56%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.12%) Firmware
3 19 (5.12%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.62%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.35%) vSphere
6 4 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.81%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (8.36%) SCCM
2 19 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.77%) FortiGate
3 14 (3.77%) WSUS
4 9 (2.43%) Terraform
5 7 (1.89%) SolarWinds Orion
6 6 (1.62%) Ansible
7 5 (1.35%) OpenView
8 4 (1.08%) Iperf
9 3 (0.81%) TrustSec
10 2 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.54%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.54%) Nessus
10 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.54%) SCOM
10 2 (0.54%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.54%) VxRail
10 2 (0.54%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.27%) Avamar
11 1 (0.27%) NetMRI
Vendors
1 135 (36.39%) Cisco
2 89 (23.99%) Microsoft
3 67 (18.06%) Palo Alto
4 40 (10.78%) VMware
5 38 (10.24%) F5
6 36 (9.70%) Juniper
7 27 (7.28%) CheckPoint
8 26 (7.01%) Aruba
8 26 (7.01%) Fortinet
9 20 (5.39%) Infoblox
9 20 (5.39%) SolarWinds
10 16 (4.31%) Meraki
11 13 (3.50%) Ericsson
11 13 (3.50%) MobileIron
11 13 (3.50%) Nokia
12 12 (3.23%) Actix
12 12 (3.23%) Huawei
12 12 (3.23%) ServiceNow
13 11 (2.96%) Apple
14 10 (2.70%) Blue Coat