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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 94 217
Rank change year-on-year -130 +123 -189
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 640 1,069 704
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 3.07% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.88% 18.48% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 497 245 512
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -16.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £69,390 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.29% -15.00% +8.70%

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 5,385 5,784 6,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.80% 16.62% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,614 3,169 4,415
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £36,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -2.91%

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 August 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 August 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 -78 203 £50,000 +25.00% 111
North of England +17 163 £47,500 +63.79% 46
Midlands -96 105 £42,500 -17.07% 43
North West +35 92 £65,000 +96.97% 25
East of England -97 87 £42,500 -5.56% 30
South West -47 61 £44,250 +10.63% 27
West Midlands +19 57 £42,500 +1.19% 27
Yorkshire -20 56 £35,000 +22.81% 12
East Midlands -91 48 £42,500 -22.02% 16
Scotland +1 16 £53,750 +5.39% 5
North East -53 15 £65,000 +124.14% 11
Wales -57 5 £34,000 -31.66% 3
Northern Ireland -83 1 £34,000 -42.37%
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 69 (10.78%) SharePoint
2 61 (9.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.41%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.06%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.47%) Simulink
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.94%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 153 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (16.09%) Azure
3 58 (9.06%) Entra ID
4 27 (4.22%) AWS
5 11 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.41%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.78%) GCP
9 4 (0.63%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.63%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.47%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.31%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.31%) SaaS
11 2 (0.31%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.16%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 169 (26.41%) Firewall
2 118 (18.44%) LAN
3 116 (18.13%) WAN
4 115 (17.97%) VPN
5 87 (13.59%) VLAN
6 84 (13.13%) Wi-Fi
7 76 (11.88%) Network Security
8 70 (10.94%) DNS
9 66 (10.31%) DHCP
10 61 (9.53%) TCP/IP
11 44 (6.88%) SD-WAN
12 39 (6.09%) Bluetooth
13 37 (5.78%) Broadband
14 33 (5.16%) 5G
15 30 (4.69%) OSPF
16 29 (4.53%) BGP
16 29 (4.53%) WLAN
17 23 (3.59%) VoIP
18 21 (3.28%) Cisco Wireless
18 21 (3.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.31%) Power BI
3 1 (0.16%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.28%) Git
2 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.94%) GDB
3 6 (0.94%) GitLab
3 6 (0.94%) JIRA
4 4 (0.63%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.47%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.31%) Maven
6 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 201 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 63 (9.84%) Telecoms
3 50 (7.81%) Electronics
4 47 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.09%) Manufacturing
6 35 (5.47%) Finance
7 33 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.34%) Retail
9 13 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.03%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.72%) Legal
11 10 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.56%) Marketing
12 8 (1.25%) Advertising
12 8 (1.25%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.25%) Automotive
12 8 (1.25%) Law
13 5 (0.78%) Military
13 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 110 (17.19%) Support Engineer
2 102 (15.94%) Network Engineer
3 96 (15.00%) IT Support
3 96 (15.00%) Senior
4 80 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 64 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 60 (9.38%) Software Engineer
7 58 (9.06%) Embedded Engineer
8 51 (7.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 46 (7.19%) IT Technician
10 39 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
11 31 (4.84%) Technical Engineer
12 27 (4.22%) Technical Support
12 27 (4.22%) Technical Support Engineer
13 24 (3.75%) Administrator
13 24 (3.75%) Senior IT Technician
13 24 (3.75%) Senior Technician
14 23 (3.59%) Support Technician
15 22 (3.44%) Lead
15 22 (3.44%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.34%) Yocto
2 6 (0.94%) Terraform
3 4 (0.63%) pytest
3 4 (0.63%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.47%) .NET
4 3 (0.47%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 3 (0.47%) Flash
4 3 (0.47%) Jinja
4 3 (0.47%) JSON
4 3 (0.47%) WinForms
4 3 (0.47%) YAML
5 2 (0.31%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.31%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.44%) Driving Licence
2 39 (6.09%) Data Centre
2 39 (6.09%) IoT
3 33 (5.16%) Embedded Systems
4 28 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 28 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.75%) CCTV
6 16 (2.50%) FPGA
6 16 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.34%) Device Driver
8 13 (2.03%) ASIC
8 13 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (1.41%) PMI
11 8 (1.25%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.09%) Clustering
12 7 (1.09%) Smart Home
13 4 (0.63%) Verilog
13 4 (0.63%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 167 (26.09%) Windows
2 124 (19.38%) Windows Server
3 29 (4.53%) Linux
4 27 (4.22%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.97%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.34%) FreeRTOS
7 14 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (1.72%) Embedded Linux
8 11 (1.72%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.78%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (14.53%) Software Engineering
3 91 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 90 (14.06%) Customer Service
5 51 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (7.81%) Project Delivery
7 46 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (7.03%) Root Cause Analysis
9 42 (6.56%) Service Delivery
10 41 (6.41%) ITIL
11 40 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
12 38 (5.94%) Collaborative Culture
13 34 (5.31%) Mentoring
14 30 (4.69%) Validation
15 29 (4.53%) Decision-Making
15 29 (4.53%) Network Design
16 28 (4.38%) Network Monitoring
17 27 (4.22%) ITSM
17 27 (4.22%) Migration
18 26 (4.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.13%) Python
2 50 (7.81%) C
3 40 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 38 (5.94%) C++
5 16 (2.50%) Embedded C
6 8 (1.25%) Ruby
6 8 (1.25%) SQL
7 6 (0.94%) Bash
8 5 (0.78%) Rust
9 3 (0.47%) C#
9 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.31%) Bicep
10 2 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (13.13%) Cisco Certification
2 77 (12.03%) Degree
3 56 (8.75%) DBS Check
4 54 (8.44%) CCNP
5 44 (6.88%) CCNA
6 29 (4.53%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (2.97%) A+ Certification
8 17 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 16 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (2.03%) Security Cleared
12 12 (1.88%) SC Cleared
13 11 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.41%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.78%) CCIE
15 5 (0.78%) HNC
16 4 (0.63%) DV Cleared
17 3 (0.47%) CISSP
17 3 (0.47%) HP APS
17 3 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.03%) SLA
3 12 (1.88%) GDPR
3 12 (1.88%) JTAG
4 5 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.63%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.47%) ECSS
6 3 (0.47%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.47%) QA
6 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.31%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 141 (22.03%) Active Directory
2 73 (11.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (8.75%) Hyper-V
4 37 (5.78%) Firmware
5 16 (2.50%) vSphere
6 11 (1.72%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.31%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.16%) KVM
10 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (8.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.34%) FortiGate
3 10 (1.56%) Ansible
4 5 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.78%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.63%) SCCM
6 3 (0.47%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.16%) WSUS
8 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 206 (32.19%) Microsoft
2 133 (20.78%) Cisco
3 78 (12.19%) VMware
4 66 (10.31%) Aruba
5 64 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 30 (4.69%) Juniper
6 30 (4.69%) Meraki
7 28 (4.38%) Palo Alto
8 22 (3.44%) Ubiquiti
9 17 (2.66%) HP
10 16 (2.50%) Veeam
11 15 (2.34%) CheckPoint
12 11 (1.72%) F5
13 9 (1.41%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.41%) Sophos
13 9 (1.41%) WatchGuard
14 8 (1.25%) Apple
15 7 (1.09%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.09%) SonicWALL
16 6 (0.94%) HubSpot