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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 255 178
Rank change year-on-year -6 -77 -120
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 379 256 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.99% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.75% 7.29% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 310 193 835
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +7.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £67,000
UK median annual salary £49,250 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.63% +21.11% -

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 7,977 3,510 8,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.42% 13.54% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,949 2,581 7,008
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £43,350
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +9.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,485 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.02% +10.49% -6.94%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +20 135 £42,500 +6.25% 78
North of England -55 96 £35,000 +2.94% 54
North West 0 65 £35,000 -48.15% 33
Midlands -11 52 £36,000 -33.33% 32
East of England -8 40 £41,845 -23.92% 40
West Midlands +6 34 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Scotland -20 22 £71,000 +75.31% 5
Yorkshire -90 19 £34,000 +13.33% 15
East Midlands -38 18 £35,000 -9.68% 14
South West -47 18 £47,709 +30.71% 21
North East -19 12 £29,000 -22.67% 8
Wales -25 10 £42,500 -1.16%
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 2
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 17 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.06%) Confluence
3 2 (0.53%) CMS
3 2 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (14.25%) Azure
3 19 (5.01%) AWS
4 16 (4.22%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.32%) GCP
5 5 (1.32%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 95 (25.07%) Firewall
2 86 (22.69%) WAN
3 77 (20.32%) VPN
4 69 (18.21%) LAN
5 50 (13.19%) VLAN
6 44 (11.61%) DHCP
7 43 (11.35%) DNS
7 43 (11.35%) TCP/IP
8 36 (9.50%) BGP
8 36 (9.50%) SD-WAN
9 34 (8.97%) OSPF
10 27 (7.12%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (6.33%) EIGRP
11 24 (6.33%) Network Security
12 20 (5.28%) WLAN
13 19 (5.01%) Bluetooth
13 19 (5.01%) Broadband
14 18 (4.75%) Cisco Wireless
15 17 (4.49%) Cisco ASA
16 16 (4.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.85%) JIRA
2 5 (1.32%) Git
3 4 (1.06%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.06%) Subversion
4 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 135 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.86%) Electronics
4 23 (6.07%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.75%) Retail
6 17 (4.49%) Law
7 14 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.43%) Finance
9 10 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.37%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.85%) Automotive
12 6 (1.58%) Marketing
12 6 (1.58%) Military
12 6 (1.58%) Welsh Language
13 5 (1.32%) Legal
13 5 (1.32%) Wearables
14 4 (1.06%) Advertising
14 4 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (15.57%) Senior
2 55 (14.51%) IT Support
3 51 (13.46%) Network Engineer
4 48 (12.66%) Support Engineer
5 42 (11.08%) IT Technician
6 34 (8.97%) Software Engineer
7 31 (8.18%) IT Engineer
8 24 (6.33%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (6.33%) Senior IT Technician
8 24 (6.33%) Senior Technician
9 22 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support
10 21 (5.54%) Embedded Engineer
10 21 (5.54%) Senior Network Engineer
10 21 (5.54%) Support Technician
11 20 (5.28%) Administrator
12 19 (5.01%) Trainee
13 18 (4.75%) Lead
13 18 (4.75%) Network Administrator
13 18 (4.75%) Trainee Administrator
13 18 (4.75%) Trainee Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.11%) REST
2 2 (0.53%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.53%) Web Services
3 1 (0.26%) NumPy
3 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.26%) SciPy
3 1 (0.26%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.29%) Driving Licence
3 25 (6.60%) IoT
4 21 (5.54%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.64%) Smart Home
6 9 (2.37%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.58%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (1.32%) Replication
10 4 (1.06%) ASIC
10 4 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.06%) Podcast
10 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.79%) FPGA
11 3 (0.79%) NB-IoT
11 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 114 (30.08%) Windows
2 71 (18.73%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.54%) Apple iOS
4 18 (4.75%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.69%) Linux
6 12 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.11%) Android
8 6 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.26%) CentOS
11 1 (0.26%) Rocky
11 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.26%) Unix
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (17.15%) Customer Service
3 40 (10.55%) Software Engineering
4 37 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (8.97%) Service Delivery
6 29 (7.65%) ITIL
7 24 (6.33%) Collaborative Working
8 21 (5.54%) Project Delivery
9 20 (5.28%) Logistics
9 20 (5.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (5.01%) Network Monitoring
11 18 (4.75%) Mentoring
11 18 (4.75%) Time Management
12 17 (4.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (4.49%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (4.22%) Change Management
13 16 (4.22%) Customer Experience
13 16 (4.22%) Network Management
13 16 (4.22%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.29%) Python
2 22 (5.80%) C++
2 22 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 18 (4.75%) C
4 5 (1.32%) Embedded C
4 5 (1.32%) VB
5 2 (0.53%) SQL
5 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 52 (13.72%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (12.40%) DBS Check
3 46 (12.14%) CCNP
4 36 (9.50%) Degree
5 21 (5.54%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (5.01%) A+ Certification
7 15 (3.96%) CCNA
8 10 (2.64%) CCIE
8 10 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.58%) SC Cleared
10 6 (1.58%) Security Cleared
11 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.53%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.53%) HP APS
14 1 (0.26%) CHECK Team Member
14 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.26%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.69%) SLA
2 8 (2.11%) PMO
3 6 (1.58%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.32%) QA
5 4 (1.06%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) JTAG
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 80 (21.11%) Active Directory
2 45 (11.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (8.97%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.54%) Firmware
5 8 (2.11%) ProxySG
6 7 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (1.06%) vSphere
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Docker
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.49%) Ansible
3 14 (3.69%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.11%) Terraform
5 4 (1.06%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.06%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.79%) Grafana
6 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.79%) SCCM
7 2 (0.53%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 128 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 87 (22.96%) Cisco
3 46 (12.14%) VMware
4 40 (10.55%) Fortinet
5 33 (8.71%) Meraki
6 21 (5.54%) Aruba
7 20 (5.28%) SolarWinds
8 18 (4.75%) Palo Alto
9 16 (4.22%) CheckPoint
10 15 (3.96%) F5
11 12 (3.17%) Apple
11 12 (3.17%) Veeam
12 11 (2.90%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.64%) HP
14 8 (2.11%) Blue Coat
14 8 (2.11%) Infoblox
14 8 (2.11%) Juniper
14 8 (2.11%) Motorola
15 7 (1.85%) SonicWALL
16 6 (1.58%) WatchGuard