Wireless Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 190 56
Rank change year-on-year +37 -134 +85
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 679 1,064 3,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.84% 1.51% 5.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.70% 10.84% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 198 869 530
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £33,313 £28,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% +6.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £51,219
90th Percentile £80,750 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -10.00%

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 5,346 9,815 11,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.52% 13.96% 18.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 7,128 4,863
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,688 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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
East of England +62 203 £55,000 -8.33% 73
South East +17 202 £40,000 +7.38% 122
Midlands +59 135 £52,000 +15.56% 54
East Midlands +109 115 £47,500 +21.79% 25
North of England -23 92 £34,000 -15.00% 72
Yorkshire +37 47 £30,500 -9.29% 24
North West -54 41 £67,500 +68.75% 36
South West +11 21 £44,500 +18.67% 52
West Midlands -29 20 £65,000 +26.83% 26
Scotland +42 14 £47,500 -9.52% 26
Wales +27 11 £46,375 +32.50% 6
North East +40 4 £56,599 +43.29% 12
Northern Ireland +32 1 - - 4
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.65%) Skype for Business
2 16 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 51 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (7.36%) Azure
3 15 (2.21%) Entra ID
4 11 (1.62%) AWS
5 5 (0.74%) Azure Storage
5 5 (0.74%) SaaS
6 4 (0.59%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.29%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.29%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.29%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.15%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.15%) GCP
8 1 (0.15%) IaaS
8 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.15%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 450 (66.27%) Wi-Fi
2 433 (63.77%) Bluetooth
3 421 (62.00%) LTE
4 420 (61.86%) 5G
5 418 (61.56%) GSM
6 415 (61.12%) UMTS
7 89 (13.11%) LAN
8 78 (11.49%) WAN
9 56 (8.25%) Firewall
10 40 (5.89%) VPN
11 35 (5.15%) TCP/IP
12 34 (5.01%) Internet
13 30 (4.42%) DHCP
14 29 (4.27%) DNS
15 25 (3.68%) VLAN
16 23 (3.39%) Cisco Nexus
17 21 (3.09%) Unified Communications
18 20 (2.95%) Network Security
19 18 (2.65%) BGP
19 18 (2.65%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.29%) EDMS
2 2 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.33%) Git
2 7 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.74%) JIRA
4 2 (0.29%) GDB
4 2 (0.29%) Subversion
5 1 (0.15%) CMake
5 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.15%) KGDB
General
1 443 (65.24%) Electronics
2 44 (6.48%) Social Skills
3 41 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (3.98%) Telecoms
5 23 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.80%) Finance
7 17 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.06%) Law
9 12 (1.77%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.18%) Wearables
12 7 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.88%) Local Government
14 5 (0.74%) Marketing
14 5 (0.74%) Retail
14 5 (0.74%) Welsh Language
15 4 (0.59%) Automotive
15 4 (0.59%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.29%) Legal
16 2 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 418 (61.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 416 (61.27%) Test Engineer
3 415 (61.12%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 63 (9.28%) Senior
5 37 (5.45%) Network Engineer
6 24 (3.53%) IT Support
6 24 (3.53%) Software Engineer
7 22 (3.24%) Consultant
8 21 (3.09%) Embedded Engineer
9 20 (2.95%) Network Support
9 20 (2.95%) Senior Consultant
9 20 (2.95%) Senior Network Consultant
10 19 (2.80%) Infrastructure Support
11 18 (2.65%) Collaboration Specialist
11 18 (2.65%) Network Consultant
11 18 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.36%) Analyst
13 15 (2.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 13 (1.91%) IT Support Technician
14 13 (1.91%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.03%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.29%) HTML
3 2 (0.29%) HTML5
3 2 (0.29%) JSON
3 2 (0.29%) React
3 2 (0.29%) Redux
4 1 (0.15%) Bazel
4 1 (0.15%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 430 (63.33%) Driving Licence
2 23 (3.39%) Virtual Team
3 20 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
4 19 (2.80%) Embedded Systems
5 18 (2.65%) Digital Signage
6 16 (2.36%) IoT
7 15 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.33%) CCTV
9 9 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.88%) Device Driver
11 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.74%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.74%) Smart Energy
12 4 (0.59%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.59%) Replication
13 3 (0.44%) GNSS
13 3 (0.44%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.44%) NB-IoT
13 3 (0.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 94 (13.84%) Windows
2 36 (5.30%) Windows Server
3 32 (4.71%) Linux
4 27 (3.98%) Windows 10
5 14 (2.06%) Mac OS X
6 13 (1.91%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.62%) FreeRTOS
8 9 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 8 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.74%) Android
10 5 (0.74%) VMS
11 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (62.89%) Mentoring
2 424 (62.44%) Coaching
2 424 (62.44%) Validation
3 418 (61.56%) Customer Requirements
4 416 (61.27%) Verification and Validation
5 415 (61.12%) Test Strategy
6 40 (5.89%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (5.45%) Service Delivery
8 30 (4.42%) Customer Service
9 29 (4.27%) ITIL
10 28 (4.12%) Software Engineering
11 23 (3.39%) Migration
12 21 (3.09%) Roadmaps
12 21 (3.09%) User Experience
13 20 (2.95%) Project Management
14 15 (2.21%) Change Management
15 14 (2.06%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (1.77%) Collaborative Working
17 11 (1.62%) IT Strategy
17 11 (1.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (4.86%) C
2 24 (3.53%) Python
3 21 (3.09%) C++
4 20 (2.95%) SQL
5 18 (2.65%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.03%) Embedded C
7 5 (0.74%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.44%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.29%) Java
9 2 (0.29%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Rust
10 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 468 (68.92%) Degree
2 415 (61.12%) HND
3 54 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (5.60%) CCNP
5 24 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.39%) CCNA
7 19 (2.80%) CCIE
7 19 (2.80%) MBA
8 18 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (2.50%) Security Cleared
10 10 (1.47%) MCSA
11 8 (1.18%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.59%) CWNA
13 4 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.44%) CWTS
15 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
16 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.77%) SLA
2 9 (1.33%) PCI DSS
3 6 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (0.44%) IEC 62304
4 3 (0.44%) MISRA
4 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.29%) GDPR
5 2 (0.29%) NIST
5 2 (0.29%) QA
6 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (8.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.24%) Hyper-V
3 20 (2.95%) Firmware
4 16 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.88%) FortiGate
2 6 (0.88%) WSUS
3 5 (0.74%) AirWatch
3 5 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (0.44%) Ansible
6 2 (0.29%) SCCM
6 2 (0.29%) Terraform
7 1 (0.15%) Autotask
7 1 (0.15%) CASB
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.15%) WMI
7 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (13.11%) Cisco
2 68 (10.01%) Microsoft
3 22 (3.24%) VMware
4 20 (2.95%) Mitel
5 19 (2.80%) Apple
5 19 (2.80%) Unisys
6 18 (2.65%) Polycom
6 18 (2.65%) ShoreTel
7 15 (2.21%) Meraki
8 12 (1.77%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.62%) Aruba
9 11 (1.62%) HP
10 10 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.33%) Juniper
11 9 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (1.03%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.74%) Draytek
13 5 (0.74%) EMC
13 5 (0.74%) Xilinx
14 4 (0.59%) Ruckus Wireless