Wireless Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 97 195
Rank change year-on-year -128 +98 -158
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 560 1,042 906
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 3.07% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.97% 18.55% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 443 217 696
10th Percentile £28,550 £25,800 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £37,733 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% -10.69% +9.03%
75th Percentile £66,875 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £65,250 £71,125
UK median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.29% -10.53% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,104 5,617 8,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 16.55% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,477 3,051 5,904
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,057 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -7.69%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
South East -90 175 £47,500 +18.75% 90
North of England +18 148 £47,500 +63.79% 46
Midlands -102 93 £42,500 -11.46% 24
East of England -92 82 £42,500 -5.56% 26
North West +37 81 £57,500 +74.24% 21
Yorkshire -39 54 £34,500 +21.05% 20
East Midlands -89 47 £38,750 -25.48% 12
West Midlands +8 46 £42,500 +16.44% 12
South West -50 41 £54,709 +36.77% 23
Scotland +13 16 £52,750 +11.05% 6
North East -44 13 £55,538 +91.51% 6
Wales -57 5 £34,000 -31.66% 1
Northern Ireland -67 1 £34,000 -28.42% 1
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 58 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 46 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.89%) Confluence
3 5 (0.89%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 45 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.39%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.54%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.96%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.07%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 137 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (16.25%) Azure
3 49 (8.75%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.04%) AWS
5 10 (1.79%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.71%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.71%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.71%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.54%) GCP
8 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.36%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.36%) SaaS
9 2 (0.36%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.18%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 141 (25.18%) Firewall
2 104 (18.57%) LAN
3 103 (18.39%) WAN
4 101 (18.04%) VPN
5 79 (14.11%) Wi-Fi
6 65 (11.61%) VLAN
7 61 (10.89%) Network Security
8 57 (10.18%) DNS
9 56 (10.00%) DHCP
10 53 (9.46%) TCP/IP
11 42 (7.50%) Bluetooth
12 38 (6.79%) SD-WAN
13 28 (5.00%) Broadband
14 26 (4.64%) BGP
15 25 (4.46%) WLAN
16 24 (4.29%) OSPF
17 22 (3.93%) 5G
18 20 (3.57%) ZigBee
19 19 (3.39%) Modbus
20 15 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.18%) Data Mart
2 1 (0.18%) MySQL
2 1 (0.18%) Power BI
2 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.57%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) GDB
2 6 (1.07%) GitLab
2 6 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.89%) JIRA
4 4 (0.71%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.54%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.36%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.36%) Subversion
6 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.29%) Telecoms
3 48 (8.57%) Electronics
4 39 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.89%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (5.00%) Finance
6 28 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.14%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.14%) Retail
8 9 (1.61%) Automotive
8 9 (1.61%) Marketing
9 8 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.43%) Law
9 8 (1.43%) Legal
10 7 (1.25%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.89%) Military
11 5 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 95 (16.96%) Support Engineer
2 91 (16.25%) Senior
3 86 (15.36%) IT Support
3 86 (15.36%) Network Engineer
4 66 (11.79%) IT Engineer
5 59 (10.54%) Embedded Engineer
6 57 (10.18%) Software Engineer
7 52 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
8 50 (8.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 47 (8.39%) IT Technician
10 35 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
11 30 (5.36%) Technical Engineer
12 27 (4.82%) Technical Support
12 27 (4.82%) Technical Support Engineer
13 26 (4.64%) Support Technician
14 24 (4.29%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (4.29%) Senior Technician
15 22 (3.93%) Administrator
15 22 (3.93%) IT Support Technician
16 20 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.50%) Yocto
2 4 (0.71%) pytest
2 4 (0.71%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (0.36%) Flash
4 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.18%) Jinja
4 1 (0.18%) JSON
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (14.46%) Driving Licence
2 40 (7.14%) IoT
3 37 (6.61%) Data Centre
3 37 (6.61%) Embedded Systems
4 22 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.75%) CCTV
5 21 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.50%) Device Driver
6 14 (2.50%) FPGA
7 13 (2.32%) ASIC
8 12 (2.14%) Raspberry Pi
9 10 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.79%) Smart Home
10 8 (1.43%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (1.43%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.07%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.89%) Clustering
12 5 (0.89%) Replication
13 4 (0.71%) PMI
13 4 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 152 (27.14%) Windows
2 112 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 29 (5.18%) Linux
4 28 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 19 (3.39%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.68%) FreeRTOS
6 15 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.14%) Embedded Linux
7 12 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.25%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.71%) Android
10 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (15.36%) Software Engineering
3 77 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 66 (11.79%) Customer Service
5 45 (8.04%) Project Delivery
6 44 (7.86%) Root Cause Analysis
7 42 (7.50%) Service Delivery
8 37 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (6.07%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (6.07%) ITIL
10 31 (5.54%) Collaborative Culture
11 29 (5.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (4.64%) Decision-Making
13 25 (4.46%) Mentoring
14 24 (4.29%) Computer Science
15 23 (4.11%) CRM
15 23 (4.11%) Network Monitoring
16 22 (3.93%) Time Management
16 22 (3.93%) Validation
17 21 (3.75%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.39%) C
2 45 (8.04%) Python
3 36 (6.43%) C++
4 33 (5.89%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.50%) Embedded C
6 5 (0.89%) Bash
6 5 (0.89%) Rust
7 4 (0.71%) Ruby
7 4 (0.71%) SQL
7 4 (0.71%) VB
8 3 (0.54%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 73 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (12.14%) Degree
3 61 (10.89%) DBS Check
4 53 (9.46%) CCNP
5 37 (6.61%) CCNA
6 25 (4.46%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.39%) A+ Certification
8 16 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.96%) Security Cleared
10 10 (1.79%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.43%) CCIE
12 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.54%) HP APS
13 3 (0.54%) MCSE
14 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.36%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.14%) SLA
3 11 (1.96%) JTAG
4 10 (1.79%) GDPR
5 9 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.71%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.71%) PMO
7 3 (0.54%) ECSS
7 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.36%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 126 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 61 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (8.04%) Hyper-V
4 33 (5.89%) Firmware
5 17 (3.04%) vSphere
6 15 (2.68%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.71%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.79%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.89%) SCCM
4 4 (0.71%) Ansible
4 4 (0.71%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.54%) Backup Exec
5 3 (0.54%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.36%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.36%) Terraform
7 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.18%) Nagios
7 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 114 (20.36%) Cisco
3 64 (11.43%) VMware
4 52 (9.29%) Fortinet
5 51 (9.11%) Aruba
6 31 (5.54%) Meraki
7 26 (4.64%) Palo Alto
8 24 (4.29%) Juniper
9 18 (3.21%) Ubiquiti
9 18 (3.21%) Veeam
10 16 (2.86%) CheckPoint
11 13 (2.32%) HP
12 9 (1.61%) F5
13 8 (1.43%) Apple
13 8 (1.43%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.43%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.43%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.25%) Sophos
15 6 (1.07%) Google
15 6 (1.07%) Salesforce