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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 152 174
Rank change year-on-year -109 +22 -10
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 316 563 897
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.63% 1.87% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.10% 12.90% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 247 190 755
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £29,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +11.63% -5.15%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,450
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -

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 7,701 4,364 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.36% 14.53% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,789 2,379 6,357
10th Percentile £25,400 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +15.67% -3.94%
75th Percentile £54,500 £64,255 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -38 129 £41,250 +3.13% 92
Midlands -56 50 £52,500 - 42
North of England -72 43 £30,000 -32.89% 75
Scotland +4 37 £59,000 +47.50% 11
West Midlands -5 36 £61,000 -4.31% 20
East of England -74 29 £42,500 -22.73% 51
North West -21 21 £35,000 -48.15% 38
East Midlands -72 14 £35,500 +9.23% 21
South West -30 13 £41,000 -27.11% 40
North East -6 12 £29,000 -63.75% 11
Wales -19 10 £42,500 -1.16% 16
Yorkshire -71 10 £28,000 -5.08% 28
Northern Ireland - 6 £70,000 - 7
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 20 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) CMS
3 2 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.32%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 84 (26.58%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (25.00%) Azure
3 21 (6.65%) Entra ID
4 19 (6.01%) AWS
5 8 (2.53%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.90%) GCP
7 4 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 106 (33.54%) Firewall
2 95 (30.06%) WAN
3 80 (25.32%) LAN
4 71 (22.47%) VPN
5 52 (16.46%) VLAN
6 51 (16.14%) DHCP
7 48 (15.19%) SD-WAN
8 47 (14.87%) DNS
9 44 (13.92%) TCP/IP
10 36 (11.39%) BGP
11 32 (10.13%) OSPF
12 26 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (8.23%) Wireshark
13 24 (7.59%) WLAN
14 23 (7.28%) Network Security
15 22 (6.96%) EIGRP
16 21 (6.65%) VoIP
17 19 (6.01%) Internet
18 17 (5.38%) MPLS
19 16 (5.06%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.90%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.32%) FileMaker
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Eclipse
1 4 (1.27%) Git
1 4 (1.27%) Subversion
2 3 (0.95%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
General
1 115 (36.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (12.66%) Telecoms
4 20 (6.33%) Electronics
5 19 (6.01%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.70%) Law
7 17 (5.38%) Finance
8 16 (5.06%) Retail
9 9 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.90%) Military
11 6 (1.90%) Welsh Language
12 4 (1.27%) Wearables
13 3 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.95%) Automotive
13 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Legal
14 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (18.04%) Network Engineer
2 51 (16.14%) IT Support
3 45 (14.24%) Support Engineer
4 28 (8.86%) IT Engineer
5 27 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 26 (8.23%) Senior
7 21 (6.65%) Technical Engineer
7 21 (6.65%) Technical Support
8 19 (6.01%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (5.70%) Embedded Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) Senior Network Engineer
10 17 (5.38%) Technical Support Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (4.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 14 (4.43%) Support Technician
12 14 (4.43%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (4.11%) IT Support Technician
13 13 (4.11%) IT Technician
14 12 (3.80%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.53%) REST
2 2 (0.63%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.63%) Web Services
3 1 (0.32%) NumPy
3 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.32%) SciPy
3 1 (0.32%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.39%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.44%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.91%) Management Information System
4 23 (7.28%) Onboarding
5 21 (6.65%) IoT
6 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.90%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.58%) Replication
9 4 (1.27%) CCTV
9 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.95%) FPGA
10 3 (0.95%) Smart Home
10 3 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.63%) PKI
11 2 (0.63%) SCADA
11 2 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (26.58%) Windows
2 45 (14.24%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.38%) Apple iOS
4 16 (5.06%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.43%) Linux
6 12 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.22%) Android
9 2 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Rocky
10 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (19.94%) Customer Service
3 34 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (10.13%) Network Monitoring
5 30 (9.49%) Change Management
5 30 (9.49%) Software Engineering
6 29 (9.18%) ITIL
7 27 (8.54%) Collaborative Working
8 25 (7.91%) Load Balancing
8 25 (7.91%) Mentoring
9 24 (7.59%) Logistics
10 21 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (6.33%) Asset Management
11 20 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (5.70%) Project Delivery
13 17 (5.38%) Network Management
13 17 (5.38%) Problem Management
13 17 (5.38%) Tech Ops
13 17 (5.38%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.71%) Python
2 26 (8.23%) PowerShell
3 19 (6.01%) C++
4 14 (4.43%) C
5 6 (1.90%) VB
6 4 (1.27%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.63%) SQL
7 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 48 (15.19%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (14.24%) CCNP
3 29 (9.18%) Degree
4 20 (6.33%) DBS Check
5 13 (4.11%) CCNA
6 8 (2.53%) CCIE
7 7 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.90%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.58%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.32%) ACCA
11 1 (0.32%) CCSP
11 1 (0.32%) CIMA
11 1 (0.32%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.32%) MCSE
11 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.32%) PMP
11 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) SLA
2 6 (1.90%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.90%) PMO
3 5 (1.58%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) GRC
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 73 (23.10%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.34%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.33%) Firmware
5 6 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.90%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.95%) vSphere
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.32%) Docker
8 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.70%) Ansible
3 17 (5.38%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.85%) Terraform
5 4 (1.27%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.27%) Grafana
5 4 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.63%) Nagios
6 2 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.32%) Nessus
7 1 (0.32%) Nmap
7 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 104 (32.91%) Microsoft
2 94 (29.75%) Cisco
3 46 (14.56%) Meraki
4 34 (10.76%) Fortinet
5 33 (10.44%) SolarWinds
6 31 (9.81%) Palo Alto
7 25 (7.91%) CheckPoint
7 25 (7.91%) VMware
8 14 (4.43%) Aruba
8 14 (4.43%) F5
8 14 (4.43%) Veeam
9 13 (4.11%) Apple
10 12 (3.80%) SonicWALL
11 10 (3.16%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.85%) Google
13 8 (2.53%) Juniper
14 7 (2.22%) HP
14 7 (2.22%) WatchGuard
15 6 (1.90%) Blue Coat
15 6 (1.90%) Motorola