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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 97 194
Rank change year-on-year -154 +97 -150
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 444 990 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 3.31% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.41% 19.02% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 350 183 871
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,600 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% -9.04% +9.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 4,717 5,204 9,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.00% 17.39% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,717 7,160
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,250 £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 £61,250 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -7.50%

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 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 18 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 -111 132 £42,500 +6.25% 93
North of England -15 120 £52,500 +75.00% 41
Midlands -112 77 £42,500 -5.56% 36
North West +42 74 £57,500 +74.24% 26
East of England -106 64 £41,095 -8.68% 27
West Midlands +7 43 £42,500 +25.00% 17
East Midlands -99 34 £35,000 -30.00% 19
Yorkshire -53 33 £34,500 +18.97% 12
South West -56 32 £54,709 +51.97% 21
North East -41 13 £39,750 +37.07% 5
Scotland +14 11 £50,500 +26.25% 8
Wales -42 7 £34,000 -29.34% 4
Northern Ireland -32 2 £45,750 -3.68% 13
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 37 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.13%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.13%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (2.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 96 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (13.06%) Azure
3 29 (6.53%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.38%) AWS
5 5 (1.13%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.13%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.45%) SaaS
8 1 (0.23%) GCP
8 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 97 (21.85%) Firewall
2 86 (19.37%) WAN
3 85 (19.14%) VPN
4 81 (18.24%) LAN
5 48 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (9.68%) Network Security
7 40 (9.01%) VLAN
8 37 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 33 (7.43%) Bluetooth
10 30 (6.76%) BGP
11 29 (6.53%) DHCP
12 28 (6.31%) DNS
12 28 (6.31%) OSPF
13 25 (5.63%) Broadband
13 25 (5.63%) TCP/IP
14 23 (5.18%) WLAN
15 16 (3.60%) Modbus
16 15 (3.38%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (3.38%) EIGRP
17 14 (3.15%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (2.48%) Git
2 5 (1.13%) 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 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 139 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.68%) Telecoms
3 38 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.33%) Electronics
5 23 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.50%) Finance
6 20 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.25%) Automotive
8 10 (2.25%) Law
9 9 (2.03%) Marketing
10 8 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.80%) Retail
11 7 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.13%) Legal
13 5 (1.13%) Military
14 4 (0.90%) Advertising
14 4 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (16.44%) Senior
2 67 (15.09%) Support Engineer
3 64 (14.41%) Network Engineer
4 61 (13.74%) IT Support
5 48 (10.81%) IT Technician
5 48 (10.81%) Software Engineer
6 41 (9.23%) Embedded Engineer
7 36 (8.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 34 (7.66%) IT Engineer
9 28 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (6.31%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.08%) Support Technician
10 27 (6.08%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.08%) Technical Support Engineer
11 24 (5.41%) Senior IT Technician
11 24 (5.41%) Senior Technician
12 23 (5.18%) IT Support Technician
12 23 (5.18%) Systems Engineer
12 23 (5.18%) Wireless Engineer
13 21 (4.73%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.35%) Yocto
2 4 (0.90%) pytest
2 4 (0.90%) REST
2 4 (0.90%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.23%) NumPy
3 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.23%) SciPy
3 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.77%) Driving Licence
2 39 (8.78%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.53%) IoT
4 24 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.48%) CCTV
6 11 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.25%) Smart Home
8 9 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.80%) ASIC
9 8 (1.80%) FPGA
9 8 (1.80%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.35%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.35%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.13%) Replication
13 4 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.90%) Podcast
13 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.68%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 116 (26.13%) Windows
2 80 (18.02%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.18%) Windows 10
4 16 (3.60%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.38%) Linux
5 15 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.25%) FreeRTOS
6 10 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.90%) Android
7 4 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.23%) Rocky
9 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.23%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (13.06%) Software Engineering
3 56 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (10.36%) Customer Service
5 43 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 37 (8.33%) Service Delivery
7 34 (7.66%) Project Delivery
8 28 (6.31%) ITIL
9 25 (5.63%) Decision-Making
10 23 (5.18%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (4.73%) CRM
12 18 (4.05%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (4.05%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (4.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (4.05%) Validation
13 17 (3.83%) ITSM
13 17 (3.83%) Logistics
13 17 (3.83%) Network Design
13 17 (3.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (3.83%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.56%) Python
2 31 (6.98%) C
3 28 (6.31%) C++
4 17 (3.83%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.80%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.13%) VB
7 4 (0.90%) Bash
8 2 (0.45%) SQL
9 1 (0.23%) Bicep
9 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (13.74%) DBS Check
2 54 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (11.71%) Degree
4 42 (9.46%) CCNP
5 25 (5.63%) Network+ Certification
6 20 (4.50%) CCNA
7 19 (4.28%) A+ Certification
8 12 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.03%) CCIE
9 9 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.58%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.58%) Security Cleared
11 6 (1.35%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.68%) HP APS
12 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.68%) MCSE
13 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.48%) SLA
2 8 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.35%) PMO
5 5 (1.13%) JTAG
6 4 (0.90%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.68%) GDPR
8 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.23%) ECSS
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 87 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 46 (10.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.41%) Firmware
4 18 (4.05%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.58%) vSphere
7 6 (1.35%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.80%) FortiGate
3 7 (1.58%) Ansible
4 5 (1.13%) SCCM
5 4 (0.90%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.90%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.23%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 127 (28.60%) Microsoft
2 95 (21.40%) Cisco
3 50 (11.26%) Fortinet
4 48 (10.81%) VMware
5 43 (9.68%) Aruba
6 33 (7.43%) Meraki
7 18 (4.05%) Palo Alto
8 17 (3.83%) Juniper
9 16 (3.60%) Veeam
10 15 (3.38%) CheckPoint
11 11 (2.48%) SolarWinds
11 11 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
12 10 (2.25%) HP
13 9 (2.03%) Apple
14 8 (1.80%) F5
14 8 (1.80%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
16 6 (1.35%) Infoblox
16 6 (1.35%) Motorola
16 6 (1.35%) Salesforce