Wireless Contracts in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 123 84 145
Rank change year-on-year -39 +61 +20
Contract jobs citing Wireless 74 142 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.36% 2.54% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.22% 15.57% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 97 67
10th Percentile £184 £217 £183
25th Percentile £200 £263 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £350 £320
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +9.38% -7.91%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £421
90th Percentile £662 £571 £560
England median daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 8
10th Percentile £16.54 - £11.84
25th Percentile - £15.50 £12.95
Median hourly rate £17.69 £31.88 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.50% +0.39% -2.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £33.75
90th Percentile - £80.48 -
England median hourly rate £18.93 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,189 912 1,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.88% 16.32% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 545 762
10th Percentile £205 £240 £190
25th Percentile £363 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £563
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 71 75
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.10
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -2.41%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Surrey +12 28 £375 +20.97% 15
Hampshire -30 27 £210 -43.62% 12
Thames Valley -19 13 £300 -42.31% 35
Oxfordshire +12 7 £280 -20.00% 4
Kent +7 6 £425 +30.77% 3
Berkshire -47 6 £300 -43.40% 12
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.11%) AWS
3 5 (6.76%) Azure
4 3 (4.05%) WhatsApp
5 2 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.70%) GCP
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.84%) Firewall
2 18 (24.32%) VPN
3 16 (21.62%) LAN
3 16 (21.62%) WAN
4 11 (14.86%) DHCP
4 11 (14.86%) DNS
4 11 (14.86%) Network Security
5 8 (10.81%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.46%) VLAN
7 6 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (5.41%) BGP
8 4 (5.41%) MPLS
8 4 (5.41%) OSPF
9 3 (4.05%) 5G
10 2 (2.70%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (2.70%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Git
1 5 (6.76%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) Subversion
General
1 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Electronics
2 11 (14.86%) Telecoms
3 7 (9.46%) Marketing
4 5 (6.76%) Finance
4 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.41%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.70%) Law
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Military
8 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (27.03%) Network Engineer
2 13 (17.57%) IT Support
3 8 (10.81%) Support Technician
4 7 (9.46%) Designer
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (8.11%) IT Technician
5 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) IT Support Specialist
6 5 (6.76%) Network Specialist
6 5 (6.76%) Network Support
6 5 (6.76%) Network Support Specialist
6 5 (6.76%) Support Specialist
7 4 (5.41%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Senior
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.41%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.41%) Device Driver
2 4 (5.41%) NHS
3 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.70%) FPGA
4 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) GNSS
5 1 (1.35%) Life Science
5 1 (1.35%) PKI
5 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (36.49%) Windows
2 16 (21.62%) Linux
3 6 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.76%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.35%) Unix
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (10.81%) Computer Science
2 8 (10.81%) Customer Service
2 8 (10.81%) ITIL
3 7 (9.46%) Service Management
4 5 (6.76%) Business Case
4 5 (6.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (6.76%) Incident Management
4 5 (6.76%) Information Security
4 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (6.76%) Problem Management
5 4 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (5.41%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (5.41%) Signal Processing
5 4 (5.41%) Software Engineering
5 4 (5.41%) Software Optimisation
5 4 (5.41%) Validation
6 3 (4.05%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (4.05%) High Availability
6 3 (4.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) C
2 4 (5.41%) Assembly Language
2 4 (5.41%) C++
2 4 (5.41%) MATLAB
2 4 (5.41%) Python
2 4 (5.41%) Shell Script
3 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.35%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 17 (22.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 13 (17.57%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (14.86%) CCNP
5 10 (13.51%) Degree
6 7 (9.46%) CCNA
7 4 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (5.41%) CCSA
7 4 (5.41%) JNCIA
7 4 (5.41%) Master's Degree
7 4 (5.41%) PhD
8 3 (4.05%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.70%) HND
10 1 (1.35%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.35%) MCSA
10 1 (1.35%) MCSE
10 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.86%) SLA
2 4 (5.41%) JTAG
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 23 (31.08%) Active Directory
2 13 (17.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.11%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.76%) Firmware
5 4 (5.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.70%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.70%) vSphere
7 1 (1.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (18.92%) SCCM
2 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.41%) WSUS
4 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.70%) Nessus
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 22 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.68%) Cisco
3 14 (18.92%) VMware
4 12 (16.22%) Palo Alto
5 10 (13.51%) MobileIron
6 9 (12.16%) Juniper
7 6 (8.11%) CheckPoint
8 5 (6.76%) Blue Coat
9 3 (4.05%) Apple
9 3 (4.05%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.05%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.70%) Avaya
10 2 (2.70%) Citrix
10 2 (2.70%) Dell
10 2 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (2.70%) F5
10 2 (2.70%) Forcepoint
10 2 (2.70%) Meraki
10 2 (2.70%) Qualys
10 2 (2.70%) Xilinx