Wireless Jobs in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 189 51
Rank change year-on-year +97 -138 +83
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 212 137 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.12% 1.09% 5.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.26% 8.70% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 21 113 79
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +23.29% +0.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £51,614
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 874 1,574 1,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.86% 12.49% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 449 1,287 724
10th Percentile £26,968 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -1.75% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Midlands

Wireless
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the Midlands

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the Midlands

Wireless
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 Midlands +124 191 £50,000 +31.58% 84
West Midlands -10 21 £42,000 -23.64% 107
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (4.25%) Skype for Business
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.36%) Azure
2 4 (1.89%) AWS
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.94%) IaaS
4 1 (0.47%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 183 (86.32%) Wi-Fi
2 182 (85.85%) LTE
3 180 (84.91%) Bluetooth
3 180 (84.91%) GSM
4 179 (84.43%) 5G
4 179 (84.43%) UMTS
5 14 (6.60%) LAN
6 12 (5.66%) WAN
7 9 (4.25%) Skype
7 9 (4.25%) Unified Communications
8 7 (3.30%) Firewall
9 5 (2.36%) DHCP
9 5 (2.36%) VPN
10 4 (1.89%) DNS
10 4 (1.89%) Internet
11 3 (1.42%) Network Security
11 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.94%) BGP
12 2 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.94%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Git
1 3 (1.42%) Subversion
2 2 (0.94%) Eclipse
General
1 180 (84.91%) Electronics
2 9 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (3.30%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.83%) Finance
5 4 (1.89%) Legal
5 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.47%) Automotive
8 1 (0.47%) Marketing
8 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 179 (84.43%) Electronics Engineer
1 179 (84.43%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 179 (84.43%) Test Engineer
2 9 (4.25%) Collaboration Specialist
3 5 (2.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (2.36%) Security Engineer
4 4 (1.89%) Senior
4 4 (1.89%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (1.42%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (1.42%) Network Engineer
6 2 (0.94%) Analyst
6 2 (0.94%) Consultant
6 2 (0.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (0.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (0.94%) Lead
6 2 (0.94%) Network Consultant
6 2 (0.94%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (0.94%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (0.94%) Senior Network Consultant
6 2 (0.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.42%) Middleware
2 1 (0.47%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 181 (85.38%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.25%) Digital Signage
2 9 (4.25%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (1.89%) CCTV
4 3 (1.42%) IoT
4 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
4 3 (1.42%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.47%) Smart Energy
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.83%) Windows
2 4 (1.89%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (84.91%) Mentoring
1 180 (84.91%) Validation
1 180 (84.91%) Verification and Validation
2 179 (84.43%) Coaching
2 179 (84.43%) Customer Requirements
2 179 (84.43%) Test Strategy
3 9 (4.25%) User Experience
4 7 (3.30%) Project Management
5 4 (1.89%) ITIL
5 4 (1.89%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (1.42%) Business Continuity
6 3 (1.42%) Customer Service
6 3 (1.42%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (1.42%) Roadmaps
6 3 (1.42%) Software Engineering
7 2 (0.94%) Agile
7 2 (0.94%) Configuration Management
7 2 (0.94%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (0.94%) Programme Management
7 2 (0.94%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.89%) C
2 2 (0.94%) Embedded C
2 2 (0.94%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
3 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 180 (84.91%) Degree
2 179 (84.43%) HND
3 5 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.89%) CCNP
4 4 (1.89%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.94%) CCIE
5 2 (0.94%) CCNA
6 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.89%) SLA
2 1 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (0.47%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.36%) Firmware
1 5 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Autotask
1 1 (0.47%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (6.60%) Cisco
2 9 (4.25%) Mitel
2 9 (4.25%) Polycom
2 9 (4.25%) ShoreTel
3 7 (3.30%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.36%) VMware
5 3 (1.42%) Meraki
6 2 (0.94%) Aruba
6 2 (0.94%) Atmel
6 2 (0.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.47%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.47%) HP
7 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.47%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.47%) Remedy
7 1 (0.47%) SAP
7 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds