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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 152 173
Rank change year-on-year -102 +21 +78
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 325 589 865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 1.87% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.20% 12.97% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 253 190 734
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,303 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,313 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £66,500 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 7,741 4,540 7,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.73% 14.43% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,835 2,368 6,128
10th Percentile £25,375 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,938 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +16.28% -4.44%
75th Percentile £54,750 £64,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -43 130 £42,500 +6.25% 88
Midlands -56 51 £52,500 - 33
North of England -71 42 £30,000 -45.45% 51
Scotland +14 38 £59,000 +62.76% 7
West Midlands -3 38 £61,000 +4.72% 17
East of England -63 33 £58,000 +5.45% 35
North West -17 20 £30,000 -55.56% 30
South West -29 16 £43,000 -23.56% 34
East Midlands -68 13 £36,000 +10.77% 16
North East -16 12 £29,000 -63.75% 8
Wales -9 10 £42,500 -1.16% 10
Yorkshire -58 10 £28,000 -8.20% 15
Northern Ireland - 6 £70,000 - 4
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 22 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) CMS
3 2 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.46%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 87 (26.77%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (25.23%) Azure
3 25 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.85%) AWS
5 8 (2.46%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.85%) GCP
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon Ads
9 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 110 (33.85%) Firewall
2 95 (29.23%) WAN
3 83 (25.54%) LAN
4 75 (23.08%) VPN
5 54 (16.62%) VLAN
6 52 (16.00%) DHCP
7 48 (14.77%) DNS
7 48 (14.77%) SD-WAN
8 42 (12.92%) TCP/IP
9 37 (11.38%) BGP
10 32 (9.85%) OSPF
11 28 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (8.62%) Wireshark
12 24 (7.38%) WLAN
13 23 (7.08%) Network Security
13 23 (7.08%) VoIP
14 22 (6.77%) EIGRP
15 20 (6.15%) Internet
16 18 (5.54%) MPLS
17 17 (5.23%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Eclipse
1 4 (1.23%) Git
1 4 (1.23%) Subversion
2 3 (0.92%) JIRA
3 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
General
1 118 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (12.92%) Telecoms
4 26 (8.00%) Electronics
5 21 (6.46%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.54%) Finance
6 18 (5.54%) Law
7 17 (5.23%) Retail
8 9 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.85%) Military
10 6 (1.85%) Welsh Language
11 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Legal
11 4 (1.23%) Wearables
12 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.92%) Automotive
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.62%) Advertising
13 2 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (17.23%) Network Engineer
2 51 (15.69%) IT Support
3 47 (14.46%) Support Engineer
4 30 (9.23%) IT Engineer
5 27 (8.31%) Software Engineer
6 26 (8.00%) Senior
7 22 (6.77%) Technical Engineer
7 22 (6.77%) Technical Support
8 21 (6.46%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (5.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (5.54%) Embedded Engineer
10 18 (5.54%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (4.92%) Senior Network Engineer
12 15 (4.62%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (4.62%) Analyst
12 15 (4.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 14 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) Lead
14 12 (3.69%) Support Technician
15 11 (3.38%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.46%) REST
2 2 (0.62%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.62%) Web Services
3 1 (0.31%) NumPy
3 1 (0.31%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.31%) SciPy
3 1 (0.31%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.77%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.46%) Driving Licence
3 27 (8.31%) Management Information System
4 24 (7.38%) Onboarding
5 23 (7.08%) IoT
6 7 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.54%) Replication
9 4 (1.23%) CCTV
9 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.23%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.92%) FPGA
10 3 (0.92%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.62%) Photography
11 2 (0.62%) PKI
11 2 (0.62%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 84 (25.85%) Windows
2 47 (14.46%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.23%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.31%) Linux
6 12 (3.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.15%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Rocky
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 34 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (10.15%) Network Monitoring
5 32 (9.85%) Change Management
6 30 (9.23%) Software Engineering
7 28 (8.62%) ITIL
8 27 (8.31%) Collaborative Working
8 27 (8.31%) Mentoring
9 26 (8.00%) Load Balancing
10 23 (7.08%) Logistics
11 22 (6.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (6.46%) Asset Management
12 21 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (5.85%) Project Delivery
14 19 (5.85%) Project Management
15 18 (5.54%) Tech Ops
16 17 (5.23%) Network Virtualisation
16 17 (5.23%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.38%) Python
2 27 (8.31%) PowerShell
3 19 (5.85%) C++
4 14 (4.31%) C
5 6 (1.85%) VB
6 4 (1.23%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.62%) SQL
7 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) Bicep
8 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 48 (14.77%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (13.85%) CCNP
3 33 (10.15%) Degree
4 20 (6.15%) DBS Check
5 13 (4.00%) CCNA
6 8 (2.46%) CCIE
7 7 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.85%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.54%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.31%) ACCA
11 1 (0.31%) CCDA
11 1 (0.31%) CCSP
11 1 (0.31%) CIMA
11 1 (0.31%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.31%) MCSE
11 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.85%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.85%) PMO
1 6 (1.85%) SLA
2 5 (1.54%) QA
3 2 (0.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.31%) GRC
4 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 76 (23.38%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 25 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.46%) Firmware
5 6 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.85%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.92%) vSphere
7 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.31%) Docker
8 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.54%) Ansible
2 18 (5.54%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.77%) Terraform
4 4 (1.23%) Backup Exec
4 4 (1.23%) Grafana
4 4 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.62%) Autotask
5 2 (0.62%) Nagios
6 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.31%) Nessus
6 1 (0.31%) Nmap
6 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.31%) SCCM
6 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 106 (32.62%) Microsoft
2 96 (29.54%) Cisco
3 49 (15.08%) Meraki
4 35 (10.77%) Fortinet
5 34 (10.46%) SolarWinds
6 32 (9.85%) Palo Alto
7 26 (8.00%) CheckPoint
7 26 (8.00%) VMware
8 15 (4.62%) Aruba
8 15 (4.62%) Veeam
9 14 (4.31%) F5
10 13 (4.00%) Apple
10 13 (4.00%) SonicWALL
11 10 (3.08%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.77%) Google
12 9 (2.77%) Juniper
13 7 (2.15%) HP
13 7 (2.15%) WatchGuard
14 6 (1.85%) Infoblox
14 6 (1.85%) Zoho