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 3 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 230 176
Rank change year-on-year -1 -54 -154
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 211 131 764
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.96% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.12% 5.76% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 168 91 615
10th Percentile £28,350 £26,750 £23,800
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £29,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,576 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% -2.44% +17.14%
75th Percentile £64,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £66,250
UK median annual salary £45,500 £44,700 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% -0.67% -

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 2,314 2,276 6,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.97% 16.71% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 1,473 5,086
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% -2.30%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,258 £67,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 3 months to 16 April 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 3 months to 16 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -14 74 £40,750 +33.61% 57
North West +18 53 £52,500 -22.22% 25
South East -18 47 £42,500 +6.25% 88
East of England +2 35 £40,000 -23.08% 51
Midlands -30 28 £34,000 -24.44% 30
South West -27 16 £58,750 +4.44% 29
East Midlands -39 16 £32,500 - 12
Yorkshire -55 15 £34,000 +13.33% 26
West Midlands -16 12 £43,250 -23.11% 18
Scotland -8 8 £100,000 +150.00% 14
North East -32 6 £39,750 +19.74% 11
Wales -29 3 £34,000 -9.89% 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £34,000 -
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 18 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.04%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.59%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 90 (23.32%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (13.99%) Azure
3 21 (5.44%) AWS
4 20 (5.18%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.30%) GCP
5 5 (1.30%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 97 (25.13%) Firewall
2 90 (23.32%) WAN
3 82 (21.24%) VPN
4 73 (18.91%) LAN
5 46 (11.92%) DHCP
6 45 (11.66%) DNS
7 44 (11.40%) VLAN
8 37 (9.59%) BGP
8 37 (9.59%) SD-WAN
8 37 (9.59%) TCP/IP
9 35 (9.07%) OSPF
10 29 (7.51%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (6.48%) Network Security
12 24 (6.22%) EIGRP
13 21 (5.44%) Bluetooth
13 21 (5.44%) WLAN
14 19 (4.92%) Broadband
14 19 (4.92%) Cisco ASA
14 19 (4.92%) Cisco Wireless
15 17 (4.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.81%) JIRA
2 5 (1.30%) Git
3 4 (1.04%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.04%) Subversion
4 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 135 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.25%) Electronics
4 23 (5.96%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.18%) Retail
6 18 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.15%) Law
8 15 (3.89%) Finance
9 13 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.07%) Military
10 8 (2.07%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.81%) Automotive
11 7 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.55%) Marketing
12 6 (1.55%) Welsh Language
13 5 (1.30%) Advertising
13 5 (1.30%) Legal
13 5 (1.30%) Wearables
14 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (15.80%) Senior
2 54 (13.99%) IT Support
2 54 (13.99%) Network Engineer
3 48 (12.44%) Support Engineer
4 42 (10.88%) IT Technician
5 36 (9.33%) Software Engineer
6 31 (8.03%) IT Engineer
7 25 (6.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (6.22%) Senior IT Technician
8 24 (6.22%) Senior Technician
9 23 (5.96%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (5.96%) Embedded Engineer
10 22 (5.70%) Senior Network Engineer
11 21 (5.44%) Support Technician
12 20 (5.18%) Administrator
12 20 (5.18%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (4.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 19 (4.92%) Trainee
14 18 (4.66%) Network Administrator
14 18 (4.66%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.07%) REST
2 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.26%) NumPy
3 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.26%) SciPy
3 1 (0.26%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.40%) Data Centre
2 41 (10.62%) Driving Licence
3 26 (6.74%) IoT
4 21 (5.44%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.85%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (2.59%) Smart Home
7 9 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.30%) CCTV
10 5 (1.30%) Replication
11 4 (1.04%) ASIC
11 4 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.04%) Podcast
11 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.78%) NB-IoT
12 3 (0.78%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 116 (30.05%) Windows
2 72 (18.65%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.44%) Apple iOS
4 19 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.63%) Linux
6 12 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.07%) Android
8 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.26%) CentOS
12 1 (0.26%) Rocky
12 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.26%) Unix
12 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (15.54%) Customer Service
3 42 (10.88%) Software Engineering
4 36 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (8.81%) Service Delivery
6 30 (7.77%) ITIL
7 23 (5.96%) Collaborative Working
8 22 (5.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (5.44%) Logistics
9 21 (5.44%) Project Delivery
10 20 (5.18%) Network Monitoring
10 20 (5.18%) Time Management
11 19 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (4.92%) Root Cause Analysis
12 17 (4.40%) Customer Experience
12 17 (4.40%) ITSM
13 16 (4.15%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (4.15%) Mentoring
13 16 (4.15%) Network Management
13 16 (4.15%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.36%) Python
2 23 (5.96%) C++
3 22 (5.70%) PowerShell
4 19 (4.92%) C
5 5 (1.30%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.30%) VB
6 2 (0.52%) SQL
6 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 53 (13.73%) Cisco Certification
1 53 (13.73%) DBS Check
2 46 (11.92%) CCNP
3 40 (10.36%) Degree
4 21 (5.44%) Network+ Certification
5 19 (4.92%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.89%) CCNA
7 11 (2.85%) CCIE
8 10 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.55%) SC Cleared
10 6 (1.55%) Security Cleared
11 5 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.52%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.52%) HP APS
14 1 (0.26%) CHECK Team Member
14 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.26%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.89%) SLA
2 8 (2.07%) PMO
3 6 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.30%) QA
5 4 (1.04%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.52%) GDPR
6 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) JTAG
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 82 (21.24%) Active Directory
2 46 (11.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (8.29%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.18%) Firmware
5 9 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (2.07%) ProxySG
7 5 (1.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Docker
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (4.40%) Ansible
2 16 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (2.85%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.07%) Terraform
5 4 (1.04%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.04%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.78%) Grafana
6 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.78%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 127 (32.90%) Microsoft
2 88 (22.80%) Cisco
3 48 (12.44%) VMware
4 41 (10.62%) Fortinet
5 33 (8.55%) Meraki
6 25 (6.48%) Aruba
7 21 (5.44%) SolarWinds
8 17 (4.40%) Palo Alto
9 16 (4.15%) CheckPoint
9 16 (4.15%) F5
10 12 (3.11%) HP
11 11 (2.85%) Apple
11 11 (2.85%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.85%) Veeam
12 9 (2.33%) Juniper
13 8 (2.07%) Blue Coat
13 8 (2.07%) Infoblox
13 8 (2.07%) Motorola
14 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
14 6 (1.55%) Salesforce