Wireless Jobs in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 134 70
Rank change year-on-year +17 -64 +125
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 202 339 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.39% 2.03% 4.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.41% 12.22% 24.16%
Number of salaries quoted 52 276 166
10th Percentile £25,250 £21,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £26,650 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +6.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £51,483 £55,000 £48,438
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £67,375
England median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,097 2,774 2,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.96% 16.62% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 770 1,908 1,528
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,043 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,313 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,188 £59,219 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,125 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the South East

Wireless
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +67 151 £40,000 -20.00% 38
Buckinghamshire +57 98 £45,000 +28.57% 7
Oxfordshire +68 47 £40,000 +50.94% 13
Hampshire +23 16 £50,000 +29.03% 25
Kent +27 10 £25,500 +13.33% 10
East Sussex +20 9 £55,000 +117.82% 2
West Sussex +33 7 - - 4
Surrey +7 7 £71,250 +77.24% 14
Berkshire -12 6 £42,500 -32.00% 23
Sussex +19 1 - - 2
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.44%) Azure
1 13 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.45%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.49%) AWS
3 3 (1.49%) SaaS
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 138 (68.32%) Wi-Fi
2 129 (63.86%) Bluetooth
2 129 (63.86%) LTE
3 126 (62.38%) 5G
3 126 (62.38%) GSM
3 126 (62.38%) UMTS
4 35 (17.33%) WAN
5 32 (15.84%) LAN
6 26 (12.87%) Internet
7 16 (7.92%) Firewall
8 10 (4.95%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.46%) VPN
9 9 (4.46%) WLAN
10 7 (3.47%) DHCP
10 7 (3.47%) DNS
11 5 (2.48%) IPsec
12 4 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.98%) MPLS
12 4 (1.98%) VLAN
12 4 (1.98%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (1.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) CMake
2 1 (0.50%) GDB
2 1 (0.50%) Git
General
1 132 (65.35%) Electronics
2 20 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (7.92%) Social Skills
4 8 (3.96%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.98%) Local Government
6 4 (1.98%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.98%) Marketing
7 3 (1.49%) Finance
8 2 (0.99%) Retail
9 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.50%) Automotive
9 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Military
9 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 129 (63.86%) Electronics Engineer
2 126 (62.38%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 126 (62.38%) Test Engineer
3 20 (9.90%) Network Support
4 19 (9.41%) Infrastructure Support
5 13 (6.44%) Network Engineer
6 10 (4.95%) Senior
7 8 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (3.47%) Technical Advisor
8 7 (3.47%) Technical Support
8 7 (3.47%) Technical Support Advisor
9 4 (1.98%) Consultant
9 4 (1.98%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 4 (1.98%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
9 4 (1.98%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (1.98%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 4 (1.98%) Senior Network Consultant
10 3 (1.49%) Business Manager
10 3 (1.49%) Switch Engineer
10 3 (1.49%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.50%) Bazel
1 1 (0.50%) HTML
1 1 (0.50%) HTML5
1 1 (0.50%) React
1 1 (0.50%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 126 (62.38%) Driving Licence
2 19 (9.41%) Virtual Team
3 10 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.97%) IoT
5 3 (1.49%) NB-IoT
6 2 (0.99%) Acoustics
6 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 41 (20.30%) Windows
2 11 (5.45%) Mac OS
3 10 (4.95%) Linux
3 10 (4.95%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.96%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (66.83%) Mentoring
2 130 (64.36%) Coaching
2 130 (64.36%) Validation
3 126 (62.38%) Customer Requirements
3 126 (62.38%) Test Strategy
3 126 (62.38%) Verification and Validation
4 17 (8.42%) Customer Service
5 15 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (6.44%) Service Delivery
7 9 (4.46%) Change Management
7 9 (4.46%) Roadmaps
8 8 (3.96%) ITIL
8 8 (3.96%) Problem Management
8 8 (3.96%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (2.97%) Information Security
10 5 (2.48%) Computer Science
10 5 (2.48%) IT Strategy
10 5 (2.48%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (1.98%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (1.98%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.97%) C
2 3 (1.49%) C++
2 3 (1.49%) Embedded C
3 2 (0.99%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.99%) Python
4 1 (0.50%) Java
4 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.50%) R
4 1 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 153 (75.74%) Degree
2 126 (62.38%) HND
3 20 (9.90%) Master's Degree
4 19 (9.41%) MBA
5 8 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.47%) CCNA
7 3 (1.49%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.99%) CCNP
8 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.50%) CCIE
9 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.49%) PCI DSS
1 3 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.50%) Grafana
2 1 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (9.41%) Unisys
2 16 (7.92%) Cisco
2 16 (7.92%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.96%) Apple
4 7 (3.47%) Meraki
5 6 (2.97%) Aruba
5 6 (2.97%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.48%) HP
7 3 (1.49%) Ekahau
7 3 (1.49%) Juniper
7 3 (1.49%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (1.49%) SAP
7 3 (1.49%) VMware
8 1 (0.50%) NETGEAR
8 1 (0.50%) Nokia
8 1 (0.50%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.50%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.50%) Snow
8 1 (0.50%) Ubiquiti