Wireless Job Trends in Berkshire

Wireless
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 111 113
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +45
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 23 10 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.17% 0.61% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.85% 6.94% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 24
10th Percentile £29,250 £41,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -21.74% +64.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £69,250 £48,250 £84,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -10.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Wireless falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 179 144 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.09% 8.80% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 100 75 261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,813 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wireless relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Wireless job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Wireless
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireless in Berkshire

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Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Maidenhead - 4 £45,000 -
Reading +19 3 £61,000 +43.53% 15
Slough - 2 £80,000 - 6
Bracknell - 1 £46,000 -
Wireless
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) 5G
2 6 (26.09%) Firewall
3 5 (21.74%) LAN
3 5 (21.74%) WAN
4 3 (13.04%) 4G
4 3 (13.04%) GSM
4 3 (13.04%) Internet
4 3 (13.04%) Network Security
4 3 (13.04%) TETRA
4 3 (13.04%) UMTS
4 3 (13.04%) VoIP
4 3 (13.04%) WLAN
5 2 (8.70%) 802.11
5 2 (8.70%) VPN
5 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.35%) Intranet
6 1 (4.35%) MIMO
6 1 (4.35%) NGN
6 1 (4.35%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Retail
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Games
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Field Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Network Support
3 3 (13.04%) Network Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) NOC Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Radio Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Radio Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (8.70%) RF Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) BYOD
1 2 (8.70%) CCTV
1 2 (8.70%) IoT
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL
1 6 (26.09%) Presales
2 4 (17.39%) Break/Fix
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
2 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (17.39%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (13.04%) Network Design
3 3 (13.04%) Network Management
4 2 (8.70%) AI
4 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
4 2 (8.70%) Economics
4 2 (8.70%) Logistics
4 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
4 2 (8.70%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (8.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) GPEN
1 1 (4.35%) HP APS
1 1 (4.35%) OSCP
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 4 (17.39%) Aruba
3 4 (17.39%) Draytek
3 4 (17.39%) Fortinet
3 4 (17.39%) Meraki
3 4 (17.39%) Sophos
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 2 (8.70%) Ruckus Wireless
6 1 (4.35%) ConnectWise
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) Peplink
6 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.35%) Ubiquiti