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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 43 254
Rank change year-on-year -162 +211 -46
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 801 3,108 1,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 6.46% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.96% 34.27% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 613 523 764
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,875 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,200 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 July 2024. 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 -100 239 £37,500 +5.63% 57
North of England -157 187 £40,000 -11.11% 30
East of England -69 108 £60,000 +106.90% 29
North West -135 103 £45,000 -14.29% 21
Scotland -96 90 £52,500 +50.00% 6
Midlands -178 88 £45,000 +12.12% 17
Yorkshire -74 83 £30,000 -13.04% 7
South West -131 83 £37,000 -12.94% 19
West Midlands -128 56 £57,500 +51.32% 10
East Midlands -138 29 £39,000 -17.89% 7
Wales -21 25 £40,534 +17.99% 7
North East -73 12 £43,750 +34.62% 3
Northern Ireland -6 3 £37,500 +7.14% 2
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 88 (10.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (7.12%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.12%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.87%) IIS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache
5 5 (0.62%) SAS
6 4 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (0.50%) WordPress
7 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 73 (9.11%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.75%) OrCAD
4 3 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.75%) SAP ERP
2 6 (0.75%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 233 (29.09%) Microsoft 365
2 190 (23.72%) Azure
3 68 (8.49%) AWS
4 63 (7.87%) Entra ID
5 40 (4.99%) Google Workspace
6 20 (2.50%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.75%) GCP
8 13 (1.62%) IaaS
9 12 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.37%) OCI
11 7 (0.87%) AWS IoT
12 6 (0.75%) Twilio
13 5 (0.62%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.62%) Serverless
14 3 (0.37%) Asana
14 3 (0.37%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.37%) Slack
14 3 (0.37%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 235 (29.34%) Firewall
2 222 (27.72%) LAN
3 202 (25.22%) WAN
4 134 (16.73%) Wi-Fi
5 107 (13.36%) DNS
6 102 (12.73%) TCP/IP
6 102 (12.73%) VPN
7 85 (10.61%) DHCP
8 67 (8.36%) Internet
9 65 (8.11%) Network Security
10 54 (6.74%) VLAN
11 48 (5.99%) OSPF
11 48 (5.99%) SD-WAN
12 46 (5.74%) WLAN
13 44 (5.49%) Ethernet
14 42 (5.24%) 4G
14 42 (5.24%) VoIP
15 41 (5.12%) SAN
16 39 (4.87%) BGP
16 39 (4.87%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.75%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (0.37%) MySQL
4 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.25%) Power BI
5 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (3.25%) Git
2 16 (2.00%) JIRA
3 8 (1.00%) LabVIEW
4 6 (0.75%) Subversion
5 5 (0.62%) Xcode
6 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.50%) GDB
6 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.37%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.37%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 235 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 75 (9.36%) Manufacturing
3 69 (8.61%) Finance
4 61 (7.62%) Electronics
4 61 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (6.37%) Telecoms
6 32 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.50%) Automotive
8 27 (3.37%) Marketing
9 25 (3.12%) Retail
10 24 (3.00%) Legal
11 20 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.37%) Games
12 19 (2.37%) Mandarin Language
13 11 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.00%) Military
15 7 (0.87%) Banking
15 7 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 147 (18.35%) Senior
2 131 (16.35%) Network Engineer
3 105 (13.11%) IT Support
4 96 (11.99%) Embedded Engineer
5 85 (10.61%) Support Engineer
6 74 (9.24%) IT Engineer
7 62 (7.74%) Analyst
8 60 (7.49%) Software Engineer
9 57 (7.12%) IT Support Engineer
10 56 (6.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 52 (6.49%) IT Technician
12 44 (5.49%) Senior Network Engineer
12 44 (5.49%) Support Technician
13 42 (5.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 39 (4.87%) Lead
15 36 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 32 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 32 (4.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 32 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
17 30 (3.75%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.75%) Yocto
2 13 (1.62%) REST
3 12 (1.50%) .NET
4 10 (1.25%) HTML
5 8 (1.00%) 802.1X
6 7 (0.87%) Middleware
7 6 (0.75%) CSS
7 6 (0.75%) React
7 6 (0.75%) Web Services
8 5 (0.62%) Apache Cordova
8 5 (0.62%) Core Animation
8 5 (0.62%) Core Data
8 5 (0.62%) RESTful
9 4 (0.50%) Flash
9 4 (0.50%) HTML5
9 4 (0.50%) LAMP
9 4 (0.50%) Redux
10 3 (0.37%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.61%) Driving Licence
1 69 (8.61%) IoT
2 55 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
3 49 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.87%) Embedded Systems
4 31 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.37%) CCTV
6 18 (2.25%) Replication
7 14 (1.75%) Device Driver
7 14 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.37%) Smartphone
10 9 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.12%) Clustering
10 9 (1.12%) NB-IoT
10 9 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.00%) Acoustics
11 8 (1.00%) Satnav
12 7 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 262 (32.71%) Windows
2 105 (13.11%) Windows Server
3 104 (12.98%) Linux
4 84 (10.49%) Windows 10
5 41 (5.12%) Embedded Linux
6 38 (4.74%) Apple iOS
7 35 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (4.00%) Android
8 32 (4.00%) Mac OS
9 25 (3.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (2.50%) Mac OS X
11 12 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.87%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.75%) VyOS
14 5 (0.62%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.50%) VMS
15 4 (0.50%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.37%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.12%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (14.48%) Customer Service
3 91 (11.36%) Software Engineering
4 88 (10.99%) ITIL
5 78 (9.74%) Agile
6 56 (6.99%) Computer Science
7 55 (6.87%) Roadmaps
8 47 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 46 (5.74%) Mentoring
9 46 (5.74%) Service Delivery
10 44 (5.49%) Mathematics
11 43 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (4.87%) Coaching
12 39 (4.87%) Project Delivery
12 39 (4.87%) Project Management
13 38 (4.74%) Change Management
14 34 (4.24%) Network Management
15 30 (3.75%) Software Testing
15 30 (3.75%) Test Automation
16 29 (3.62%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 90 (11.24%) C
2 55 (6.87%) Python
3 49 (6.12%) PowerShell
4 44 (5.49%) Embedded C
5 42 (5.24%) C++
6 29 (3.62%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.87%) C#
7 15 (1.87%) SQL
8 8 (1.00%) Assembly Language
8 8 (1.00%) Java
8 8 (1.00%) PHP
9 7 (0.87%) Bash
10 6 (0.75%) Swift
11 5 (0.62%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.50%) Perl
13 3 (0.37%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.37%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.37%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) Ruby
14 1 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 141 (17.60%) Degree
2 95 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (8.74%) CCNA
4 65 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 57 (7.12%) SC Cleared
6 52 (6.49%) CCNP
7 40 (4.99%) DBS Check
8 26 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.87%) CCIE
10 22 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.62%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.62%) MCP
12 12 (1.50%) JNCIA
12 12 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.25%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.12%) HND
15 9 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.12%) MCSA
15 9 (1.12%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.49%) GDPR
2 29 (3.62%) SLA
3 9 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.87%) JTAG
5 6 (0.75%) QA
6 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.50%) IEC 61131
7 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.37%) PMO
9 2 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 198 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 93 (11.61%) Firmware
3 80 (9.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (8.99%) Hyper-V
5 43 (5.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (1.62%) vSphere
8 11 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.87%) Terminal Services
9 7 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.62%) Docker
11 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.50%) XenApp
13 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.12%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 70 (8.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (4.62%) SCCM
3 19 (2.37%) Ansible
4 10 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (1.00%) SCOM
6 8 (1.00%) SmoothWall
7 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.75%) Autotask
8 6 (0.75%) Cisco Prime
9 5 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.62%) ServiceCenter
9 5 (0.62%) WSUS
10 4 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.50%) Nessus
11 3 (0.37%) Nmap
11 3 (0.37%) Opsview
11 3 (0.37%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 280 (34.96%) Microsoft
2 162 (20.22%) Cisco
3 103 (12.86%) VMware
4 58 (7.24%) Apple
5 52 (6.49%) Fortinet
5 52 (6.49%) Google
6 49 (6.12%) Meraki
7 47 (5.87%) Palo Alto
8 46 (5.74%) Aruba
9 36 (4.49%) Juniper
10 34 (4.24%) Veeam
11 29 (3.62%) Ruckus Wireless
12 24 (3.00%) HP
13 18 (2.25%) CheckPoint
14 17 (2.12%) SAP
15 16 (2.00%) Citrix
15 16 (2.00%) Ekahau
16 15 (1.87%) Sophos
17 13 (1.62%) Avaya
17 13 (1.62%) Draytek