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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 268 181
Rank change year-on-year +6 -87 -107
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 356 258 966
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.98% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.53% 7.28% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 284 194 806
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,600 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +11.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £65,938 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +22.22% -

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 7,866 3,542 8,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.28% 13.49% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,877 2,546 6,924
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £47,500 £43,239
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% +9.85% -3.91%
75th Percentile £57,239 £63,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -6.73%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +20 130 £42,500 +6.25% 79
North of England -52 76 £34,000 -6.21% 52
Midlands -4 50 £43,750 -19.72% 31
North West -3 47 £40,000 -40.74% 32
East of England 0 39 £40,000 -27.27% 42
West Midlands +13 34 £56,750 -12.69% 18
Scotland -12 29 £67,000 +67.50% 7
East Midlands -32 16 £35,000 -9.68% 13
Yorkshire -80 15 £31,750 +5.83% 15
North East -12 14 £29,000 -63.75% 7
South West -30 14 £49,709 +36.19% 18
Wales -12 12 £42,500 -8.36%
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 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 18 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) WordPress
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.81%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (24.72%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (19.38%) Azure
3 21 (5.90%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.62%) AWS
5 6 (1.69%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.40%) GCP
7 3 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 103 (28.93%) Firewall
2 93 (26.12%) WAN
3 76 (21.35%) LAN
4 75 (21.07%) VPN
5 54 (15.17%) VLAN
6 47 (13.20%) DHCP
7 44 (12.36%) DNS
7 44 (12.36%) TCP/IP
8 43 (12.08%) SD-WAN
9 36 (10.11%) BGP
10 34 (9.55%) OSPF
11 24 (6.74%) EIGRP
11 24 (6.74%) Network Security
12 23 (6.46%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (6.46%) WLAN
13 18 (5.06%) Cisco Wireless
13 18 (5.06%) Wireshark
14 16 (4.49%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
14 16 (4.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.12%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Git
2 4 (1.12%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.12%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Subversion
3 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 129 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (8.71%) Telecoms
4 19 (5.34%) Electronics
5 17 (4.78%) Law
5 17 (4.78%) Retail
6 14 (3.93%) Finance
7 13 (3.65%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.53%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.69%) Military
10 6 (1.69%) Welsh Language
11 5 (1.40%) Marketing
11 5 (1.40%) Wearables
12 4 (1.12%) Automotive
13 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.84%) Legal
14 2 (0.56%) Advertising
14 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (15.45%) Network Engineer
2 52 (14.61%) IT Support
3 44 (12.36%) Senior
3 44 (12.36%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.43%) IT Engineer
5 28 (7.87%) IT Technician
5 28 (7.87%) Software Engineer
6 21 (5.90%) Senior Network Engineer
7 20 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 20 (5.62%) Administrator
7 20 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (5.34%) Embedded Engineer
8 19 (5.34%) Trainee
9 18 (5.06%) Network Administrator
9 18 (5.06%) Support Technician
9 18 (5.06%) Trainee Administrator
9 18 (5.06%) Trainee Network Administrator
10 16 (4.49%) IT Support Technician
10 16 (4.49%) Technical Support
11 15 (4.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.25%) REST
2 2 (0.56%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) NumPy
3 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.28%) SciPy
3 1 (0.28%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.67%) Data Centre
1 38 (10.67%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.18%) IoT
3 20 (5.62%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
6 6 (1.69%) Smart Home
7 5 (1.40%) Replication
8 4 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.84%) FPGA
9 3 (0.84%) NB-IoT
9 3 (0.84%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.84%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.56%) Podcast
10 2 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 100 (28.09%) Windows
2 58 (16.29%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.62%) Apple iOS
4 18 (5.06%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.49%) Linux
6 12 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.25%) Android
8 7 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.28%) CentOS
11 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.28%) Rocky
11 1 (0.28%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.28%) Unix
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (18.54%) Customer Service
3 36 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (8.99%) Software Engineering
5 31 (8.71%) ITIL
6 27 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (7.02%) Network Monitoring
8 24 (6.74%) Service Delivery
9 23 (6.46%) Change Management
10 22 (6.18%) Mentoring
11 21 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (5.62%) Load Balancing
12 20 (5.62%) Logistics
13 19 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (5.34%) Project Delivery
14 17 (4.78%) Network Management
14 17 (4.78%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (4.78%) Time Management
15 16 (4.49%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.11%) Python
2 23 (6.46%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.06%) C++
4 14 (3.93%) C
5 5 (1.40%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.40%) VB
6 2 (0.56%) SQL
6 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 53 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (13.76%) CCNP
3 32 (8.99%) DBS Check
3 32 (8.99%) Degree
4 20 (5.62%) Network+ Certification
5 19 (5.34%) A+ Certification
6 15 (4.21%) CCNA
7 10 (2.81%) CCIE
7 10 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.97%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.97%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.56%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.28%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.09%) SLA
2 8 (2.25%) PMO
3 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.40%) QA
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.28%) JTAG
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (21.91%) Active Directory
2 37 (10.39%) Hyper-V
3 35 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (5.62%) Firmware
5 8 (2.25%) ProxySG
6 6 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.84%) vSphere
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.28%) Docker
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.78%) Ansible
3 15 (4.21%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.25%) Terraform
5 4 (1.12%) Backup Exec
6 3 (0.84%) Grafana
6 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.84%) SCCM
7 2 (0.56%) Nagios
8 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.28%) Nessus
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
8 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 116 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 93 (26.12%) Cisco
3 38 (10.67%) Fortinet
3 38 (10.67%) Meraki
4 36 (10.11%) VMware
5 27 (7.58%) SolarWinds
6 26 (7.30%) Palo Alto
7 22 (6.18%) CheckPoint
8 19 (5.34%) Aruba
9 15 (4.21%) F5
10 14 (3.93%) Apple
11 13 (3.65%) Veeam
12 11 (3.09%) ServiceNow
12 11 (3.09%) SonicWALL
13 8 (2.25%) Blue Coat
13 8 (2.25%) HP
13 8 (2.25%) Infoblox
13 8 (2.25%) Juniper
13 8 (2.25%) Motorola
14 7 (1.97%) Google