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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 160 166
Rank change year-on-year -52 +6 +87
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 359 665 576
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 1.73% 2.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.64% 12.98% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 269 244 518
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,626 £40,125
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +26.17% -10.83%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%

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 7,731 5,125 4,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.58% 13.32% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,998 2,604 4,059
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +8.00% -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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 -9 140 £40,000 -15.79% 120
North of England -22 48 £29,000 -27.50% 60
Scotland +31 45 £51,000 +27.50% 8
East of England -52 42 £57,500 +4.55% 52
Midlands -65 37 £50,000 -7.41% 49
West Midlands 0 32 £51,250 -5.09% 31
South West +20 30 £40,000 -33.33% 31
North West +2 18 £32,000 -41.82% 34
Yorkshire -31 16 £28,000 -6.67% 21
North East +2 14 £29,000 -63.75% 6
Wales -14 10 £42,500 -3.41% 10
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -68 5 £37,500 +23.19% 17
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 33 (9.19%) SharePoint
2 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.51%) Confluence
4 6 (1.67%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.84%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 119 (33.15%) Azure
2 102 (28.41%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.47%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.57%) AWS
5 14 (3.90%) OneDrive
6 9 (2.51%) GCP
6 9 (2.51%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.51%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.51%) PowerApps
6 9 (2.51%) Serverless
7 5 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.39%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.39%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.84%) SaaS
10 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Ads
11 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 118 (32.87%) Firewall
2 91 (25.35%) LAN
3 86 (23.96%) WAN
4 74 (20.61%) VPN
5 71 (19.78%) DHCP
6 68 (18.94%) DNS
7 63 (17.55%) VLAN
8 50 (13.93%) TCP/IP
9 37 (10.31%) VoIP
10 35 (9.75%) SD-WAN
11 28 (7.80%) Internet
11 28 (7.80%) Wireshark
12 23 (6.41%) WLAN
13 21 (5.85%) BGP
14 19 (5.29%) OSPF
15 18 (5.01%) Network Security
16 17 (4.74%) MPLS
17 16 (4.46%) Bluetooth
17 16 (4.46%) Software-Defined Radio
17 16 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.28%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 14 (3.90%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) Burp Suite
2 5 (1.39%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.28%) Git
General
1 132 (36.77%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.60%) Telecoms
3 48 (13.37%) Electronics
4 40 (11.14%) Finance
4 40 (11.14%) Manufacturing
5 29 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.29%) Automotive
7 18 (5.01%) Retail
8 12 (3.34%) Marketing
9 11 (3.06%) Law
10 10 (2.79%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.23%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.95%) Billing
13 5 (1.39%) Legal
13 5 (1.39%) Military
13 5 (1.39%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.11%) Wearables
15 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Games
15 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (18.66%) Support Engineer
2 50 (13.93%) IT Support
3 45 (12.53%) Network Engineer
4 44 (12.26%) Technical Engineer
4 44 (12.26%) Technical Support
5 37 (10.31%) Technical Support Engineer
6 36 (10.03%) Software Engineer
7 35 (9.75%) IT Engineer
8 29 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 29 (8.08%) Embedded Engineer
8 29 (8.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 25 (6.96%) Senior
10 24 (6.69%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (6.41%) Analyst
12 18 (5.01%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.18%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.90%) Senior IT Engineer
15 12 (3.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 12 (3.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 12 (3.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.34%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.11%) REST
3 2 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.91%) Data Centre
2 28 (7.80%) IoT
2 28 (7.80%) Management Information System
3 23 (6.41%) Driving Licence
4 19 (5.29%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.01%) Embedded Systems
6 16 (4.46%) e-Learning
7 15 (4.18%) MicroBlaze
7 15 (4.18%) RISC-V
7 15 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.67%) Clustering
10 5 (1.39%) CCTV
10 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.11%) Digital Signage
11 4 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.11%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.68%) Windows
2 51 (14.21%) Windows Server
3 41 (11.42%) Linux
4 21 (5.85%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.01%) Android
5 18 (5.01%) Mac OS
6 15 (4.18%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (3.62%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.84%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (24.79%) Customer Service
2 60 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (10.58%) Software Engineering
4 32 (8.91%) Agile
4 32 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (8.91%) Mentoring
5 31 (8.64%) ITIL
6 30 (8.36%) Change Management
7 28 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (7.52%) Asset Management
8 27 (7.52%) Collaborative Working
8 27 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (6.96%) Network Monitoring
10 23 (6.41%) Coaching
11 22 (6.13%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (5.57%) Network Management
13 20 (5.57%) Network Virtualisation
14 19 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (5.29%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.31%) PowerShell
2 34 (9.47%) C++
3 28 (7.80%) C
4 23 (6.41%) Python
5 4 (1.11%) Bash
6 3 (0.84%) SQL
7 2 (0.56%) R
7 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (11.42%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (8.91%) Degree
3 30 (8.36%) Security Cleared
4 28 (7.80%) CCNP
4 28 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.57%) CCNA
6 7 (1.95%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.95%) GCSC
6 7 (1.95%) JNCIA
6 7 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.67%) ACMT
8 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.39%) OSCP
9 3 (0.84%) CCIE
9 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.84%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.84%) HND
10 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.56%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (1.95%) GDPR
1 7 (1.95%) SLA
2 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.39%) QA
3 4 (1.11%) NIST
4 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.28%) GRC
5 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 53 (14.76%) Hyper-V
3 41 (11.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (9.19%) Firmware
5 17 (4.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.95%) Docker
7 7 (1.95%) vSphere
8 6 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.56%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 52 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.57%) FortiGate
3 14 (3.90%) Autotask
4 13 (3.62%) Ansible
5 8 (2.23%) Terraform
6 7 (1.95%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.67%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.39%) Nmap
9 4 (1.11%) Grafana
9 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.84%) SCCM
11 1 (0.28%) Nessus
11 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 138 (38.44%) Microsoft
2 94 (26.18%) Cisco
3 49 (13.65%) Meraki
4 45 (12.53%) VMware
5 37 (10.31%) Palo Alto
6 30 (8.36%) Fortinet
7 29 (8.08%) SolarWinds
8 25 (6.96%) Veeam
9 24 (6.69%) Apple
9 24 (6.69%) SonicWALL
10 23 (6.41%) Aruba
11 21 (5.85%) CheckPoint
12 16 (4.46%) Sophos
13 13 (3.62%) WatchGuard
14 11 (3.06%) HP
15 10 (2.79%) Samsung
16 9 (2.51%) Atlassian
16 9 (2.51%) F5
16 9 (2.51%) Sage
16 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow