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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 100 188
Rank change year-on-year -143 +88 -148
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 522 1,025 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 3.08% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.38% 18.48% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 411 203 822
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.24% +11.18%
75th Percentile £64,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,225
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 5,029 5,548 9,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.13% 16.65% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,418 3,002 6,813
10th Percentile £27,223 £25,087 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £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 £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -106 156 £46,083 +15.21% 99
North of England +5 140 £45,500 +51.67% 46
Midlands -98 89 £42,500 -6.59% 21
North West +37 81 £57,500 +74.24% 22
East of England -97 79 £42,500 -5.56% 22
Yorkshire -40 47 £34,000 +19.30% 22
West Midlands +4 45 £42,500 +25.00% 11
East Midlands -90 44 £35,000 -30.00% 10
South West -55 37 £55,000 +52.78% 21
Scotland +7 15 £50,500 +15.43% 8
North East -41 12 £39,750 +37.07% 3
Wales -49 6 £34,000 -31.66% 3
Northern Ireland -62 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 58 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 41 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.96%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 45 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.68%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.57%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.11%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.15%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 128 (24.52%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (15.52%) Azure
3 43 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.07%) AWS
5 10 (1.92%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.96%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.77%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.57%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.38%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.38%) SaaS
9 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.19%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.19%) GCP
10 1 (0.19%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 135 (25.86%) Firewall
2 101 (19.35%) VPN
2 101 (19.35%) WAN
3 100 (19.16%) LAN
4 69 (13.22%) Wi-Fi
5 56 (10.73%) VLAN
6 54 (10.34%) Network Security
7 49 (9.39%) DHCP
7 49 (9.39%) DNS
8 43 (8.24%) TCP/IP
9 40 (7.66%) Bluetooth
9 40 (7.66%) SD-WAN
10 28 (5.36%) BGP
10 28 (5.36%) Broadband
11 25 (4.79%) OSPF
12 22 (4.21%) WLAN
13 19 (3.64%) 5G
13 19 (3.64%) Modbus
14 17 (3.26%) ZigBee
15 15 (2.87%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Data Mart
2 1 (0.19%) MySQL
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
2 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.45%) Git
2 5 (0.96%) GDB
2 5 (0.96%) GitLab
2 5 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.96%) JIRA
3 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.77%) Subversion
4 3 (0.57%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 160 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 49 (9.39%) Telecoms
3 43 (8.24%) Electronics
4 40 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (4.79%) Finance
7 23 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.92%) Automotive
10 10 (1.92%) Law
10 10 (1.92%) Retail
11 9 (1.72%) Marketing
12 7 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.15%) Legal
14 5 (0.96%) Military
14 5 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Advertising
16 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 84 (16.09%) Support Engineer
2 80 (15.33%) IT Support
3 79 (15.13%) Network Engineer
3 79 (15.13%) Senior
4 58 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 55 (10.54%) Embedded Engineer
5 55 (10.54%) Software Engineer
6 48 (9.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 48 (9.20%) IT Technician
7 43 (8.24%) IT Support Engineer
8 30 (5.75%) Technical Engineer
9 29 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
10 27 (5.17%) Support Technician
10 27 (5.17%) Technical Support
10 27 (5.17%) Technical Support Engineer
11 24 (4.60%) Senior IT Technician
11 24 (4.60%) Senior Technician
12 23 (4.41%) IT Support Technician
13 22 (4.21%) Administrator
14 20 (3.83%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.11%) Yocto
2 4 (0.77%) pytest
2 4 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (0.38%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.19%) NumPy
4 1 (0.19%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.19%) SciPy
4 1 (0.19%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 78 (14.94%) Driving Licence
2 39 (7.47%) Data Centre
3 35 (6.70%) IoT
4 34 (6.51%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.45%) CCTV
6 18 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.87%) FPGA
8 13 (2.49%) ASIC
9 12 (2.30%) Raspberry Pi
10 11 (2.11%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.92%) Smart Home
12 7 (1.34%) ARM Cortex
12 7 (1.34%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.15%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.96%) Clustering
14 5 (0.96%) Replication
15 4 (0.77%) Podcast
15 4 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 145 (27.78%) Windows
2 108 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 28 (5.36%) Windows 10
4 24 (4.60%) Linux
5 17 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 17 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (2.87%) FreeRTOS
7 14 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.72%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.96%) Android
10 4 (0.77%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.19%) CentOS
12 1 (0.19%) Rocky
12 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.19%) Unix
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (14.56%) Software Engineering
3 68 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (11.30%) Customer Service
5 47 (9.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 43 (8.24%) Service Delivery
7 42 (8.05%) Project Delivery
8 34 (6.51%) ITIL
9 31 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (4.98%) Decision-Making
13 25 (4.79%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (4.41%) Computer Science
14 23 (4.41%) CRM
14 23 (4.41%) Time Management
15 22 (4.21%) Network Monitoring
16 21 (4.02%) Validation
17 19 (3.64%) ITSM
17 19 (3.64%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.81%) Python
2 43 (8.24%) C
3 33 (6.32%) C++
4 30 (5.75%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.30%) Embedded C
6 5 (0.96%) Rust
6 5 (0.96%) VB
7 4 (0.77%) Bash
7 4 (0.77%) Ruby
7 4 (0.77%) SQL
8 3 (0.57%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 65 (12.45%) Cisco Certification
1 65 (12.45%) Degree
2 63 (12.07%) DBS Check
3 47 (9.00%) CCNP
4 32 (6.13%) CCNA
5 25 (4.79%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (3.64%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.11%) Security Cleared
9 10 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.92%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.72%) CCIE
11 3 (0.57%) HP APS
11 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.57%) MCSE
12 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.11%) SLA
3 10 (1.92%) JTAG
4 9 (1.72%) GDPR
5 8 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.96%) PMO
7 4 (0.77%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.57%) ECSS
8 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.38%) QA
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 118 (22.61%) Active Directory
2 59 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (7.47%) Hyper-V
4 32 (6.13%) Firmware
5 16 (3.07%) vSphere
6 15 (2.87%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.96%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (7.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.72%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.96%) SCCM
4 4 (0.77%) Ansible
4 4 (0.77%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.77%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.57%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.38%) Nagios
7 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.19%) Terraform
7 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 168 (32.18%) Microsoft
2 111 (21.26%) Cisco
3 62 (11.88%) VMware
4 52 (9.96%) Fortinet
5 47 (9.00%) Aruba
6 34 (6.51%) Meraki
7 25 (4.79%) Palo Alto
8 24 (4.60%) Juniper
9 18 (3.45%) Veeam
10 16 (3.07%) CheckPoint
10 16 (3.07%) Ubiquiti
11 14 (2.68%) HP
12 10 (1.92%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.72%) Apple
14 8 (1.53%) F5
14 8 (1.53%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.34%) Sophos
16 6 (1.15%) Google
16 6 (1.15%) Salesforce