Wireless Job Trends in the South East

Wireless
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 129 144
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 +62
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 142 201 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.37% 2.24% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.42% 14.41% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 108 53 150
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £40,125
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.38% -10.58%
75th Percentile £65,625 £57,000 £55,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -2.17%

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 1,507 1,395 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.52% 15.54% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 675 722 1,038
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,738
90th Percentile £73,650 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the South East

Wireless
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the South East

Wireless
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 14 January 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
Hampshire +58 56 £70,000 +29.63% 16
Thames Valley -55 43 £36,000 -10.00% 27
Surrey +15 28 £40,000 -33.33% 6
Berkshire +5 22 £40,000 -11.11% 19
Oxfordshire +20 14 £36,000 -10.00% 4
Kent -9 12 £28,000 -49.09% 7
Buckinghamshire -60 7 £48,000 +9.71% 4
Sussex +2 2 £42,500 - 1
West Sussex -14 1 £31,500 -33.68% 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.41%) CMS
3 2 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.70%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 32 (22.54%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.63%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.23%) AWS
5 5 (3.52%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.41%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (25.35%) Firewall
2 23 (16.20%) LAN
2 23 (16.20%) VPN
3 21 (14.79%) WAN
4 18 (12.68%) VLAN
5 17 (11.97%) BGP
5 17 (11.97%) TCP/IP
6 16 (11.27%) DHCP
6 16 (11.27%) DNS
7 14 (9.86%) OSPF
8 12 (8.45%) Software-Defined Radio
9 11 (7.75%) 5G
9 11 (7.75%) MPLS
9 11 (7.75%) VoIP
10 7 (4.93%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (4.93%) SD-WAN
10 7 (4.93%) VXLAN
11 6 (4.23%) 802.11
11 6 (4.23%) EIGRP
11 6 (4.23%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.70%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 33 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.15%) Finance
3 11 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.04%) Electronics
4 10 (7.04%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.93%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.23%) Retail
7 5 (3.52%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.52%) Automotive
7 5 (3.52%) Law
8 4 (2.82%) Billing
9 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Marketing
10 2 (1.41%) Games
10 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (17.61%) IT Support
2 23 (16.20%) Software Engineer
3 18 (12.68%) Support Engineer
4 16 (11.27%) Network Engineer
5 12 (8.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (7.75%) Embedded Engineer
6 11 (7.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 9 (6.34%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (5.63%) Analyst
8 8 (5.63%) C++ Software Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) IT Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) Wireless Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Cisco Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Network Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) WAN Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) 802.1X
1 7 (4.93%) REST
2 2 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.15%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.45%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (7.75%) e-Learning
3 11 (7.75%) IoT
3 11 (7.75%) MicroBlaze
3 11 (7.75%) RISC-V
4 9 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.52%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.11%) CCTV
7 3 (2.11%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.41%) BYOD
8 2 (1.41%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.70%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.70%) NB-IoT
9 1 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.90%) Windows
2 16 (11.27%) Linux
3 11 (7.75%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (7.75%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.63%) Android
5 7 (4.93%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.93%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.13%) Customer Service
2 23 (16.20%) Software Engineering
3 20 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (12.68%) Agile
4 18 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (11.97%) Signal Processing
6 13 (9.15%) Digital Signal Processing
6 13 (9.15%) Innovative Thinking
6 13 (9.15%) Project Delivery
7 12 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (8.45%) Mentoring
7 12 (8.45%) Network Management
8 11 (7.75%) Change Management
9 10 (7.04%) Business Continuity
9 10 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.04%) ITIL
9 10 (7.04%) Service Management
9 10 (7.04%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.38%) C++
2 15 (10.56%) Python
3 12 (8.45%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.75%) C
5 2 (1.41%) SQL
5 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.70%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (13.38%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.56%) CCNP
5 13 (9.15%) Degree
6 5 (3.52%) CCNA
6 5 (3.52%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.82%) GCSC
7 4 (2.82%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.70%) ACCA
8 1 (0.70%) CCDA
8 1 (0.70%) CIMA
8 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.70%) HNC
8 1 (0.70%) HND
8 1 (0.70%) HP APS
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.82%) QA
1 4 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (16.20%) Active Directory
2 20 (14.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.15%) Firmware
4 12 (8.45%) Hyper-V
5 11 (7.75%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (7.04%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (4.23%) vSphere
8 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (8.45%) Ansible
1 12 (8.45%) FortiGate
1 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.82%) Terraform
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.31%) Cisco
3 22 (15.49%) VMware
4 20 (14.08%) Fortinet
5 18 (12.68%) Meraki
6 13 (9.15%) Palo Alto
7 9 (6.34%) Sophos
8 7 (4.93%) Aruba
9 6 (4.23%) HP
9 6 (4.23%) LogicMonitor
9 6 (4.23%) Ubiquiti
9 6 (4.23%) Zoho
10 5 (3.52%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (3.52%) Dell
10 5 (3.52%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (2.82%) Draytek
11 4 (2.82%) Freshdesk
12 3 (2.11%) Juniper
13 2 (1.41%) SonicWALL
13 2 (1.41%) WatchGuard