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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 89 272
Rank change year-on-year -118 +183 +10
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,463 3,646 2,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 3.75% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.82% 23.54% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 762 1,118
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,025 £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 £60,375 £57,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,675 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £42,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.11% -10.00%

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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £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 28 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 28 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 1,276 £45,000 - 323
UK excluding London -139 1,054 £40,000 +5.26% 290
Work from Home +87 512 £52,500 +10.53% 158
London +129 343 £52,501 +0.00% 65
South East -68 332 £37,500 +7.14% 80
North of England -137 225 £40,000 -11.11% 49
East of England -69 148 £60,000 +41.18% 51
Midlands -133 139 £45,000 +23.29% 35
North West -114 133 £41,500 -9.78% 25
South West -127 120 £37,500 +17.19% 39
Scotland -107 100 £52,500 +16.67% 33
West Midlands -96 97 £55,000 +57.14% 19
Yorkshire -73 94 £35,000 -22.22% 19
East Midlands -122 36 £39,000 -8.24% 16
Wales -37 31 £37,500 -6.25% 8
North East -86 13 £39,000 +4.00% 6
Northern Ireland -10 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
1 199 (13.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.50%) Skype for Business
4 16 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.82%) IIS
6 9 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) 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 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.03%) 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 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.068%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 393 (26.86%) Microsoft 365
2 319 (21.80%) Azure
3 92 (6.29%) AWS
4 74 (5.06%) Entra ID
5 58 (3.96%) Google Workspace
6 32 (2.19%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.78%) IaaS
8 22 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (1.09%) GCP
10 15 (1.03%) PaaS
10 15 (1.03%) SaaS
11 11 (0.75%) Rubrik
12 9 (0.62%) Datadog
12 9 (0.62%) Dropbox
13 8 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
14 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
15 6 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.41%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 456 (31.17%) Firewall
2 441 (30.14%) WAN
3 381 (26.04%) LAN
4 275 (18.80%) Wi-Fi
5 210 (14.35%) DNS
6 204 (13.94%) VPN
7 201 (13.74%) SD-WAN
8 177 (12.10%) TCP/IP
9 157 (10.73%) DHCP
10 130 (8.89%) Network Security
11 109 (7.45%) Internet
12 103 (7.04%) OSPF
12 103 (7.04%) VLAN
13 99 (6.77%) BGP
14 94 (6.43%) MPLS
15 91 (6.22%) Cisco IOS
16 74 (5.06%) VoIP
16 74 (5.06%) WebEx
17 69 (4.72%) Bluetooth
17 69 (4.72%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (1.98%) 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 (0.21%) 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
1 28 (1.91%) JIRA
2 22 (1.50%) LabVIEW
3 9 (0.62%) Burp Suite
3 9 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.62%) Metasploit
3 9 (0.62%) Subversion
4 5 (0.34%) GDB
4 5 (0.34%) Xcode
5 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
General
1 486 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 132 (9.02%) Finance
3 115 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (7.59%) Telecoms
5 109 (7.45%) Electronics
6 91 (6.22%) Manufacturing
7 81 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (3.14%) Marketing
9 44 (3.01%) Legal
10 39 (2.67%) Retail
11 38 (2.60%) Games
11 38 (2.60%) Public Sector
12 32 (2.19%) Law
13 29 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.57%) Automotive
15 20 (1.37%) Banking
16 19 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
17 16 (1.09%) Local Government
18 15 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 259 (17.70%) Network Engineer
2 239 (16.34%) IT Support
3 231 (15.79%) Senior
4 138 (9.43%) Support Engineer
5 132 (9.02%) Embedded Engineer
6 101 (6.90%) IT Engineer
7 96 (6.56%) Analyst
8 91 (6.22%) Software Engineer
9 88 (6.02%) Support Specialist
10 85 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 81 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 81 (5.54%) Senior Network Engineer
12 79 (5.40%) IT Technician
13 75 (5.13%) IT Support Specialist
14 73 (4.99%) Support Technician
15 71 (4.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 60 (4.10%) Architect
17 54 (3.69%) Consultant
18 52 (3.55%) IT Support Technician
18 52 (3.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.12%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.16%) Yocto
3 15 (1.03%) REST
4 13 (0.89%) HTML
5 11 (0.75%) LDAP
6 9 (0.62%) LAMP
6 9 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.30%) Data Centre
2 103 (7.04%) Driving Licence
3 93 (6.36%) Video Conferencing
4 86 (5.88%) IoT
5 79 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
6 76 (5.19%) Management Information System
7 72 (4.92%) Wiki
8 53 (3.62%) CCTV
9 42 (2.87%) Embedded Systems
10 34 (2.32%) Onboarding
11 30 (2.05%) PKI
12 26 (1.78%) Replication
13 25 (1.71%) Acoustics
14 22 (1.50%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.50%) Satnav
15 21 (1.44%) Device Driver
15 21 (1.44%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
17 15 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
18 14 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 474 (32.40%) Windows
2 191 (13.06%) Windows Server
3 178 (12.17%) Windows 10
4 164 (11.21%) Linux
5 118 (8.07%) Android
6 65 (4.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 61 (4.17%) Mac OS
8 59 (4.03%) Apple iOS
9 53 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 46 (3.14%) Embedded Linux
11 27 (1.85%) Mac OS X
12 26 (1.78%) 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 (0.62%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.55%) Windows 8
18 7 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 156 (10.66%) Computer Science
4 152 (10.39%) Software Engineering
5 150 (10.25%) ITIL
6 127 (8.68%) Agile
7 120 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 116 (7.93%) Business Continuity
9 102 (6.97%) Mobile Device Management
10 93 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
11 81 (5.54%) Coaching
12 79 (5.40%) Contract Negotiation
13 76 (5.19%) Project Delivery
14 73 (4.99%) Mathematics
15 72 (4.92%) Application Virtualisation
15 72 (4.92%) BCP
15 72 (4.92%) Business Continuity Planning
16 64 (4.37%) Network Management
17 61 (4.17%) Project Management
18 59 (4.03%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 150 (10.25%) C
2 103 (7.04%) Python
3 92 (6.29%) PowerShell
4 85 (5.81%) Embedded C
5 38 (2.60%) C++
6 36 (2.46%) SQL
7 25 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 24 (1.64%) Bash
9 18 (1.23%) C#
10 12 (0.82%) Java
11 11 (0.75%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.62%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.41%) Swift
14 5 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.34%) VB
15 3 (0.21%) Perl
15 3 (0.21%) R
16 2 (0.14%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.068%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 335 (22.90%) Degree
2 208 (14.22%) Cisco Certification
3 148 (10.12%) CCNA
4 113 (7.72%) CCNP
5 111 (7.59%) Security Cleared
6 99 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 87 (5.95%) SC Cleared
8 84 (5.74%) Master's Degree
9 60 (4.10%) DBS Check
10 39 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.39%) CCIE
12 32 (2.19%) 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 (0.96%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.76%) SLA
2 36 (2.46%) GDPR
3 24 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.09%) QA
6 12 (0.82%) SOC 2
7 11 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.68%) NIST
9 9 (0.62%) GRC
10 8 (0.55%) IEC 62304
10 8 (0.55%) ISO 13485
10 8 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.48%) JTAG
12 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.41%) MISRA
12 6 (0.41%) NCSC
13 4 (0.27%) IEC 61131
14 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 370 (25.29%) Active Directory
2 130 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (8.20%) Firmware
4 97 (6.63%) VMware ESXi
5 94 (6.43%) Hyper-V
6 79 (5.40%) XenApp
7 77 (5.26%) XenDesktop
8 72 (4.92%) Microsoft App-V
9 48 (3.28%) Embedded Firmware
10 31 (2.12%) vSphere
11 18 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
12 9 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.21%) 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
1 132 (9.02%) SCCM
2 100 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (4.92%) AirWatch
4 33 (2.26%) Ansible
5 21 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.23%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
7 14 (0.96%) SmoothWall
8 13 (0.89%) ServiceCenter
9 11 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (0.68%) Nmap
11 9 (0.62%) Nessus
11 9 (0.62%) WSUS
12 8 (0.55%) Terraform
13 7 (0.48%) SCOM
14 6 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.41%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 514 (35.13%) Microsoft
2 450 (30.76%) Cisco
3 192 (13.12%) VMware
4 131 (8.95%) Aruba
4 131 (8.95%) Citrix
5 122 (8.34%) Fortinet
6 107 (7.31%) Juniper
7 104 (7.11%) Palo Alto
8 103 (7.04%) Meraki
9 87 (5.95%) Apple
10 78 (5.33%) Google
11 69 (4.72%) Ruckus Wireless
12 61 (4.17%) HP
13 58 (3.96%) Veeam
14 56 (3.83%) CheckPoint
15 51 (3.49%) SolarWinds
16 28 (1.91%) Nokia
17 26 (1.78%) F5
18 22 (1.50%) Draytek
19 20 (1.37%) EMC