Wireless Jobs in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 98 152
Rank change year-on-year -16 +54 +45
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 145 197 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.16% 3.33% 1.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.07% 20.94% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 107 41 77
10th Percentile £24,500 - £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £22,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -26.67% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £36,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £38,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -22.22% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 962 941 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.32% 15.93% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 677 531 746
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

Wireless
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the Thames Valley

Wireless
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire +41 74 £62,500 +76.06% 12
Buckinghamshire -40 51 £35,000 - 16
Oxfordshire -28 20 £26,500 +20.45% 4
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.76%) IIS
3 4 (2.76%) WordPress
4 3 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (18.62%) Azure
3 12 (8.28%) Google Workspace
4 9 (6.21%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.83%) AWS
6 5 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.76%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.38%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (26.90%) Firewall
2 36 (24.83%) Wi-Fi
3 27 (18.62%) LTE
3 27 (18.62%) WAN
4 24 (16.55%) DNS
5 22 (15.17%) 5G
5 22 (15.17%) Bluetooth
5 22 (15.17%) GSM
5 22 (15.17%) ISDN
5 22 (15.17%) PSTN
5 22 (15.17%) UMTS
6 21 (14.48%) SD-WAN
7 18 (12.41%) VoIP
8 13 (8.97%) TCP/IP
9 12 (8.28%) DHCP
9 12 (8.28%) LAN
9 12 (8.28%) VPN
10 8 (5.52%) BGP
10 8 (5.52%) OSPF
10 8 (5.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (15.17%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.38%) JIRA
General
1 38 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 22 (15.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.97%) Finance
6 11 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.45%) Legal
8 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Back Office
9 3 (2.07%) Banking
9 3 (2.07%) Electronics
10 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Automotive
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (13.10%) Hardware Engineer
1 19 (13.10%) Network Engineer
2 18 (12.41%) Senior
3 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (9.66%) Architect
4 14 (9.66%) IP Architect
4 14 (9.66%) IT Support
4 14 (9.66%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (8.97%) IT Engineer
6 12 (8.28%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) IT Technician
7 10 (6.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Test Engineer
8 8 (5.52%) Hardware Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) LAMP
2 2 (1.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.17%) Acoustics
1 22 (15.17%) Satnav
2 12 (8.28%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.45%) CCTV
4 5 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.45%) Smartphone
5 4 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.76%) Replication
6 3 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.38%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (1.38%) PKI
7 2 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (31.03%) Windows
2 20 (13.79%) Linux
3 19 (13.10%) Windows Server
4 15 (10.34%) Apple iOS
5 12 (8.28%) Android
5 12 (8.28%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (7.59%) Mac OS
6 11 (7.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (4.14%) Ubuntu
9 5 (3.45%) Mac OS X
10 4 (2.76%) VMS
11 3 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (16.55%) Coaching
2 22 (15.17%) Agile
2 22 (15.17%) Critical Thinking
2 22 (15.17%) Data Management
2 22 (15.17%) Test Automation
2 22 (15.17%) Test Scripting
3 20 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 14 (9.66%) Business Development
7 13 (8.97%) People Management
8 10 (6.90%) Software Engineering
9 8 (5.52%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (5.52%) Project Delivery
10 6 (4.14%) Cost Control
10 6 (4.14%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (4.14%) Information Security
10 6 (4.14%) Logistics
11 5 (3.45%) ERP
12 4 (2.76%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.93%) Python
2 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.45%) SQL
4 4 (2.76%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (18.62%) Degree
2 13 (8.97%) SC Cleared
2 13 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.83%) CCNP
5 6 (4.14%) CCNA
6 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.07%) MCP
7 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.38%) CCIE
9 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.45%) GDPR
1 5 (3.45%) QA
2 4 (2.76%) SLA
3 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 33 (22.76%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.41%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.52%) Firmware
4 4 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (8.28%) SCCM
2 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.76%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.38%) Cisco
3 19 (13.10%) Aruba
4 14 (9.66%) Fortinet
4 14 (9.66%) VMware
5 13 (8.97%) Google
6 12 (8.28%) Juniper
7 10 (6.90%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.14%) Citrix
8 6 (4.14%) Extreme Networks
8 6 (4.14%) Infoblox
9 5 (3.45%) Draytek
9 5 (3.45%) Veeam
10 4 (2.76%) HP
10 4 (2.76%) Meraki
10 4 (2.76%) ProCurve
10 4 (2.76%) Synology
10 4 (2.76%) Zerto
11 3 (2.07%) Apple
11 3 (2.07%) Ruckus Wireless