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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 94 190
Rank change year-on-year -163 +96 -146
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 431 986 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 3.35% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.86% 19.41% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 343 185 855
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,500 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.90%
75th Percentile £64,750 £56,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.56% - -

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 5,483 5,080 9,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.26% 17.28% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,108 2,616 7,102
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,087 £25,751
25th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £68,750
UK median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -5.94%

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 6 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 6 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 -118 124 £42,500 +6.25% 101
North of England -17 115 £52,500 +72.13% 45
Midlands -109 75 £42,500 -5.56% 40
North West +30 72 £57,500 -14.81% 24
East of England -107 63 £41,845 -7.01% 37
West Midlands -10 41 £42,500 +16.44% 22
East Midlands -101 34 £35,000 -30.00% 18
Yorkshire -60 30 £35,000 +16.67% 15
South West -50 29 £50,000 +38.89% 27
Scotland +12 15 £75,000 +71.43% 11
North East -34 13 £39,750 +19.74% 9
Wales -36 9 £35,000 -27.26% 2
Northern Ireland -36 2 £45,750 -
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 30 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.09%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.46%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.11%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (13.23%) Azure
3 30 (6.96%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.18%) AWS
5 5 (1.16%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.46%) GCP
8 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.46%) SaaS
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 88 (20.42%) Firewall
2 82 (19.03%) WAN
3 81 (18.79%) VPN
4 75 (17.40%) LAN
5 40 (9.28%) Network Security
5 40 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (9.05%) VLAN
7 36 (8.35%) SD-WAN
8 33 (7.66%) BGP
9 32 (7.42%) OSPF
10 31 (7.19%) Bluetooth
11 27 (6.26%) DHCP
11 27 (6.26%) DNS
12 26 (6.03%) TCP/IP
13 23 (5.34%) Broadband
14 22 (5.10%) WLAN
15 18 (4.18%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (4.18%) Cisco Wireless
15 18 (4.18%) EIGRP
16 14 (3.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Git
2 5 (1.16%) JIRA
3 4 (0.93%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.93%) GDB
3 4 (0.93%) GitLab
3 4 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.93%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.93%) Subversion
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 130 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (9.51%) Telecoms
3 35 (8.12%) Electronics
4 20 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (4.41%) Finance
5 19 (4.41%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.02%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.78%) Law
8 10 (2.32%) Automotive
9 9 (2.09%) Marketing
9 9 (2.09%) Retail
10 7 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.39%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.39%) Military
12 5 (1.16%) Advertising
12 5 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Legal
13 3 (0.70%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (16.24%) Senior
1 70 (16.24%) Support Engineer
2 66 (15.31%) Network Engineer
3 55 (12.76%) IT Support
4 45 (10.44%) IT Technician
5 44 (10.21%) Software Engineer
6 35 (8.12%) IT Engineer
7 33 (7.66%) Embedded Engineer
8 29 (6.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 28 (6.50%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Support Engineer
11 24 (5.57%) Senior IT Technician
11 24 (5.57%) Senior Technician
11 24 (5.57%) Support Technician
12 22 (5.10%) Senior Network Engineer
12 22 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
12 22 (5.10%) Wireless Engineer
13 21 (4.87%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.62%) REST
2 4 (0.93%) pytest
2 4 (0.93%) Unity DI Container
2 4 (0.93%) Yocto
3 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.23%) NumPy
3 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.23%) SciPy
3 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.31%) Driving Licence
2 42 (9.74%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.73%) IoT
4 21 (4.87%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (3.71%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.32%) CCTV
6 10 (2.32%) Smart Home
7 9 (2.09%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (1.16%) ASIC
9 5 (1.16%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.16%) Replication
9 5 (1.16%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.93%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (0.93%) FPGA
10 4 (0.93%) Podcast
10 4 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.70%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 113 (26.22%) Windows
2 74 (17.17%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.57%) Windows 10
4 18 (4.18%) Apple iOS
5 14 (3.25%) Linux
6 12 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
8 7 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.16%) Android
10 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.23%) CentOS
12 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.23%) Rocky
12 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.23%) Unix
12 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (12.06%) Software Engineering
3 46 (10.67%) Customer Service
4 45 (10.44%) Root Cause Analysis
5 36 (8.35%) Service Delivery
6 31 (7.19%) Project Delivery
7 30 (6.96%) ITIL
8 27 (6.26%) Decision-Making
9 25 (5.80%) Network Monitoring
10 20 (4.64%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (4.64%) CRM
10 20 (4.64%) Time Management
11 18 (4.18%) Computer Science
11 18 (4.18%) Logistics
11 18 (4.18%) Validation
12 17 (3.94%) ITSM
13 16 (3.71%) Mentoring
13 16 (3.71%) Network Design
13 16 (3.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.82%) Python
2 27 (6.26%) C
3 26 (6.03%) C++
4 14 (3.25%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.39%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.16%) VB
7 4 (0.93%) Bash
8 1 (0.23%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (14.15%) DBS Check
2 56 (12.99%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (11.37%) Degree
4 45 (10.44%) CCNP
5 25 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.41%) A+ Certification
7 17 (3.94%) CCNA
8 15 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.78%) CCIE
10 9 (2.09%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.09%) Security Cleared
11 8 (1.86%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.70%) HP APS
13 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.70%) MCSE
14 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.46%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.23%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.78%) SLA
2 8 (1.86%) PMO
3 7 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.16%) JTAG
6 4 (0.93%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 84 (19.49%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.87%) Firmware
4 16 (3.71%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.02%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.86%) ProxySG
7 7 (1.62%) vSphere
8 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.32%) FortiGate
3 8 (1.86%) Ansible
4 5 (1.16%) SCCM
5 4 (0.93%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.93%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.46%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) Nmap
7 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.23%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 118 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 94 (21.81%) Cisco
3 49 (11.37%) Fortinet
4 45 (10.44%) VMware
5 38 (8.82%) Aruba
6 34 (7.89%) Meraki
7 18 (4.18%) CheckPoint
8 16 (3.71%) Palo Alto
8 16 (3.71%) Veeam
9 14 (3.25%) SolarWinds
10 13 (3.02%) F5
10 13 (3.02%) Juniper
11 10 (2.32%) Apple
11 10 (2.32%) HP
12 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.86%) Blue Coat
13 8 (1.86%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.86%) Infoblox
13 8 (1.86%) Motorola
14 7 (1.62%) Ubiquiti