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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 92 157
Rank change year-on-year -111 +65 -73
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 724 1,070 870
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 3.10% 1.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.56% 18.92% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 546 228 395
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,375 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.29% -19.21% +15.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,000 £62,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,654
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.16% +6.64%

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 5,763 5,656 6,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.70% 16.38% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,658 2,982 3,286
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.75% -20.00% -1.96%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -52 268 £50,000 +25.00% 177
North of England +1 141 £57,500 +98.28% 109
Midlands -99 116 £44,000 -12.00% 70
East of England -95 100 £45,000 -7.22% 66
South West -47 75 £41,750 +9.79% 52
North West +9 72 £65,000 +96.97% 71
West Midlands -4 60 £44,000 -1.12% 43
East Midlands -93 56 £45,500 -17.27% 27
Yorkshire -22 50 £40,000 +66.67% 26
Scotland +2 22 £55,000 +7.84% 27
North East -56 19 £65,000 +124.14% 14
Wales -66 3 £35,000 -29.65% 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 86 (11.88%) SharePoint
2 81 (11.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.80%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (5.39%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.55%) Simulink
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.97%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.83%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 171 (23.62%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (16.57%) Azure
3 69 (9.53%) Entra ID
4 29 (4.01%) AWS
5 16 (2.21%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.24%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.83%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.69%) GCP
9 4 (0.55%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.28%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.28%) SaaS
10 2 (0.28%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.14%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 190 (26.24%) Firewall
2 137 (18.92%) LAN
3 129 (17.82%) WAN
4 117 (16.16%) VPN
5 106 (14.64%) VLAN
6 93 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (12.29%) Network Security
8 84 (11.60%) DNS
9 78 (10.77%) DHCP
10 68 (9.39%) TCP/IP
11 50 (6.91%) 5G
12 48 (6.63%) SD-WAN
13 42 (5.80%) Bluetooth
14 39 (5.39%) Broadband
15 34 (4.70%) WLAN
16 32 (4.42%) OSPF
17 31 (4.28%) BGP
18 29 (4.01%) VoIP
19 27 (3.73%) Cisco Wireless
20 22 (3.04%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.14%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.14%) MySQL
3 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (3.31%) Git
2 9 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.83%) GDB
3 6 (0.83%) GitLab
4 4 (0.55%) JIRA
4 4 (0.55%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.41%) Maven
5 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 199 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.22%) Telecoms
3 57 (7.87%) Electronics
4 51 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.66%) Manufacturing
6 38 (5.25%) Finance
7 37 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.90%) Retail
9 18 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.80%) Advertising
11 13 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.38%) Marketing
14 9 (1.24%) Legal
15 8 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.10%) Law
15 8 (1.10%) Military
16 7 (0.97%) Automotive
17 6 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 115 (15.88%) Support Engineer
2 110 (15.19%) IT Support
3 109 (15.06%) Network Engineer
4 88 (12.15%) Senior
5 87 (12.02%) IT Engineer
6 73 (10.08%) Software Engineer
7 68 (9.39%) Embedded Engineer
8 67 (9.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (8.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 50 (6.91%) Systems Engineer
11 34 (4.70%) IT Technician
12 32 (4.42%) Technical Engineer
13 31 (4.28%) Lead
14 29 (4.01%) Support Technician
15 28 (3.87%) IT Support Technician
15 28 (3.87%) Technical Support
15 28 (3.87%) Technical Support Engineer
16 27 (3.73%) Wireless Engineer
17 24 (3.31%) 3rd Line Support
18 23 (3.18%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.76%) Yocto
2 10 (1.38%) .NET
2 10 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 10 (1.38%) WinForms
3 8 (1.10%) Terraform
4 4 (0.55%) pytest
4 4 (0.55%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.41%) Flash
5 3 (0.41%) Jinja
5 3 (0.41%) JSON
5 3 (0.41%) YAML
6 2 (0.28%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.14%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 100 (13.81%) Driving Licence
2 45 (6.22%) IoT
3 39 (5.39%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (5.25%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (4.28%) CCTV
7 30 (4.14%) FPGA
8 22 (3.04%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.76%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.49%) Device Driver
11 16 (2.21%) ASIC
12 15 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
13 13 (1.80%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.38%) PMI
15 8 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
16 7 (0.97%) Clustering
16 7 (0.97%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.97%) Verilog
17 6 (0.83%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 169 (23.34%) Windows
2 122 (16.85%) Windows Server
3 37 (5.11%) Linux
4 29 (4.01%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.93%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (1.93%) FreeRTOS
9 13 (1.80%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.83%) Android
11 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (15.06%) Software Engineering
3 98 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (11.05%) Customer Service
5 64 (8.84%) Project Delivery
6 62 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 54 (7.46%) Mentoring
10 50 (6.91%) ITIL
11 47 (6.49%) Root Cause Analysis
12 43 (5.94%) Migration
13 39 (5.39%) Collaborative Culture
13 39 (5.39%) Network Design
14 36 (4.97%) Validation
15 33 (4.56%) CI/CD
16 31 (4.28%) Decision-Making
16 31 (4.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (4.01%) Network Monitoring
17 29 (4.01%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 66 (9.12%) C
2 64 (8.84%) Python
3 52 (7.18%) C++
4 45 (6.22%) PowerShell
5 22 (3.04%) Embedded C
6 12 (1.66%) Ruby
7 11 (1.52%) SQL
8 10 (1.38%) C#
8 10 (1.38%) MATLAB
9 6 (0.83%) Bash
9 6 (0.83%) Rust
10 3 (0.41%) VB
11 2 (0.28%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.28%) Bicep
11 2 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 94 (12.98%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (12.85%) Degree
3 61 (8.43%) CCNP
4 48 (6.63%) CCNA
5 40 (5.52%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.35%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.52%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.38%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.69%) CCIE
13 5 (0.69%) HNC
14 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.28%) HP APS
15 2 (0.28%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.80%) GDPR
4 11 (1.52%) JTAG
5 10 (1.38%) QA
5 10 (1.38%) SLA
6 7 (0.97%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.55%) ECSS
8 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.41%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 159 (21.96%) Active Directory
2 80 (11.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (8.43%) Hyper-V
4 43 (5.94%) Firmware
5 18 (2.49%) vSphere
6 12 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.14%) KVM
10 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (8.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.90%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.66%) Ansible
4 5 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.69%) SCCM
5 4 (0.55%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.41%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
8 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 220 (30.39%) Microsoft
2 155 (21.41%) Cisco
3 85 (11.74%) VMware
4 71 (9.81%) Aruba
5 70 (9.67%) Fortinet
6 46 (6.35%) Meraki
7 35 (4.83%) Juniper
8 26 (3.59%) Palo Alto
8 26 (3.59%) Ubiquiti
9 19 (2.62%) HP
10 16 (2.21%) Veeam
11 14 (1.93%) Apple
12 11 (1.52%) CheckPoint
12 11 (1.52%) F5
12 11 (1.52%) Ruckus Wireless
13 9 (1.24%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.24%) SonicWALL
13 9 (1.24%) Sophos
14 8 (1.10%) Google
14 8 (1.10%) WatchGuard