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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 95 204
Rank change year-on-year -130 +109 -170
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 591 1,049 771
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 3.07% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.44% 18.36% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 459 221 600
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £25,738
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,733 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.08% +7.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +14.12% -10.53% +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 5,164 5,714 7,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.96% 16.73% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 3,084 5,214
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -4.99%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -91 182 £47,500 +18.75% 74
North of England +10 155 £46,500 +60.34% 50
Midlands -97 101 £42,500 -17.07% 32
North West +42 84 £57,500 +74.24% 26
East of England -100 84 £42,500 -5.56% 28
Yorkshire -29 56 £34,500 +21.05% 17
West Midlands +9 53 £42,500 +1.19% 17
South West -49 48 £50,000 +25.00% 19
East Midlands -88 48 £41,500 -23.85% 15
Scotland +12 16 £53,750 +9.14% 2
North East -47 15 £65,000 +124.14% 8
Wales -60 5 £34,000 -31.66% 1
Northern Ireland -68 1 £34,000 -28.42% 1
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 59 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 48 (8.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.02%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.72%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.51%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.86%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.02%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 140 (23.69%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (16.41%) Azure
3 50 (8.46%) Entra ID
4 22 (3.72%) AWS
5 9 (1.52%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.02%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.68%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.68%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.68%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.51%) GCP
9 2 (0.34%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.34%) SaaS
9 2 (0.34%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.17%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 150 (25.38%) Firewall
2 112 (18.95%) LAN
3 111 (18.78%) WAN
4 107 (18.10%) VPN
5 83 (14.04%) Wi-Fi
6 70 (11.84%) Network Security
6 70 (11.84%) VLAN
7 62 (10.49%) DNS
8 59 (9.98%) DHCP
9 56 (9.48%) TCP/IP
10 44 (7.45%) SD-WAN
11 42 (7.11%) Bluetooth
12 30 (5.08%) Broadband
13 29 (4.91%) BGP
13 29 (4.91%) WLAN
14 28 (4.74%) OSPF
15 26 (4.40%) 5G
16 21 (3.55%) ZigBee
17 19 (3.21%) Cisco Wireless
18 18 (3.05%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.34%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.17%) MySQL
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.38%) Git
2 6 (1.02%) GDB
2 6 (1.02%) GitLab
2 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.85%) JIRA
4 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.51%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 188 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 56 (9.48%) Telecoms
3 53 (8.97%) Electronics
4 45 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.75%) Manufacturing
6 33 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (5.25%) Finance
8 13 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.20%) Retail
9 12 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.69%) Marketing
11 9 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.52%) Legal
12 8 (1.35%) Automotive
13 7 (1.18%) Law
14 5 (0.85%) Advertising
14 5 (0.85%) Military
14 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 99 (16.75%) Support Engineer
2 94 (15.91%) Network Engineer
3 93 (15.74%) Senior
4 89 (15.06%) IT Support
5 67 (11.34%) IT Engineer
6 61 (10.32%) Embedded Engineer
7 58 (9.81%) Software Engineer
8 55 (9.31%) IT Support Engineer
9 51 (8.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 47 (7.95%) IT Technician
11 36 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (5.25%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (4.57%) Technical Support
13 27 (4.57%) Technical Support Engineer
14 24 (4.06%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (4.06%) Senior Technician
14 24 (4.06%) Support Technician
15 23 (3.89%) Administrator
16 21 (3.55%) IT Support Technician
17 20 (3.38%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.54%) Yocto
2 4 (0.68%) pytest
2 4 (0.68%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.51%) Flash
4 2 (0.34%) Jinja
4 2 (0.34%) JSON
4 2 (0.34%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.34%) YAML
5 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.71%) Driving Licence
2 42 (7.11%) IoT
3 38 (6.43%) Data Centre
3 38 (6.43%) Embedded Systems
4 24 (4.06%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (3.72%) CCTV
7 15 (2.54%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.37%) FPGA
9 13 (2.20%) ASIC
9 13 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.86%) Raspberry Pi
11 10 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.69%) Smart Home
12 8 (1.35%) ARM Cortex
13 6 (1.02%) Clustering
13 6 (1.02%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.85%) PCIe
14 5 (0.85%) PMI
15 4 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 152 (25.72%) Windows
2 110 (18.61%) Windows Server
3 29 (4.91%) Linux
4 26 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.38%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.54%) FreeRTOS
7 14 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (2.20%) Embedded Linux
9 12 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.35%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.85%) Android
12 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (15.23%) Software Engineering
3 85 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (12.69%) Customer Service
5 46 (7.78%) Project Delivery
5 46 (7.78%) Root Cause Analysis
6 42 (7.11%) Service Delivery
7 39 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 36 (6.09%) Collaborative Culture
10 35 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 35 (5.92%) ITIL
11 29 (4.91%) Mentoring
12 28 (4.74%) Network Monitoring
13 27 (4.57%) Decision-Making
14 26 (4.40%) Validation
15 25 (4.23%) CRM
16 24 (4.06%) CI/CD
16 24 (4.06%) Computer Science
17 23 (3.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.12%) C
2 47 (7.95%) Python
3 38 (6.43%) C++
4 32 (5.41%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.37%) Embedded C
6 5 (0.85%) Bash
6 5 (0.85%) Ruby
6 5 (0.85%) Rust
6 5 (0.85%) SQL
7 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.51%) VB
8 2 (0.34%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 79 (13.37%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (12.18%) Degree
3 58 (9.81%) CCNP
3 58 (9.81%) DBS Check
4 38 (6.43%) CCNA
5 26 (4.40%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (3.21%) A+ Certification
7 16 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.37%) Security Cleared
9 13 (2.20%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.18%) CCIE
12 5 (0.85%) HNC
12 5 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.51%) CISSP
14 3 (0.51%) HP APS
14 3 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.03%) SLA
3 11 (1.86%) GDPR
3 11 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.86%) JTAG
4 4 (0.68%) ISO 26262
4 4 (0.68%) PMO
5 3 (0.51%) ECSS
5 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.34%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.34%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 127 (21.49%) Active Directory
2 63 (10.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (7.78%) Hyper-V
4 35 (5.92%) Firmware
5 16 (2.71%) vSphere
6 15 (2.54%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.68%) ProxySG
9 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.03%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.02%) Ansible
4 5 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.68%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.68%) SCCM
6 3 (0.51%) Terraform
6 3 (0.51%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.34%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 184 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 121 (20.47%) Cisco
3 67 (11.34%) VMware
4 58 (9.81%) Fortinet
5 56 (9.48%) Aruba
6 32 (5.41%) Meraki
7 28 (4.74%) Palo Alto
8 27 (4.57%) Juniper
9 19 (3.21%) Ubiquiti
10 17 (2.88%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.71%) Veeam
12 14 (2.37%) HP
13 11 (1.86%) F5
14 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
15 8 (1.35%) Apple
15 8 (1.35%) HubSpot
16 7 (1.18%) SolarWinds
16 7 (1.18%) Sophos
17 6 (1.02%) Google
17 6 (1.02%) WatchGuard