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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 93 203
Rank change year-on-year -121 +110 -153
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 686 1,062 657
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.82% 3.08% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.41% 18.74% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 524 229 424
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -11.11% +12.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.00% +7.53%

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 5,529 5,666 6,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.64% 16.44% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,614 3,015 3,510
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,949 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.93%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -70 242 £52,500 +31.25% 187
North of England +13 156 £55,000 +89.66% 82
Midlands -104 108 £42,500 -15.00% 60
East of England -103 88 £49,000 -10.50% 66
North West +34 87 £65,000 +96.97% 62
South West -49 71 £42,500 +6.25% 42
West Midlands -2 58 £44,000 -1.12% 33
Yorkshire -9 53 £40,000 +42.86% 13
East Midlands -95 50 £42,500 -22.02% 27
Scotland +1 19 £55,000 +7.84% 28
North East -58 16 £65,000 +124.14% 9
Wales -73 3 £35,000 -29.65% 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 79 (11.52%) SharePoint
2 70 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.75%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (4.81%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.58%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.44%) Simulink
6 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.87%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 162 (23.62%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (16.76%) Azure
3 63 (9.18%) Entra ID
4 30 (4.37%) AWS
5 14 (2.04%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.31%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.73%) GCP
9 4 (0.58%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.58%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.58%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.29%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.29%) SaaS
10 2 (0.29%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.15%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 184 (26.82%) Firewall
2 129 (18.80%) LAN
3 121 (17.64%) WAN
4 119 (17.35%) VPN
5 100 (14.58%) VLAN
6 85 (12.39%) Wi-Fi
7 84 (12.24%) Network Security
8 78 (11.37%) DNS
9 72 (10.50%) DHCP
10 65 (9.48%) TCP/IP
11 46 (6.71%) SD-WAN
12 44 (6.41%) 5G
13 39 (5.69%) Broadband
14 38 (5.54%) Bluetooth
15 32 (4.66%) WLAN
16 31 (4.52%) OSPF
17 30 (4.37%) BGP
18 28 (4.08%) VoIP
19 27 (3.94%) Cisco Wireless
20 20 (2.92%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.15%) MySQL
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.06%) Git
2 8 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.87%) GDB
3 6 (0.87%) GitLab
4 5 (0.73%) JIRA
5 4 (0.58%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.44%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.29%) Maven
7 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 205 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 70 (10.20%) Telecoms
3 52 (7.58%) Electronics
4 51 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.69%) Manufacturing
6 35 (5.10%) Finance
7 34 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (2.62%) Retail
9 16 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.46%) Advertising
12 10 (1.46%) Legal
13 8 (1.17%) Automotive
13 8 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.17%) Law
14 7 (1.02%) Marketing
14 7 (1.02%) Military
14 7 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 114 (16.62%) Support Engineer
2 104 (15.16%) Network Engineer
3 102 (14.87%) IT Support
4 99 (14.43%) Senior
5 86 (12.54%) IT Engineer
6 67 (9.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 66 (9.62%) Software Engineer
8 61 (8.89%) Embedded Engineer
9 54 (7.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 49 (7.14%) IT Technician
11 44 (6.41%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (4.52%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (3.94%) Technical Support
13 27 (3.94%) Technical Support Engineer
14 26 (3.79%) Lead
14 26 (3.79%) Support Technician
15 24 (3.50%) Senior IT Technician
15 24 (3.50%) Senior Technician
16 23 (3.35%) IT Support Technician
16 23 (3.35%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.33%) Yocto
2 8 (1.17%) .NET
2 8 (1.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 8 (1.17%) Terraform
2 8 (1.17%) WinForms
3 4 (0.58%) pytest
3 4 (0.58%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.44%) Flash
4 3 (0.44%) Jinja
4 3 (0.44%) JSON
4 3 (0.44%) YAML
5 2 (0.29%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.15%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 94 (13.70%) Driving Licence
2 40 (5.83%) Data Centre
3 39 (5.69%) IoT
4 35 (5.10%) Embedded Systems
4 35 (5.10%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.37%) CCTV
5 30 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (3.50%) FPGA
7 20 (2.92%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.19%) ASIC
8 15 (2.19%) Device Driver
8 15 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.75%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (1.31%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.31%) PMI
11 8 (1.17%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.17%) Smart Home
12 7 (1.02%) Clustering
12 7 (1.02%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.73%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 179 (26.09%) Windows
2 135 (19.68%) Windows Server
3 30 (4.37%) Linux
4 29 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 17 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.04%) FreeRTOS
8 12 (1.75%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.60%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.58%) Android
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (14.58%) Software Engineering
3 98 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 92 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (9.04%) Project Delivery
6 59 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 49 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (6.71%) ITIL
10 45 (6.56%) Mentoring
11 44 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
11 44 (6.41%) Service Delivery
12 37 (5.39%) Collaborative Culture
13 36 (5.25%) Migration
14 34 (4.96%) Network Design
15 33 (4.81%) Validation
16 31 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (4.08%) CI/CD
17 28 (4.08%) Decision-Making
18 27 (3.94%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 58 (8.45%) Python
2 56 (8.16%) C
3 45 (6.56%) C++
3 45 (6.56%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.48%) Embedded C
5 11 (1.60%) Ruby
6 10 (1.46%) SQL
7 8 (1.17%) C#
8 6 (0.87%) Bash
8 6 (0.87%) MATLAB
9 5 (0.73%) Rust
10 3 (0.44%) VB
11 2 (0.29%) Bicep
12 1 (0.15%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 92 (13.41%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (12.39%) Degree
3 60 (8.75%) CCNP
4 58 (8.45%) DBS Check
5 48 (7.00%) CCNA
6 20 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.19%) Security Cleared
9 12 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.60%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.31%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.87%) CCIE
14 5 (0.73%) HNC
15 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (0.44%) CISSP
17 2 (0.29%) HP APS
17 2 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 20 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.75%) GDPR
2 12 (1.75%) SLA
3 11 (1.60%) JTAG
4 7 (1.02%) ISO 9001
5 6 (0.87%) QA
6 4 (0.58%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) ECSS
7 3 (0.44%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 151 (22.01%) Active Directory
2 87 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.69%) Firmware
5 16 (2.33%) vSphere
6 10 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.15%) KVM
10 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (9.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.62%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.75%) Ansible
4 5 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.73%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.44%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.29%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.15%) WSUS
7 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 224 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 145 (21.14%) Cisco
3 92 (13.41%) VMware
4 67 (9.77%) Aruba
4 67 (9.77%) Fortinet
5 38 (5.54%) Meraki
6 33 (4.81%) Juniper
7 27 (3.94%) Ubiquiti
8 26 (3.79%) Palo Alto
9 19 (2.77%) HP
10 16 (2.33%) Veeam
11 12 (1.75%) CheckPoint
11 12 (1.75%) F5
12 10 (1.46%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.31%) Ruckus Wireless
13 9 (1.31%) SonicWALL
13 9 (1.31%) Sophos
13 9 (1.31%) WatchGuard
14 8 (1.17%) Apple
14 8 (1.17%) SolarWinds