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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 266 181
Rank change year-on-year +18 -85 -119
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 371 249 986
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.96% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.68% 7.17% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 296 193 817
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,845 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +7.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.93% +21.11% -

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 7,929 3,471 8,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.95% 13.38% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,915 2,552 6,947
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,423 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,239 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £76,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,392
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.49% -6.04%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +27 133 £42,500 +6.25% 78
North of England -54 92 £35,000 +1.45% 54
North West +11 60 £35,000 -48.15% 33
Midlands +2 51 £37,500 -31.19% 32
East of England -9 40 £41,845 -23.92% 40
West Midlands +12 35 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Scotland -22 25 £71,000 +76.40% 5
Yorkshire -79 18 £34,000 +13.33% 15
East Midlands -38 16 £35,000 -9.68% 14
North East -10 14 £29,000 -22.67% 8
South West -42 14 £47,709 +30.71% 21
Wales -24 10 £42,500 -1.16%
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 2
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 18 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) CMS
3 2 (0.54%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 86 (23.18%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (16.71%) Azure
3 20 (5.39%) AWS
4 19 (5.12%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.35%) GCP
5 5 (1.35%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 100 (26.95%) Firewall
2 90 (24.26%) WAN
3 76 (20.49%) VPN
4 74 (19.95%) LAN
5 52 (14.02%) VLAN
6 45 (12.13%) DHCP
6 45 (12.13%) TCP/IP
7 44 (11.86%) DNS
8 39 (10.51%) SD-WAN
9 36 (9.70%) BGP
10 34 (9.16%) OSPF
11 24 (6.47%) EIGRP
11 24 (6.47%) Network Security
11 24 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (6.20%) WLAN
13 18 (4.85%) Cisco Wireless
14 17 (4.58%) Bluetooth
14 17 (4.58%) Broadband
15 16 (4.31%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (4.31%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.35%) Git
1 5 (1.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.08%) Subversion
3 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 141 (38.01%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (7.28%) Telecoms
4 22 (5.93%) Electronics
5 17 (4.58%) Law
5 17 (4.58%) Retail
6 14 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.50%) Finance
8 11 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.62%) Marketing
10 6 (1.62%) Military
10 6 (1.62%) Welsh Language
11 5 (1.35%) Automotive
11 5 (1.35%) Wearables
12 4 (1.08%) Legal
13 3 (0.81%) Advertising
13 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (15.63%) Senior
2 53 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 52 (14.02%) IT Support
4 45 (12.13%) Support Engineer
5 41 (11.05%) IT Technician
6 30 (8.09%) IT Engineer
6 30 (8.09%) Software Engineer
7 24 (6.47%) Senior IT Technician
7 24 (6.47%) Senior Technician
8 21 (5.66%) 2nd Line Support
8 21 (5.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
9 20 (5.39%) Administrator
10 19 (5.12%) Embedded Engineer
10 19 (5.12%) Support Technician
10 19 (5.12%) Trainee
11 18 (4.85%) Network Administrator
11 18 (4.85%) Trainee Administrator
11 18 (4.85%) Trainee Network Administrator
12 16 (4.31%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.16%) REST
2 2 (0.54%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.54%) Web Services
3 1 (0.27%) NumPy
3 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.27%) SciPy
3 1 (0.27%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.67%) Data Centre
2 37 (9.97%) Driving Licence
3 23 (6.20%) IoT
4 21 (5.66%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.16%) Smart Home
7 6 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
8 5 (1.35%) Replication
9 4 (1.08%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.81%) FPGA
10 3 (0.81%) NB-IoT
10 3 (0.81%) Podcast
10 3 (0.81%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.81%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.54%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 111 (29.92%) Windows
2 68 (18.33%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.12%) Apple iOS
3 19 (5.12%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.04%) Linux
5 12 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.89%) Android
7 6 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Rocky
10 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Unix
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (19.68%) Customer Service
3 36 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (9.70%) Service Delivery
4 35 (9.43%) Software Engineering
5 30 (8.09%) ITIL
6 26 (7.01%) Collaborative Working
7 22 (5.93%) Network Monitoring
8 20 (5.39%) Change Management
8 20 (5.39%) Logistics
8 20 (5.39%) Project Delivery
8 20 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (5.12%) Mentoring
10 18 (4.85%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (4.58%) Load Balancing
11 17 (4.58%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (4.58%) Time Management
12 16 (4.31%) Kalman Filter
12 16 (4.31%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.97%) Python
2 22 (5.93%) PowerShell
3 20 (5.39%) C++
4 16 (4.31%) C
5 5 (1.35%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.35%) VB
6 2 (0.54%) SQL
6 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 53 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (12.94%) CCNP
3 44 (11.86%) DBS Check
4 32 (8.63%) Degree
5 21 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (5.12%) A+ Certification
7 16 (4.31%) CCNA
8 10 (2.70%) CCIE
8 10 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.89%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.54%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.27%) CHECK Team Member
12 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.27%) GPEN
12 1 (0.27%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.23%) SLA
2 8 (2.16%) PMO
3 6 (1.62%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.35%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) JTAG
6 1 (0.27%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (21.29%) Active Directory
2 46 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.70%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.66%) Firmware
5 8 (2.16%) ProxySG
6 7 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (1.08%) vSphere
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.27%) Docker
9 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.58%) Ansible
3 15 (4.04%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.16%) Terraform
5 4 (1.08%) Backup Exec
6 3 (0.81%) Grafana
6 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.81%) SCCM
7 2 (0.54%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.54%) Nagios
8 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.27%) Nessus
8 1 (0.27%) Nmap
8 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 128 (34.50%) Microsoft
2 91 (24.53%) Cisco
3 47 (12.67%) VMware
4 39 (10.51%) Fortinet
5 36 (9.70%) Meraki
6 23 (6.20%) SolarWinds
7 22 (5.93%) Palo Alto
8 20 (5.39%) Aruba
9 19 (5.12%) CheckPoint
10 15 (4.04%) F5
11 13 (3.50%) Apple
12 12 (3.23%) Veeam
13 11 (2.96%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.43%) HP
14 9 (2.43%) SonicWALL
15 8 (2.16%) Blue Coat
15 8 (2.16%) Infoblox
15 8 (2.16%) Juniper
15 8 (2.16%) Motorola
16 7 (1.89%) WatchGuard