Wireless Jobs in the Thames Valley

Wireless
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 90 151
Rank change year-on-year -20 +61 +41
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 145 204 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.15% 3.31% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.15% 20.52% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 106 49 81
10th Percentile £24,500 £22,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -26.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £37,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £48,110 £78,750
South East median annual salary £36,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% -22.22% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 957 994 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.18% 16.14% 19.92%
Number of salaries quoted 686 562 751
10th Percentile £28,675 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +32 75 £62,500 +76.06% 13
Buckinghamshire -39 51 £35,000 - 24
Oxfordshire -23 19 £27,750 +26.14% 6
Wireless
South East

Wireless
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 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.76%) IIS
3 4 (2.76%) WordPress
4 3 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.69%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.76%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (15.86%) Azure
3 12 (8.28%) Google Workspace
4 7 (4.83%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.14%) AWS
6 3 (2.07%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.07%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.38%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (27.59%) Firewall
2 34 (23.45%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (19.31%) WAN
4 25 (17.24%) LTE
5 23 (15.86%) DNS
6 22 (15.17%) 5G
6 22 (15.17%) Bluetooth
6 22 (15.17%) GSM
6 22 (15.17%) ISDN
6 22 (15.17%) PSTN
6 22 (15.17%) UMTS
7 21 (14.48%) SD-WAN
8 18 (12.41%) VoIP
9 13 (8.97%) TCP/IP
10 12 (8.28%) LAN
11 11 (7.59%) DHCP
12 10 (6.90%) VPN
13 8 (5.52%) BGP
13 8 (5.52%) OSPF
13 8 (5.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.07%) Power BI
3 1 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (15.17%) LabVIEW
2 3 (2.07%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Mercurial
3 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 39 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.69%) Telecoms
3 22 (15.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (8.97%) Finance
5 12 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.28%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Electronics
7 4 (2.76%) Legal
8 3 (2.07%) Back Office
8 3 (2.07%) Banking
9 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.69%) Marketing
10 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (13.10%) Hardware Engineer
2 18 (12.41%) Network Engineer
2 18 (12.41%) Senior
3 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (10.34%) Architect
4 15 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (8.97%) IP Architect
5 13 (8.97%) IT Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) IT Support
6 11 (7.59%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Software Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) Test Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (5.52%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 8 (5.52%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) LAMP
2 2 (1.38%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.17%) Acoustics
1 22 (15.17%) Satnav
2 12 (8.28%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.14%) CCTV
5 5 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.76%) Replication
7 3 (2.07%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.07%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.38%) IoT
8 2 (1.38%) Molecular Biology
8 2 (1.38%) PKI
8 2 (1.38%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.69%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (29.66%) Windows
2 19 (13.10%) Linux
2 19 (13.10%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.97%) Apple iOS
4 12 (8.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (7.59%) Android
6 10 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (6.90%) Mac OS
6 10 (6.90%) Windows 10
6 10 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.45%) Mac OS X
7 5 (3.45%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.76%) VMS
8 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.93%) Coaching
2 22 (15.17%) Agile
2 22 (15.17%) Critical Thinking
2 22 (15.17%) Data Management
2 22 (15.17%) Test Automation
2 22 (15.17%) Test Scripting
3 20 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 14 (9.66%) People Management
7 13 (8.97%) Business Development
8 10 (6.90%) Software Engineering
9 8 (5.52%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (5.52%) Project Delivery
10 6 (4.14%) Cost Control
10 6 (4.14%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (4.14%) ERP
10 6 (4.14%) Information Security
10 6 (4.14%) Project Management
11 4 (2.76%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.93%) Python
2 7 (4.83%) SQL
3 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.45%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Degree
2 13 (8.97%) SC Cleared
2 13 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.14%) CCNP
5 5 (3.45%) CCNA
6 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.07%) MCP
7 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.38%) CCIE
9 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.45%) GDPR
1 5 (3.45%) QA
2 4 (2.76%) SLA
3 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (21.38%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.03%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.52%) Firmware
4 4 (2.76%) vSphere
5 3 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (8.97%) SCCM
2 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.45%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 32 (22.07%) Cisco
3 21 (14.48%) Aruba
4 14 (9.66%) Fortinet
4 14 (9.66%) VMware
5 13 (8.97%) Google
5 13 (8.97%) Juniper
6 10 (6.90%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.14%) Extreme Networks
7 6 (4.14%) Infoblox
7 6 (4.14%) Veeam
8 5 (3.45%) Draytek
8 5 (3.45%) HP
9 4 (2.76%) Citrix
9 4 (2.76%) Meraki
9 4 (2.76%) ProCurve
9 4 (2.76%) Ruckus Wireless
9 4 (2.76%) Synology
9 4 (2.76%) Zerto
10 3 (2.07%) Apple