Wireless Jobs in England

Wireless
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 221 71
Rank change year-on-year +69 -150 +302
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,110 1,096 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.11% 1.26% 4.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.60% 9.66% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 268 855 687
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,575 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,473 11,342 11,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.93% 13.00% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,768 7,640 6,856
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in England

Wireless
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Wireless in England

Wireless
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in England

Wireless
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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
East of England +75 343 £45,000 -25.00% 46
South East +54 321 £40,000 +9.59% 119
Midlands +123 212 £48,000 +6.67% 59
East Midlands +121 194 £52,000 +33.33% 23
North of England -38 104 £29,500 -26.25% 78
London -43 86 £60,000 +14.29% 101
Yorkshire +10 55 £28,500 -8.21% 31
North West -78 39 £33,000 -26.67% 42
South West +33 34 £38,000 +1.33% 37
West Midlands +3 18 £36,500 -33.64% 36
North East +35 10 £29,000 -38.95% 6
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.62%) Skype for Business
4 8 (0.72%) Confluence
5 4 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 119 (10.72%) Azure
2 111 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (3.69%) Entra ID
4 28 (2.52%) AWS
5 22 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 10 (0.90%) Google Workspace
7 8 (0.72%) Power Automate
7 8 (0.72%) Power Platform
7 8 (0.72%) PowerApps
7 8 (0.72%) Serverless
8 6 (0.54%) Azure Storage
8 6 (0.54%) GCP
8 6 (0.54%) SaaS
9 5 (0.45%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.36%) IaaS
11 3 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.18%) Amazon Ads
12 2 (0.18%) Facebook Ads
12 2 (0.18%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 769 (69.28%) Wi-Fi
2 742 (66.85%) Bluetooth
2 742 (66.85%) LTE
3 731 (65.86%) GSM
4 730 (65.77%) 5G
4 730 (65.77%) UMTS
5 132 (11.89%) LAN
6 120 (10.81%) WAN
7 99 (8.92%) Firewall
8 72 (6.49%) VPN
9 61 (5.50%) DHCP
10 58 (5.23%) DNS
11 52 (4.68%) TCP/IP
12 47 (4.23%) VLAN
13 37 (3.33%) WLAN
14 34 (3.06%) BGP
14 34 (3.06%) Internet
14 34 (3.06%) OSPF
15 33 (2.97%) SD-WAN
16 28 (2.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.18%) EDMS
4 1 (0.090%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (0.90%) JIRA
2 7 (0.63%) Git
3 6 (0.54%) KGDB
4 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.27%) Subversion
6 2 (0.18%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.18%) GDB
6 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.090%) CMake
7 1 (0.090%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 758 (68.29%) Electronics
2 106 (9.55%) Social Skills
3 65 (5.86%) Finance
4 36 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (3.06%) Telecoms
6 29 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 17 (1.53%) Automotive
9 14 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.17%) Law
10 13 (1.17%) Marketing
11 10 (0.90%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.81%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.72%) Billing
14 6 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.54%) Legal
15 5 (0.45%) Retail
16 4 (0.36%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.36%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 736 (66.31%) Electronics Engineer
2 730 (65.77%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 730 (65.77%) Test Engineer
3 67 (6.04%) Network Engineer
4 41 (3.69%) IT Support
5 40 (3.60%) Support Engineer
6 39 (3.51%) Analyst
7 36 (3.24%) Technical Support
8 35 (3.15%) Software Engineer
9 34 (3.06%) Embedded Engineer
9 34 (3.06%) Senior
10 31 (2.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 24 (2.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 22 (1.98%) Support Analyst
12 22 (1.98%) Technical Engineer
13 20 (1.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (1.71%) 2nd Line Support
14 19 (1.71%) Technical Support Engineer
15 18 (1.62%) Collaboration Specialist
16 17 (1.53%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.07%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.27%) Middleware
3 2 (0.18%) HTML
3 2 (0.18%) HTML5
3 2 (0.18%) JSON
3 2 (0.18%) React
3 2 (0.18%) Redux
4 1 (0.090%) Bazel
4 1 (0.090%) REST
4 1 (0.090%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 740 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 40 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
3 28 (2.52%) Digital Signage
4 26 (2.34%) e-Learning
5 25 (2.25%) MicroBlaze
5 25 (2.25%) RISC-V
6 22 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (1.71%) Data Centre
7 19 (1.71%) IoT
8 17 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 10 (0.90%) EPoS
10 8 (0.72%) iPhone
10 8 (0.72%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.54%) CCTV
11 6 (0.54%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.45%) Blackberry
12 5 (0.45%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 120 (10.81%) Windows
2 66 (5.95%) Windows Server
3 63 (5.68%) Linux
4 37 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 28 (2.52%) Mac OS
6 25 (2.25%) Embedded Linux
7 19 (1.71%) Apple iOS
8 16 (1.44%) Android
9 15 (1.35%) Mac OS X
10 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.54%) VMS
12 4 (0.36%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.27%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.090%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (67.75%) Mentoring
2 735 (66.22%) Coaching
2 735 (66.22%) Validation
3 731 (65.86%) Customer Requirements
3 731 (65.86%) Verification and Validation
4 730 (65.77%) Test Strategy
5 73 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (6.22%) Customer Service
7 57 (5.14%) ITIL
8 41 (3.69%) Software Engineering
9 40 (3.60%) Agile
10 39 (3.51%) Service Delivery
11 38 (3.42%) Project Management
12 32 (2.88%) Disaster Recovery
13 29 (2.61%) Signal Processing
14 28 (2.52%) Digital Signal Processing
15 27 (2.43%) Innovative Thinking
16 25 (2.25%) Cybersecurity
17 23 (2.07%) Change Management
18 22 (1.98%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 40 (3.60%) C
2 38 (3.42%) PowerShell
3 34 (3.06%) Python
4 33 (2.97%) C++
5 20 (1.80%) SQL
6 5 (0.45%) Bash
6 5 (0.45%) Embedded C
7 4 (0.36%) R
8 3 (0.27%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.18%) Java
9 2 (0.18%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.090%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.090%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.090%) Rust
10 1 (0.090%) Scala
Qualifications
1 798 (71.89%) Degree
2 732 (65.95%) HND
3 68 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (4.32%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.05%) CCNP
6 42 (3.78%) SC Cleared
7 38 (3.42%) CCNA
8 32 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.99%) CCIE
10 11 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 11 (0.99%) JNCIA
10 11 (0.99%) MCSA
11 10 (0.90%) MBA
12 9 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.54%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.54%) GCSC
14 6 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.26%) SLA
2 10 (0.90%) GDPR
3 6 (0.54%) NIST
4 3 (0.27%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.27%) PMO
5 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.090%) QA
System Software
1 108 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.33%) Firmware
2 37 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 28 (2.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.54%) vSphere
4 6 (0.54%) XenApp
5 4 (0.36%) Docker
5 4 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.090%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.090%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.090%) KVM
Systems Management
1 63 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.35%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.08%) Autotask
4 11 (0.99%) Ansible
5 8 (0.72%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.63%) SCCM
6 7 (0.63%) WSUS
7 6 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 5 (0.45%) Terraform
9 4 (0.36%) Nmap
10 3 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.090%) CA Spectrum
12 1 (0.090%) CASB
12 1 (0.090%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.090%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.090%) Nagios
12 1 (0.090%) Puppet
Vendors
1 136 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 121 (10.90%) Cisco
3 47 (4.23%) Meraki
4 42 (3.78%) VMware
5 35 (3.15%) Apple
6 20 (1.80%) Juniper
7 18 (1.62%) Mitel
7 18 (1.62%) Polycom
7 18 (1.62%) ShoreTel
8 17 (1.53%) Aruba
9 16 (1.44%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.44%) Ubiquiti
9 16 (1.44%) Veeam
10 15 (1.35%) SolarWinds
11 14 (1.26%) F5
11 14 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.17%) Google
13 12 (1.08%) HP
14 11 (0.99%) CheckPoint
14 11 (0.99%) Fortinet