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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 94 214
Rank change year-on-year -115 +120 -176
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 673 1,074 680
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 3.09% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.31% 18.64% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 523 246 477
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,875 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +12.13%
75th Percentile £69,390 £53,750 £59,526
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +7.53%

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 5,466 5,761 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.79% 16.57% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 3,121 4,111
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £35,000 £45,802
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -23.58% +1.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,761 £59,938
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 September 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 September 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 -70 223 £50,000 +25.00% 134
North of England +12 163 £46,500 +60.34% 63
Midlands -100 106 £42,500 -15.00% 50
North West +35 91 £65,000 +96.97% 38
East of England -96 90 £42,500 -18.27% 46
South West -44 69 £44,250 +10.63% 41
West Midlands +8 59 £42,500 -10.53% 31
Yorkshire -33 56 £35,000 +22.81% 18
East Midlands -96 47 £42,500 -22.02% 19
Scotland -4 17 £55,000 +7.84% 27
North East -53 16 £65,000 +124.14% 10
Wales -68 5 £34,000 -31.66% 3
Northern Ireland -87 1 £34,000 -42.37% 10
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 74 (11.00%) SharePoint
2 66 (9.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.49%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (4.31%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.45%) Simulink
6 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.89%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 159 (23.63%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (16.20%) Azure
3 62 (9.21%) Entra ID
4 30 (4.46%) AWS
5 13 (1.93%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.34%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.74%) GCP
9 4 (0.59%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.59%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.59%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.30%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.30%) SaaS
10 2 (0.30%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.15%) IBM Watson
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 177 (26.30%) Firewall
2 125 (18.57%) LAN
3 120 (17.83%) WAN
4 119 (17.68%) VPN
5 94 (13.97%) VLAN
6 86 (12.78%) Wi-Fi
7 79 (11.74%) Network Security
8 75 (11.14%) DNS
9 69 (10.25%) DHCP
10 64 (9.51%) TCP/IP
11 45 (6.69%) SD-WAN
12 40 (5.94%) 5G
13 39 (5.79%) Bluetooth
13 39 (5.79%) Broadband
14 32 (4.75%) OSPF
15 31 (4.61%) BGP
15 31 (4.61%) WLAN
16 26 (3.86%) VoIP
17 25 (3.71%) Cisco Wireless
18 21 (3.12%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.30%) Power BI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.15%) MySQL
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.12%) Git
2 8 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.89%) GDB
3 6 (0.89%) GitLab
3 6 (0.89%) JIRA
4 4 (0.59%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.45%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.30%) Maven
6 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 66 (9.81%) Telecoms
3 51 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (7.58%) Electronics
4 39 (5.79%) Manufacturing
5 37 (5.50%) Finance
6 34 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.67%) Retail
8 14 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.93%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.63%) Legal
11 9 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.34%) Marketing
12 8 (1.19%) Advertising
12 8 (1.19%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.19%) Automotive
12 8 (1.19%) Law
13 5 (0.74%) Military
13 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.59%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 113 (16.79%) Support Engineer
2 105 (15.60%) Network Engineer
3 99 (14.71%) IT Support
4 97 (14.41%) Senior
5 82 (12.18%) IT Engineer
6 66 (9.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 62 (9.21%) Software Engineer
8 58 (8.62%) Embedded Engineer
9 51 (7.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 47 (6.98%) IT Technician
11 42 (6.24%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (4.61%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (4.01%) Technical Support
13 27 (4.01%) Technical Support Engineer
14 24 (3.57%) Administrator
14 24 (3.57%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (3.57%) Senior Technician
14 24 (3.57%) Support Technician
15 22 (3.27%) Lead
15 22 (3.27%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.23%) Yocto
2 8 (1.19%) Terraform
3 5 (0.74%) .NET
3 5 (0.74%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 5 (0.74%) WinForms
4 4 (0.59%) pytest
4 4 (0.59%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.45%) Flash
5 3 (0.45%) Jinja
5 3 (0.45%) JSON
5 3 (0.45%) YAML
6 2 (0.30%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.30%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 90 (13.37%) Driving Licence
2 41 (6.09%) Data Centre
3 39 (5.79%) IoT
4 33 (4.90%) Embedded Systems
4 33 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (3.86%) CCTV
7 18 (2.67%) FPGA
7 18 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.23%) Device Driver
9 14 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.93%) ASIC
11 11 (1.63%) Raspberry Pi
12 9 (1.34%) PMI
13 8 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
13 8 (1.19%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.19%) Smart Home
14 7 (1.04%) Clustering
15 5 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
16 4 (0.59%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 175 (26.00%) Windows
2 131 (19.47%) Windows Server
3 30 (4.46%) Linux
4 29 (4.31%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.97%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.23%) FreeRTOS
6 15 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 11 (1.63%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.74%) Android
10 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (14.12%) Software Engineering
3 93 (13.82%) Customer Service
4 91 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
6 56 (8.32%) Project Delivery
7 51 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 47 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (6.84%) Root Cause Analysis
10 43 (6.39%) Service Delivery
11 42 (6.24%) ITIL
12 41 (6.09%) Mentoring
13 38 (5.65%) Collaborative Culture
14 34 (5.05%) Validation
15 32 (4.75%) Migration
15 32 (4.75%) Network Design
16 30 (4.46%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (4.31%) Decision-Making
18 28 (4.16%) ITSM
19 27 (4.01%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 54 (8.02%) Python
2 52 (7.73%) C
3 44 (6.54%) PowerShell
4 40 (5.94%) C++
5 16 (2.38%) Embedded C
6 9 (1.34%) Ruby
6 9 (1.34%) SQL
7 6 (0.89%) Bash
8 5 (0.74%) C#
8 5 (0.74%) Rust
9 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.45%) VB
10 2 (0.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 88 (13.08%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (12.04%) Degree
3 57 (8.47%) CCNP
3 57 (8.47%) DBS Check
4 46 (6.84%) CCNA
5 29 (4.31%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (2.82%) A+ Certification
6 19 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.67%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.78%) Security Cleared
10 11 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.63%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.89%) CCIE
13 5 (0.74%) HNC
14 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.45%) CISSP
15 3 (0.45%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (1.93%) SLA
4 12 (1.78%) GDPR
4 12 (1.78%) JTAG
5 6 (0.89%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.59%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.59%) QA
7 3 (0.45%) ECSS
7 3 (0.45%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.30%) PMO
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 147 (21.84%) Active Directory
2 79 (11.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (8.62%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.79%) Firmware
5 16 (2.38%) vSphere
6 11 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.30%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.15%) KVM
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.38%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.78%) Ansible
4 5 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.74%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.45%) SCCM
5 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.15%) WSUS
7 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 216 (32.10%) Microsoft
2 139 (20.65%) Cisco
3 84 (12.48%) VMware
4 67 (9.96%) Aruba
4 67 (9.96%) Fortinet
5 35 (5.20%) Meraki
6 32 (4.75%) Juniper
7 27 (4.01%) Palo Alto
8 24 (3.57%) Ubiquiti
9 18 (2.67%) HP
10 16 (2.38%) Veeam
11 14 (2.08%) CheckPoint
12 13 (1.93%) F5
13 11 (1.63%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.34%) Apple
14 9 (1.34%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.34%) Sophos
14 9 (1.34%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.19%) SonicWALL
16 7 (1.04%) Ruckus Wireless