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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 164 166
Rank change year-on-year -46 +2 +107
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 370 722 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 1.52% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.52% 13.00% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 269 253 571
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,271
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +24.16% -10.51%
75th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £54,875 £46,500
% change year-on-year -22.55% +18.01% -7.00%

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 5,675 5,553 5,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.36% 11.70% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 2,691 4,257
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.44% +7.00% -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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 -12 136 £40,000 -15.79% 112
North of England -13 62 £29,000 -25.64% 36
East of England -53 46 £57,500 -6.12% 32
South West +39 41 £35,000 -45.10% 45
Scotland +13 39 £51,000 +2.00% 19
Midlands -38 34 £50,000 -7.41% 32
West Midlands +8 30 £50,000 -7.41% 21
Yorkshire -7 28 £28,000 -6.67% 7
North East +8 17 £29,000 -63.72% 4
North West +4 17 £32,000 -41.82% 25
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 3
Wales -6 4 £49,750 +13.07% 7
East Midlands -40 4 £57,500 +88.89% 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 45 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 39 (10.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.78%) Confluence
4 6 (1.62%) IIS
5 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 2 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.81%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 127 (34.32%) Azure
2 110 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (10.54%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.68%) OneDrive
5 16 (4.32%) AWS
6 14 (3.78%) Power Automate
6 14 (3.78%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.78%) PowerApps
6 14 (3.78%) Serverless
7 8 (2.16%) GCP
8 6 (1.62%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.35%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon Ads
11 3 (0.81%) SaaS
12 2 (0.54%) Facebook Ads
12 2 (0.54%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 125 (33.78%) Firewall
2 107 (28.92%) LAN
3 86 (23.24%) WAN
4 73 (19.73%) DHCP
5 72 (19.46%) VPN
6 70 (18.92%) DNS
7 62 (16.76%) VLAN
8 51 (13.78%) TCP/IP
9 41 (11.08%) VoIP
10 36 (9.73%) Internet
11 28 (7.57%) SD-WAN
12 26 (7.03%) Wireshark
13 25 (6.76%) WLAN
14 23 (6.22%) Software-Defined Radio
15 19 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
16 17 (4.59%) BGP
17 16 (4.32%) Bluetooth
17 16 (4.32%) Broadband
17 16 (4.32%) MPLS
17 16 (4.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.49%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.27%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 19 (5.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.08%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 138 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.59%) Electronics
2 54 (14.59%) Telecoms
3 48 (12.97%) Finance
4 39 (10.54%) Manufacturing
5 26 (7.03%) Automotive
6 19 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.05%) Marketing
8 12 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.24%) Retail
9 11 (2.97%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.70%) Billing
10 10 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.62%) Law
11 6 (1.62%) Legal
12 4 (1.08%) Wearables
13 3 (0.81%) Advertising
13 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Games
13 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 69 (18.65%) Support Engineer
2 58 (15.68%) Technical Support
3 56 (15.14%) IT Support
4 53 (14.32%) Technical Engineer
5 49 (13.24%) Network Engineer
6 46 (12.43%) Technical Support Engineer
7 38 (10.27%) Software Engineer
8 36 (9.73%) Embedded Engineer
8 36 (9.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 31 (8.38%) IT Engineer
10 26 (7.03%) Analyst
11 25 (6.76%) 2nd Line Support
12 24 (6.49%) Senior
13 23 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (4.86%) Support Analyst
15 16 (4.32%) 3rd Line Support
16 14 (3.78%) Senior IT Engineer
17 12 (3.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 12 (3.24%) ICT Support
18 11 (2.97%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.05%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.54%) Web Services
3 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.11%) IoT
2 29 (7.84%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.76%) Embedded Systems
3 25 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (6.22%) e-Learning
5 22 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 22 (5.95%) MicroBlaze
5 22 (5.95%) RISC-V
6 20 (5.41%) Driving Licence
7 16 (4.32%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.24%) Digital Signage
9 11 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (2.70%) EPoS
11 9 (2.43%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.62%) CCTV
12 6 (1.62%) Clustering
13 5 (1.35%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (1.08%) Product Ownership
14 4 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (23.51%) Windows
2 56 (15.14%) Windows Server
3 46 (12.43%) Linux
4 22 (5.95%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (5.68%) Apple iOS
5 21 (5.68%) Mac OS
6 20 (5.41%) Android
7 14 (3.78%) Windows 10
8 13 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.81%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.11%) Customer Service
2 51 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (10.54%) Software Engineering
4 38 (10.27%) Agile
5 35 (9.46%) Asset Management
6 33 (8.92%) Mentoring
7 31 (8.38%) ITIL
8 28 (7.57%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (7.30%) Collaborative Working
9 27 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (7.03%) Change Management
11 25 (6.76%) Innovative Thinking
12 24 (6.49%) Digital Signal Processing
12 24 (6.49%) Signal Processing
13 23 (6.22%) Coaching
13 23 (6.22%) Network Monitoring
14 22 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (5.95%) CRM
15 21 (5.68%) ITSM
15 21 (5.68%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.35%) PowerShell
2 38 (10.27%) C++
3 35 (9.46%) C
4 19 (5.14%) Python
5 4 (1.08%) Bash
5 4 (1.08%) SQL
6 2 (0.54%) R
6 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 45 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.38%) Degree
5 29 (7.84%) CCNA
6 27 (7.30%) CCNP
7 12 (3.24%) JNCIA
8 10 (2.70%) GCSC
9 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.89%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.62%) ACMT
12 4 (1.08%) OSCP
13 3 (0.81%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.81%) HND
14 2 (0.54%) CWAP
14 2 (0.54%) CWNA
14 2 (0.54%) CWSP
14 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.70%) GDPR
2 7 (1.89%) SLA
3 6 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.08%) NIST
4 4 (1.08%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 101 (27.30%) Active Directory
2 59 (15.95%) Hyper-V
3 43 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (10.54%) Firmware
5 24 (6.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.89%) Docker
7 7 (1.89%) vSphere
8 6 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.54%) XenApp
10 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (16.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.68%) FortiGate
3 18 (4.86%) Autotask
4 11 (2.97%) Ansible
5 9 (2.43%) Terraform
6 7 (1.89%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.62%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.35%) SCCM
9 4 (1.08%) Grafana
9 4 (1.08%) Nmap
9 4 (1.08%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 151 (40.81%) Microsoft
2 99 (26.76%) Cisco
3 53 (14.32%) Meraki
4 49 (13.24%) VMware
5 33 (8.92%) Palo Alto
6 31 (8.38%) Veeam
7 30 (8.11%) Fortinet
8 29 (7.84%) SonicWALL
9 26 (7.03%) Apple
9 26 (7.03%) Aruba
10 25 (6.76%) SolarWinds
11 18 (4.86%) CheckPoint
11 18 (4.86%) Sophos
12 17 (4.59%) WatchGuard
13 14 (3.78%) Atlassian
14 13 (3.51%) Samsung
15 12 (3.24%) Ubiquiti
16 11 (2.97%) Datto
16 11 (2.97%) HP
16 11 (2.97%) Juniper