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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 162 167
Rank change year-on-year -48 +5 +94
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 359 728 629
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.97% 1.54% 2.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.43% 12.96% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 262 261 566
10th Percentile £26,775 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,591
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +23.18% -9.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%

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 5,584 5,617 5,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.07% 11.92% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,102 2,749 4,244
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.30% +6.00% -4.76%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 -15 134 £40,000 -15.79% 109
North of England -12 56 £29,000 -27.50% 33
East of England -60 43 £57,500 - 28
South West +45 40 £35,000 -45.10% 43
Scotland +14 40 £51,000 +4.62% 15
Midlands -47 34 £52,500 -2.78% 29
West Midlands +13 30 £50,000 -7.41% 19
Yorkshire -2 24 £28,000 -6.67% 8
North West +14 17 £32,000 -41.82% 22
North East +16 15 £29,000 -63.72% 3
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 2
Wales -8 4 £49,750 +13.07% 7
East Midlands -44 4 £57,500 +76.92% 9
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 42 (11.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (10.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.62%) Confluence
4 6 (1.67%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.84%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 123 (34.26%) Azure
2 105 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (10.03%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.29%) OneDrive
5 16 (4.46%) AWS
6 13 (3.62%) Power Automate
6 13 (3.62%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.62%) PowerApps
6 13 (3.62%) Serverless
7 8 (2.23%) GCP
8 5 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.39%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.39%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.84%) SaaS
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon Ads
12 1 (0.28%) Facebook Ads
12 1 (0.28%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 124 (34.54%) Firewall
2 102 (28.41%) LAN
3 83 (23.12%) WAN
4 72 (20.06%) DHCP
5 71 (19.78%) VPN
6 69 (19.22%) DNS
7 61 (16.99%) VLAN
8 50 (13.93%) TCP/IP
9 41 (11.42%) VoIP
10 35 (9.75%) Internet
11 29 (8.08%) SD-WAN
12 26 (7.24%) Wireshark
13 25 (6.96%) WLAN
14 20 (5.57%) Software-Defined Radio
15 19 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
16 17 (4.74%) BGP
17 16 (4.46%) Bluetooth
17 16 (4.46%) Broadband
17 16 (4.46%) MPLS
17 16 (4.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.28%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 18 (5.01%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.11%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.28%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 132 (36.77%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.04%) Telecoms
3 53 (14.76%) Electronics
4 44 (12.26%) Finance
5 41 (11.42%) Manufacturing
6 25 (6.96%) Automotive
7 19 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.90%) Marketing
8 14 (3.90%) Retail
9 11 (3.06%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.79%) Billing
10 10 (2.79%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.67%) Law
13 5 (1.39%) Legal
14 4 (1.11%) Wearables
15 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Games
15 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (18.94%) Support Engineer
2 56 (15.60%) Technical Support
3 55 (15.32%) IT Support
4 52 (14.48%) Technical Engineer
5 49 (13.65%) Network Engineer
6 45 (12.53%) Technical Support Engineer
7 35 (9.75%) Software Engineer
8 33 (9.19%) Embedded Engineer
8 33 (9.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 31 (8.64%) IT Engineer
10 25 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 25 (6.96%) Analyst
11 24 (6.69%) Senior
12 23 (6.41%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (4.74%) Support Analyst
14 16 (4.46%) 3rd Line Support
15 14 (3.90%) Senior IT Engineer
16 12 (3.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 11 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 11 (3.06%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.18%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.08%) Data Centre
1 29 (8.08%) IoT
2 22 (6.13%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.57%) e-Learning
3 20 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.29%) MicroBlaze
4 19 (5.29%) RISC-V
5 18 (5.01%) Driving Licence
6 16 (4.46%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.06%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.23%) Digital Signage
9 7 (1.95%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.67%) Clustering
10 6 (1.67%) EPoS
11 5 (1.39%) CCTV
11 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (23.40%) Windows
2 54 (15.04%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.26%) Linux
4 20 (5.57%) Apple iOS
4 20 (5.57%) Mac OS
5 19 (5.29%) Android
5 19 (5.29%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (3.62%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.84%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (27.58%) Customer Service
2 50 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (10.03%) Software Engineering
4 35 (9.75%) Agile
5 31 (8.64%) Asset Management
5 31 (8.64%) Mentoring
6 29 (8.08%) ITIL
7 28 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 27 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (7.24%) Change Management
9 26 (7.24%) Collaborative Working
10 23 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (6.41%) Network Monitoring
11 22 (6.13%) Coaching
11 22 (6.13%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (5.85%) CRM
12 21 (5.85%) Digital Signal Processing
12 21 (5.85%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.85%) Signal Processing
13 20 (5.57%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.42%) PowerShell
2 35 (9.75%) C++
3 32 (8.91%) C
4 19 (5.29%) Python
5 4 (1.11%) Bash
5 4 (1.11%) SQL
6 2 (0.56%) R
6 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (12.26%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.19%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.64%) Degree
5 28 (7.80%) CCNA
6 26 (7.24%) CCNP
7 11 (3.06%) JNCIA
8 10 (2.79%) GCSC
9 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.67%) ACMT
12 5 (1.39%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.11%) OSCP
14 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.84%) HND
15 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.56%) CREST Certified
15 2 (0.56%) CWAP
15 2 (0.56%) CWNA
15 2 (0.56%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.51%) GDPR
2 7 (1.95%) SLA
3 6 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.11%) NIST
4 4 (1.11%) QA
5 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 96 (26.74%) Active Directory
2 58 (16.16%) Hyper-V
3 42 (11.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (10.03%) Firmware
5 21 (5.85%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.95%) Docker
7 7 (1.95%) vSphere
8 6 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.56%) XenApp
10 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 58 (16.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.57%) FortiGate
3 17 (4.74%) Autotask
4 11 (3.06%) Ansible
5 9 (2.51%) Terraform
6 7 (1.95%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.67%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.11%) Grafana
8 4 (1.11%) Nmap
8 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 147 (40.95%) Microsoft
2 99 (27.58%) Cisco
3 52 (14.48%) Meraki
4 48 (13.37%) VMware
5 33 (9.19%) Palo Alto
6 30 (8.36%) Fortinet
6 30 (8.36%) Veeam
7 28 (7.80%) SonicWALL
8 25 (6.96%) Aruba
8 25 (6.96%) SolarWinds
9 24 (6.69%) Apple
10 18 (5.01%) CheckPoint
10 18 (5.01%) Sophos
11 16 (4.46%) WatchGuard
12 13 (3.62%) Atlassian
13 12 (3.34%) Samsung
13 12 (3.34%) Ubiquiti
14 11 (3.06%) Datto
14 11 (3.06%) HP
15 10 (2.79%) Juniper