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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 163 169
Rank change year-on-year -54 +6 +95
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 362 716 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.52% 2.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.37% 13.02% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 263 249 571
10th Percentile £26,550 £28,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £50,000 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +24.22% -10.56%
75th Percentile £55,812 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £54,875 £46,000
% change year-on-year -22.55% +19.29% -8.00%

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 5,679 5,498 5,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.58% 11.65% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,145 2,643 4,277
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.84% +6.10% -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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -17 133 £40,000 -15.79% 115
North of England 0 61 £29,000 -27.50% 35
East of England -56 44 £57,500 -11.54% 33
South West +44 41 £35,000 -45.10% 39
Scotland +4 39 £51,000 +2.00% 14
Midlands -50 33 £50,000 -7.41% 39
West Midlands +11 29 £50,000 -7.41% 25
Yorkshire -4 28 £28,000 -6.67% 7
North East +5 17 £29,000 -63.72% 4
North West +6 16 £32,000 -41.82% 24
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 4
Wales -6 4 £49,750 +13.07% 7
East Midlands -48 4 £57,500 +82.71% 14
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 45 (12.43%) SharePoint
2 38 (10.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.87%) Confluence
4 6 (1.66%) IIS
5 2 (0.55%) CMS
5 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 126 (34.81%) Azure
2 107 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (10.77%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.80%) OneDrive
5 15 (4.14%) AWS
6 14 (3.87%) Power Automate
6 14 (3.87%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.87%) PowerApps
6 14 (3.87%) Serverless
7 8 (2.21%) GCP
8 6 (1.66%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.38%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.83%) Amazon Ads
11 3 (0.83%) SaaS
12 2 (0.55%) Facebook Ads
12 2 (0.55%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 120 (33.15%) Firewall
2 104 (28.73%) LAN
3 82 (22.65%) WAN
4 70 (19.34%) DHCP
5 67 (18.51%) DNS
5 67 (18.51%) VPN
6 60 (16.57%) VLAN
7 49 (13.54%) TCP/IP
8 41 (11.33%) VoIP
9 35 (9.67%) Internet
10 27 (7.46%) SD-WAN
11 25 (6.91%) WLAN
12 24 (6.63%) Software-Defined Radio
12 24 (6.63%) Wireshark
13 19 (5.25%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (4.42%) BGP
14 16 (4.42%) Bluetooth
14 16 (4.42%) Broadband
15 14 (3.87%) MPLS
15 14 (3.87%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.28%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 19 (5.25%) JIRA
2 4 (1.10%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.10%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.28%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 136 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.64%) Electronics
2 53 (14.64%) Telecoms
3 49 (13.54%) Finance
4 39 (10.77%) Manufacturing
5 26 (7.18%) Automotive
6 17 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.14%) Marketing
8 12 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.04%) Aerospace
9 11 (3.04%) Retail
10 10 (2.76%) Billing
10 10 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.66%) Law
11 6 (1.66%) Legal
12 4 (1.10%) Wearables
13 3 (0.83%) Advertising
13 3 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Games
13 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 68 (18.78%) Support Engineer
2 58 (16.02%) Technical Support
3 55 (15.19%) IT Support
4 53 (14.64%) Technical Engineer
5 48 (13.26%) Network Engineer
6 46 (12.71%) Technical Support Engineer
7 38 (10.50%) Software Engineer
8 37 (10.22%) Embedded Engineer
8 37 (10.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 30 (8.29%) IT Engineer
10 26 (7.18%) Analyst
11 24 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (6.63%) Senior
12 22 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (4.97%) Support Analyst
14 15 (4.14%) 3rd Line Support
15 14 (3.87%) Senior IT Engineer
16 12 (3.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 12 (3.31%) ICT Support
17 11 (3.04%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.87%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.29%) IoT
2 28 (7.73%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.18%) Embedded Systems
4 25 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (6.63%) e-Learning
6 23 (6.35%) MicroBlaze
6 23 (6.35%) RISC-V
7 22 (6.08%) Management Information System
8 18 (4.97%) Driving Licence
9 15 (4.14%) Onboarding
10 12 (3.31%) Digital Signage
11 11 (3.04%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (2.76%) EPoS
13 9 (2.49%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.66%) Clustering
15 5 (1.38%) CCTV
15 5 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
16 4 (1.10%) Product Ownership
17 3 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.48%) Windows
2 54 (14.92%) Windows Server
3 47 (12.98%) Linux
4 23 (6.35%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (5.80%) Apple iOS
5 21 (5.80%) Mac OS
6 20 (5.52%) Android
7 14 (3.87%) Windows 10
8 13 (3.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.83%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.73%) Customer Service
2 48 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (10.77%) Software Engineering
4 38 (10.50%) Agile
5 35 (9.67%) Asset Management
6 33 (9.12%) Mentoring
7 30 (8.29%) ITIL
8 27 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
8 27 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (7.18%) Change Management
9 26 (7.18%) Innovative Thinking
10 25 (6.91%) Digital Signal Processing
10 25 (6.91%) Signal Processing
11 23 (6.35%) Coaching
12 22 (6.08%) CRM
12 22 (6.08%) Network Monitoring
13 21 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (5.80%) ITSM
13 21 (5.80%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.33%) PowerShell
2 38 (10.50%) C++
3 36 (9.94%) C
4 18 (4.97%) Python
5 4 (1.10%) Bash
5 4 (1.10%) SQL
6 2 (0.55%) R
6 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (11.60%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 37 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.56%) Degree
5 28 (7.73%) CCNA
6 24 (6.63%) CCNP
7 12 (3.31%) JNCIA
8 10 (2.76%) GCSC
9 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.66%) ACMT
11 6 (1.66%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.10%) OSCP
13 3 (0.83%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.83%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.83%) HND
14 2 (0.55%) CWAP
14 2 (0.55%) CWNA
14 2 (0.55%) CWSP
14 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.76%) GDPR
2 7 (1.93%) SLA
3 6 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.10%) NIST
4 4 (1.10%) QA
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 98 (27.07%) Active Directory
2 57 (15.75%) Hyper-V
3 42 (11.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (11.05%) Firmware
5 25 (6.91%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.93%) Docker
7 7 (1.93%) vSphere
8 6 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.55%) XenApp
10 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (17.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.52%) FortiGate
3 18 (4.97%) Autotask
4 9 (2.49%) Ansible
5 8 (2.21%) Terraform
6 7 (1.93%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.38%) SCCM
9 4 (1.10%) Grafana
9 4 (1.10%) Nmap
9 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 148 (40.88%) Microsoft
2 96 (26.52%) Cisco
3 51 (14.09%) Meraki
4 48 (13.26%) VMware
5 33 (9.12%) Palo Alto
6 31 (8.56%) Veeam
7 29 (8.01%) Fortinet
7 29 (8.01%) SonicWALL
8 26 (7.18%) Apple
8 26 (7.18%) Aruba
9 23 (6.35%) SolarWinds
10 18 (4.97%) CheckPoint
10 18 (4.97%) Sophos
11 17 (4.70%) WatchGuard
12 14 (3.87%) Atlassian
13 13 (3.59%) Samsung
14 12 (3.31%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (3.04%) Datto
15 11 (3.04%) HP
15 11 (3.04%) Juniper