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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 152 180
Rank change year-on-year -74 +28 +68
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 339 644 611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.80% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.46% 13.05% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 258 228 538
10th Percentile £27,780 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,375 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% +23.44% -11.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £45,075
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.02% -2.01%

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 7,594 4,936 5,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.73% 13.78% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,830 2,469 4,361
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,700 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,750 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.90% +9.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -13 141 £40,000 -15.79% 90
North of England -35 43 £29,000 -27.50% 67
Midlands -54 41 £52,500 -2.78% 44
Scotland +19 39 £51,000 +36.00% 16
East of England -52 38 £57,500 +4.55% 48
West Midlands -3 36 £59,250 +9.72% 19
South West -1 20 £36,051 -34.45% 50
North West -5 18 £30,000 -45.45% 32
North East +3 14 £29,000 -63.75% 10
Yorkshire -31 11 £28,000 -6.67% 27
Wales -10 9 £42,500 -3.41% 16
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 4
East Midlands -67 5 £36,000 +18.26% 25
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 28 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.77%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) CMS
5 2 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.59%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 103 (30.38%) Azure
2 92 (27.14%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (8.55%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.31%) AWS
5 10 (2.95%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.77%) GCP
6 6 (1.77%) Power Automate
6 6 (1.77%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.77%) PowerApps
6 6 (1.77%) Serverless
7 4 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.18%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.18%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Ads
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 116 (34.22%) Firewall
2 89 (26.25%) WAN
3 86 (25.37%) LAN
4 72 (21.24%) VPN
5 61 (17.99%) DHCP
6 59 (17.40%) VLAN
7 58 (17.11%) DNS
8 44 (12.98%) TCP/IP
9 42 (12.39%) SD-WAN
10 31 (9.14%) VoIP
11 29 (8.55%) BGP
11 29 (8.55%) Wireshark
12 27 (7.96%) Internet
12 27 (7.96%) OSPF
13 22 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (6.49%) WLAN
14 19 (5.60%) MPLS
14 19 (5.60%) Network Security
15 18 (5.31%) EIGRP
16 15 (4.42%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.77%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.29%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 10 (2.95%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 120 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.45%) Telecoms
3 37 (10.91%) Electronics
4 33 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.73%) Finance
5 32 (9.44%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.31%) Retail
7 15 (4.42%) Law
8 13 (3.83%) Automotive
9 9 (2.65%) Marketing
9 9 (2.65%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.77%) Military
10 6 (1.77%) Welsh Language
11 5 (1.47%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (1.18%) Billing
12 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Wearables
13 3 (0.88%) Games
14 2 (0.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 57 (16.81%) Support Engineer
2 50 (14.75%) Network Engineer
3 48 (14.16%) IT Support
4 35 (10.32%) Software Engineer
5 33 (9.73%) Technical Engineer
6 32 (9.44%) Technical Support
7 30 (8.85%) IT Engineer
8 28 (8.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 28 (8.26%) Technical Support Engineer
9 25 (7.37%) Senior
10 23 (6.78%) Embedded Engineer
10 23 (6.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 21 (6.19%) Analyst
11 21 (6.19%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (5.01%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.42%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (3.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 12 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.54%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.06%) 802.1X
1 7 (2.06%) REST
2 2 (0.59%) Web Services
3 1 (0.29%) NumPy
3 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.29%) SciPy
3 1 (0.29%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.91%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 25 (7.37%) IoT
4 24 (7.08%) Driving Licence
5 20 (5.90%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.83%) Embedded Systems
7 11 (3.24%) e-Learning
8 10 (2.95%) MicroBlaze
8 10 (2.95%) RISC-V
8 10 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.47%) CCTV
10 5 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.18%) Clustering
11 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 81 (23.89%) Windows
2 45 (13.27%) Windows Server
3 28 (8.26%) Linux
4 21 (6.19%) Apple iOS
5 16 (4.72%) Android
6 14 (4.13%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.83%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.95%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (23.30%) Customer Service
2 65 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.91%) Software Engineering
4 34 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (9.73%) Change Management
6 31 (9.14%) Mentoring
7 29 (8.55%) Network Monitoring
8 28 (8.26%) ITIL
9 26 (7.67%) Collaborative Working
10 24 (7.08%) Agile
10 24 (7.08%) Asset Management
10 24 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (7.08%) Load Balancing
11 22 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (6.19%) Coaching
12 21 (6.19%) Project Delivery
13 20 (5.90%) Network Management
13 20 (5.90%) Network Virtualisation
14 19 (5.60%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.14%) C++
2 30 (8.85%) Python
3 29 (8.55%) PowerShell
4 22 (6.49%) C
5 2 (0.59%) SQL
5 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (12.39%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (10.62%) CCNP
3 29 (8.55%) Degree
4 21 (6.19%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.13%) CCNA
7 10 (2.95%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.47%) CCIE
8 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.18%) ACMT
9 4 (1.18%) GCSC
9 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.59%) HND
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.29%) HNC
12 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.06%) SLA
2 6 (1.77%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.77%) GDPR
3 5 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.47%) QA
4 4 (1.18%) 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 84 (24.78%) Active Directory
2 46 (13.57%) Hyper-V
3 37 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (7.96%) Firmware
5 12 (3.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.77%) vSphere
8 5 (1.47%) Docker
9 4 (1.18%) ProxySG
9 4 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.49%) FortiGate
3 17 (5.01%) Ansible
4 9 (2.65%) Autotask
5 8 (2.36%) Terraform
6 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.18%) Grafana
7 4 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) Nagios
8 1 (0.29%) Nessus
8 1 (0.29%) Nmap
8 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.29%) SCCM
8 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 127 (37.46%) Microsoft
2 96 (28.32%) Cisco
3 51 (15.04%) Meraki
4 40 (11.80%) VMware
5 37 (10.91%) Fortinet
6 35 (10.32%) Palo Alto
7 32 (9.44%) SolarWinds
8 23 (6.78%) Aruba
8 23 (6.78%) CheckPoint
9 19 (5.60%) Apple
9 19 (5.60%) SonicWALL
10 18 (5.31%) Veeam
11 12 (3.54%) Sophos
12 11 (3.24%) F5
12 11 (3.24%) WatchGuard
13 10 (2.95%) HP
13 10 (2.95%) Juniper
13 10 (2.95%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.65%) Samsung
15 6 (1.77%) Zoho