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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 89 192
Rank change year-on-year -164 +103 -145
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 431 992 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 3.40% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.24% 19.54% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 345 190 857
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,125 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +4.58%
75th Percentile £64,750 £59,688 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £49,875 £46,151
% change year-on-year -9.77% +8.07% +2.56%

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 6,910 5,076 9,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.25% 17.42% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,107 2,621 7,099
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,913 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.41% -2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% - -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -113 124 £42,500 +6.25% 74
North of England -26 115 £52,500 +61.54% 42
North West +27 74 £57,500 -14.81% 26
Midlands -124 73 £42,500 -7.61% 25
East of England -107 63 £42,500 -5.56% 29
West Midlands -13 39 £42,500 +1.19% 12
East Midlands -98 34 £35,000 -30.00% 13
South West -51 28 £50,959 +39.61% 22
Yorkshire -65 28 £35,000 +16.67% 12
Scotland +10 16 £75,000 +57.89% 11
North East -39 13 £39,750 +19.74% 7
Wales -32 11 £42,500 -14.57% 6
Northern Ireland -37 2 £45,750 - 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 29 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.09%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 7 (1.62%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (20.42%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (12.53%) Azure
3 29 (6.73%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.94%) AWS
5 5 (1.16%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.46%) GCP
7 2 (0.46%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.46%) SaaS
8 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 82 (19.03%) Firewall
1 82 (19.03%) WAN
2 78 (18.10%) VPN
3 73 (16.94%) LAN
4 40 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
5 37 (8.58%) VLAN
6 36 (8.35%) Network Security
6 36 (8.35%) SD-WAN
7 32 (7.42%) BGP
8 31 (7.19%) OSPF
9 30 (6.96%) Bluetooth
10 26 (6.03%) DHCP
10 26 (6.03%) DNS
10 26 (6.03%) TCP/IP
11 23 (5.34%) Broadband
11 23 (5.34%) WLAN
12 19 (4.41%) Cisco Wireless
13 18 (4.18%) Cisco ASA
14 17 (3.94%) EIGRP
15 13 (3.02%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
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
1 133 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (9.74%) Telecoms
4 35 (8.12%) Electronics
5 20 (4.64%) Manufacturing
6 19 (4.41%) Finance
6 19 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.48%) Law
8 13 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.55%) Automotive
9 11 (2.55%) Retail
10 9 (2.09%) Marketing
10 9 (2.09%) Military
11 7 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.39%) Welsh Language
13 5 (1.16%) Advertising
13 5 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.16%) Legal
14 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (16.24%) Support Engineer
2 67 (15.55%) Senior
3 64 (14.85%) Network Engineer
4 54 (12.53%) IT Support
5 46 (10.67%) IT Technician
6 44 (10.21%) Software Engineer
7 33 (7.66%) IT Engineer
8 32 (7.42%) Embedded Engineer
9 28 (6.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 27 (6.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Support
10 27 (6.26%) Technical Support Engineer
11 25 (5.80%) Support Technician
12 24 (5.57%) Senior IT Technician
12 24 (5.57%) Senior Technician
13 23 (5.34%) Systems Engineer
14 22 (5.10%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (5.10%) Wireless Engineer
15 21 (4.87%) IT Support Technician
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 65 (15.08%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.51%) Data Centre
3 30 (6.96%) IoT
4 20 (4.64%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.48%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.32%) CCTV
7 10 (2.32%) Smart Home
8 9 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.16%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.16%) Replication
11 4 (0.93%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (0.93%) ASIC
11 4 (0.93%) Podcast
11 4 (0.93%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.70%) FPGA
12 3 (0.70%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 112 (25.99%) Windows
2 72 (16.71%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.57%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.41%) Apple iOS
5 13 (3.02%) Linux
6 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.62%) FreeRTOS
7 7 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.16%) Android
9 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.23%) CentOS
10 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.23%) Rocky
10 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.23%) Unix
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (12.30%) Software Engineering
4 48 (11.14%) Customer Service
5 45 (10.44%) Root Cause Analysis
6 36 (8.35%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.42%) ITIL
8 30 (6.96%) Decision-Making
9 29 (6.73%) Project Delivery
10 23 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
10 23 (5.34%) Time Management
11 21 (4.87%) Collaborative Working
11 21 (4.87%) Logistics
12 20 (4.64%) CRM
13 19 (4.41%) Validation
14 18 (4.18%) Computer Science
15 17 (3.94%) ITSM
15 17 (3.94%) Mentoring
15 17 (3.94%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (3.71%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.58%) Python
2 26 (6.03%) C
2 26 (6.03%) C++
3 12 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.39%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.16%) VB
6 4 (0.93%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (14.39%) DBS Check
2 55 (12.76%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (11.14%) Degree
4 44 (10.21%) 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
11 8 (1.86%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.62%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.93%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.70%) HP APS
14 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.70%) MCSE
15 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.46%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.23%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.78%) SLA
2 8 (1.86%) PMO
3 6 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.16%) JTAG
5 4 (0.93%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.46%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 82 (19.03%) Active Directory
2 42 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.87%) Firmware
4 16 (3.71%) Hyper-V
5 12 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.86%) ProxySG
7 6 (1.39%) vSphere
8 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.09%) 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%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
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
1 114 (26.45%) Microsoft
2 91 (21.11%) Cisco
3 45 (10.44%) Fortinet
4 44 (10.21%) VMware
5 36 (8.35%) Aruba
6 30 (6.96%) Meraki
7 16 (3.71%) CheckPoint
8 15 (3.48%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.48%) Veeam
9 13 (3.02%) F5
9 13 (3.02%) Juniper
9 13 (3.02%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.55%) 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 6 (1.39%) Salesforce