Wireless Jobs in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 116 93
Rank change year-on-year +81 -23 +62
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 233 147 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.88% 2.19% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.83% 15.30% 20.95%
Number of salaries quoted 24 109 43
10th Percentile - £24,500 -
25th Percentile - £30,000 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +27.27% -26.67%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £36,625
90th Percentile £42,625 £78,750 £39,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 544 961 950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.07% 14.34% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 218 677 534
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £74,138
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire +58 167 £45,000 +28.57% 7
Oxfordshire +63 61 £40,000 +50.94% 12
Berkshire -35 5 £42,500 -32.00% 42
Wireless
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.29%) Azure
2 3 (1.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
3 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (88.41%) Wi-Fi
2 203 (87.12%) 5G
2 203 (87.12%) Bluetooth
2 203 (87.12%) GSM
2 203 (87.12%) LTE
2 203 (87.12%) UMTS
3 24 (10.30%) LAN
3 24 (10.30%) WAN
4 21 (9.01%) Internet
5 4 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.29%) DHCP
6 3 (1.29%) DNS
7 2 (0.86%) Firewall
7 2 (0.86%) IP Telephony
7 2 (0.86%) Network Security
7 2 (0.86%) VLAN
7 2 (0.86%) WLAN
8 1 (0.43%) DWDM
8 1 (0.43%) VPN
8 1 (0.43%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 203 (87.12%) Electronics
2 20 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (1.72%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.43%) Marketing
4 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 203 (87.12%) Electronics Engineer
1 203 (87.12%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 203 (87.12%) Test Engineer
2 19 (8.15%) Infrastructure Support
2 19 (8.15%) Network Support
3 2 (0.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (0.86%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (0.86%) Business Manager
3 2 (0.86%) Development Manager
3 2 (0.86%) Junior
3 2 (0.86%) Network Engineer
4 1 (0.43%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (0.43%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (0.43%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (0.43%) IT Manager
4 1 (0.43%) Junior Support Engineer
4 1 (0.43%) Network Manager
4 1 (0.43%) Professional Services Engineer
4 1 (0.43%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 203 (87.12%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.15%) Virtual Team
3 2 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.16%) Windows
2 5 (2.15%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.86%) Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (87.55%) Mentoring
2 203 (87.12%) Coaching
2 203 (87.12%) Customer Requirements
2 203 (87.12%) Test Strategy
2 203 (87.12%) Validation
2 203 (87.12%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (1.72%) Customer Service
3 4 (1.72%) Service Delivery
4 2 (0.86%) Business Development
4 2 (0.86%) Change Management
4 2 (0.86%) Information Security
4 2 (0.86%) ITIL
4 2 (0.86%) Problem Management
4 2 (0.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (0.86%) Project Management
4 2 (0.86%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (0.43%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (0.43%) Configuration Management
5 1 (0.43%) Market Research
5 1 (0.43%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 223 (95.71%) Degree
2 203 (87.12%) HND
3 19 (8.15%) Master's Degree
3 19 (8.15%) MBA
4 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.43%) CCNA
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) Firmware
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.43%) Grafana
2 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (8.15%) Unisys
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.86%) Apple
3 2 (0.86%) Aruba
3 2 (0.86%) Cisco
3 2 (0.86%) HP
4 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.43%) Meraki
4 1 (0.43%) NETGEAR
4 1 (0.43%) Nokia
4 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.43%) Snow
4 1 (0.43%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (0.43%) VMware