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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 92 185
Rank change year-on-year -110 +93 -121
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 710 1,063 763
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 3.10% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 18.80% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 540 226 408
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +9.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.00% +7.53%

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 5,680 5,654 6,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.67% 16.48% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,652 2,997 3,420
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,967 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -0.99%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -58 259 £50,000 +25.00% 169
North of England -5 151 £55,000 +89.66% 84
Midlands -101 113 £44,000 -12.00% 53
East of England -102 93 £49,000 -10.50% 67
North West +19 81 £65,000 +96.97% 60
South West -44 71 £42,500 +6.25% 48
West Midlands -12 60 £44,000 -1.12% 30
East Midlands -99 53 £43,750 -19.72% 23
Yorkshire -17 52 £40,000 +42.86% 14
Scotland +6 21 £55,000 +7.84% 21
North East -56 18 £65,000 +124.14% 12
Wales -69 3 £35,000 -29.65% 5
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 82 (11.55%) SharePoint
2 76 (10.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (4.93%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.70%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.56%) Simulink
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.99%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.85%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 169 (23.80%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (16.48%) Azure
3 68 (9.58%) Entra ID
4 29 (4.08%) AWS
5 14 (1.97%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.27%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.70%) GCP
8 5 (0.70%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.28%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.28%) SaaS
10 2 (0.28%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.14%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 189 (26.62%) Firewall
2 132 (18.59%) LAN
3 124 (17.46%) WAN
4 118 (16.62%) VPN
5 104 (14.65%) VLAN
6 90 (12.68%) Wi-Fi
7 86 (12.11%) Network Security
8 82 (11.55%) DNS
9 76 (10.70%) DHCP
10 68 (9.58%) TCP/IP
11 48 (6.76%) 5G
11 48 (6.76%) SD-WAN
12 41 (5.77%) Bluetooth
13 38 (5.35%) Broadband
14 33 (4.65%) WLAN
15 31 (4.37%) OSPF
16 30 (4.23%) BGP
17 29 (4.08%) VoIP
18 26 (3.66%) Cisco Wireless
19 22 (3.10%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.14%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.14%) MySQL
3 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.24%) Git
2 8 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.85%) GDB
3 6 (0.85%) GitLab
4 4 (0.56%) JIRA
4 4 (0.56%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.56%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.28%) Maven
5 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 206 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.28%) Telecoms
3 54 (7.61%) Electronics
4 52 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.77%) Manufacturing
6 37 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (5.07%) Finance
8 21 (2.96%) Retail
9 18 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.83%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 12 (1.69%) Advertising
12 10 (1.41%) Legal
12 10 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.13%) Law
13 8 (1.13%) Marketing
13 8 (1.13%) Military
14 7 (0.99%) Automotive
15 5 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 114 (16.06%) Support Engineer
2 109 (15.35%) Network Engineer
3 108 (15.21%) IT Support
4 92 (12.96%) Senior
5 86 (12.11%) IT Engineer
6 70 (9.86%) Software Engineer
7 67 (9.44%) IT Support Engineer
8 65 (9.15%) Embedded Engineer
9 57 (8.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 46 (6.48%) Systems Engineer
11 44 (6.20%) IT Technician
12 31 (4.37%) Technical Engineer
13 30 (4.23%) Lead
14 29 (4.08%) Support Technician
15 27 (3.80%) IT Support Technician
15 27 (3.80%) Technical Support
15 27 (3.80%) Technical Support Engineer
16 25 (3.52%) Wireless Engineer
17 23 (3.24%) 3rd Line Support
18 22 (3.10%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.68%) Yocto
2 10 (1.41%) .NET
2 10 (1.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 10 (1.41%) WinForms
3 8 (1.13%) Terraform
4 4 (0.56%) pytest
4 4 (0.56%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.42%) Flash
5 3 (0.42%) Jinja
5 3 (0.42%) JSON
5 3 (0.42%) YAML
6 2 (0.28%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.14%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 98 (13.80%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.06%) IoT
3 39 (5.49%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (5.35%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.23%) CCTV
6 30 (4.23%) Data Centre
7 29 (4.08%) FPGA
8 22 (3.10%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.39%) Device Driver
10 16 (2.25%) ASIC
11 15 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.97%) Raspberry Pi
13 11 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.27%) PMI
15 8 (1.13%) ARM Cortex
16 7 (0.99%) Clustering
16 7 (0.99%) Smart Home
16 7 (0.99%) Verilog
17 6 (0.85%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 177 (24.93%) Windows
2 131 (18.45%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.79%) Linux
4 29 (4.08%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.39%) Apple iOS
5 17 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.11%) FreeRTOS
6 15 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.83%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (1.83%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.70%) Android
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (14.79%) Software Engineering
3 95 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 88 (12.39%) Customer Service
5 65 (9.15%) Project Delivery
6 60 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 54 (7.61%) Disaster Recovery
9 52 (7.32%) Mentoring
10 49 (6.90%) ITIL
11 47 (6.62%) Root Cause Analysis
12 41 (5.77%) Migration
13 38 (5.35%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (5.21%) Network Design
15 36 (5.07%) Service Delivery
16 34 (4.79%) Validation
17 32 (4.51%) CI/CD
18 31 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
19 30 (4.23%) Decision-Making
20 29 (4.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.87%) C
2 61 (8.59%) Python
3 51 (7.18%) C++
4 45 (6.34%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.82%) Embedded C
6 11 (1.55%) Ruby
6 11 (1.55%) SQL
7 10 (1.41%) C#
8 8 (1.13%) MATLAB
9 6 (0.85%) Bash
9 6 (0.85%) Rust
10 3 (0.42%) VB
11 2 (0.28%) Bicep
11 2 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.14%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 93 (13.10%) Cisco Certification
2 88 (12.39%) Degree
3 60 (8.45%) CCNP
4 49 (6.90%) DBS Check
5 48 (6.76%) CCNA
6 20 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.54%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.39%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.55%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.70%) CCIE
11 5 (0.70%) HNC
12 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.28%) HP APS
13 2 (0.28%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.83%) GDPR
4 12 (1.69%) SLA
5 11 (1.55%) JTAG
6 8 (1.13%) QA
7 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.56%) ECSS
9 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.42%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.42%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 157 (22.11%) Active Directory
2 86 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (8.73%) Hyper-V
4 43 (6.06%) Firmware
5 18 (2.54%) vSphere
6 11 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.14%) KVM
10 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.82%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.69%) Ansible
4 5 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.56%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.56%) SCCM
6 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
8 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 225 (31.69%) Microsoft
2 152 (21.41%) Cisco
3 91 (12.82%) VMware
4 70 (9.86%) Fortinet
5 69 (9.72%) Aruba
6 46 (6.48%) Meraki
7 34 (4.79%) Juniper
8 27 (3.80%) Ubiquiti
9 26 (3.66%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.68%) HP
11 16 (2.25%) Veeam
12 12 (1.69%) Apple
13 11 (1.55%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.55%) F5
13 11 (1.55%) Ruckus Wireless
14 9 (1.27%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.27%) SonicWALL
14 9 (1.27%) Sophos
14 9 (1.27%) WatchGuard
15 7 (0.99%) SolarWinds