Wireless Job Trends in London

Wireless
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 314 280
Rank change year-on-year +5 -34 -15
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 128 85 193
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 0.70% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.79% 6.88% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 95 59 157
10th Percentile £31,000 £40,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,875 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.98% -0.81%
75th Percentile £75,500 £70,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,885 1,235 2,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.86% 10.18% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 881 1,347
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,292 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.31% -15.42% -2.25%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in London

Wireless
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in London over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireless in London

Wireless
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Central London +3 22 £70,000 +16.67% 11
South London +13 9 £30,000 -13.04% 4
West London -18 3 £34,000 - 2
East London - 2 £34,000 - 4
North London -2 1 £34,000 -51.43%
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (1.56%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 54 (42.19%) Azure
2 39 (30.47%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.06%) Entra ID
4 16 (12.50%) AWS
5 14 (10.94%) Datadog
6 8 (6.25%) GCP
6 8 (6.25%) OCI
7 3 (2.34%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.56%) IaaS
8 2 (1.56%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.56%) PaaS
8 2 (1.56%) Route 53
9 1 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.78%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (64.84%) Firewall
2 62 (48.44%) WAN
3 50 (39.06%) LAN
4 46 (35.94%) Network Security
5 44 (34.38%) SD-WAN
6 37 (28.91%) Cisco ISE
6 37 (28.91%) VPN
7 33 (25.78%) VLAN
8 26 (20.31%) Cisco Wireless
9 25 (19.53%) DNS
10 20 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (12.50%) BGP
11 16 (12.50%) OSPF
12 15 (11.72%) SSL
12 15 (11.72%) WLAN
13 12 (9.38%) TCP/IP
14 11 (8.59%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (7.81%) DHCP
16 7 (5.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 7 (5.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.78%) MSI
General
1 41 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.16%) Finance
3 12 (9.38%) Telecoms
4 10 (7.81%) Law
4 10 (7.81%) Legal
5 9 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.69%) Banking
7 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.34%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.34%) Front Office
9 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.34%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.34%) Retail
10 1 (0.78%) Electronics
10 1 (0.78%) French Language
10 1 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (36.72%) Network Engineer
2 25 (19.53%) Senior
3 20 (15.63%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Support Engineer
5 13 (10.16%) IT Support
6 12 (9.38%) Architect
6 12 (9.38%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.81%) Network Architect
8 9 (7.03%) Administrator
8 9 (7.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (6.25%) Consultant
9 8 (6.25%) Network Administrator
10 7 (5.47%) Analyst
10 7 (5.47%) IT Manager
10 7 (5.47%) Principal Architect
10 7 (5.47%) Trainee
10 7 (5.47%) Trainee Administrator
10 7 (5.47%) Trainee Network Administrator
11 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 17 (13.28%) Security Posture
3 12 (9.38%) PKI
4 7 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.69%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.91%) Acoustics
6 5 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.13%) Educational Technology
8 3 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.34%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.34%) iPad
9 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.56%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.56%) Replication
9 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.78%) PropTech
10 1 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.22%) Windows
2 15 (11.72%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.47%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (3.91%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.66%) Technical Leadership
2 27 (21.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 22 (17.19%) Business Continuity
3 22 (17.19%) ITIL
4 18 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (14.06%) Network Design
4 18 (14.06%) Project Delivery
5 17 (13.28%) High Availability
5 17 (13.28%) Presales
6 16 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 15 (11.72%) Customer Service
7 15 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (10.94%) Mentoring
9 13 (10.16%) Customer Requirements
9 13 (10.16%) Kalman Filter
9 13 (10.16%) Migration
9 13 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (9.38%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.97%) Python
2 6 (4.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (34.38%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (31.25%) CCNP
3 20 (15.63%) Azure Certification
4 15 (11.72%) Degree
5 14 (10.94%) CCIE
6 12 (9.38%) CCNA
7 10 (7.81%) AWS Certification
7 10 (7.81%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (7.03%) JNCIP
9 8 (6.25%) CCIE Security
9 8 (6.25%) CCSA
9 8 (6.25%) CCSE
9 8 (6.25%) JNCIE
10 7 (5.47%) A+ Certification
11 3 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.34%) Security Cleared
12 2 (1.56%) CISSP
12 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.38%) NIST
1 12 (9.38%) PCI DSS
2 8 (6.25%) GDPR
3 4 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.34%) SLA
5 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.78%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (21.09%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.69%) vSphere
4 5 (3.91%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.56%) Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (15.63%) Ansible
1 20 (15.63%) FortiGate
2 17 (13.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (10.94%) Terraform
4 3 (2.34%) SCCM
5 2 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.56%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 75 (58.59%) Cisco
2 64 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 48 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 21 (16.41%) Meraki
5 15 (11.72%) Fortinet
6 13 (10.16%) Arista
6 13 (10.16%) VMware
7 12 (9.38%) ForeScout
7 12 (9.38%) Infoblox
7 12 (9.38%) SevOne
7 12 (9.38%) SolarWinds
7 12 (9.38%) Splunk
8 11 (8.59%) CheckPoint
9 10 (7.81%) Aruba
9 10 (7.81%) F5
10 7 (5.47%) Citrix
11 6 (4.69%) Sophos
11 6 (4.69%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (3.13%) HP
13 3 (2.34%) Reuters