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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 90 212
Rank change year-on-year -140 +122 -182
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 626 1,063 702
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 3.06% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.71% 18.35% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 485 240 532
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,450 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,688 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% -15.73% +15.03%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £71,225
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +9.89%

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 5,348 5,793 6,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.84% 16.67% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,587 3,178 4,509
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £36,276 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.92% -19.39% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -84 193 £47,500 +18.75% 97
North of England +21 163 £47,500 +63.79% 52
Midlands -89 107 £42,500 -17.07% 36
North West +50 92 £65,000 +96.97% 29
East of England -106 85 £42,500 -5.56% 30
South West -46 59 £42,500 +6.25% 20
West Midlands +14 58 £42,500 +1.19% 21
Yorkshire -23 56 £35,000 +22.81% 13
East Midlands -94 49 £42,500 -22.02% 15
Scotland -7 15 £55,000 +7.84% 5
North East -58 15 £65,000 +124.14% 12
Wales -62 5 £34,000 -31.66% 3
Northern Ireland -81 1 £34,000 -36.15%
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 66 (10.54%) SharePoint
2 58 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.44%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.15%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.48%) Simulink
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.96%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 146 (23.32%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (15.81%) Azure
3 55 (8.79%) Entra ID
4 27 (4.31%) AWS
5 11 (1.76%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.44%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.80%) GCP
9 4 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.64%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.32%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.32%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.32%) SaaS
10 2 (0.32%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.16%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 164 (26.20%) Firewall
2 119 (19.01%) LAN
3 116 (18.53%) WAN
4 114 (18.21%) VPN
5 85 (13.58%) Wi-Fi
6 83 (13.26%) VLAN
7 75 (11.98%) Network Security
8 67 (10.70%) DNS
9 63 (10.06%) DHCP
10 59 (9.42%) TCP/IP
11 44 (7.03%) SD-WAN
12 41 (6.55%) Bluetooth
13 35 (5.59%) Broadband
14 30 (4.79%) OSPF
15 29 (4.63%) BGP
15 29 (4.63%) WLAN
16 27 (4.31%) 5G
17 22 (3.51%) VoIP
18 21 (3.35%) Cisco Wireless
18 21 (3.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.32%) Power BI
3 1 (0.16%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.35%) Git
2 6 (0.96%) GDB
2 6 (0.96%) GitLab
2 6 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.80%) JIRA
4 4 (0.64%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.48%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 195 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 61 (9.74%) Telecoms
3 51 (8.15%) Electronics
4 46 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.23%) Manufacturing
6 33 (5.27%) Finance
7 32 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.40%) Retail
9 13 (2.08%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.76%) Legal
12 10 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.60%) Marketing
13 9 (1.44%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.44%) Law
14 8 (1.28%) Advertising
14 8 (1.28%) Automotive
15 5 (0.80%) Military
15 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.64%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 107 (17.09%) Support Engineer
2 103 (16.45%) Network Engineer
3 95 (15.18%) Senior
4 93 (14.86%) IT Support
5 77 (12.30%) IT Engineer
6 62 (9.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 60 (9.58%) Embedded Engineer
8 59 (9.42%) Software Engineer
9 52 (8.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 45 (7.19%) IT Technician
11 38 (6.07%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (4.95%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (4.31%) Technical Support
13 27 (4.31%) Technical Support Engineer
14 24 (3.83%) Administrator
14 24 (3.83%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (3.83%) Senior Technician
15 22 (3.51%) Network Administrator
15 22 (3.51%) Support Technician
15 22 (3.51%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.40%) Yocto
2 4 (0.64%) pytest
2 4 (0.64%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.48%) Flash
3 3 (0.48%) Jinja
3 3 (0.48%) JSON
3 3 (0.48%) YAML
4 2 (0.32%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.32%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.16%) .NET
5 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.16%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.10%) Driving Licence
2 40 (6.39%) Data Centre
3 38 (6.07%) IoT
4 35 (5.59%) Embedded Systems
5 27 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (4.15%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.67%) CCTV
8 16 (2.56%) FPGA
9 15 (2.40%) Device Driver
9 15 (2.40%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.08%) ASIC
10 13 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.92%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (1.28%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.28%) Smart Home
13 7 (1.12%) Clustering
14 6 (0.96%) PMI
14 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
15 4 (0.64%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 161 (25.72%) Windows
2 120 (19.17%) Windows Server
3 30 (4.79%) Linux
4 25 (3.99%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.88%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
7 14 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.92%) Embedded Linux
10 11 (1.76%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.80%) Android
12 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (14.70%) Software Engineering
3 89 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 88 (14.06%) Customer Service
5 48 (7.67%) Project Delivery
6 47 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (6.87%) Root Cause Analysis
8 42 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 41 (6.55%) ITIL
9 41 (6.55%) Service Delivery
10 39 (6.23%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (5.91%) Collaborative Culture
12 33 (5.27%) Mentoring
13 29 (4.63%) Network Design
13 29 (4.63%) Network Monitoring
14 28 (4.47%) Validation
15 27 (4.31%) Decision-Making
15 27 (4.31%) ITSM
16 25 (3.99%) CI/CD
16 25 (3.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.31%) Python
2 49 (7.83%) C
3 37 (5.91%) C++
3 37 (5.91%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.56%) Embedded C
5 8 (1.28%) Ruby
6 7 (1.12%) SQL
7 6 (0.96%) Bash
8 5 (0.80%) Rust
9 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.32%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) C#
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (13.58%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (12.14%) Degree
3 55 (8.79%) CCNP
3 55 (8.79%) DBS Check
4 44 (7.03%) CCNA
5 29 (4.63%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (3.04%) A+ Certification
7 16 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.08%) Security Cleared
10 12 (1.92%) SC Cleared
11 11 (1.76%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.80%) CCIE
13 5 (0.80%) HNC
14 4 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.48%) CISSP
15 3 (0.48%) HP APS
15 3 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.92%) GDPR
3 12 (1.92%) SLA
4 11 (1.76%) JTAG
5 4 (0.64%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.48%) ECSS
6 3 (0.48%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.32%) PMO
7 2 (0.32%) QA
8 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 136 (21.73%) Active Directory
2 70 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (8.63%) Hyper-V
4 38 (6.07%) Firmware
5 16 (2.56%) vSphere
6 12 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.32%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.16%) KVM
10 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.40%) FortiGate
3 10 (1.60%) Ansible
4 6 (0.96%) Terraform
5 5 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.64%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.64%) SCCM
7 3 (0.48%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.16%) WSUS
9 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 200 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 133 (21.25%) Cisco
3 75 (11.98%) VMware
4 64 (10.22%) Aruba
5 63 (10.06%) Fortinet
6 30 (4.79%) Juniper
7 29 (4.63%) Meraki
8 28 (4.47%) Palo Alto
9 20 (3.19%) Ubiquiti
10 17 (2.72%) HP
11 16 (2.56%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.56%) Veeam
12 12 (1.92%) F5
13 9 (1.44%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.44%) Sophos
14 8 (1.28%) WatchGuard
15 7 (1.12%) Apple
15 7 (1.12%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.12%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.96%) Adobe