Wireless
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 90 271
Rank change year-on-year -113 +181 +8
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,466 3,663 2,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 3.72% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.89% 23.50% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 765 1,108
10th Percentile £25,625 £24,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,802 £45,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -10.89% +1.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £69,032
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,800 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -8.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless.

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -110 1,280 £45,000 - 321
UK excluding London -139 1,046 £40,000 +6.67% 283
Work from Home +85 510 £52,500 +10.53% 145
London +125 354 £52,501 +0.00% 66
South East -71 329 £37,500 +7.14% 74
North of England -134 221 £40,000 -11.11% 61
East of England -64 146 £60,000 +41.18% 43
Midlands -135 141 £45,000 +25.00% 35
North West -117 132 £40,750 -9.44% 28
South West -116 120 £37,500 +18.20% 39
Scotland -108 100 £52,500 +16.67% 31
West Midlands -93 98 £55,000 +57.14% 17
Yorkshire -74 92 £35,000 -22.22% 27
East Midlands -117 37 £38,000 -10.59% 18
Wales -32 30 £35,000 -12.50% 7
North East -90 12 £38,250 +2.00% 7
Northern Ireland -3 3 £37,500 -

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 209 (14.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.50%) Skype for Business
4 16 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.82%) IIS
6 9 (0.61%) WordPress
7 8 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.48%) SAS
9 6 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.34%) Apache
11 4 (0.27%) Confluence
11 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 129 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.34%) OrCAD
6 5 (0.34%) Simulink
7 3 (0.20%) Revit
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 403 (27.49%) Microsoft 365
2 318 (21.69%) Azure
3 91 (6.21%) AWS
4 76 (5.18%) Entra ID
5 57 (3.89%) Google Workspace
6 32 (2.18%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.77%) IaaS
8 22 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (1.02%) PaaS
9 15 (1.02%) SaaS
10 14 (0.95%) GCP
11 11 (0.75%) Rubrik
12 9 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.61%) Datadog
12 9 (0.61%) Dropbox
13 7 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
13 7 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (0.41%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 453 (30.90%) Firewall
2 447 (30.49%) WAN
3 378 (25.78%) LAN
4 275 (18.76%) Wi-Fi
5 208 (14.19%) DNS
5 208 (14.19%) SD-WAN
6 204 (13.92%) VPN
7 176 (12.01%) TCP/IP
8 154 (10.50%) DHCP
9 127 (8.66%) Network Security
10 110 (7.50%) Internet
11 103 (7.03%) OSPF
11 103 (7.03%) VLAN
12 101 (6.89%) Cisco IOS
13 100 (6.82%) BGP
14 94 (6.41%) MPLS
15 84 (5.73%) WebEx
16 74 (5.05%) VoIP
17 70 (4.77%) Bluetooth
18 67 (4.57%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.05%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.30%) Big Data
3 18 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.55%) DB2
7 7 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.27%) Power BI
8 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.20%) MySQL
10 2 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.068%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (1.91%) Git
2 26 (1.77%) JIRA
3 22 (1.50%) LabVIEW
4 9 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 9 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.61%) Metasploit
4 9 (0.61%) Subversion
5 5 (0.34%) GDB
5 5 (0.34%) Xcode
6 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
General
1 493 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 129 (8.80%) Finance
3 115 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 107 (7.30%) Electronics
6 90 (6.14%) Manufacturing
7 81 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (2.93%) Legal
8 43 (2.93%) Marketing
9 39 (2.66%) Retail
10 38 (2.59%) Games
11 36 (2.46%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.25%) Law
13 29 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.57%) Automotive
15 20 (1.36%) Banking
16 19 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
17 16 (1.09%) Local Government
18 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 254 (17.33%) Network Engineer
2 250 (17.05%) IT Support
3 231 (15.76%) Senior
4 135 (9.21%) Support Engineer
5 133 (9.07%) Embedded Engineer
6 101 (6.89%) IT Engineer
7 98 (6.68%) Support Specialist
8 97 (6.62%) Analyst
9 92 (6.28%) Software Engineer
10 85 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
10 85 (5.80%) IT Support Specialist
11 81 (5.53%) Senior Network Engineer
12 80 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 80 (5.46%) IT Technician
13 74 (5.05%) Support Technician
14 72 (4.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 58 (3.96%) Architect
16 53 (3.62%) IT Support Technician
17 51 (3.48%) Consultant
18 50 (3.41%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.18%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.16%) Yocto
3 15 (1.02%) REST
4 13 (0.89%) HTML
5 11 (0.75%) LDAP
6 9 (0.61%) LAMP
6 9 (0.61%) SAML
7 8 (0.55%) WebSphere MQ
8 7 (0.48%) ADSI
8 7 (0.48%) React
8 7 (0.48%) X-Windows
9 5 (0.34%) Apache Cordova
9 5 (0.34%) Core Animation
9 5 (0.34%) Core Data
9 5 (0.34%) HTML5
9 5 (0.34%) Redux
9 5 (0.34%) RESTful
9 5 (0.34%) XMPP
10 4 (0.27%) Flash
11 3 (0.20%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (9.21%) Data Centre
2 103 (7.03%) Driving Licence
2 103 (7.03%) Video Conferencing
3 83 (5.66%) IoT
4 82 (5.59%) Wiki
5 79 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
6 75 (5.12%) Management Information System
7 53 (3.62%) CCTV
8 41 (2.80%) Embedded Systems
9 34 (2.32%) Onboarding
10 28 (1.91%) PKI
11 26 (1.77%) Replication
12 25 (1.71%) Acoustics
13 22 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.50%) Satnav
14 21 (1.43%) Device Driver
15 16 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
16 15 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (0.95%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 483 (32.95%) Windows
2 193 (13.17%) Windows Server
3 186 (12.69%) Windows 10
4 164 (11.19%) Linux
5 128 (8.73%) Android
6 65 (4.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 61 (4.16%) Mac OS
8 58 (3.96%) Apple iOS
9 53 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 46 (3.14%) Embedded Linux
11 27 (1.84%) Mac OS X
12 26 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
13 18 (1.23%) VyOS
13 18 (1.23%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.89%) Ubuntu
15 10 (0.68%) VMS
16 9 (0.61%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.55%) Windows 8
18 7 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (11.46%) Customer Service
3 165 (11.26%) Computer Science
4 154 (10.50%) Software Engineering
5 151 (10.30%) ITIL
6 128 (8.73%) Agile
7 124 (8.46%) Business Continuity
8 120 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 113 (7.71%) Mobile Device Management
10 92 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
11 89 (6.07%) Contract Negotiation
12 82 (5.59%) Application Virtualisation
12 82 (5.59%) BCP
12 82 (5.59%) Business Continuity Planning
13 79 (5.39%) Coaching
14 75 (5.12%) Project Delivery
15 73 (4.98%) Mathematics
16 65 (4.43%) Network Management
17 61 (4.16%) Project Management
18 59 (4.02%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 152 (10.37%) C
2 103 (7.03%) Python
3 92 (6.28%) PowerShell
4 85 (5.80%) Embedded C
5 39 (2.66%) C++
6 37 (2.52%) SQL
7 25 (1.71%) Bash
7 25 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.23%) C#
9 12 (0.82%) Java
10 11 (0.75%) Assembly Language
11 9 (0.61%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.41%) Swift
13 5 (0.34%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.34%) VB
14 3 (0.20%) Perl
14 3 (0.20%) R
15 2 (0.14%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.068%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 344 (23.47%) Degree
2 210 (14.32%) Cisco Certification
3 148 (10.10%) CCNA
4 114 (7.78%) CCNP
5 109 (7.44%) Security Cleared
6 108 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 94 (6.41%) Master's Degree
8 86 (5.87%) SC Cleared
9 61 (4.16%) DBS Check
10 39 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.39%) CCIE
12 32 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
13 25 (1.71%) JNCIA
14 24 (1.64%) DV Cleared
15 19 (1.30%) Azure Certification
16 18 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (1.16%) CREST Certified
18 16 (1.09%) AWS Certification
18 16 (1.09%) OSCP
19 14 (0.95%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.62%) SLA
2 36 (2.46%) GDPR
3 24 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.09%) QA
6 12 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.82%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.68%) NIST
8 9 (0.61%) GRC
9 8 (0.55%) IEC 62304
9 8 (0.55%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.48%) JTAG
11 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.41%) MISRA
11 6 (0.41%) NCSC
12 4 (0.27%) IEC 61131
13 3 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 380 (25.92%) Active Directory
2 129 (8.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (8.25%) Firmware
4 106 (7.23%) VMware ESXi
5 93 (6.34%) Hyper-V
6 89 (6.07%) XenApp
7 87 (5.93%) XenDesktop
8 82 (5.59%) Microsoft App-V
9 48 (3.27%) Embedded Firmware
10 32 (2.18%) vSphere
11 19 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
12 9 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.20%) Docker
16 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
17 1 (0.068%) Dovecot
17 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.068%) NFS
17 1 (0.068%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 142 (9.69%) SCCM
2 101 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 82 (5.59%) AirWatch
4 33 (2.25%) Ansible
5 21 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (1.16%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
7 14 (0.95%) SmoothWall
8 13 (0.89%) ServiceCenter
9 11 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (0.68%) Nmap
11 9 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.61%) Nessus
11 9 (0.61%) Terraform
11 9 (0.61%) WSUS
12 7 (0.48%) SCOM
13 6 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
13 6 (0.41%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 524 (35.74%) Microsoft
2 461 (31.45%) Cisco
3 191 (13.03%) VMware
4 141 (9.62%) Citrix
5 131 (8.94%) Aruba
6 120 (8.19%) Fortinet
7 107 (7.30%) Juniper
8 103 (7.03%) Palo Alto
9 102 (6.96%) Meraki
10 87 (5.93%) Apple
11 77 (5.25%) Google
12 69 (4.71%) Ruckus Wireless
13 60 (4.09%) HP
14 57 (3.89%) CheckPoint
14 57 (3.89%) Veeam
15 51 (3.48%) SolarWinds
16 28 (1.91%) Nokia
17 27 (1.84%) F5
18 22 (1.50%) Draytek
19 20 (1.36%) Sophos