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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 152 171
Rank change year-on-year -98 +19 +84
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 329 607 858
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 1.89% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.25% 13.09% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 257 195 730
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,585 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £66,500 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -

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 7,734 4,636 7,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.83% 14.46% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,844 2,389 6,086
10th Percentile £25,288 £29,000 £25,014
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +16.28% -4.44%
75th Percentile £54,500 £64,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -49 132 £42,500 - 120
Midlands -58 51 £52,500 - 44
North of England -65 41 £30,000 -45.45% 67
Scotland +13 39 £51,000 +40.69% 11
West Midlands -3 38 £61,000 +12.96% 18
East of England -63 34 £57,750 +5.00% 49
North West -25 19 £30,000 -52.00% 36
South West -33 16 £43,000 -25.22% 46
East Midlands -65 13 £36,000 +10.77% 25
North East -13 12 £29,000 -63.75% 10
Wales -15 10 £42,500 -1.16% 14
Yorkshire -61 10 £28,000 -8.20% 23
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 7
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 23 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) CMS
3 2 (0.61%) WordPress
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.30%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (26.75%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (26.14%) Azure
3 26 (7.90%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.08%) AWS
5 8 (2.43%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.82%) GCP
7 4 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.61%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon Ads
9 1 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.30%) SaaS
9 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 113 (34.35%) Firewall
2 96 (29.18%) WAN
3 86 (26.14%) LAN
4 77 (23.40%) VPN
5 54 (16.41%) VLAN
6 52 (15.81%) DHCP
7 49 (14.89%) SD-WAN
8 48 (14.59%) DNS
9 42 (12.77%) TCP/IP
10 38 (11.55%) BGP
11 32 (9.73%) OSPF
12 30 (9.12%) Wireshark
13 28 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
14 25 (7.60%) WLAN
15 24 (7.29%) VoIP
16 23 (6.99%) Network Security
17 22 (6.69%) EIGRP
18 21 (6.38%) Internet
19 20 (6.08%) MPLS
20 18 (5.47%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.30%) FileMaker
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.52%) JIRA
2 4 (1.22%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.22%) Git
2 4 (1.22%) Subversion
3 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 122 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (13.37%) Telecoms
3 27 (8.21%) Electronics
4 22 (6.69%) Manufacturing
5 18 (5.47%) Finance
5 18 (5.47%) Law
6 17 (5.17%) Retail
7 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.13%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.82%) Military
9 6 (1.82%) Welsh Language
10 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.52%) Marketing
11 4 (1.22%) Automotive
11 4 (1.22%) Legal
11 4 (1.22%) Wearables
12 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.61%) Advertising
13 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (17.33%) Network Engineer
2 52 (15.81%) IT Support
3 47 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 30 (9.12%) IT Engineer
5 27 (8.21%) Software Engineer
6 25 (7.60%) Senior
7 22 (6.69%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (6.69%) Technical Engineer
7 22 (6.69%) Technical Support
8 19 (5.78%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Embedded Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Technical Support Engineer
10 17 (5.17%) Analyst
11 15 (4.56%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (4.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.56%) Senior Network Engineer
12 14 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
13 12 (3.65%) Lead
13 12 (3.65%) Support Analyst
13 12 (3.65%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.43%) REST
2 2 (0.61%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.61%) Web Services
3 1 (0.30%) NumPy
3 1 (0.30%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.30%) SciPy
3 1 (0.30%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.55%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.33%) Driving Licence
3 28 (8.51%) Management Information System
4 25 (7.60%) IoT
5 24 (7.29%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.52%) Replication
9 4 (1.22%) CCTV
9 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.22%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.91%) FPGA
10 3 (0.91%) NB-IoT
10 3 (0.91%) Smart Home
10 3 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.61%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.61%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 85 (25.84%) Windows
2 48 (14.59%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.17%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.86%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.26%) Linux
6 12 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.43%) Android
7 8 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) Rocky
9 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (20.67%) Customer Service
3 35 (10.64%) Network Monitoring
4 34 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (10.03%) Change Management
6 30 (9.12%) Software Engineering
7 28 (8.51%) ITIL
8 27 (8.21%) Collaborative Working
8 27 (8.21%) Load Balancing
8 27 (8.21%) Mentoring
9 23 (6.99%) Logistics
10 22 (6.69%) Asset Management
10 22 (6.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 21 (6.38%) Project Delivery
12 19 (5.78%) Network Virtualisation
12 19 (5.78%) Project Management
13 18 (5.47%) Problem Management
13 18 (5.47%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.25%) Python
2 28 (8.51%) PowerShell
3 20 (6.08%) C++
4 15 (4.56%) C
5 6 (1.82%) VB
6 4 (1.22%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.61%) SQL
7 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 49 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (13.98%) CCNP
3 34 (10.33%) Degree
4 20 (6.08%) DBS Check
5 13 (3.95%) CCNA
6 8 (2.43%) CCIE
7 7 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.82%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.52%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.30%) ACCA
11 1 (0.30%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.30%) CIMA
11 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.30%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.30%) PMP
11 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.82%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.82%) PMO
1 6 (1.82%) SLA
2 5 (1.52%) QA
3 2 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.30%) GRC
4 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 39 (11.85%) Hyper-V
3 25 (7.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.69%) Firmware
5 7 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.82%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.91%) vSphere
8 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.30%) Docker
9 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.78%) FortiGate
3 18 (5.47%) Ansible
4 9 (2.74%) Terraform
5 4 (1.22%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.22%) Grafana
5 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.61%) Autotask
6 2 (0.61%) Nagios
7 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.30%) Nessus
7 1 (0.30%) Nmap
7 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.30%) SCCM
7 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 109 (33.13%) Microsoft
2 99 (30.09%) Cisco
3 50 (15.20%) Meraki
4 37 (11.25%) Fortinet
5 35 (10.64%) SolarWinds
6 33 (10.03%) Palo Alto
7 27 (8.21%) CheckPoint
8 26 (7.90%) VMware
9 17 (5.17%) Aruba
10 15 (4.56%) Veeam
11 14 (4.26%) F5
12 13 (3.95%) Apple
12 13 (3.95%) SonicWALL
13 10 (3.04%) Juniper
13 10 (3.04%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.74%) Google
15 7 (2.13%) HP
15 7 (2.13%) WatchGuard
16 6 (1.82%) Infoblox
16 6 (1.82%) Motorola