Wireless Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 54 137
Rank change year-on-year -140 +83 +50
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,050 3,300 1,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.48% 5.48% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 30.24% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 858 527 688
10th Percentile £23,785 £22,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,087 £29,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -5.49%
75th Percentile £58,750 £51,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East -71 331 £37,250 +6.43% 80
North of England -144 216 £40,000 -11.11% 61
Midlands -128 142 £45,000 +28.57% 47
East of England -68 141 £60,000 +37.14% 45
North West -125 129 £40,000 -11.11% 34
South West -121 118 £37,500 +15.38% 43
Scotland -99 107 £52,500 +16.67% 27
West Midlands -94 99 £51,250 +52.99% 26
Yorkshire -79 87 £32,250 -28.33% 22
East Midlands -117 37 £39,000 -8.24% 21
Wales -38 30 £35,000 -12.50% 3
North East -87 13 £39,000 +4.00% 7
Northern Ireland -3 3 £37,500 - 1
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
1 123 (11.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.33%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.67%) IIS
5 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2000
5 6 (0.57%) SAS
6 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.38%) WordPress
8 3 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.095%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.095%) nginx
Applications
1 114 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.48%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.48%) Simulink
6 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.19%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.095%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 275 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
2 212 (20.19%) Azure
3 63 (6.00%) AWS
4 58 (5.52%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.38%) Google Workspace
6 22 (2.10%) OneDrive
7 16 (1.52%) IaaS
8 15 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (1.24%) GCP
10 7 (0.67%) AWS IoT
11 6 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.57%) Dropbox
11 6 (0.57%) PaaS
11 6 (0.57%) Twilio
12 5 (0.48%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.48%) GitHub
12 5 (0.48%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.48%) Serverless
13 4 (0.38%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 304 (28.95%) Firewall
2 254 (24.19%) LAN
3 228 (21.71%) WAN
4 214 (20.38%) Wi-Fi
5 133 (12.67%) TCP/IP
6 131 (12.48%) DNS
7 117 (11.14%) VPN
8 107 (10.19%) DHCP
9 76 (7.24%) Internet
10 72 (6.86%) OSPF
11 71 (6.76%) Bluetooth
11 71 (6.76%) SD-WAN
12 70 (6.67%) MPLS
13 66 (6.29%) BGP
14 62 (5.90%) Ethernet
14 62 (5.90%) Network Security
15 58 (5.52%) VLAN
16 57 (5.43%) VoIP
17 55 (5.24%) LTE
18 46 (4.38%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.48%) Power BI
5 4 (0.38%) MySQL
6 2 (0.19%) Big Data
6 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.19%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.095%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.095%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.095%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.095%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.76%) Git
2 24 (2.29%) JIRA
3 22 (2.10%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.95%) Subversion
5 9 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.57%) GDB
7 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
7 5 (0.48%) Xcode
8 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.19%) PetaLinux
10 1 (0.095%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.095%) TeamCity
General
1 318 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 116 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 107 (10.19%) Electronics
4 97 (9.24%) Telecoms
5 92 (8.76%) Finance
6 87 (8.29%) Manufacturing
7 61 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (3.52%) Retail
9 36 (3.43%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.76%) Legal
11 28 (2.67%) Marketing
12 25 (2.38%) Games
12 25 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.00%) Automotive
14 19 (1.81%) Mandarin Language
15 15 (1.43%) Law
16 14 (1.33%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.33%) Local Government
17 12 (1.14%) Banking
17 12 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 182 (17.33%) Senior
2 159 (15.14%) Network Engineer
3 150 (14.29%) IT Support
4 144 (13.71%) Embedded Engineer
5 127 (12.10%) Support Engineer
6 101 (9.62%) Software Engineer
7 91 (8.67%) IT Engineer
8 80 (7.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 76 (7.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 68 (6.48%) IT Technician
10 68 (6.48%) Support Technician
11 67 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 60 (5.71%) Analyst
13 55 (5.24%) Senior Network Engineer
14 48 (4.57%) IT Support Technician
15 47 (4.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 43 (4.10%) Hardware Engineer
17 42 (4.00%) Junior
18 40 (3.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.81%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.81%) Yocto
2 15 (1.43%) 802.1X
3 12 (1.14%) REST
4 8 (0.76%) React
5 6 (0.57%) HTML
5 6 (0.57%) HTML5
5 6 (0.57%) Redux
6 5 (0.48%) Apache Cordova
6 5 (0.48%) Core Animation
6 5 (0.48%) Core Data
6 5 (0.48%) RESTful
7 4 (0.38%) Flash
7 4 (0.38%) LAMP
8 3 (0.29%) .NET
8 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.29%) WPF
9 2 (0.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.43%) Driving Licence
2 80 (7.62%) Data Centre
3 68 (6.48%) IoT
4 56 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.90%) Embedded Systems
5 41 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.62%) CCTV
7 23 (2.19%) Device Driver
8 22 (2.10%) Acoustics
8 22 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.10%) Satnav
9 21 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 20 (1.90%) Replication
11 14 (1.33%) FPGA
12 12 (1.14%) ARM Cortex
13 11 (1.05%) Clustering
14 10 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
14 10 (0.95%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 320 (30.48%) Windows
2 148 (14.10%) Windows Server
3 132 (12.57%) Linux
4 77 (7.33%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.67%) Apple iOS
5 49 (4.67%) Embedded Linux
6 47 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 43 (4.10%) Mac OS
8 38 (3.62%) Android
8 38 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 27 (2.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (1.71%) VyOS
11 17 (1.62%) Mac OS X
12 10 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 8 (0.76%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.76%) Windows 8
14 7 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
15 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.48%) CentOS
16 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (15.62%) Software Engineering
3 135 (12.86%) Customer Service
4 115 (10.95%) Agile
5 96 (9.14%) ITIL
6 86 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 82 (7.81%) Computer Science
8 73 (6.95%) Mathematics
9 54 (5.14%) Project Delivery
10 52 (4.95%) Coaching
11 48 (4.57%) Mentoring
12 46 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (4.38%) Project Management
13 45 (4.29%) Physics
14 41 (3.90%) Service Delivery
15 40 (3.81%) Kalman Filter
15 40 (3.81%) Network Management
15 40 (3.81%) Test Automation
16 38 (3.62%) Service Management
17 36 (3.43%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (15.33%) C
2 93 (8.86%) Python
3 91 (8.67%) Embedded C
4 68 (6.48%) PowerShell
5 42 (4.00%) C++
6 31 (2.95%) SQL
7 22 (2.10%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.71%) C#
9 13 (1.24%) Bash
10 12 (1.14%) Java
11 11 (1.05%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.86%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.57%) Swift
14 5 (0.48%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.48%) VB
15 3 (0.29%) Perl
16 2 (0.19%) PHP
16 2 (0.19%) R
16 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.095%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 210 (20.00%) Degree
2 140 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 108 (10.29%) CCNA
4 83 (7.90%) Security Cleared
5 68 (6.48%) SC Cleared
6 59 (5.62%) CCNP
7 43 (4.10%) DBS Check
8 36 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.57%) CCIE
10 25 (2.38%) JNCIA
11 22 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.52%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.43%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.24%) MCP
15 12 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.95%) MCITP
16 10 (0.95%) MCSA
17 8 (0.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.19%) SLA
2 33 (3.14%) GDPR
3 12 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.05%) QA
5 10 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.76%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.76%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.67%) JTAG
8 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.57%) MISRA
9 4 (0.38%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
9 4 (0.38%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.38%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 229 (21.81%) Active Directory
2 128 (12.19%) Firmware
3 96 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 91 (8.67%) Hyper-V
5 52 (4.95%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.90%) vSphere
7 19 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.67%) XenApp
10 6 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.48%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.48%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.29%) Docker
14 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.095%) Dovecot
15 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.095%) NFS
15 1 (0.095%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 75 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (4.19%) SCCM
3 22 (2.10%) Ansible
4 15 (1.43%) FortiGate
5 14 (1.33%) SmoothWall
6 13 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (1.24%) ServiceCenter
7 9 (0.86%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
8 8 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.76%) SCOM
8 8 (0.76%) Terraform
8 8 (0.76%) WSUS
9 7 (0.67%) PaperCut
10 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.48%) Nmap
10 5 (0.48%) Opsview
11 4 (0.38%) Autotask
11 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 319 (30.38%) Microsoft
2 246 (23.43%) Cisco
3 137 (13.05%) VMware
4 84 (8.00%) Aruba
5 81 (7.71%) Fortinet
6 75 (7.14%) Meraki
7 64 (6.10%) Apple
8 63 (6.00%) Google
9 56 (5.33%) Palo Alto
10 55 (5.24%) Juniper
11 46 (4.38%) Ruckus Wireless
12 41 (3.90%) Veeam
13 39 (3.71%) HP
14 35 (3.33%) Citrix
15 32 (3.05%) CheckPoint
16 27 (2.57%) Nokia
17 22 (2.10%) Draytek
18 20 (1.90%) Sophos
19 18 (1.71%) EMC
19 18 (1.71%) Vyatta