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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 100 189
Rank change year-on-year -138 +89 -149
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 535 1,030 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 3.05% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.55% 18.41% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 424 210 805
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £29,793
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,617 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.98% -11.49% +11.84%
75th Percentile £64,813 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £64,125 £70,150
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,600 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.94% -8.21% +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 5,070 5,595 9,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.11% 16.57% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,464 3,035 6,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,087 £25,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -10.23% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -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 12 July 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 July 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 -100 161 £47,166 +17.91% 96
North of England +20 143 £47,500 +61.02% 44
Midlands -100 92 £42,500 -7.61% 23
North West +32 82 £58,750 +78.03% 22
East of England -94 80 £41,845 -7.01% 24
Yorkshire -35 49 £34,500 +21.05% 20
East Midlands -96 47 £38,750 -25.48% 10
West Midlands +11 45 £42,500 +25.00% 13
South West -53 38 £55,000 +52.78% 20
Scotland +8 15 £50,500 +6.32% 8
North East -52 12 £45,500 +56.90% 3
Wales -46 6 £34,000 -31.66% 3
Northern Ireland -60 1 £34,000 -28.42% 6
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 59 (11.03%) SharePoint
2 43 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.93%) Confluence
3 5 (0.93%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.62%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.56%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.06%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.12%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 133 (24.86%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (15.89%) Azure
3 45 (8.41%) Entra ID
4 16 (2.99%) AWS
5 10 (1.87%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (0.93%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.75%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.37%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.37%) GCP
10 2 (0.37%) SaaS
10 2 (0.37%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.19%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 138 (25.79%) Firewall
2 104 (19.44%) WAN
3 103 (19.25%) LAN
4 102 (19.07%) VPN
5 75 (14.02%) Wi-Fi
6 60 (11.21%) VLAN
7 57 (10.65%) Network Security
8 54 (10.09%) DHCP
8 54 (10.09%) DNS
9 48 (8.97%) TCP/IP
10 41 (7.66%) Bluetooth
10 41 (7.66%) SD-WAN
11 28 (5.23%) BGP
11 28 (5.23%) Broadband
12 25 (4.67%) OSPF
12 25 (4.67%) WLAN
13 20 (3.74%) 5G
13 20 (3.74%) Modbus
14 18 (3.36%) ZigBee
15 14 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Data Mart
2 1 (0.19%) MySQL
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
2 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.74%) Git
2 6 (1.12%) GDB
2 6 (1.12%) GitLab
2 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.93%) JIRA
4 4 (0.75%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.75%) Subversion
5 3 (0.56%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 167 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 49 (9.16%) Telecoms
3 44 (8.22%) Electronics
4 39 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (4.86%) Finance
7 24 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.24%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.06%) Retail
10 10 (1.87%) Automotive
10 10 (1.87%) Law
11 9 (1.68%) Marketing
12 7 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.31%) Legal
13 6 (1.12%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.93%) Military
14 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Advertising
16 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 88 (16.45%) Support Engineer
2 83 (15.51%) IT Support
2 83 (15.51%) Senior
3 82 (15.33%) Network Engineer
4 61 (11.40%) IT Engineer
5 58 (10.84%) Embedded Engineer
6 57 (10.65%) Software Engineer
7 50 (9.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 48 (8.97%) IT Technician
9 46 (8.60%) IT Support Engineer
10 30 (5.61%) Technical Engineer
11 29 (5.42%) Systems Engineer
12 27 (5.05%) Support Technician
12 27 (5.05%) Technical Support
12 27 (5.05%) Technical Support Engineer
13 24 (4.49%) Senior IT Technician
13 24 (4.49%) Senior Technician
14 23 (4.30%) IT Support Technician
15 22 (4.11%) Administrator
16 19 (3.55%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.43%) Yocto
2 4 (0.75%) pytest
2 4 (0.75%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (0.37%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 80 (14.95%) Driving Licence
2 38 (7.10%) Data Centre
2 38 (7.10%) IoT
3 36 (6.73%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.55%) CCTV
6 14 (2.62%) FPGA
7 13 (2.43%) ASIC
7 13 (2.43%) Device Driver
7 13 (2.43%) Raspberry Pi
8 10 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.87%) Smart Home
9 8 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
10 7 (1.31%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.93%) Clustering
12 5 (0.93%) Replication
13 4 (0.75%) Podcast
13 4 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 150 (28.04%) Windows
2 111 (20.75%) Windows Server
3 28 (5.23%) Windows 10
4 26 (4.86%) Linux
5 18 (3.36%) Apple iOS
6 17 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (2.80%) FreeRTOS
8 14 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (2.06%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.93%) Android
10 5 (0.93%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.19%) CentOS
12 1 (0.19%) Rocky
12 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.19%) Unix
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (15.14%) Software Engineering
3 72 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (11.40%) Customer Service
5 46 (8.60%) Root Cause Analysis
6 43 (8.04%) Project Delivery
6 43 (8.04%) Service Delivery
7 36 (6.73%) ITIL
8 32 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (5.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (4.86%) Collaborative Culture
10 26 (4.86%) Decision-Making
11 23 (4.30%) Computer Science
11 23 (4.30%) CRM
11 23 (4.30%) Network Monitoring
11 23 (4.30%) Time Management
12 22 (4.11%) Mentoring
12 22 (4.11%) Validation
13 19 (3.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.60%) C
2 45 (8.41%) Python
3 34 (6.36%) C++
4 32 (5.98%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.62%) Embedded C
6 5 (0.93%) Rust
6 5 (0.93%) VB
7 4 (0.75%) Bash
7 4 (0.75%) Ruby
7 4 (0.75%) SQL
8 3 (0.56%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.37%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 69 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (12.34%) Degree
3 63 (11.78%) DBS Check
4 50 (9.35%) CCNP
5 34 (6.36%) CCNA
6 25 (4.67%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.55%) A+ Certification
8 15 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.06%) Master's Degree
10 11 (2.06%) Security Cleared
11 10 (1.87%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.87%) SC Cleared
12 8 (1.50%) CCIE
13 3 (0.56%) HP APS
13 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.56%) MCSE
14 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.06%) JTAG
2 11 (2.06%) SLA
3 9 (1.68%) GDPR
4 8 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.75%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.75%) PMO
6 3 (0.56%) ECSS
6 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.37%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 122 (22.80%) Active Directory
2 60 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (7.66%) Hyper-V
4 34 (6.36%) Firmware
5 16 (2.99%) vSphere
6 15 (2.80%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.75%) ProxySG
7 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.87%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.93%) SCCM
4 4 (0.75%) Ansible
4 4 (0.75%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.75%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.56%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.37%) Nagios
6 2 (0.37%) Terraform
7 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 173 (32.34%) Microsoft
2 114 (21.31%) Cisco
3 63 (11.78%) VMware
4 53 (9.91%) Fortinet
5 50 (9.35%) Aruba
6 34 (6.36%) Meraki
7 25 (4.67%) Palo Alto
8 24 (4.49%) Juniper
9 18 (3.36%) Veeam
10 17 (3.18%) Ubiquiti
11 15 (2.80%) CheckPoint
12 14 (2.62%) HP
13 9 (1.68%) Apple
13 9 (1.68%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.50%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.31%) F5
15 7 (1.31%) Google
15 7 (1.31%) Sophos
16 6 (1.12%) Salesforce
16 6 (1.12%) ServiceNow