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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 96 209
Rank change year-on-year -129 +113 -176
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 602 1,058 716
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 3.08% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.51% 18.36% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 468 228 552
10th Percentile £28,675 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,617 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.39% -11.49% +10.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £48,750 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% +11.11%

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 5,229 5,763 7,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.97% 16.77% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,527 3,124 4,780
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -3.85%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -85 185 £47,500 +18.75% 101
North of England +13 157 £46,500 +60.34% 52
Midlands -88 102 £42,500 -17.07% 35
East of England -99 86 £42,500 -5.56% 33
North West +42 85 £57,500 +76.92% 29
Yorkshire -32 57 £35,000 +22.81% 16
West Midlands -3 55 £42,500 +1.19% 18
South West -50 50 £50,000 +25.00% 22
East Midlands -101 47 £42,000 -22.94% 17
Scotland +5 17 £55,000 +7.84% 4
North East -50 15 £65,000 +124.14% 8
Wales -64 5 £34,000 -31.66% 2
Northern Ireland -74 1 £34,000 -28.42% 1
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 61 (10.13%) SharePoint
2 51 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.00%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.65%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.50%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.00%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 142 (23.59%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (16.28%) Azure
3 52 (8.64%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.99%) AWS
5 9 (1.50%) Mimecast
5 9 (1.50%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.66%) GCP
7 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.66%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.50%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.33%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.33%) SaaS
9 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 155 (25.75%) Firewall
2 113 (18.77%) LAN
3 112 (18.60%) WAN
4 109 (18.11%) VPN
5 84 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
6 75 (12.46%) VLAN
7 71 (11.79%) Network Security
8 64 (10.63%) DNS
9 61 (10.13%) DHCP
10 57 (9.47%) TCP/IP
11 43 (7.14%) SD-WAN
12 42 (6.98%) Bluetooth
13 32 (5.32%) Broadband
14 29 (4.82%) BGP
14 29 (4.82%) OSPF
14 29 (4.82%) WLAN
15 27 (4.49%) 5G
16 21 (3.49%) VoIP
16 21 (3.49%) ZigBee
17 19 (3.16%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.33%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.17%) MySQL
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.49%) Git
2 6 (1.00%) GDB
2 6 (1.00%) GitLab
2 6 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.83%) JIRA
4 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.50%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 190 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 58 (9.63%) Telecoms
3 53 (8.80%) Electronics
4 47 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (5.81%) Manufacturing
6 33 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (5.32%) Finance
8 14 (2.33%) Retail
9 13 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.83%) Marketing
12 10 (1.66%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.66%) Legal
13 8 (1.33%) Automotive
14 7 (1.16%) Law
15 6 (1.00%) Advertising
16 5 (0.83%) Military
16 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.66%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 101 (16.78%) Support Engineer
2 97 (16.11%) Network Engineer
3 94 (15.61%) Senior
4 90 (14.95%) IT Support
5 70 (11.63%) IT Engineer
6 61 (10.13%) Embedded Engineer
7 58 (9.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 58 (9.63%) Software Engineer
8 51 (8.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 46 (7.64%) IT Technician
10 36 (5.98%) Systems Engineer
11 31 (5.15%) Technical Engineer
12 27 (4.49%) Technical Support
12 27 (4.49%) Technical Support Engineer
13 24 (3.99%) Senior IT Technician
13 24 (3.99%) Senior Technician
14 23 (3.82%) Administrator
14 23 (3.82%) Support Technician
15 22 (3.65%) Lead
16 21 (3.49%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.49%) Yocto
2 4 (0.66%) pytest
2 4 (0.66%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.50%) Flash
3 3 (0.50%) Jinja
3 3 (0.50%) JSON
3 3 (0.50%) YAML
4 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.46%) Driving Licence
2 42 (6.98%) IoT
3 39 (6.48%) Data Centre
4 38 (6.31%) Embedded Systems
5 25 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (3.82%) CCTV
8 15 (2.49%) Device Driver
9 14 (2.33%) FPGA
10 13 (2.16%) ASIC
10 13 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (2.16%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.83%) Raspberry Pi
12 10 (1.66%) Smart Home
13 8 (1.33%) ARM Cortex
14 7 (1.16%) Clustering
15 6 (1.00%) PMI
15 6 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.83%) PCIe
17 4 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 154 (25.58%) Windows
2 111 (18.44%) Windows Server
3 31 (5.15%) Linux
4 26 (4.32%) Windows 10
5 19 (3.16%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.49%) FreeRTOS
7 13 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.50%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.83%) Android
11 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (15.28%) Software Engineering
3 86 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (13.12%) Customer Service
5 46 (7.64%) Project Delivery
6 45 (7.48%) Root Cause Analysis
7 42 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (6.98%) Service Delivery
8 39 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 37 (6.15%) Collaborative Culture
10 36 (5.98%) Disaster Recovery
11 35 (5.81%) ITIL
12 30 (4.98%) Network Monitoring
13 29 (4.82%) Mentoring
14 27 (4.49%) Decision-Making
15 26 (4.32%) CRM
15 26 (4.32%) Validation
16 24 (3.99%) CI/CD
16 24 (3.99%) Computer Science
16 24 (3.99%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.47%) Python
2 48 (7.97%) C
3 38 (6.31%) C++
4 35 (5.81%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.33%) Embedded C
6 6 (1.00%) Bash
7 5 (0.83%) Ruby
7 5 (0.83%) Rust
7 5 (0.83%) SQL
8 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.33%) Bicep
9 2 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (13.62%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (12.29%) Degree
3 59 (9.80%) CCNP
4 56 (9.30%) DBS Check
5 40 (6.64%) CCNA
6 27 (4.49%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.16%) A+ Certification
8 16 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.33%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.16%) SC Cleared
11 11 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.16%) CCIE
13 6 (1.00%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.83%) HNC
15 4 (0.66%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.50%) CISSP
16 3 (0.50%) HP APS
16 3 (0.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (1.99%) GDPR
2 12 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.99%) SLA
3 11 (1.83%) JTAG
4 4 (0.66%) ISO 26262
4 4 (0.66%) PMO
5 3 (0.50%) ECSS
5 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.33%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.33%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 129 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 65 (10.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (8.14%) Hyper-V
4 35 (5.81%) Firmware
5 16 (2.66%) vSphere
6 15 (2.49%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.66%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.99%) FortiGate
3 8 (1.33%) Ansible
4 5 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.66%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.66%) SCCM
5 4 (0.66%) Terraform
6 3 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 189 (31.40%) Microsoft
2 125 (20.76%) Cisco
3 69 (11.46%) VMware
4 60 (9.97%) Fortinet
5 56 (9.30%) Aruba
6 31 (5.15%) Meraki
7 28 (4.65%) Juniper
7 28 (4.65%) Palo Alto
8 20 (3.32%) Ubiquiti
9 18 (2.99%) CheckPoint
10 16 (2.66%) Veeam
11 14 (2.33%) HP
12 12 (1.99%) F5
13 10 (1.66%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.33%) Apple
14 8 (1.33%) HubSpot
14 8 (1.33%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.16%) Sophos
16 6 (1.00%) Adobe
16 6 (1.00%) Salesforce