Wireless Job Trends in England

Wireless
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 123 197
Rank change year-on-year -154 +74 -123
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 558 1,068 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 2.71% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.98% 17.57% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 417 252 999
10th Percentile £28,650 £26,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%

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 6,993 6,079 11,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.46% 15.42% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,926 3,369 8,531
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,230 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -5.94%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in England

Wireless
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 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
London +37 140 £67,500 +12.50% 76
South East -111 125 £42,500 +6.25% 100
North of England -22 115 £52,500 +72.13% 45
Midlands -117 75 £42,500 -5.56% 40
North West +10 72 £57,500 -14.81% 25
East of England -110 63 £41,845 -7.01% 37
West Midlands -1 41 £42,500 +16.44% 22
East Midlands -96 34 £35,000 -30.00% 18
Yorkshire -64 30 £35,000 +16.67% 14
South West -49 29 £50,000 +38.89% 26
North East -35 13 £39,750 +19.74% 9
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 34 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.56%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.36%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 109 (19.53%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (17.38%) Azure
3 40 (7.17%) AWS
4 34 (6.09%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.05%) Datadog
6 9 (1.61%) GCP
7 8 (1.43%) OCI
8 6 (1.08%) Mimecast
9 5 (0.90%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.72%) SaaS
11 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.54%) IaaS
11 3 (0.54%) PaaS
12 2 (0.36%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.36%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.36%) Route 53
13 1 (0.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 165 (29.57%) Firewall
2 142 (25.45%) WAN
3 117 (20.97%) LAN
4 111 (19.89%) VPN
5 92 (16.49%) Network Security
6 80 (14.34%) SD-WAN
7 67 (12.01%) VLAN
8 63 (11.29%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (10.57%) BGP
9 59 (10.57%) Cisco Wireless
10 58 (10.39%) OSPF
11 49 (8.78%) Cisco ISE
12 46 (8.24%) DNS
13 37 (6.63%) WLAN
14 33 (5.91%) Bluetooth
15 31 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
16 30 (5.38%) TCP/IP
17 29 (5.20%) Cisco Nexus
17 29 (5.20%) DHCP
18 28 (5.02%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.79%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.79%) Metasploit
2 9 (1.61%) Git
3 5 (0.90%) GDB
3 5 (0.90%) JIRA
4 4 (0.72%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.72%) GitLab
4 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.72%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.72%) Subversion
5 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 145 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (8.60%) Telecoms
4 45 (8.06%) Finance
5 38 (6.81%) Electronics
6 23 (4.12%) Manufacturing
7 20 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.33%) Retail
9 12 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.15%) Law
9 12 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.79%) Automotive
11 9 (1.61%) Marketing
12 8 (1.43%) Legal
13 7 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.08%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.08%) Wearables
15 3 (0.54%) Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 121 (21.68%) Senior
2 118 (21.15%) Network Engineer
3 81 (14.52%) Support Engineer
4 62 (11.11%) IT Support
5 52 (9.32%) Senior Network Engineer
6 45 (8.06%) IT Technician
6 45 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 35 (6.27%) IT Engineer
8 34 (6.09%) Technical Engineer
9 33 (5.91%) Embedded Engineer
9 33 (5.91%) Technical Support
9 33 (5.91%) Technical Support Engineer
10 32 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
11 29 (5.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 26 (4.66%) Wireless Engineer
13 25 (4.48%) Administrator
14 24 (4.30%) Analyst
14 24 (4.30%) Consultant
14 24 (4.30%) Support Technician
14 24 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.43%) REST
2 5 (0.90%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.72%) pytest
3 4 (0.72%) Unity DI Container
3 4 (0.72%) Yocto
4 1 (0.18%) HTML
4 1 (0.18%) HTML5
4 1 (0.18%) NumPy
4 1 (0.18%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.18%) React
4 1 (0.18%) Redux
4 1 (0.18%) SciPy
4 1 (0.18%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 84 (15.05%) Data Centre
2 65 (11.65%) Driving Licence
3 34 (6.09%) IoT
3 34 (6.09%) Security Posture
4 24 (4.30%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.41%) Mobile App
6 17 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.87%) PKI
8 12 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.79%) CCTV
9 10 (1.79%) Smart Home
10 9 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.43%) Raspberry Pi
12 7 (1.25%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.25%) Replication
13 6 (1.08%) Acoustics
14 5 (0.90%) ASIC
14 5 (0.90%) Device Driver
15 4 (0.72%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 124 (22.22%) Windows
2 81 (14.52%) Windows Server
3 27 (4.84%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 18 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (2.51%) Linux
6 8 (1.43%) FreeRTOS
7 7 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.72%) Android
9 3 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (10.04%) Root Cause Analysis
3 55 (9.86%) Customer Service
4 53 (9.50%) Software Engineering
5 50 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (8.60%) Project Delivery
7 45 (8.06%) ITIL
8 44 (7.89%) Network Monitoring
9 43 (7.71%) Network Design
10 42 (7.53%) Mentoring
11 39 (6.99%) Disaster Recovery
12 38 (6.81%) Service Delivery
13 35 (6.27%) Technical Leadership
14 34 (6.09%) Collaborative Culture
15 32 (5.73%) Kalman Filter
16 29 (5.20%) Business Continuity
17 28 (5.02%) Agile
17 28 (5.02%) Collaborative Working
17 28 (5.02%) Computer Science
18 26 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (14.16%) Python
2 28 (5.02%) C
3 27 (4.84%) C++
4 23 (4.12%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.51%) Bash
6 6 (1.08%) Embedded C
7 5 (0.90%) VB
8 1 (0.18%) Bicep
8 1 (0.18%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (19.53%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (16.49%) CCNP
3 78 (13.98%) Degree
4 62 (11.11%) DBS Check
5 34 (6.09%) CCIE
6 29 (5.20%) Network+ Certification
7 28 (5.02%) CCNA
8 24 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (3.94%) A+ Certification
10 20 (3.58%) CREST Certified
11 19 (3.41%) Azure Certification
11 19 (3.41%) CHECK Team Member
11 19 (3.41%) OSCP
12 18 (3.23%) CCSAM
12 18 (3.23%) CHECK Team Leader
13 15 (2.69%) Security Cleared
14 14 (2.51%) SC Cleared
15 11 (1.97%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.79%) CCSA
16 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.76%) SLA
2 16 (2.87%) NIST
2 16 (2.87%) PCI DSS
2 16 (2.87%) PMO
3 8 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.08%) GDPR
4 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.90%) JTAG
6 4 (0.72%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 93 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 47 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.76%) Firmware
4 16 (2.87%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.87%) ProxySG
5 13 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.43%) vSphere
7 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (5.56%) Ansible
2 29 (5.20%) FortiGate
3 22 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.51%) Terraform
5 10 (1.79%) Nessus
6 6 (1.08%) SCCM
7 4 (0.72%) Backup Exec
7 4 (0.72%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.36%) Nagios
8 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.18%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.18%) Nmap
9 1 (0.18%) VxRail
9 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 170 (30.47%) Cisco
2 156 (27.96%) Microsoft
3 63 (11.29%) Fortinet
4 62 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 61 (10.93%) Meraki
6 49 (8.78%) VMware
7 43 (7.71%) Aruba
8 42 (7.53%) CheckPoint
9 39 (6.99%) SolarWinds
10 34 (6.09%) F5
11 31 (5.56%) Infoblox
12 21 (3.76%) ServiceNow
13 18 (3.23%) Veeam
14 16 (2.87%) Arista
14 16 (2.87%) Blue Coat
14 16 (2.87%) Motorola
15 15 (2.69%) ForeScout
15 15 (2.69%) SevOne
15 15 (2.69%) Splunk
16 14 (2.51%) Juniper