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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 96 195
Rank change year-on-year -149 +99 -151
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 479 998 1,080
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 3.25% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.93% 18.76% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 376 189 852
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -10.84% +9.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,333 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.18% -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 4,825 5,321 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.03% 17.34% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,289 2,825 6,979
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,597 £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 27 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 27 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 -107 146 £42,500 +6.25% 82
North of England 0 129 £46,500 +55.00% 48
Midlands -103 81 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North West +40 77 £57,500 +74.24% 28
East of England -99 71 £41,095 -8.68% 25
West Midlands +9 43 £42,500 +25.00% 18
Yorkshire -47 39 £34,500 +18.97% 17
East Midlands -99 38 £35,000 -30.00% 12
South West -49 34 £54,709 +85.45% 22
North East -36 13 £39,750 +37.07% 5
Scotland +14 11 £50,500 +26.25% 9
Wales -48 7 £34,000 -31.66% 4
Northern Ireland -33 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 51 (10.65%) SharePoint
2 33 (6.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.04%) Confluence
4 3 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.67%) Lightworks
3 6 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.42%) Simulink
6 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (2.30%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.84%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 113 (23.59%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (15.03%) Azure
3 37 (7.72%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.34%) AWS
5 8 (1.67%) Mimecast
6 5 (1.04%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.42%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.42%) SaaS
9 1 (0.21%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 120 (25.05%) Firewall
2 96 (20.04%) VPN
2 96 (20.04%) WAN
3 91 (19.00%) LAN
4 58 (12.11%) Wi-Fi
5 50 (10.44%) Network Security
5 50 (10.44%) VLAN
6 41 (8.56%) DHCP
6 41 (8.56%) DNS
7 40 (8.35%) SD-WAN
8 36 (7.52%) Bluetooth
9 35 (7.31%) TCP/IP
10 30 (6.26%) BGP
11 27 (5.64%) OSPF
12 26 (5.43%) Broadband
13 22 (4.59%) WLAN
14 18 (3.76%) Modbus
15 15 (3.13%) EIGRP
15 15 (3.13%) ZigBee
16 14 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.71%) Git
2 5 (1.04%) JIRA
3 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.84%) GDB
3 4 (0.84%) GitLab
3 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.84%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.84%) Subversion
4 2 (0.42%) PetaLinux
4 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 148 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.19%) Telecoms
3 41 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.14%) Electronics
5 27 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (4.38%) Finance
6 21 (4.38%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.51%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.09%) Automotive
8 10 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.88%) Marketing
9 9 (1.88%) Retail
10 8 (1.67%) Law
11 7 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.25%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.04%) Legal
13 5 (1.04%) Military
13 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Advertising
15 2 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 75 (15.66%) Senior
2 73 (15.24%) Support Engineer
3 72 (15.03%) Network Engineer
4 69 (14.41%) IT Support
5 52 (10.86%) Software Engineer
6 49 (10.23%) IT Technician
7 48 (10.02%) Embedded Engineer
8 45 (9.39%) IT Engineer
9 42 (8.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 33 (6.89%) IT Support Engineer
11 29 (6.05%) Technical Engineer
12 28 (5.85%) Support Technician
13 27 (5.64%) Systems Engineer
13 27 (5.64%) Technical Support
13 27 (5.64%) Technical Support Engineer
14 24 (5.01%) IT Support Technician
14 24 (5.01%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (5.01%) Senior Technician
15 23 (4.80%) Wireless Engineer
16 22 (4.59%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.67%) Yocto
2 4 (0.84%) pytest
2 4 (0.84%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.63%) REST
4 1 (0.21%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.21%) NumPy
4 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.21%) SciPy
4 1 (0.21%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.03%) Driving Licence
2 38 (7.93%) Data Centre
3 30 (6.26%) IoT
4 28 (5.85%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.13%) CCTV
7 11 (2.30%) FPGA
8 10 (2.09%) ASIC
8 10 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.09%) Smart Home
9 9 (1.88%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.46%) Device Driver
10 7 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.04%) Replication
13 4 (0.84%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.84%) Clustering
13 4 (0.84%) Podcast
13 4 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 132 (27.56%) Windows
2 96 (20.04%) Windows Server
3 26 (5.43%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.76%) Linux
5 17 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (3.13%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.71%) FreeRTOS
8 12 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.84%) Android
11 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.21%) CentOS
12 1 (0.21%) Rocky
12 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.21%) Unix
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (13.57%) Software Engineering
3 63 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (10.86%) Customer Service
5 45 (9.39%) Root Cause Analysis
6 41 (8.56%) Service Delivery
7 36 (7.52%) Project Delivery
8 30 (6.26%) ITIL
9 26 (5.43%) Decision-Making
9 26 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
10 25 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (4.59%) CRM
11 22 (4.59%) Network Monitoring
12 21 (4.38%) Time Management
13 20 (4.18%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (4.18%) Computer Science
13 20 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (3.76%) ITSM
14 18 (3.76%) Validation
15 17 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.35%) Python
2 36 (7.52%) C
3 30 (6.26%) C++
4 25 (5.22%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.09%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.04%) VB
7 4 (0.84%) Bash
8 3 (0.63%) SQL
9 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Rust
10 1 (0.21%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (12.94%) DBS Check
2 59 (12.32%) Cisco Certification
3 57 (11.90%) Degree
4 45 (9.39%) CCNP
5 27 (5.64%) CCNA
6 25 (5.22%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.97%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.09%) CCIE
9 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.67%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.46%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.63%) HP APS
13 3 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.63%) MCSE
14 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.21%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.30%) SLA
2 10 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.46%) GDPR
5 6 (1.25%) PMO
6 5 (1.04%) JTAG
7 4 (0.84%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.42%) ECSS
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (21.29%) Active Directory
2 53 (11.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.85%) Hyper-V
4 27 (5.64%) Firmware
5 15 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 13 (2.71%) vSphere
7 6 (1.25%) ProxySG
8 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (5.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.67%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.04%) Ansible
3 5 (1.04%) SCCM
4 4 (0.84%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.84%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.42%) Nagios
5 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.21%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 150 (31.32%) Microsoft
2 104 (21.71%) Cisco
3 56 (11.69%) VMware
4 53 (11.06%) Fortinet
5 46 (9.60%) Aruba
6 35 (7.31%) Meraki
7 23 (4.80%) Palo Alto
8 20 (4.18%) Juniper
9 17 (3.55%) Veeam
10 16 (3.34%) CheckPoint
11 14 (2.92%) Ubiquiti
12 12 (2.51%) HP
13 11 (2.30%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.88%) Apple
15 8 (1.67%) F5
15 8 (1.67%) HubSpot
15 8 (1.67%) ServiceNow
16 6 (1.25%) Infoblox
16 6 (1.25%) Motorola
16 6 (1.25%) Salesforce