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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 154 182
Rank change year-on-year -107 +28 -88
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 342 505 948
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.83% 1.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.36% 12.61% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 278 198 795
10th Percentile £27,900 £26,925 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,563 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,095 £44,700 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +11.75% -
75th Percentile £66,500 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +22.22% -

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 7,847 4,005 8,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.68% 14.49% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,871 2,559 6,841
10th Percentile £25,875 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,507 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.85% +11.51% -3.33%
75th Percentile £55,627 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.64% +9.28% -7.62%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -35 129 £40,000 - 74
North of England -83 57 £34,000 -15.00% 58
Midlands -40 51 £50,000 -14.89% 27
East of England -61 39 £40,000 -27.27% 42
West Midlands +6 36 £56,750 -12.69% 14
Scotland -4 33 £70,750 +76.88% 6
North West -25 31 £36,000 -46.67% 36
South West -40 15 £45,000 -18.18% 19
East Midlands -71 15 £35,000 +7.69% 13
North East -18 14 £29,000 -63.75% 8
Wales -19 12 £42,500 -2.30% 5
Yorkshire -84 12 £34,000 +13.33% 16
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 2
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 19 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) CMS
3 2 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (26.02%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (21.93%) Azure
3 22 (6.43%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.85%) AWS
5 7 (2.05%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.75%) GCP
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 105 (30.70%) Firewall
2 93 (27.19%) WAN
3 77 (22.51%) LAN
4 73 (21.35%) VPN
5 55 (16.08%) VLAN
6 50 (14.62%) DHCP
7 46 (13.45%) DNS
8 45 (13.16%) SD-WAN
8 45 (13.16%) TCP/IP
9 36 (10.53%) BGP
10 33 (9.65%) OSPF
11 26 (7.60%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (6.73%) EIGRP
12 23 (6.73%) Network Security
12 23 (6.73%) WLAN
13 21 (6.14%) Wireshark
14 18 (5.26%) VoIP
15 17 (4.97%) MPLS
16 16 (4.68%) Bluetooth
16 16 (4.68%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Git
2 4 (1.17%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.17%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) Subversion
3 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (10.23%) Telecoms
4 18 (5.26%) Law
5 17 (4.97%) Electronics
6 16 (4.68%) Retail
7 15 (4.39%) Finance
7 15 (4.39%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.34%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.75%) Military
10 6 (1.75%) Welsh Language
11 5 (1.46%) Wearables
12 4 (1.17%) Marketing
13 3 (0.88%) Automotive
14 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.58%) Legal
14 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (16.37%) Network Engineer
2 51 (14.91%) IT Support
3 45 (13.16%) Support Engineer
4 28 (8.19%) IT Engineer
4 28 (8.19%) Senior
5 27 (7.89%) Software Engineer
6 20 (5.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (5.85%) Administrator
7 19 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 19 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
7 19 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
7 19 (5.56%) Technical Support
7 19 (5.56%) Trainee
8 18 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (5.26%) Network Administrator
8 18 (5.26%) Trainee Administrator
8 18 (5.26%) Trainee Network Administrator
9 17 (4.97%) Support Technician
10 15 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.34%) REST
2 2 (0.58%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.58%) Web Services
3 1 (0.29%) NumPy
3 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.29%) SciPy
3 1 (0.29%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 29 (8.48%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.43%) IoT
4 21 (6.14%) Onboarding
5 20 (5.85%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.75%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.46%) Replication
9 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.17%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.17%) Smart Home
9 4 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.88%) CCTV
10 3 (0.88%) FPGA
10 3 (0.88%) NB-IoT
11 2 (0.58%) Photography
11 2 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 88 (25.73%) Windows
2 46 (13.45%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.14%) Apple iOS
4 17 (4.97%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.68%) Linux
6 12 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.34%) Android
7 8 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) CentOS
10 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.29%) Rocky
10 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.29%) Unix
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (17.25%) Customer Service
3 35 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (9.06%) ITIL
4 31 (9.06%) Software Engineering
5 28 (8.19%) Network Monitoring
6 27 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
7 26 (7.60%) Change Management
8 25 (7.31%) Mentoring
9 23 (6.73%) Load Balancing
10 22 (6.43%) Logistics
11 21 (6.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (5.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.26%) Project Delivery
14 17 (4.97%) Network Management
14 17 (4.97%) Tech Ops
14 17 (4.97%) Time Management
15 16 (4.68%) Asset Management
16 15 (4.39%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.53%) Python
2 25 (7.31%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.97%) C++
4 13 (3.80%) C
5 5 (1.46%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.46%) VB
6 2 (0.58%) SQL
6 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 50 (14.62%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (13.45%) CCNP
3 29 (8.48%) Degree
4 20 (5.85%) DBS Check
5 19 (5.56%) A+ Certification
5 19 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (3.80%) CCNA
7 9 (2.63%) CCIE
7 9 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.05%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.58%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.29%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.92%) SLA
2 7 (2.05%) PMO
3 6 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.46%) QA
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) JTAG
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 39 (11.40%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.56%) Firmware
5 7 (2.05%) ProxySG
6 6 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.88%) vSphere
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.29%) Docker
9 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.26%) Ansible
3 16 (4.68%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.63%) Terraform
5 4 (1.17%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.17%) Grafana
5 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.88%) SCCM
7 2 (0.58%) Nagios
8 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.29%) Nessus
8 1 (0.29%) Nmap
8 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 107 (31.29%) Microsoft
2 92 (26.90%) Cisco
3 41 (11.99%) Meraki
4 36 (10.53%) Fortinet
5 30 (8.77%) SolarWinds
6 29 (8.48%) Palo Alto
7 25 (7.31%) VMware
8 24 (7.02%) CheckPoint
9 16 (4.68%) Aruba
10 15 (4.39%) F5
11 14 (4.09%) Apple
11 14 (4.09%) Veeam
12 12 (3.51%) SonicWALL
13 11 (3.22%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.63%) Google
15 8 (2.34%) HP
16 7 (2.05%) Blue Coat
16 7 (2.05%) Infoblox
16 7 (2.05%) Juniper
16 7 (2.05%) Motorola