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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 94 195
Rank change year-on-year -158 +101 -152
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 445 987 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 3.35% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.51% 19.15% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 351 181 868
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £41,284
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% -8.56% +8.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 4,677 5,154 9,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.03% 17.47% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,161 2,668 7,137
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,756
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £60,125 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £69,850
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.39%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -102 132 £42,500 +6.25% 92
North of England -11 117 £52,500 +72.13% 54
Midlands -101 77 £42,500 +1.19% 26
North West +45 73 £57,500 +74.24% 37
East of England -102 66 £41,191 -8.47% 34
West Midlands 0 42 £42,500 +25.00% 13
East Midlands -97 35 £35,000 -30.00% 13
Yorkshire -58 31 £34,500 +16.95% 13
South West -58 31 £54,417 +51.16% 17
Scotland +14 13 £62,750 +56.88% 9
North East -32 13 £39,750 +37.07% 6
Wales -36 8 £34,500 -28.30% 3
Northern Ireland -32 2 £45,750 - 3
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 34 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.12%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.12%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.02%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (13.48%) Azure
3 31 (6.97%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.04%) AWS
5 5 (1.12%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.67%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.45%) GCP
8 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.45%) SaaS
9 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 94 (21.12%) Firewall
2 85 (19.10%) WAN
3 83 (18.65%) VPN
4 80 (17.98%) LAN
5 46 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (9.89%) Network Security
7 42 (9.44%) VLAN
8 36 (8.09%) SD-WAN
9 33 (7.42%) Bluetooth
10 31 (6.97%) BGP
11 29 (6.52%) OSPF
12 28 (6.29%) DHCP
12 28 (6.29%) DNS
13 25 (5.62%) Broadband
13 25 (5.62%) TCP/IP
14 23 (5.17%) WLAN
15 16 (3.60%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (3.60%) Cisco Wireless
15 16 (3.60%) EIGRP
15 16 (3.60%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.25%) Git
2 5 (1.12%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.90%) GDB
3 4 (0.90%) GitLab
3 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.90%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.90%) Subversion
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.22%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 138 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.89%) Telecoms
3 40 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.31%) Electronics
5 22 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.49%) Finance
7 19 (4.27%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.47%) Law
10 10 (2.25%) Automotive
11 9 (2.02%) Marketing
12 8 (1.80%) Retail
13 7 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.35%) Military
15 5 (1.12%) Advertising
15 5 (1.12%) Legal
16 4 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (16.18%) Senior
2 68 (15.28%) Support Engineer
3 66 (14.83%) Network Engineer
4 58 (13.03%) IT Support
5 48 (10.79%) Software Engineer
6 47 (10.56%) IT Technician
7 39 (8.76%) Embedded Engineer
8 35 (7.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (7.87%) IT Engineer
9 28 (6.29%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (6.29%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.07%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.07%) Technical Support Engineer
11 26 (5.84%) Support Technician
12 24 (5.39%) Senior IT Technician
12 24 (5.39%) Senior Technician
13 23 (5.17%) Systems Engineer
13 23 (5.17%) Wireless Engineer
14 22 (4.94%) IT Support Technician
15 21 (4.72%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.12%) REST
1 5 (1.12%) Yocto
2 4 (0.90%) pytest
2 4 (0.90%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.22%) NumPy
3 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.22%) SciPy
3 1 (0.22%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (15.51%) Driving Licence
2 40 (8.99%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.52%) IoT
4 23 (5.17%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.47%) CCTV
6 11 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.25%) Smart Home
8 8 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.80%) Raspberry Pi
9 7 (1.57%) ASIC
9 7 (1.57%) FPGA
10 6 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.12%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.12%) Replication
12 4 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (0.90%) Podcast
12 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.67%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 115 (25.84%) Windows
2 76 (17.08%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 18 (4.04%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.37%) Linux
6 13 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (2.25%) FreeRTOS
8 9 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.12%) Android
10 3 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.22%) CentOS
12 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.22%) Rocky
12 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.22%) Unix
12 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (12.81%) Software Engineering
3 54 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (10.34%) Customer Service
5 44 (9.89%) Root Cause Analysis
6 36 (8.09%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.19%) Project Delivery
8 30 (6.74%) ITIL
9 26 (5.84%) Decision-Making
10 23 (5.17%) Network Monitoring
11 20 (4.49%) CRM
12 19 (4.27%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (4.04%) Computer Science
13 18 (4.04%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (4.04%) Mentoring
13 18 (4.04%) Time Management
13 18 (4.04%) Validation
14 17 (3.82%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (3.82%) ITSM
14 17 (3.82%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.54%) Python
2 30 (6.74%) C
3 27 (6.07%) C++
4 16 (3.60%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.57%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.12%) VB
7 4 (0.90%) Bash
8 2 (0.45%) SQL
9 1 (0.22%) Bicep
9 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.22%) Ruby
9 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 60 (13.48%) DBS Check
2 56 (12.58%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (11.69%) Degree
4 44 (9.89%) CCNP
5 25 (5.62%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.27%) A+ Certification
6 19 (4.27%) CCNA
7 14 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.47%) CCIE
9 9 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.80%) Security Cleared
11 7 (1.57%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.67%) HP APS
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.67%) MCSE
14 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.45%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.22%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.70%) SLA
2 8 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.57%) PMO
4 5 (1.12%) JTAG
5 4 (0.90%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.67%) GDPR
7 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) ECSS
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 87 (19.55%) Active Directory
2 44 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.39%) Firmware
4 16 (3.60%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.57%) ProxySG
6 7 (1.57%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.02%) FortiGate
3 7 (1.57%) Ansible
4 5 (1.12%) SCCM
5 4 (0.90%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.90%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) Nmap
7 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.22%) Terraform
7 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 122 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 94 (21.12%) Cisco
3 50 (11.24%) Fortinet
4 46 (10.34%) VMware
5 42 (9.44%) Aruba
6 34 (7.64%) Meraki
7 19 (4.27%) Palo Alto
8 17 (3.82%) CheckPoint
9 16 (3.60%) Juniper
9 16 (3.60%) Veeam
10 12 (2.70%) SolarWinds
11 11 (2.47%) F5
11 11 (2.47%) HP
12 10 (2.25%) Apple
12 10 (2.25%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (1.80%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.80%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.57%) Blue Coat
14 7 (1.57%) Infoblox
14 7 (1.57%) Motorola