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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 89 185
Rank change year-on-year -171 +96 -136
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 413 987 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.63% 3.44% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.67% 21.02% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 337 200 852
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £23,800
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £29,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,250 £67,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +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 7,289 4,696 9,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.08% 16.36% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,891 2,688 7,078
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 10 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 10 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 -115 116 £49,000 +22.50% 86
North of England -41 107 £45,500 +33.82% 51
North West +32 75 £52,500 -22.22% 30
Midlands -113 70 £42,500 -11.46% 29
East of England -103 62 £41,191 -20.79% 31
West Midlands -8 40 £47,500 +5.56% 20
East Midlands -107 30 £34,000 -32.00% 9
South West -49 27 £42,500 -4.49% 28
Yorkshire -88 22 £38,750 +27.05% 17
Scotland -5 18 £75,000 +36.36% 21
Wales -26 11 £42,500 -14.57% 9
North East -36 10 £39,750 -29.77% 7
Northern Ireland -33 3 £40,000 - 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 22 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.18%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (22.52%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (12.11%) Azure
3 24 (5.81%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.36%) AWS
5 5 (1.21%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.73%) GCP
7 2 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.48%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.24%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (21.31%) Firewall
1 88 (21.31%) WAN
2 83 (20.10%) VPN
3 74 (17.92%) LAN
4 38 (9.20%) VLAN
5 36 (8.72%) DHCP
6 35 (8.47%) DNS
6 35 (8.47%) SD-WAN
7 33 (7.99%) BGP
7 33 (7.99%) OSPF
8 31 (7.51%) TCP/IP
8 31 (7.51%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (7.26%) Network Security
10 26 (6.30%) Bluetooth
11 21 (5.08%) Broadband
11 21 (5.08%) Cisco Wireless
11 21 (5.08%) EIGRP
11 21 (5.08%) WLAN
12 19 (4.60%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (3.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Git
2 5 (1.21%) JIRA
3 4 (0.97%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.97%) Subversion
4 2 (0.48%) GDB
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 127 (30.75%) Social Skills
2 47 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (7.99%) Telecoms
4 29 (7.02%) Electronics
5 19 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.87%) Finance
6 16 (3.87%) Retail
7 15 (3.63%) Law
7 15 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.66%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.18%) Automotive
10 8 (1.94%) Military
11 7 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.69%) Marketing
12 6 (1.45%) Welsh Language
13 5 (1.21%) Advertising
13 5 (1.21%) Legal
14 4 (0.97%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (16.46%) Support Engineer
2 61 (14.77%) Senior
3 58 (14.04%) Network Engineer
4 49 (11.86%) IT Support
5 42 (10.17%) IT Technician
5 42 (10.17%) Software Engineer
6 33 (7.99%) IT Engineer
7 27 (6.54%) Embedded Engineer
7 27 (6.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (5.81%) Senior IT Technician
8 24 (5.81%) Senior Technician
8 24 (5.81%) Technical Engineer
8 24 (5.81%) Technical Support
8 24 (5.81%) Technical Support Engineer
9 23 (5.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 22 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
11 21 (5.08%) Support Technician
11 21 (5.08%) Systems Engineer
12 20 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
12 20 (4.84%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.94%) REST
2 2 (0.48%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.48%) pytest
2 2 (0.48%) Unity DI Container
2 2 (0.48%) Yocto
3 1 (0.24%) NumPy
3 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.24%) SciPy
3 1 (0.24%) Web Services
3 1 (0.24%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (15.50%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.93%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.30%) IoT
4 19 (4.60%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.87%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.42%) CCTV
7 10 (2.42%) Smart Home
8 8 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.45%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.21%) Replication
11 4 (0.97%) ASIC
11 4 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.97%) Podcast
11 4 (0.97%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.73%) Device Driver
12 3 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.73%) FPGA
12 3 (0.73%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 118 (28.57%) Windows
2 78 (18.89%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.57%) Windows 10
4 20 (4.84%) Apple iOS
5 13 (3.15%) Linux
6 9 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.69%) Android
8 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.21%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.24%) Rocky
11 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.24%) Unix
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (12.11%) Software Engineering
4 48 (11.62%) Customer Service
5 38 (9.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (8.47%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.75%) ITIL
8 27 (6.54%) Time Management
9 24 (5.81%) Decision-Making
10 23 (5.57%) Logistics
10 23 (5.57%) Network Monitoring
11 22 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (5.33%) Project Delivery
12 21 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (4.60%) CRM
14 17 (4.12%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (3.63%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (3.63%) ITSM
15 15 (3.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.96%) Python
2 26 (6.30%) C++
3 22 (5.33%) C
4 15 (3.63%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.21%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.21%) VB
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
7 1 (0.24%) SQL
7 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (15.25%) DBS Check
2 55 (13.32%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (11.62%) CCNP
4 47 (11.38%) Degree
5 22 (5.33%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (4.60%) A+ Certification
7 17 (4.12%) CCNA
8 13 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.66%) CCIE
10 9 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.94%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.69%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.73%) HP APS
14 3 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.73%) MCSE
15 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.48%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.24%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.66%) SLA
2 8 (1.94%) PMO
3 6 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.97%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) JTAG
6 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.48%) GDPR
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) QA
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 83 (20.10%) Active Directory
2 42 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.60%) Firmware
5 10 (2.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.94%) ProxySG
7 7 (1.69%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (2.91%) Ansible
1 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.18%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.21%) SCCM
4 4 (0.97%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.97%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.97%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 121 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 91 (22.03%) Cisco
3 44 (10.65%) VMware
4 42 (10.17%) Fortinet
5 29 (7.02%) Aruba
6 27 (6.54%) Meraki
7 19 (4.60%) SolarWinds
8 15 (3.63%) CheckPoint
8 15 (3.63%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.39%) F5
9 14 (3.39%) Veeam
10 11 (2.66%) Juniper
11 10 (2.42%) Apple
11 10 (2.42%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.18%) HP
13 8 (1.94%) Blue Coat
13 8 (1.94%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.94%) Infoblox
13 8 (1.94%) Motorola
14 6 (1.45%) Salesforce