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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 99 192
Rank change year-on-year -143 +93 -148
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 492 1,003 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.19% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.07% 18.77% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 384 192 846
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,750 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -11.45% +9.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,333 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.18% -5.26% +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 4,884 5,343 9,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 16.97% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,321 2,861 6,963
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -100 151 £42,500 +6.25% 66
North of England -21 132 £45,500 +51.67% 48
Midlands -111 82 £42,500 -6.59% 23
North West +37 77 £57,500 +74.24% 25
East of England -97 75 £41,191 -8.47% 29
West Midlands +2 43 £42,500 +25.00% 13
Yorkshire -42 42 £34,000 +19.30% 19
East Midlands -98 39 £35,000 -30.00% 10
South West -57 34 £54,709 +85.45% 22
North East -43 13 £39,750 +37.07% 5
Scotland +15 11 £50,500 +26.25% 6
Wales -48 7 £34,000 -31.66% 4
Northern Ireland -31 1 £34,000 -28.42% 6
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 51 (10.37%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.02%) Confluence
4 4 (0.81%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.24%) Lightworks
3 6 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.61%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (2.24%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.81%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 115 (23.37%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (15.24%) Azure
3 37 (7.52%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.25%) AWS
5 8 (1.63%) Mimecast
6 5 (1.02%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.81%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.41%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.41%) SaaS
9 1 (0.20%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 125 (25.41%) Firewall
2 98 (19.92%) WAN
3 97 (19.72%) VPN
4 94 (19.11%) LAN
5 58 (11.79%) Wi-Fi
6 52 (10.57%) Network Security
6 52 (10.57%) VLAN
7 42 (8.54%) DHCP
7 42 (8.54%) DNS
8 40 (8.13%) SD-WAN
9 37 (7.52%) TCP/IP
10 36 (7.32%) Bluetooth
11 30 (6.10%) BGP
12 27 (5.49%) Broadband
12 27 (5.49%) OSPF
13 22 (4.47%) WLAN
14 18 (3.66%) Modbus
15 15 (3.05%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (3.05%) Cisco Wireless
15 15 (3.05%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (2.85%) Git
2 5 (1.02%) JIRA
3 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.81%) GDB
3 4 (0.81%) GitLab
3 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.81%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.81%) Subversion
4 3 (0.61%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 151 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 45 (9.15%) Telecoms
3 41 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.93%) Electronics
5 28 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (4.67%) Finance
7 21 (4.27%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.03%) Automotive
9 10 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.83%) Marketing
10 9 (1.83%) Retail
11 8 (1.63%) Law
12 7 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.02%) Legal
14 5 (1.02%) Military
14 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.81%) Advertising
16 2 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (15.45%) Senior
2 75 (15.24%) Support Engineer
3 74 (15.04%) Network Engineer
4 70 (14.23%) IT Support
5 54 (10.98%) Software Engineer
6 50 (10.16%) Embedded Engineer
7 48 (9.76%) IT Engineer
7 48 (9.76%) IT Technician
8 44 (8.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 35 (7.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 30 (6.10%) Technical Engineer
11 28 (5.69%) Systems Engineer
12 27 (5.49%) Support Technician
12 27 (5.49%) Technical Support
12 27 (5.49%) Technical Support Engineer
13 24 (4.88%) Senior IT Technician
13 24 (4.88%) Senior Technician
14 23 (4.67%) IT Support Technician
14 23 (4.67%) Wireless Engineer
15 22 (4.47%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.83%) Yocto
2 4 (0.81%) pytest
2 4 (0.81%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.61%) REST
4 1 (0.20%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.20%) NumPy
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) SciPy
4 1 (0.20%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 74 (15.04%) Driving Licence
2 39 (7.93%) Data Centre
3 31 (6.30%) IoT
4 29 (5.89%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.05%) CCTV
7 12 (2.44%) FPGA
8 10 (2.03%) ASIC
8 10 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.03%) Smart Home
9 9 (1.83%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.42%) Device Driver
10 7 (1.42%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.02%) Replication
13 4 (0.81%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.81%) Clustering
13 4 (0.81%) Podcast
13 4 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 134 (27.24%) Windows
2 99 (20.12%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.49%) Windows 10
4 19 (3.86%) Linux
5 17 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.85%) Apple iOS
6 14 (2.85%) FreeRTOS
7 13 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.22%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.81%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) Rocky
11 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.20%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (14.02%) Software Engineering
3 64 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (10.77%) Customer Service
5 46 (9.35%) Root Cause Analysis
6 42 (8.54%) Service Delivery
7 39 (7.93%) Project Delivery
8 32 (6.50%) ITIL
9 26 (5.28%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (5.28%) Decision-Making
9 26 (5.28%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (4.47%) CRM
10 22 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (4.47%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (4.27%) Time Management
12 20 (4.07%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (4.07%) Computer Science
13 18 (3.66%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (3.66%) ERP
13 18 (3.66%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.54%) Python
2 37 (7.52%) C
3 31 (6.30%) C++
4 26 (5.28%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.03%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.02%) VB
7 4 (0.81%) Bash
8 3 (0.61%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.61%) Ruby
8 3 (0.61%) Rust
8 3 (0.61%) SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 63 (12.80%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (12.60%) DBS Check
3 57 (11.59%) Degree
4 47 (9.55%) CCNP
5 30 (6.10%) CCNA
6 25 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.86%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.03%) CCIE
9 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.63%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.63%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.42%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.61%) HP APS
13 3 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.61%) MCSE
14 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.20%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (2.24%) SLA
2 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.42%) GDPR
4 6 (1.22%) PMO
5 5 (1.02%) JTAG
6 4 (0.81%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.61%) ECSS
7 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 105 (21.34%) Active Directory
2 54 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 28 (5.69%) Firmware
5 15 (3.05%) Embedded Firmware
6 13 (2.64%) vSphere
7 6 (1.22%) ProxySG
8 3 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (5.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.83%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.02%) Ansible
3 5 (1.02%) SCCM
4 4 (0.81%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.81%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.41%) Nagios
5 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.20%) Terraform
6 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 108 (21.95%) Cisco
3 57 (11.59%) VMware
4 53 (10.77%) Fortinet
5 46 (9.35%) Aruba
6 35 (7.11%) Meraki
7 23 (4.67%) Palo Alto
8 22 (4.47%) Juniper
9 17 (3.46%) CheckPoint
9 17 (3.46%) Veeam
10 15 (3.05%) Ubiquiti
11 13 (2.64%) HP
12 11 (2.24%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.83%) Apple
13 9 (1.83%) F5
14 8 (1.63%) HubSpot
14 8 (1.63%) ServiceNow
15 6 (1.22%) Infoblox
15 6 (1.22%) Motorola
15 6 (1.22%) Salesforce