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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 92 194
Rank change year-on-year -159 +102 -150
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 435 987 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 3.35% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 19.19% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 347 185 862
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -1.11% +6.45%
75th Percentile £64,250 £56,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £69,875
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 4,680 5,142 9,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.08% 17.45% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,118 2,665 7,106
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,755
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £44,345
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -6.41% -1.46%
75th Percentile £60,094 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.94%

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 9 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 9 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 -103 127 £42,500 +6.25% 91
North of England -25 114 £52,500 +72.13% 41
Midlands -99 77 £42,500 -5.56% 31
North West +33 71 £57,500 -14.81% 24
East of England -98 64 £41,191 -8.47% 36
West Midlands +3 43 £42,500 +16.44% 18
East Midlands -93 34 £35,000 -30.00% 13
South West -38 30 £52,209 +45.02% 18
Yorkshire -63 30 £35,000 +16.67% 12
Scotland +13 14 £75,000 +71.43% 10
North East -37 13 £39,750 +27.82% 7
Wales -35 8 £34,500 -28.30% 3
Northern Ireland -36 2 £45,750 -
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 32 (7.36%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.15%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.69%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.84%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 91 (20.92%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (13.56%) Azure
3 31 (7.13%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.91%) AWS
5 5 (1.15%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.69%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.46%) GCP
8 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.46%) SaaS
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 87 (20.00%) Firewall
2 82 (18.85%) WAN
3 81 (18.62%) VPN
4 75 (17.24%) LAN
5 42 (9.66%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (8.97%) Network Security
6 39 (8.97%) VLAN
7 37 (8.51%) SD-WAN
8 31 (7.13%) Bluetooth
9 30 (6.90%) BGP
10 28 (6.44%) OSPF
11 26 (5.98%) DHCP
11 26 (5.98%) DNS
12 24 (5.52%) Broadband
12 24 (5.52%) TCP/IP
13 21 (4.83%) WLAN
14 17 (3.91%) Cisco Wireless
15 16 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (3.68%) EIGRP
16 14 (3.22%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.07%) Git
2 5 (1.15%) JIRA
3 4 (0.92%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.92%) GDB
3 4 (0.92%) GitLab
3 4 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.92%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.92%) Subversion
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 133 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.11%) Telecoms
3 38 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.28%) Electronics
5 21 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (4.37%) Finance
6 19 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.53%) Law
9 10 (2.30%) Automotive
10 9 (2.07%) Marketing
10 9 (2.07%) Retail
11 7 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.38%) Military
13 5 (1.15%) Advertising
13 5 (1.15%) Legal
14 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (16.09%) Support Engineer
2 69 (15.86%) Senior
3 65 (14.94%) Network Engineer
4 56 (12.87%) IT Support
5 46 (10.57%) IT Technician
6 45 (10.34%) Software Engineer
7 35 (8.05%) Embedded Engineer
7 35 (8.05%) IT Engineer
8 31 (7.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 28 (6.44%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (6.21%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.21%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.21%) Technical Support Engineer
11 25 (5.75%) Support Technician
12 24 (5.52%) Senior IT Technician
12 24 (5.52%) Senior Technician
13 23 (5.29%) Systems Engineer
13 23 (5.29%) Wireless Engineer
14 21 (4.83%) Administrator
14 21 (4.83%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.38%) REST
2 4 (0.92%) pytest
2 4 (0.92%) Unity DI Container
2 4 (0.92%) Yocto
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 67 (15.40%) Driving Licence
2 40 (9.20%) Data Centre
3 28 (6.44%) IoT
4 21 (4.83%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.53%) CCTV
7 10 (2.30%) Smart Home
8 9 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.61%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (1.38%) ASIC
11 6 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.15%) Device Driver
12 5 (1.15%) FPGA
12 5 (1.15%) Replication
13 4 (0.92%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.92%) Podcast
13 4 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.69%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 113 (25.98%) Windows
2 74 (17.01%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.29%) Windows 10
4 18 (4.14%) Apple iOS
5 14 (3.22%) Linux
6 13 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.84%) FreeRTOS
7 8 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.15%) Android
9 3 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) CentOS
11 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.23%) Rocky
11 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (12.41%) Software Engineering
3 52 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (10.80%) Customer Service
5 44 (10.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (8.05%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.36%) Project Delivery
8 30 (6.90%) ITIL
9 26 (5.98%) Decision-Making
10 23 (5.29%) Network Monitoring
11 20 (4.60%) CRM
12 19 (4.37%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (4.37%) Logistics
13 18 (4.14%) Computer Science
13 18 (4.14%) Time Management
13 18 (4.14%) Validation
14 17 (3.91%) ITSM
15 16 (3.68%) Mentoring
15 16 (3.68%) Network Design
15 16 (3.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.51%) Python
2 27 (6.21%) C
3 26 (5.98%) C++
4 16 (3.68%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.38%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.15%) VB
7 4 (0.92%) Bash
8 2 (0.46%) SQL
9 1 (0.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (14.02%) DBS Check
2 54 (12.41%) Cisco Certification
3 50 (11.49%) Degree
4 43 (9.89%) CCNP
5 25 (5.75%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.37%) A+ Certification
7 17 (3.91%) CCNA
8 14 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.53%) CCIE
10 9 (2.07%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.84%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.61%) SC Cleared
13 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.69%) HP APS
14 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.69%) MCSE
15 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.46%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.23%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.76%) SLA
2 7 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.61%) PMO
3 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.15%) JTAG
5 4 (0.92%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.46%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (19.77%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.06%) Firmware
4 16 (3.68%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.61%) ProxySG
6 7 (1.61%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.07%) FortiGate
3 7 (1.61%) Ansible
4 5 (1.15%) SCCM
5 4 (0.92%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.92%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.46%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) Nmap
7 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.23%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 120 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 92 (21.15%) Cisco
3 50 (11.49%) Fortinet
4 45 (10.34%) VMware
5 39 (8.97%) Aruba
6 35 (8.05%) Meraki
7 17 (3.91%) CheckPoint
8 16 (3.68%) Palo Alto
8 16 (3.68%) Veeam
9 14 (3.22%) Juniper
10 12 (2.76%) SolarWinds
11 11 (2.53%) F5
12 10 (2.30%) Apple
12 10 (2.30%) HP
13 9 (2.07%) Ubiquiti
14 8 (1.84%) HubSpot
14 8 (1.84%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.61%) Blue Coat
15 7 (1.61%) Infoblox
15 7 (1.61%) Motorola