Wireless Job Trends in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 67 203
Rank change year-on-year -107 +136 -158
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 77 210 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.62% 4.19% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.05% 24.88% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 71 19 109
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +17.11%
75th Percentile £57,000 £56,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

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 639 844 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.14% 16.84% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 498 487 1,260
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,063 £31,000 £30,443
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £58,675 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Wireless
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

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 17 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
West Midlands +8 43 £42,500 +25.00% 18
East Midlands -103 34 £35,000 -30.00% 21
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.68%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (18.18%) Azure
3 4 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.30%) AWS
4 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.57%) VPN
2 21 (27.27%) WAN
3 19 (24.68%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (18.18%) Firewall
4 14 (18.18%) LAN
5 12 (15.58%) Bluetooth
6 11 (14.29%) SD-WAN
7 10 (12.99%) DHCP
7 10 (12.99%) DNS
8 8 (10.39%) Network Security
8 8 (10.39%) TCP/IP
9 7 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (7.79%) BGP
10 6 (7.79%) EIGRP
10 6 (7.79%) LTE
10 6 (7.79%) Modbus
10 6 (7.79%) OSPF
10 6 (7.79%) Wireshark
11 4 (5.19%) VLAN
11 4 (5.19%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.19%) GDB
2 4 (5.19%) GitLab
2 4 (5.19%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.19%) Robot Framework
2 4 (5.19%) Subversion
3 2 (2.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
3 6 (7.79%) Law
4 4 (5.19%) Finance
5 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Automotive
6 2 (2.60%) Electronics
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.30%) Military
7 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (33.77%) Support Engineer
2 16 (20.78%) Technical Engineer
2 16 (20.78%) Technical Support
2 16 (20.78%) Technical Support Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) IT Support
4 13 (16.88%) Network Engineer
5 11 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
5 11 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Software Engineer
7 9 (11.69%) Senior
8 5 (6.49%) Administrator
8 5 (6.49%) IT Technician
8 5 (6.49%) Network Administrator
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Trainee
8 5 (6.49%) Trainee Administrator
8 5 (6.49%) Trainee Network Administrator
9 4 (5.19%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) Yocto
2 4 (5.19%) pytest
2 4 (5.19%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 35 (45.45%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.69%) CCTV
3 8 (10.39%) Raspberry Pi
4 7 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (6.49%) Device Driver
5 5 (6.49%) IoT
5 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
6 4 (5.19%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.90%) NHS
8 2 (2.60%) FPGA
8 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.60%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.60%) PCIe
8 2 (2.60%) Photography
8 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.30%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.97%) Windows
2 12 (15.58%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.09%) Linux
4 3 (3.90%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (32.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (32.47%) Root Cause Analysis
3 17 (22.08%) Decision-Making
4 15 (19.48%) Network Monitoring
5 13 (16.88%) Software Engineering
6 10 (12.99%) ITIL
7 9 (11.69%) ITSM
7 9 (11.69%) Time Management
8 8 (10.39%) Problem Management
9 7 (9.09%) Logistics
10 6 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (7.79%) DevOps
10 6 (7.79%) ERP
10 6 (7.79%) High Availability
10 6 (7.79%) Validation
11 5 (6.49%) CI/CD
11 5 (6.49%) Computer Science
12 4 (5.19%) BDD
12 4 (5.19%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.38%) Python
2 11 (14.29%) C
3 7 (9.09%) Embedded C
4 5 (6.49%) C++
4 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (16.88%) DBS Check
2 11 (14.29%) Degree
3 9 (11.69%) CCNP
3 9 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.79%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (6.49%) A+ Certification
5 5 (6.49%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.19%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.90%) CCNA
8 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.60%) MCSE
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) JTAG
2 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.60%) SLA
3 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.99%) Firmware
3 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.90%) vSphere
5 2 (2.60%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (2.60%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Nagios
1 2 (2.60%) SCCM
2 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (24.68%) Cisco
2 17 (22.08%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) Meraki
4 10 (12.99%) Fortinet
5 4 (5.19%) Atmel
5 4 (5.19%) VMware
6 3 (3.90%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.90%) Veeam
7 2 (2.60%) Aruba
7 2 (2.60%) Dell
7 2 (2.60%) Epicor
7 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.60%) TP-LINK
8 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.30%) F5
8 1 (1.30%) HP
8 1 (1.30%) Juniper
8 1 (1.30%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.30%) Sophos
8 1 (1.30%) WatchGuard