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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 89 179
Rank change year-on-year -165 +90 -127
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 411 989 1,056
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 3.46% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.14% 20.99% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 337 199 869
10th Percentile £28,300 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,375 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +11.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,500 £66,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -

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 7,991 4,712 9,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.06% 16.50% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,877 2,651 7,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 May 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 May 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 -120 116 £48,000 +20.00% 86
North of England -41 106 £44,000 +29.41% 53
North West +14 74 £52,500 -22.22% 25
Midlands -127 67 £42,500 -15.00% 30
East of England -110 62 £42,500 -18.27% 34
West Midlands -3 38 £52,500 -19.23% 20
East Midlands -112 29 £34,000 -29.17% 10
South West -50 26 £48,459 +8.90% 29
Yorkshire -81 22 £38,750 +27.05% 23
Scotland -7 20 £75,000 +36.36% 22
Wales -26 11 £42,500 -8.36% 10
North East -21 10 £39,750 -29.77% 9
Northern Ireland -33 4 £48,750 - 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 21 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.49%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (22.38%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (11.92%) Azure
3 22 (5.35%) Entra ID
4 19 (4.62%) AWS
5 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.97%) GCP
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.49%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.24%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (22.14%) Firewall
2 89 (21.65%) WAN
3 83 (20.19%) VPN
4 73 (17.76%) LAN
5 38 (9.25%) VLAN
6 36 (8.76%) DHCP
6 36 (8.76%) SD-WAN
7 35 (8.52%) DNS
8 34 (8.27%) BGP
9 33 (8.03%) OSPF
10 31 (7.54%) TCP/IP
11 30 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (7.06%) Network Security
13 26 (6.33%) Bluetooth
14 21 (5.11%) Cisco Wireless
14 21 (5.11%) EIGRP
14 21 (5.11%) WLAN
15 20 (4.87%) Broadband
16 19 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (3.89%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Git
1 6 (1.46%) JIRA
2 4 (0.97%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.97%) Subversion
3 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.24%) GDB
4 1 (0.24%) GitLab
4 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 128 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 47 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (7.30%) Electronics
3 30 (7.30%) Telecoms
4 19 (4.62%) Manufacturing
5 16 (3.89%) Retail
6 15 (3.65%) Finance
6 15 (3.65%) Law
7 14 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.68%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.95%) Automotive
9 8 (1.95%) Military
10 7 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.70%) Marketing
11 6 (1.46%) Welsh Language
12 5 (1.22%) Advertising
12 5 (1.22%) Legal
13 3 (0.73%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 65 (15.82%) Support Engineer
2 62 (15.09%) Senior
3 58 (14.11%) Network Engineer
4 51 (12.41%) IT Support
5 42 (10.22%) IT Technician
5 42 (10.22%) Software Engineer
6 33 (8.03%) IT Engineer
7 27 (6.57%) Embedded Engineer
7 27 (6.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (5.84%) Senior IT Technician
8 24 (5.84%) Senior Technician
9 23 (5.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 22 (5.35%) Senior Network Engineer
10 22 (5.35%) Systems Engineer
11 21 (5.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 21 (5.11%) Support Technician
11 21 (5.11%) Technical Engineer
11 21 (5.11%) Technical Support
11 21 (5.11%) Technical Support Engineer
12 20 (4.87%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.95%) REST
2 2 (0.49%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.24%) NumPy
3 1 (0.24%) pytest
3 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.24%) SciPy
3 1 (0.24%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.24%) Web Services
3 1 (0.24%) Yocto
3 1 (0.24%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.84%) Driving Licence
2 42 (10.22%) Data Centre
3 28 (6.81%) IoT
4 19 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.43%) CCTV
7 10 (2.43%) Smart Home
8 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.46%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.22%) Replication
11 4 (0.97%) ASIC
11 4 (0.97%) Podcast
11 4 (0.97%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.73%) FPGA
12 3 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.73%) NB-IoT
12 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (28.71%) Windows
2 77 (18.73%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.60%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.62%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.92%) Linux
6 10 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.70%) Android
8 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.22%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.24%) Rocky
11 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.24%) Unix
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (12.17%) Customer Service
2 50 (12.17%) Software Engineering
3 49 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (8.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 34 (8.27%) Service Delivery
5 31 (7.54%) ITIL
6 27 (6.57%) Time Management
7 23 (5.60%) Logistics
7 23 (5.60%) Network Monitoring
8 22 (5.35%) Collaborative Working
8 22 (5.35%) Project Delivery
9 21 (5.11%) Decision-Making
9 21 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (4.62%) CRM
11 18 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (4.14%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (3.89%) ITSM
14 15 (3.65%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (3.65%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.00%) Python
2 26 (6.33%) C++
3 22 (5.35%) C
4 16 (3.89%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.22%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.22%) VB
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) Bicep
6 1 (0.24%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (14.84%) DBS Check
2 54 (13.14%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (11.44%) CCNP
4 46 (11.19%) Degree
5 22 (5.35%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.62%) A+ Certification
7 17 (4.14%) CCNA
8 12 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.68%) CCIE
10 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.95%) Security Cleared
11 7 (1.70%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.73%) HP APS
13 3 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.49%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.49%) MCSE
15 1 (0.24%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.92%) SLA
2 8 (1.95%) PMO
3 6 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.97%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) QA
6 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.49%) JTAG
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (19.71%) Active Directory
2 41 (9.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.11%) Firmware
3 21 (5.11%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (1.95%) ProxySG
6 6 (1.46%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (3.16%) Ansible
1 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.19%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.22%) Terraform
4 4 (0.97%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.97%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.97%) SCCM
5 2 (0.49%) Grafana
5 2 (0.49%) Nagios
5 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 121 (29.44%) Microsoft
2 90 (21.90%) Cisco
3 43 (10.46%) Fortinet
3 43 (10.46%) VMware
4 28 (6.81%) Aruba
5 27 (6.57%) Meraki
6 20 (4.87%) SolarWinds
7 15 (3.65%) CheckPoint
7 15 (3.65%) F5
7 15 (3.65%) Palo Alto
8 13 (3.16%) Veeam
9 11 (2.68%) Juniper
9 11 (2.68%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.43%) Apple
11 9 (2.19%) HP
12 8 (1.95%) Blue Coat
12 8 (1.95%) HubSpot
12 8 (1.95%) Infoblox
12 8 (1.95%) Motorola
13 6 (1.46%) Salesforce