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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 162 159
Rank change year-on-year -60 -3 +97
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 347 708 615
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.59% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.35% 12.93% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 256 251 551
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,688 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +17.02% -6.00%

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 5,462 5,475 5,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.47% 12.32% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,041 2,692 4,186
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +11.11% -4.51%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -4.76%

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 December 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 December 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
South East -27 131 £40,000 -15.79% 107
North of England -15 48 £29,000 -25.64% 52
Scotland +19 41 £51,000 +4.62% 9
East of England -58 41 £57,500 - 26
South West +29 38 £35,526 -44.27% 25
Midlands -47 35 £52,500 -2.78% 22
West Midlands +13 31 £50,000 -7.41% 13
Yorkshire -20 18 £28,000 -6.67% 11
North West +13 16 £32,000 -41.82% 37
North East +9 14 £29,000 -63.72% 7
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 1
Wales -10 5 £49,750 +13.07% 5
East Midlands -46 4 £57,500 +82.71% 8
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 39 (11.24%) SharePoint
2 36 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.46%) Confluence
4 6 (1.73%) IIS
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.86%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 120 (34.58%) Azure
2 105 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (10.09%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.19%) OneDrive
5 16 (4.61%) AWS
6 12 (3.46%) Power Automate
6 12 (3.46%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.46%) PowerApps
6 12 (3.46%) Serverless
7 8 (2.31%) GCP
8 5 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.44%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.44%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.86%) SaaS
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon Ads
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 120 (34.58%) Firewall
2 91 (26.22%) LAN
3 76 (21.90%) WAN
4 73 (21.04%) DHCP
5 71 (20.46%) VPN
6 69 (19.88%) DNS
7 60 (17.29%) VLAN
8 50 (14.41%) TCP/IP
9 40 (11.53%) VoIP
10 31 (8.93%) Internet
10 31 (8.93%) SD-WAN
11 26 (7.49%) Wireshark
12 22 (6.34%) WLAN
13 18 (5.19%) Software-Defined Radio
13 18 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (4.61%) BGP
14 16 (4.61%) Bluetooth
14 16 (4.61%) Broadband
15 15 (4.32%) MPLS
16 14 (4.03%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.29%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 17 (4.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.15%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.15%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.29%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 126 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.56%) Telecoms
3 51 (14.70%) Electronics
4 42 (12.10%) Finance
5 41 (11.82%) Manufacturing
6 23 (6.63%) Automotive
7 20 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (4.61%) Retail
9 13 (3.75%) Marketing
10 10 (2.88%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.88%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.59%) Billing
12 6 (1.73%) Law
13 5 (1.44%) Legal
14 4 (1.15%) Wearables
15 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Games
15 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (19.31%) Support Engineer
2 54 (15.56%) IT Support
2 54 (15.56%) Technical Support
3 50 (14.41%) Technical Engineer
4 43 (12.39%) Network Engineer
4 43 (12.39%) Technical Support Engineer
5 34 (9.80%) Software Engineer
6 33 (9.51%) IT Engineer
7 31 (8.93%) Embedded Engineer
7 31 (8.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 27 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support
9 25 (7.20%) Analyst
9 25 (7.20%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (6.34%) Senior
11 17 (4.90%) 3rd Line Support
11 17 (4.90%) Support Analyst
12 14 (4.03%) Senior IT Engineer
13 12 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.17%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.03%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.58%) Web Services
3 1 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.07%) Data Centre
1 28 (8.07%) IoT
2 22 (6.34%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.76%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (5.19%) e-Learning
4 18 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.90%) MicroBlaze
5 17 (4.90%) RISC-V
6 15 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.73%) Clustering
9 5 (1.44%) CCTV
9 5 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.15%) Digital Signage
10 4 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.15%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (24.21%) Windows
2 55 (15.85%) Windows Server
3 42 (12.10%) Linux
4 19 (5.48%) Android
4 19 (5.48%) Apple iOS
4 19 (5.48%) Mac OS
5 17 (4.90%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (3.17%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.86%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (25.94%) Customer Service
2 51 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (10.09%) Software Engineering
4 34 (9.80%) Agile
5 30 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (8.65%) Mentoring
6 29 (8.36%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (7.78%) Asset Management
7 27 (7.78%) ITIL
8 26 (7.49%) Collaborative Working
9 25 (7.20%) Change Management
10 24 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (6.92%) Network Monitoring
11 22 (6.34%) Coaching
12 21 (6.05%) Load Balancing
13 20 (5.76%) Innovative Thinking
13 20 (5.76%) ITSM
13 20 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (5.48%) Digital Signal Processing
14 19 (5.48%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.53%) PowerShell
2 34 (9.80%) C++
3 30 (8.65%) C
4 19 (5.48%) Python
5 4 (1.15%) Bash
6 3 (0.86%) SQL
7 2 (0.58%) R
7 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (11.53%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (9.51%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 29 (8.36%) Degree
5 25 (7.20%) CCNA
6 24 (6.92%) CCNP
7 9 (2.59%) GCSC
7 9 (2.59%) JNCIA
8 7 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.73%) ACMT
9 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.15%) OSCP
11 3 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.86%) HND
12 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.58%) CWAP
12 2 (0.58%) CWDP
12 2 (0.58%) CWNA
12 2 (0.58%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.31%) GDPR
2 6 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.73%) SLA
3 4 (1.15%) NIST
3 4 (1.15%) QA
4 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 95 (27.38%) Active Directory
2 58 (16.71%) Hyper-V
3 42 (12.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (9.80%) Firmware
5 19 (5.48%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (2.02%) Docker
7 7 (2.02%) vSphere
8 6 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (16.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.48%) FortiGate
3 17 (4.90%) Autotask
4 11 (3.17%) Ansible
5 9 (2.59%) Terraform
6 7 (2.02%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.73%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.15%) Grafana
8 4 (1.15%) Nmap
8 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.86%) SCCM
10 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 144 (41.50%) Microsoft
2 94 (27.09%) Cisco
3 50 (14.41%) Meraki
4 47 (13.54%) VMware
5 35 (10.09%) Palo Alto
6 29 (8.36%) Veeam
7 28 (8.07%) Fortinet
8 26 (7.49%) SolarWinds
8 26 (7.49%) SonicWALL
9 24 (6.92%) Aruba
10 23 (6.63%) Apple
11 18 (5.19%) Sophos
12 17 (4.90%) CheckPoint
13 15 (4.32%) WatchGuard
14 12 (3.46%) Atlassian
15 11 (3.17%) Samsung
16 10 (2.88%) Datto
16 10 (2.88%) HP
16 10 (2.88%) Ubiquiti
17 9 (2.59%) Sage