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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 149 163
Rank change year-on-year -92 +14 +87
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 331 639 822
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 1.84% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.34% 13.09% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 258 222 704
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,378 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £30,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +17.83% -7.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,938 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -11.82% +18.28% +3.33%

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 7,632 4,880 6,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.00% 14.05% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,849 2,446 5,622
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +14.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -22 137 £42,500 -10.53% 81
Midlands -59 42 £52,000 -2.35% 36
North of England -50 41 £30,000 -29.41% 52
Scotland +10 39 £51,000 +36.00% 12
East of England -57 35 £57,500 +4.55% 33
West Midlands -9 33 £61,000 +12.96% 15
North West -7 19 £30,000 -46.67% 25
South West -7 19 £35,526 -36.84% 38
North East -3 12 £29,000 -63.75% 10
Wales -11 10 £42,500 -3.41% 10
Yorkshire -44 10 £28,000 -6.67% 20
East Midlands -65 9 £37,500 +16.28% 21
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 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 28 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.42%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 97 (29.31%) Azure
2 92 (27.79%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (9.06%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.44%) AWS
5 7 (2.11%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.81%) GCP
7 5 (1.51%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.21%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.21%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.21%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.21%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.21%) Serverless
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon Ads
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (36.25%) Firewall
2 91 (27.49%) WAN
3 87 (26.28%) LAN
4 75 (22.66%) VPN
5 61 (18.43%) DHCP
6 58 (17.52%) VLAN
7 57 (17.22%) DNS
8 45 (13.60%) SD-WAN
9 43 (12.99%) TCP/IP
10 32 (9.67%) BGP
11 29 (8.76%) Wireshark
12 28 (8.46%) OSPF
13 27 (8.16%) VoIP
14 25 (7.55%) Internet
14 25 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
15 23 (6.95%) WLAN
16 20 (6.04%) MPLS
17 19 (5.74%) Network Security
18 18 (5.44%) EIGRP
19 16 (4.83%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.81%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 8 (2.42%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.21%) Git
2 4 (1.21%) Subversion
3 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 119 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.29%) Telecoms
3 35 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.76%) Electronics
5 27 (8.16%) Manufacturing
6 23 (6.95%) Finance
7 18 (5.44%) Retail
8 16 (4.83%) Law
9 10 (3.02%) Automotive
10 7 (2.11%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.81%) Marketing
11 6 (1.81%) Military
11 6 (1.81%) Welsh Language
12 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.51%) Legal
12 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Wearables
14 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.91%) Games
15 2 (0.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (15.41%) Network Engineer
1 51 (15.41%) Support Engineer
2 49 (14.80%) IT Support
3 32 (9.67%) IT Engineer
4 29 (8.76%) Software Engineer
5 27 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (8.16%) Technical Engineer
6 26 (7.85%) Technical Support
7 25 (7.55%) Senior
8 23 (6.95%) Analyst
9 22 (6.65%) Technical Support Engineer
10 20 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support
11 17 (5.14%) Embedded Engineer
11 17 (5.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 16 (4.83%) Support Analyst
13 14 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.63%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 12 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.63%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.42%) REST
2 5 (1.51%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.60%) Web Services
4 1 (0.30%) NumPy
4 1 (0.30%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.30%) SciPy
4 1 (0.30%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.48%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.76%) Driving Licence
2 29 (8.76%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.25%) IoT
4 22 (6.65%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.51%) CCTV
6 5 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.51%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.21%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.21%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.21%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (0.91%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.91%) MicroBlaze
8 3 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.91%) Replication
8 3 (0.91%) RISC-V
8 3 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (25.38%) Windows
2 48 (14.50%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.04%) Apple iOS
4 17 (5.14%) Linux
5 14 (4.23%) Android
5 14 (4.23%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.72%) Mac OS
8 8 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.30%) Rocky
11 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.36%) Customer Service
2 70 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (10.27%) Change Management
5 32 (9.67%) Mentoring
6 31 (9.37%) Network Monitoring
7 30 (9.06%) Software Engineering
8 27 (8.16%) ITIL
9 25 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
10 24 (7.25%) Asset Management
10 24 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (7.25%) Load Balancing
11 23 (6.95%) Project Delivery
12 22 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (6.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (6.04%) Network Virtualisation
13 20 (6.04%) Project Management
14 19 (5.74%) Coaching
14 19 (5.74%) Logistics
14 19 (5.74%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.97%) Python
2 30 (9.06%) PowerShell
3 22 (6.65%) C++
4 17 (5.14%) C
5 4 (1.21%) Embedded C
6 3 (0.91%) VB
7 2 (0.60%) SQL
7 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 45 (13.60%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (11.78%) CCNP
3 29 (8.76%) Degree
4 15 (4.53%) CCNA
5 14 (4.23%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.72%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.42%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.81%) CCIE
8 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.60%) ACMT
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.60%) GCSC
11 2 (0.60%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.30%) City & Guilds
12 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.30%) GPEN
12 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.81%) SLA
2 5 (1.51%) QA
3 4 (1.21%) GDPR
3 4 (1.21%) PMO
4 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.30%) GRC
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (25.98%) Active Directory
2 44 (13.29%) Hyper-V
3 33 (9.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.65%) Firmware
5 8 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.81%) vSphere
7 5 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (1.21%) ProxySG
9 3 (0.91%) Docker
9 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.34%) FortiGate
3 18 (5.44%) Ansible
4 9 (2.72%) Terraform
5 7 (2.11%) Autotask
6 4 (1.21%) Grafana
6 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.91%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.60%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.60%) Nagios
8 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.30%) Nessus
9 1 (0.30%) Nmap
9 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 98 (29.61%) Cisco
3 53 (16.01%) Meraki
4 37 (11.18%) Fortinet
5 35 (10.57%) Palo Alto
5 35 (10.57%) VMware
6 34 (10.27%) SolarWinds
7 23 (6.95%) CheckPoint
8 22 (6.65%) Aruba
9 18 (5.44%) Veeam
10 15 (4.53%) SonicWALL
11 14 (4.23%) Apple
12 11 (3.32%) F5
13 10 (3.02%) HP
13 10 (3.02%) Juniper
14 9 (2.72%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.72%) Sophos
14 9 (2.72%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.11%) Samsung
16 6 (1.81%) Zoho