Wireless Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wireless Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless Security over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 897 986 1179
Rank change year-on-year +89 +193 -305
Permanent jobs citing Wireless Security 11 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.011% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.081% 0.074% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 13
10th Percentile £29,050 £51,550 £41,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £54,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £80,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +63.27% +5.95%
75th Percentile £40,125 £90,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £65,750 - £64,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £90,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -64.44% +53.19% +30.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireless Security 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 13,593 16,214 20,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.98% 15.22% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,556 8,425 11,876
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £88,283 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless Security in the UK

Wireless Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Wireless Security in the UK

Wireless Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless Security over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless Security in the UK

Wireless Security
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +133 11 £32,000 -60.00% 6
UK excluding London +25 10 £32,000 -64.44% 5
South East +5 6 £32,000 -64.44% 1
Work from Home +104 5 £90,000 +200.00% 4
South West - 4 - - 2
London +148 1 £90,000 +65.14% 1

Wireless Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Wireless
2 9 (81.82%) TCP/IP
3 5 (45.45%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (45.45%) DNS
3 5 (45.45%) VLAN
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
4 4 (36.36%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Burp Suite
1 4 (36.36%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Tester
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Mobile App
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (9.09%) IoT
4 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Android
2 5 (45.45%) Mac OS X
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (36.36%) Kali Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
2 5 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Cryptography
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 4 (36.36%) Malware Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (36.36%) Red Team
3 4 (36.36%) Reverse Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Application Security
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Twin
6 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) Bash
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CREST Certified
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
1 5 (45.45%) OSCP
2 4 (36.36%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) CCSP
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CRISC
4 1 (9.09%) CWNA
4 1 (9.09%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
2 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) ISO 31000
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
1 5 (45.45%) Draytek
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft