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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 159 174
Rank change year-on-year -70 +15 +85
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 346 656 581
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.82% 1.76% 1.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.52% 13.00% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 264 239 514
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £40,282
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +24.13% -10.49%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -

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 7,651 5,047 5,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.24% 13.55% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,898 2,545 4,128
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -11 142 £40,000 -15.79% 94
North of England -34 43 £29,000 -27.50% 32
Scotland +31 42 £51,000 +27.50% 6
East of England -60 41 £57,500 +4.55% 24
Midlands -63 38 £51,250 -5.09% 28
West Midlands -15 34 £55,000 +1.85% 19
South West 0 24 £40,500 -29.57% 27
North West -4 19 £30,000 -45.45% 17
North East +7 13 £29,000 -63.75% 6
Yorkshire -32 11 £28,000 -6.67% 10
Wales -11 8 £42,500 -3.41% 7
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 3
East Midlands -70 4 £36,750 +20.73% 9
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 (9.25%) SharePoint
2 27 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.31%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.87%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 113 (32.66%) Azure
2 96 (27.75%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.25%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.49%) AWS
5 12 (3.47%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.31%) GCP
6 8 (2.31%) Power Automate
6 8 (2.31%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.31%) PowerApps
6 8 (2.31%) Serverless
7 5 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.45%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.16%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.87%) SaaS
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon Ads
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 115 (33.24%) Firewall
2 86 (24.86%) LAN
3 84 (24.28%) WAN
4 73 (21.10%) VPN
5 67 (19.36%) DHCP
6 64 (18.50%) DNS
7 62 (17.92%) VLAN
8 47 (13.58%) TCP/IP
9 37 (10.69%) SD-WAN
10 33 (9.54%) VoIP
11 30 (8.67%) Wireshark
12 28 (8.09%) Internet
13 24 (6.94%) BGP
14 22 (6.36%) OSPF
14 22 (6.36%) WLAN
15 19 (5.49%) MPLS
16 17 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (4.62%) Network Security
18 15 (4.34%) EIGRP
18 15 (4.34%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.29%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 13 (3.76%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 129 (37.28%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.03%) Telecoms
3 43 (12.43%) Electronics
4 37 (10.69%) Finance
4 37 (10.69%) Manufacturing
5 31 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.20%) Retail
7 16 (4.62%) Automotive
8 13 (3.76%) Law
9 11 (3.18%) Marketing
10 10 (2.89%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.73%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.45%) Billing
12 5 (1.45%) Legal
12 5 (1.45%) Military
12 5 (1.45%) Welsh Language
13 4 (1.16%) Wearables
14 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.87%) Games
14 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (17.63%) Support Engineer
2 49 (14.16%) IT Support
3 47 (13.58%) Network Engineer
4 38 (10.98%) Technical Engineer
5 37 (10.69%) Technical Support
6 35 (10.12%) Software Engineer
7 33 (9.54%) IT Engineer
8 31 (8.96%) Technical Support Engineer
9 27 (7.80%) 2nd Line Support
10 26 (7.51%) Embedded Engineer
10 26 (7.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 24 (6.94%) Senior
12 22 (6.36%) Analyst
12 22 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (5.20%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (4.05%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.76%) Senior IT Engineer
15 13 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
16 12 (3.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.89%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.45%) REST
3 2 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.54%) Data Centre
2 28 (8.09%) Management Information System
3 27 (7.80%) IoT
4 23 (6.65%) Driving Licence
5 19 (5.49%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.62%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (4.05%) e-Learning
8 13 (3.76%) MicroBlaze
8 13 (3.76%) RISC-V
9 12 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.45%) CCTV
11 5 (1.45%) Clustering
12 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (23.99%) Windows
2 47 (13.58%) Windows Server
3 36 (10.40%) Linux
4 23 (6.65%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.20%) Android
6 17 (4.91%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.76%) Embedded Linux
7 13 (3.76%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.58%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (24.28%) Customer Service
2 64 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.69%) Software Engineering
4 34 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (8.96%) Change Management
5 31 (8.96%) Mentoring
6 30 (8.67%) Agile
7 29 (8.38%) ITIL
8 27 (7.80%) Network Monitoring
9 26 (7.51%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (7.23%) Asset Management
10 25 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (6.36%) Coaching
11 22 (6.36%) Load Balancing
12 21 (6.07%) Project Delivery
12 21 (6.07%) Project Management
12 21 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (5.78%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.54%) C++
1 33 (9.54%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.23%) C
2 25 (7.23%) Python
3 3 (0.87%) SQL
4 2 (0.58%) Bash
4 2 (0.58%) R
4 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (9.25%) CCNP
2 32 (9.25%) Degree
3 26 (7.51%) Security Cleared
4 24 (6.94%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.62%) CCNA
6 9 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (1.45%) ACMT
8 5 (1.45%) GCSC
8 5 (1.45%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.87%) CCIE
9 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.87%) HND
9 3 (0.87%) OSCP
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.58%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.02%) GDPR
1 7 (2.02%) SLA
2 6 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.45%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.45%) QA
4 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.58%) NIST
4 2 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 90 (26.01%) Active Directory
2 49 (14.16%) Hyper-V
3 40 (11.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (8.67%) Firmware
5 15 (4.34%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (2.02%) vSphere
8 6 (1.73%) Docker
9 5 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.58%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (13.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.07%) FortiGate
3 15 (4.34%) Ansible
4 11 (3.18%) Autotask
5 8 (2.31%) Terraform
6 6 (1.73%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.45%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.16%) Grafana
8 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.87%) Nmap
10 2 (0.58%) SCCM
11 1 (0.29%) Nessus
11 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 131 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 93 (26.88%) Cisco
3 50 (14.45%) Meraki
4 44 (12.72%) VMware
5 37 (10.69%) Palo Alto
6 32 (9.25%) Fortinet
7 29 (8.38%) SolarWinds
8 23 (6.65%) Aruba
9 22 (6.36%) Apple
9 22 (6.36%) Veeam
10 21 (6.07%) CheckPoint
10 21 (6.07%) SonicWALL
11 14 (4.05%) Sophos
12 12 (3.47%) WatchGuard
13 11 (3.18%) HP
14 10 (2.89%) Samsung
15 9 (2.60%) F5
16 8 (2.31%) Atlassian
16 8 (2.31%) Juniper
16 8 (2.31%) ServiceNow