Wireless Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 195 48
Rank change year-on-year +72 -147 +131
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,008 1,080 3,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.41% 1.37% 5.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.06% 10.88% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 195 845 515
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £28,750 £29,500 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £41,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% +9.21% -12.64%
75th Percentile £52,250 £58,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £68,250 £70,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £44,700 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.89% +5.56% -10.00%

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 8,359 9,928 9,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.98% 12.60% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,193 6,985 4,505
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.68% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

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 July 2025.

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 July 2025. 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
East of England +68 339 £45,000 -25.00% 88
South East +60 304 £40,000 +6.67% 214
Midlands +109 211 £45,500 +2.25% 86
East Midlands +126 193 £50,000 +31.58% 30
North of England -50 101 £30,000 -25.00% 164
Yorkshire +20 54 £28,500 -18.57% 53
North West -67 39 £33,000 -22.35% 100
South West +31 31 £32,750 -12.67% 88
West Midlands +3 18 £34,000 -35.24% 56
Scotland +1 14 £43,750 -16.67% 50
North East +38 8 £29,000 -26.58% 12
Wales +20 6 £49,750 +24.38% 17
Northern Ireland +43 2 £47,500 +26.67% 16
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.79%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.60%) Confluence
5 1 (0.099%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 79 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (6.75%) Azure
3 25 (2.48%) Entra ID
4 16 (1.59%) OneDrive
5 11 (1.09%) AWS
6 6 (0.60%) Azure Storage
6 6 (0.60%) Power Automate
6 6 (0.60%) Power Platform
6 6 (0.60%) PowerApps
6 6 (0.60%) Serverless
7 4 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.30%) GCP
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon Ads
9 2 (0.20%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (0.20%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.20%) IaaS
10 1 (0.099%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.099%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.099%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 747 (74.11%) Wi-Fi
2 731 (72.52%) LTE
3 729 (72.32%) Bluetooth
4 722 (71.63%) 5G
4 722 (71.63%) GSM
5 721 (71.53%) UMTS
6 96 (9.52%) LAN
7 83 (8.23%) WAN
8 66 (6.55%) Firewall
9 42 (4.17%) VPN
10 39 (3.87%) DHCP
11 38 (3.77%) TCP/IP
12 37 (3.67%) DNS
13 32 (3.17%) Internet
14 30 (2.98%) VLAN
15 25 (2.48%) Software-Defined Radio
15 25 (2.48%) WLAN
16 21 (2.08%) Unified Communications
17 19 (1.88%) Network Security
17 19 (1.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.40%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.20%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (0.69%) JIRA
2 6 (0.60%) Git
3 3 (0.30%) Subversion
4 2 (0.20%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.20%) GDB
4 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.20%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.099%) CMake
5 1 (0.099%) KGDB
5 1 (0.099%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 744 (73.81%) Electronics
2 69 (6.85%) Social Skills
3 39 (3.87%) Finance
4 35 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (2.68%) Telecoms
6 17 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 15 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (1.19%) Automotive
9 10 (0.99%) Law
10 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 7 (0.69%) Marketing
11 7 (0.69%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.50%) Billing
12 5 (0.50%) Wearables
13 4 (0.40%) Legal
13 4 (0.40%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.20%) Advertising
14 2 (0.20%) Local Government
14 2 (0.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 724 (71.83%) Electronics Engineer
2 721 (71.53%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 721 (71.53%) Test Engineer
3 39 (3.87%) IT Support
4 37 (3.67%) Network Engineer
5 34 (3.37%) Software Engineer
6 33 (3.27%) Embedded Engineer
7 28 (2.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 28 (2.78%) Technical Support
8 27 (2.68%) Support Engineer
9 26 (2.58%) Senior
10 23 (2.28%) Analyst
11 19 (1.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 18 (1.79%) Collaboration Specialist
13 16 (1.59%) Support Analyst
13 16 (1.59%) Support Technician
13 16 (1.59%) Technical Engineer
14 15 (1.49%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (1.49%) Technical Support Engineer
15 13 (1.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.79%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.30%) Middleware
3 2 (0.20%) HTML
3 2 (0.20%) HTML5
3 2 (0.20%) JSON
3 2 (0.20%) React
3 2 (0.20%) Redux
4 1 (0.099%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 732 (72.62%) Driving Licence
2 32 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
3 28 (2.78%) Digital Signage
4 21 (2.08%) e-Learning
4 21 (2.08%) MicroBlaze
4 21 (2.08%) RISC-V
4 21 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
5 19 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (1.88%) Virtual Team
6 15 (1.49%) IoT
7 10 (0.99%) EPoS
8 9 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.79%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.50%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.50%) CCTV
10 5 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.50%) Smart Energy
11 4 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.40%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 95 (9.42%) Windows
2 50 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 44 (4.37%) Linux
4 32 (3.17%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.08%) Embedded Linux
6 19 (1.88%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.39%) Mac OS X
8 11 (1.09%) Android
9 9 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.60%) VMS
11 3 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.099%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.099%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.099%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (73.12%) Mentoring
2 726 (72.02%) Validation
3 724 (71.83%) Coaching
4 722 (71.63%) Customer Requirements
4 722 (71.63%) Verification and Validation
5 721 (71.53%) Test Strategy
6 58 (5.75%) Customer Service
7 41 (4.07%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (3.67%) Service Delivery
9 36 (3.57%) ITIL
10 35 (3.47%) Software Engineering
11 27 (2.68%) Agile
12 26 (2.58%) Signal Processing
13 25 (2.48%) Digital Signal Processing
14 23 (2.28%) Project Management
15 22 (2.18%) Innovative Thinking
16 19 (1.88%) User Experience
17 18 (1.79%) Cybersecurity
18 16 (1.59%) Collaborative Working
19 14 (1.39%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (4.07%) C
2 31 (3.08%) C++
3 27 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 23 (2.28%) Python
5 19 (1.88%) SQL
6 5 (0.50%) Assembly Language
6 5 (0.50%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.20%) Bash
7 2 (0.20%) Java
7 2 (0.20%) Progress 4GL
8 1 (0.099%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.099%) R
8 1 (0.099%) Rust
8 1 (0.099%) Scala
Qualifications
1 765 (75.89%) Degree
2 721 (71.53%) HND
3 47 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
4 40 (3.97%) Security Cleared
5 34 (3.37%) SC Cleared
6 31 (3.08%) CCNA
7 27 (2.68%) CCNP
8 26 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.19%) MBA
11 10 (0.99%) MCSA
12 8 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.79%) JNCIA
13 5 (0.50%) GCSC
13 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.30%) A+ Certification
15 2 (0.20%) CWNA
15 2 (0.20%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.99%) SLA
2 7 (0.69%) GDPR
3 6 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.30%) NIST
5 1 (0.099%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.099%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.099%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.099%) PMO
5 1 (0.099%) QA
System Software
1 76 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.47%) Firmware
3 32 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 25 (2.48%) Embedded Firmware
5 16 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.099%) Docker
6 1 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.099%) vSphere
6 1 (0.099%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.09%) FortiGate
3 9 (0.89%) Autotask
4 6 (0.60%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.50%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.50%) WSUS
6 4 (0.40%) Ansible
6 4 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (0.40%) SCCM
7 3 (0.30%) Terraform
8 2 (0.20%) Nmap
9 1 (0.099%) CASB
9 1 (0.099%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.099%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.099%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.099%) Nagios
9 1 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 81 (8.04%) Cisco
3 28 (2.78%) Apple
4 26 (2.58%) Meraki
5 25 (2.48%) VMware
6 18 (1.79%) Mitel
6 18 (1.79%) Polycom
6 18 (1.79%) ShoreTel
7 15 (1.49%) Aruba
8 14 (1.39%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.39%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (1.19%) Unisys
10 10 (0.99%) Palo Alto
10 10 (0.99%) Veeam
11 9 (0.89%) Juniper
12 8 (0.79%) HP
12 8 (0.79%) SonicWALL
13 7 (0.69%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.69%) Draytek
13 7 (0.69%) ServiceNow