Wireless Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 182 135 176
Rank change year-on-year -47 +41 +43
Contract jobs citing Wireless 229 433 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.88% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.00% 12.47% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 300 265
10th Percentile £184 £200 £172
25th Percentile £256 £273 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -
75th Percentile £520 £486 £450
90th Percentile £650 £538 £553
UK median daily rate £406 £425 £405
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.94% +5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 28
10th Percentile £12.54 £15.50 £12.72
25th Percentile £15.88 £17.50 £15.33
Median hourly rate £17.69 £22.26 £24.53
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% -9.24% -24.53%
75th Percentile £26.00 £52.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £44.73
UK median hourly rate £19.97 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -60.07% +53.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,271 3,471 4,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.14% 15.05% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,857 2,184 2,631
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 313 243
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.88
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.23 £59.75
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East -39 74 £356 +1.79% 74
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% 44
East of England -20 26 £420 +8.39% 51
West Midlands +1 18 £425 -5.56% 23
Yorkshire +22 12 £605 +125.12% 25
East Midlands +16 12 £275 -27.63% 21
Scotland +22 5 £225 -41.94% 24
North East +12 4 £600 +185.71% 7
Wales +6 2 £281 +2.27% 6
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) IIS
3 2 (0.87%) WordPress
4 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.79%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (7.42%) Azure
3 16 (6.99%) AWS
4 3 (1.31%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (0.87%) GCP
5 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.87%) SaaS
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.02%) LAN
2 49 (21.40%) WAN
3 38 (16.59%) Firewall
4 35 (15.28%) VPN
5 26 (11.35%) Network Security
6 23 (10.04%) DNS
7 21 (9.17%) DHCP
8 20 (8.73%) Cisco Nexus
8 20 (8.73%) SD-WAN
9 18 (7.86%) 4G
9 18 (7.86%) Wireshark
10 17 (7.42%) Ethernet
11 15 (6.55%) Radio Access Network
12 14 (6.11%) Cisco IOS
12 14 (6.11%) DMZ
12 14 (6.11%) OSPF
13 12 (5.24%) 3GPP
13 12 (5.24%) LTE
13 12 (5.24%) Wireless Security
14 11 (4.80%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.44%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.49%) JIRA
2 6 (2.62%) Git
3 4 (1.75%) Subversion
4 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 53 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.90%) Telecoms
3 25 (10.92%) Finance
4 17 (7.42%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.11%) Electronics
6 9 (3.93%) Legal
7 8 (3.49%) Marketing
7 8 (3.49%) Military
8 7 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.75%) Banking
11 3 (1.31%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.31%) Retail
12 2 (0.87%) Back Office
12 2 (0.87%) Law
13 1 (0.44%) Automotive
13 1 (0.44%) Games
13 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (33.19%) Network Engineer
2 17 (7.42%) Analyst
3 14 (6.11%) IT Support
3 14 (6.11%) Support Engineer
4 12 (5.24%) Network Support
5 11 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (4.37%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (3.93%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (3.93%) Support Technician
7 9 (3.93%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (3.49%) Field Engineer
8 8 (3.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.49%) Senior
8 8 (3.49%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (3.49%) Test Engineer
9 7 (3.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 7 (3.06%) Designer
9 7 (3.06%) Network Support Engineer
10 6 (2.62%) IT Support Technician
10 6 (2.62%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.87%) LAMP
2 1 (0.44%) .NET
2 1 (0.44%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.59%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.55%) Operational Technology
3 11 (4.80%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.06%) NHS
5 7 (3.06%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.62%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.62%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.18%) PDA
7 5 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.75%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.31%) Blog
9 3 (1.31%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.31%) IoT
9 3 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.31%) Solar Power
10 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (24.89%) Windows
2 32 (13.97%) Linux
3 12 (5.24%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.49%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.87%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Android
9 1 (0.44%) Unix
9 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (9.61%) Customer Service
4 18 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (7.86%) Network Design
5 17 (7.42%) Computer Science
5 17 (7.42%) High Availability
6 15 (6.55%) Project Management
7 13 (5.68%) ITIL
7 13 (5.68%) ITSM
8 11 (4.80%) Software Engineering
9 10 (4.37%) Information Security
9 10 (4.37%) Migration
10 9 (3.93%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (3.93%) Cyber Intelligence
10 9 (3.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 9 (3.93%) Open Source
10 9 (3.93%) Problem Management
10 9 (3.93%) Service Management
10 9 (3.93%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.99%) Python
2 13 (5.68%) C++
3 6 (2.62%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.18%) C
5 4 (1.75%) Assembly Language
5 4 (1.75%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.31%) C#
7 1 (0.44%) Bash
7 1 (0.44%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.44%) Java
7 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.90%) SC Cleared
3 36 (15.72%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (12.23%) CCNA
5 22 (9.61%) Degree
6 19 (8.30%) CCNP
7 10 (4.37%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.06%) JNCIA
10 6 (2.62%) CEH
10 6 (2.62%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.62%) GIAC
10 6 (2.62%) GPEN
10 6 (2.62%) OSCP
11 5 (2.18%) CCSA
11 5 (2.18%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.75%) PhD
13 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.42%) SLA
2 6 (2.62%) NIST
3 4 (1.75%) JTAG
4 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 36 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.11%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.06%) Firmware
5 4 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.75%) vSphere
6 3 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (7.86%) SCCM
2 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.18%) OpenView
4 4 (1.75%) WSUS
5 3 (1.31%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.87%) Nessus
6 2 (0.87%) Terraform
7 1 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 60 (26.20%) Cisco
2 41 (17.90%) Microsoft
3 29 (12.66%) Palo Alto
4 26 (11.35%) VMware
5 16 (6.99%) F5
6 13 (5.68%) Juniper
6 13 (5.68%) Nokia
7 12 (5.24%) Actix
7 12 (5.24%) Ericsson
7 12 (5.24%) Huawei
8 11 (4.80%) MobileIron
9 10 (4.37%) Aruba
10 9 (3.93%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.49%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.49%) Meraki
12 6 (2.62%) Blue Coat
13 5 (2.18%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.75%) Apple
15 3 (1.31%) HP
15 3 (1.31%) Red Hat