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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 97 196
Rank change year-on-year -143 +99 -152
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 464 992 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 3.26% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.62% 18.84% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 364 184 858
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £24,350
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,750 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -11.45% +9.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

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 4,824 5,266 9,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 17.33% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,280 2,777 7,071
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,175
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.45% -1.83%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 June 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 June 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 -103 144 £42,500 +6.25% 85
North of England -9 123 £46,500 +55.00% 42
Midlands -107 78 £42,500 -5.56% 26
North West +31 74 £57,500 +74.24% 27
East of England -105 68 £41,095 -8.68% 24
West Midlands +12 42 £42,500 +25.00% 13
Yorkshire -56 36 £34,000 +17.24% 12
East Midlands -99 36 £35,000 -30.00% 13
South West -58 33 £54,417 +84.46% 18
North East -37 13 £39,750 +37.07% 5
Scotland +11 11 £50,500 +26.25% 9
Wales -43 7 £34,000 -29.34% 5
Northern Ireland -35 1 £34,000 -28.42% 5
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 43 (9.27%) SharePoint
2 28 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.08%) Confluence
4 3 (0.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.72%) Lightworks
3 6 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.43%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 104 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (14.22%) Azure
3 33 (7.11%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.23%) AWS
5 8 (1.72%) Mimecast
6 5 (1.08%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.43%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.43%) SaaS
9 1 (0.22%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 110 (23.71%) Firewall
2 91 (19.61%) VPN
2 91 (19.61%) WAN
3 85 (18.32%) LAN
4 52 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
5 48 (10.34%) Network Security
6 45 (9.70%) VLAN
7 40 (8.62%) SD-WAN
8 35 (7.54%) Bluetooth
9 34 (7.33%) DHCP
9 34 (7.33%) DNS
10 31 (6.68%) BGP
11 30 (6.47%) TCP/IP
12 28 (6.03%) OSPF
13 26 (5.60%) Broadband
14 22 (4.74%) WLAN
15 18 (3.88%) Modbus
16 15 (3.23%) EIGRP
17 14 (3.02%) Cisco Wireless
17 14 (3.02%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (2.59%) Git
2 5 (1.08%) JIRA
3 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.86%) GDB
3 4 (0.86%) GitLab
3 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.86%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.86%) Subversion
4 2 (0.43%) PetaLinux
4 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.27%) Telecoms
3 40 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.19%) Electronics
5 26 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.31%) Finance
8 12 (2.59%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.16%) Automotive
9 10 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.94%) Marketing
11 8 (1.72%) Law
11 8 (1.72%) Retail
12 7 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.08%) Legal
14 5 (1.08%) Military
14 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.86%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (15.73%) Senior
2 71 (15.30%) Support Engineer
3 67 (14.44%) Network Engineer
4 64 (13.79%) IT Support
5 52 (11.21%) Software Engineer
6 47 (10.13%) IT Technician
7 46 (9.91%) Embedded Engineer
8 41 (8.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 40 (8.62%) IT Engineer
10 31 (6.68%) IT Support Engineer
11 29 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
12 27 (5.82%) Technical Support
12 27 (5.82%) Technical Support Engineer
13 26 (5.60%) Support Technician
13 26 (5.60%) Systems Engineer
14 24 (5.17%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (5.17%) Senior Technician
15 23 (4.96%) Wireless Engineer
16 22 (4.74%) Administrator
16 22 (4.74%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.51%) Yocto
2 4 (0.86%) pytest
2 4 (0.86%) REST
2 4 (0.86%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.22%) NumPy
3 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.22%) SciPy
3 1 (0.22%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.09%) Driving Licence
2 39 (8.41%) Data Centre
3 30 (6.47%) IoT
4 26 (5.60%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.80%) CCTV
6 13 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.37%) FPGA
8 10 (2.16%) ASIC
8 10 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.16%) Smart Home
9 9 (1.94%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.29%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.08%) Replication
13 4 (0.86%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.86%) Podcast
13 4 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.65%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 125 (26.94%) Windows
2 90 (19.40%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.39%) Windows 10
4 16 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.23%) Linux
6 12 (2.59%) FreeRTOS
7 11 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.86%) Android
8 4 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Rocky
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.22%) Unix
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (13.58%) Software Engineering
3 58 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (10.34%) Customer Service
5 44 (9.48%) Root Cause Analysis
6 40 (8.62%) Service Delivery
7 36 (7.76%) Project Delivery
8 29 (6.25%) ITIL
9 25 (5.39%) Decision-Making
10 22 (4.74%) CRM
10 22 (4.74%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (4.53%) Network Monitoring
12 20 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (4.09%) Time Management
14 18 (3.88%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (3.88%) Computer Science
14 18 (3.88%) ITSM
14 18 (3.88%) Validation
15 17 (3.66%) Network Design
15 17 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.19%) Python
2 34 (7.33%) C
3 29 (6.25%) C++
4 20 (4.31%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.94%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.08%) VB
7 4 (0.86%) Bash
8 3 (0.65%) SQL
9 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.43%) Ruby
9 2 (0.43%) Rust
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (13.15%) DBS Check
2 56 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (11.64%) Degree
4 43 (9.27%) CCNP
5 25 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
6 23 (4.96%) CCNA
7 19 (4.09%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.16%) CCIE
10 9 (1.94%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.51%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.51%) Security Cleared
12 6 (1.29%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.65%) HP APS
13 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.65%) MCSE
14 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.37%) SLA
2 9 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.29%) PMO
5 5 (1.08%) GDPR
5 5 (1.08%) JTAG
6 4 (0.86%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.43%) ECSS
7 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 96 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 50 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.82%) Firmware
4 24 (5.17%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.16%) vSphere
7 6 (1.29%) ProxySG
8 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.94%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.29%) Ansible
4 5 (1.08%) SCCM
5 4 (0.86%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.86%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.43%) Nagios
7 2 (0.43%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.22%) Terraform
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 139 (29.96%) Microsoft
2 100 (21.55%) Cisco
3 53 (11.42%) Fortinet
3 53 (11.42%) VMware
4 45 (9.70%) Aruba
5 35 (7.54%) Meraki
6 21 (4.53%) Palo Alto
7 19 (4.09%) Juniper
8 17 (3.66%) Veeam
9 16 (3.45%) CheckPoint
10 13 (2.80%) Ubiquiti
11 12 (2.59%) HP
12 11 (2.37%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.94%) Apple
14 8 (1.72%) F5
14 8 (1.72%) HubSpot
14 8 (1.72%) ServiceNow
15 6 (1.29%) Infoblox
15 6 (1.29%) Motorola
15 6 (1.29%) Salesforce