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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 95 188
Rank change year-on-year -158 +93 -140
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 417 990 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.63% 3.38% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.19% 19.91% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 339 195 851
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £23,800
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,599 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +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 6,732 4,972 9,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.11% 16.97% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,944 2,666 7,061
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,563 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -118 116 £42,500 +6.25% 74
North of England -12 111 £52,500 +56.26% 51
North West +37 77 £57,500 -14.81% 28
Midlands -118 72 £42,500 -7.61% 27
East of England -107 62 £42,500 -18.27% 30
West Midlands +3 40 £42,500 -5.03% 16
East Midlands -99 32 £34,500 -31.00% 11
South West -50 28 £48,459 +8.90% 38
Yorkshire -75 24 £38,750 +27.05% 18
Scotland +1 16 £75,000 +57.89% 15
Wales -31 11 £42,500 -8.36% 7
North East -32 10 £39,750 -29.77% 10
Northern Ireland -37 2 £45,750 - 1
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 22 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (11.99%) Azure
3 26 (6.24%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.84%) AWS
5 5 (1.20%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.48%) GCP
7 2 (0.48%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.48%) SaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 81 (19.42%) Firewall
1 81 (19.42%) WAN
2 78 (18.71%) VPN
3 70 (16.79%) LAN
4 35 (8.39%) VLAN
5 32 (7.67%) DHCP
5 32 (7.67%) SD-WAN
5 32 (7.67%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (7.43%) BGP
6 31 (7.43%) DNS
6 31 (7.43%) Network Security
7 30 (7.19%) OSPF
8 28 (6.71%) TCP/IP
9 27 (6.47%) Bluetooth
10 21 (5.04%) Broadband
10 21 (5.04%) Cisco Wireless
11 20 (4.80%) WLAN
12 19 (4.56%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (4.32%) EIGRP
14 13 (3.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.92%) Git
2 5 (1.20%) JIRA
3 4 (0.96%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.96%) Subversion
4 3 (0.72%) GDB
4 3 (0.72%) GitLab
4 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.72%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 43 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (8.87%) Telecoms
4 31 (7.43%) Electronics
5 20 (4.80%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.84%) Finance
6 16 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.60%) Law
8 14 (3.36%) Retail
9 11 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.40%) Automotive
11 8 (1.92%) Marketing
11 8 (1.92%) Military
12 7 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.44%) Welsh Language
14 5 (1.20%) Advertising
14 5 (1.20%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.20%) Legal
15 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (17.27%) Support Engineer
2 64 (15.35%) Senior
3 59 (14.15%) Network Engineer
4 50 (11.99%) IT Support
5 43 (10.31%) Software Engineer
6 42 (10.07%) IT Technician
7 34 (8.15%) IT Engineer
8 29 (6.95%) Embedded Engineer
9 28 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (6.47%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.47%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.47%) Technical Support Engineer
11 25 (6.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 24 (5.76%) Senior IT Technician
12 24 (5.76%) Senior Technician
13 22 (5.28%) Senior Network Engineer
14 21 (5.04%) Support Technician
14 21 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
15 20 (4.80%) Administrator
16 19 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.68%) REST
2 3 (0.72%) pytest
2 3 (0.72%) Unity DI Container
2 3 (0.72%) Yocto
3 2 (0.48%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.24%) NumPy
4 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.24%) SciPy
4 1 (0.24%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 67 (16.07%) Driving Licence
2 40 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 28 (6.71%) IoT
4 18 (4.32%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (4.08%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.40%) CCTV
7 10 (2.40%) Smart Home
8 8 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.44%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.20%) Replication
11 4 (0.96%) ASIC
11 4 (0.96%) Device Driver
11 4 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.96%) Podcast
11 4 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.72%) ARM Cortex
12 3 (0.72%) FPGA
12 3 (0.72%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 114 (27.34%) Windows
2 74 (17.75%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.52%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.56%) Apple iOS
5 13 (3.12%) Linux
6 9 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.44%) Android
7 6 (1.44%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Rocky
9 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (12.23%) Software Engineering
4 47 (11.27%) Customer Service
5 42 (10.07%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (8.39%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.67%) ITIL
8 27 (6.47%) Decision-Making
9 25 (6.00%) Time Management
10 24 (5.76%) Project Delivery
11 23 (5.52%) Logistics
12 22 (5.28%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (5.28%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (4.56%) CRM
14 18 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (4.08%) Computer Science
15 17 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 16 (3.84%) Disaster Recovery
16 16 (3.84%) Validation
17 15 (3.60%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.63%) Python
2 26 (6.24%) C++
3 23 (5.52%) C
4 12 (2.88%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.20%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.20%) VB
6 3 (0.72%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 63 (15.11%) DBS Check
2 54 (12.95%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (11.27%) Degree
4 46 (11.03%) CCNP
5 23 (5.52%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.56%) A+ Certification
7 16 (3.84%) CCNA
8 14 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.64%) CCIE
10 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.92%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.68%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.72%) HP APS
14 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.72%) MCSE
15 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.48%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.24%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.64%) SLA
2 8 (1.92%) PMO
3 6 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.96%) ISO 26262
4 4 (0.96%) JTAG
5 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.48%) GDPR
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 80 (19.18%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.56%) Firmware
3 19 (4.56%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.64%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (1.92%) ProxySG
6 7 (1.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.16%) Ansible
3 8 (1.92%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.20%) SCCM
5 4 (0.96%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.96%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.48%) Nagios
6 2 (0.48%) Terraform
7 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.24%) Nessus
7 1 (0.24%) Nmap
7 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 116 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 88 (21.10%) Cisco
3 42 (10.07%) VMware
4 38 (9.11%) Fortinet
5 30 (7.19%) Aruba
6 27 (6.47%) Meraki
7 16 (3.84%) SolarWinds
8 15 (3.60%) CheckPoint
9 14 (3.36%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.36%) Veeam
10 13 (3.12%) F5
11 11 (2.64%) Apple
11 11 (2.64%) Juniper
12 9 (2.16%) HP
12 9 (2.16%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.92%) Blue Coat
13 8 (1.92%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.92%) Infoblox
13 8 (1.92%) Motorola
14 6 (1.44%) Salesforce