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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 154 175
Rank change year-on-year -84 +21 +77
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 341 645 602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.78% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.50% 13.09% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 262 230 531
10th Percentile £27,540 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,375 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% +23.44% -11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +18.28% -2.11%

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 7,579 4,926 5,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.91% 13.62% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,847 2,451 4,244
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 9 January 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 January 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 -14 144 £40,000 -15.79% 122
North of England -41 42 £29,000 -27.50% 68
Scotland +27 40 £51,000 +27.50% 14
East of England -59 39 £57,500 +4.55% 54
Midlands -60 38 £51,250 -5.09% 61
West Midlands -7 34 £55,000 +1.85% 25
South West -7 21 £38,526 -29.95% 56
North West -7 18 £30,000 -45.45% 30
North East +6 13 £29,000 -63.75% 11
Yorkshire -32 11 £28,000 -6.67% 29
Wales -12 9 £42,500 -3.41% 18
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 8
East Midlands -67 4 £36,750 +20.73% 33
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 29 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.05%) Confluence
4 4 (1.17%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) CMS
5 2 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.59%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 107 (31.38%) Azure
2 91 (26.69%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (8.80%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.28%) AWS
5 11 (3.23%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.05%) GCP
6 7 (2.05%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.05%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.05%) Serverless
7 5 (1.47%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.17%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon Ads
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (32.84%) Firewall
2 84 (24.63%) WAN
3 83 (24.34%) LAN
4 70 (20.53%) VPN
5 62 (18.18%) DHCP
6 59 (17.30%) DNS
6 59 (17.30%) VLAN
7 44 (12.90%) TCP/IP
8 38 (11.14%) SD-WAN
9 32 (9.38%) VoIP
10 28 (8.21%) Internet
10 28 (8.21%) Wireshark
11 26 (7.62%) BGP
12 24 (7.04%) OSPF
13 20 (5.87%) WLAN
14 18 (5.28%) MPLS
15 17 (4.99%) Network Security
15 17 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (4.69%) EIGRP
17 15 (4.40%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.29%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 11 (3.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.59%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 122 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.37%) Telecoms
3 40 (11.73%) Electronics
4 34 (9.97%) Finance
4 34 (9.97%) Manufacturing
5 31 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.28%) Retail
7 14 (4.11%) Automotive
7 14 (4.11%) Law
8 9 (2.64%) Marketing
8 9 (2.64%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.76%) Military
9 6 (1.76%) Welsh Language
10 5 (1.47%) Billing
10 5 (1.47%) Legal
11 4 (1.17%) Wearables
12 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Games
13 2 (0.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 59 (17.30%) Support Engineer
2 48 (14.08%) IT Support
3 47 (13.78%) Network Engineer
4 36 (10.56%) Software Engineer
4 36 (10.56%) Technical Engineer
5 35 (10.26%) Technical Support
6 31 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 30 (8.80%) Technical Support Engineer
8 28 (8.21%) 2nd Line Support
9 24 (7.04%) Embedded Engineer
9 24 (7.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 23 (6.74%) Senior
11 21 (6.16%) Analyst
11 21 (6.16%) IT Support Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.40%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.52%) Lead
16 11 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.35%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.76%) REST
3 2 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.50%) Management Information System
3 27 (7.92%) IoT
4 23 (6.74%) Driving Licence
5 19 (5.57%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.11%) Embedded Systems
7 12 (3.52%) e-Learning
8 11 (3.23%) MicroBlaze
8 11 (3.23%) RISC-V
9 10 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.47%) CCTV
12 4 (1.17%) Clustering
12 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.17%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.88%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.46%) Windows
2 45 (13.20%) Windows Server
3 31 (9.09%) Linux
4 23 (6.74%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.28%) Android
6 16 (4.69%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.81%) Windows 10
8 11 (3.23%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (2.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (24.05%) Customer Service
2 62 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (11.14%) Software Engineering
4 36 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (9.68%) Change Management
6 31 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 28 (8.21%) ITIL
8 27 (7.92%) Network Monitoring
9 26 (7.62%) Agile
10 25 (7.33%) Collaborative Working
11 24 (7.04%) Asset Management
11 24 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
12 23 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (6.74%) Load Balancing
13 21 (6.16%) Coaching
14 20 (5.87%) Network Management
14 20 (5.87%) Network Virtualisation
14 20 (5.87%) Project Delivery
14 20 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.38%) C++
2 30 (8.80%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.62%) Python
4 23 (6.74%) C
5 2 (0.59%) SQL
5 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) Bash
6 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (9.38%) CCNP
3 28 (8.21%) Degree
4 23 (6.74%) Security Cleared
5 21 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.40%) CCNA
7 9 (2.64%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.47%) GCSC
8 5 (1.47%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.17%) ACMT
9 4 (1.17%) CCIE
9 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.59%) GPEN
11 2 (0.59%) HND
11 2 (0.59%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.05%) GDPR
1 7 (2.05%) SLA
2 6 (1.76%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.47%) QA
4 3 (0.88%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (25.22%) Active Directory
2 46 (13.49%) Hyper-V
3 38 (11.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (8.21%) Firmware
5 13 (3.81%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.76%) vSphere
8 5 (1.47%) Docker
9 4 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.88%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.16%) FortiGate
3 16 (4.69%) Ansible
4 9 (2.64%) Autotask
5 8 (2.35%) Terraform
6 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.17%) Grafana
7 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.17%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.59%) Nmap
9 1 (0.29%) Nessus
9 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.29%) SCCM
9 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 125 (36.66%) Microsoft
2 90 (26.39%) Cisco
3 49 (14.37%) Meraki
4 41 (12.02%) VMware
5 36 (10.56%) Palo Alto
6 33 (9.68%) Fortinet
7 30 (8.80%) SolarWinds
8 22 (6.45%) Aruba
8 22 (6.45%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.16%) Apple
10 20 (5.87%) SonicWALL
11 19 (5.57%) Veeam
12 13 (3.81%) Sophos
13 11 (3.23%) HP
13 11 (3.23%) WatchGuard
14 10 (2.93%) F5
14 10 (2.93%) Samsung
15 9 (2.64%) ServiceNow
16 8 (2.35%) Juniper
17 7 (2.05%) Sage