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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 94 211
Rank change year-on-year -132 +117 -182
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 613 1,057 715
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 3.05% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.57% 18.18% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 478 234 546
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,563 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% -11.76% +8.97%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £71,125
UK median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.29% -15.00% +9.89%

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 5,298 5,813 6,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.89% 16.79% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,568 3,177 4,663
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -3.85%

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 August 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 August 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 -90 185 £47,500 +18.75% 101
North of England +11 161 £47,500 +63.79% 62
Midlands -91 104 £42,500 -17.07% 30
North West +39 88 £57,500 +74.24% 34
East of England -103 87 £42,500 -5.56% 38
West Midlands +11 57 £42,500 +1.19% 14
Yorkshire -36 57 £35,000 +22.81% 19
South West -47 53 £50,000 +25.00% 28
East Midlands -94 47 £42,000 -22.94% 16
Scotland +7 18 £55,000 +7.84% 6
North East -54 16 £65,000 +124.14% 10
Wales -52 5 £34,000 -31.66% 2
Northern Ireland -72 1 £34,000 -36.15% 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 63 (10.28%) SharePoint
2 54 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.14%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.59%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.49%) Simulink
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.98%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 144 (23.49%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (15.82%) Azure
3 53 (8.65%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.24%) AWS
5 10 (1.63%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.47%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.65%) GCP
8 4 (0.65%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.65%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.65%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.33%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.33%) SaaS
9 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.16%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 157 (25.61%) Firewall
2 116 (18.92%) LAN
3 114 (18.60%) WAN
4 112 (18.27%) VPN
5 84 (13.70%) Wi-Fi
6 78 (12.72%) VLAN
7 74 (12.07%) Network Security
8 65 (10.60%) DNS
9 61 (9.95%) DHCP
10 57 (9.30%) TCP/IP
11 44 (7.18%) SD-WAN
12 41 (6.69%) Bluetooth
13 32 (5.22%) Broadband
14 30 (4.89%) WLAN
15 29 (4.73%) OSPF
16 28 (4.57%) 5G
16 28 (4.57%) BGP
17 21 (3.43%) VoIP
17 21 (3.43%) ZigBee
18 19 (3.10%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.33%) Power BI
3 1 (0.16%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.43%) Git
2 6 (0.98%) GDB
2 6 (0.98%) GitLab
2 6 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.82%) JIRA
4 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.49%) PetaLinux
6 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.11%) Telecoms
3 53 (8.65%) Electronics
4 46 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.20%) Manufacturing
6 35 (5.71%) Finance
7 31 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.28%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.28%) Retail
9 12 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.79%) Legal
10 11 (1.79%) Marketing
11 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.47%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.31%) Automotive
14 7 (1.14%) Advertising
15 6 (0.98%) Law
16 5 (0.82%) Military
16 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.65%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 105 (17.13%) Support Engineer
2 101 (16.48%) Network Engineer
3 94 (15.33%) Senior
4 92 (15.01%) IT Support
5 75 (12.23%) IT Engineer
6 61 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 59 (9.62%) Embedded Engineer
8 57 (9.30%) Software Engineer
9 50 (8.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 45 (7.34%) IT Technician
11 36 (5.87%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (5.06%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (4.40%) Technical Support
13 27 (4.40%) Technical Support Engineer
14 24 (3.92%) Senior IT Technician
14 24 (3.92%) Senior Technician
15 23 (3.75%) Administrator
16 22 (3.59%) Lead
16 22 (3.59%) Support Technician
16 22 (3.59%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.45%) Yocto
2 4 (0.65%) pytest
2 4 (0.65%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.49%) Flash
3 3 (0.49%) Jinja
3 3 (0.49%) JSON
3 3 (0.49%) YAML
4 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 84 (13.70%) Driving Licence
2 41 (6.69%) IoT
3 40 (6.53%) Data Centre
4 37 (6.04%) Embedded Systems
5 26 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 26 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.75%) CCTV
7 15 (2.45%) Device Driver
7 15 (2.45%) FPGA
8 14 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.12%) ASIC
9 13 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.79%) Raspberry Pi
11 9 (1.47%) Smart Home
12 8 (1.31%) ARM Cortex
13 7 (1.14%) Clustering
14 6 (0.98%) PMI
14 6 (0.98%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.82%) PCIe
16 4 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 157 (25.61%) Windows
2 115 (18.76%) Windows Server
3 31 (5.06%) Linux
4 26 (4.24%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.26%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.45%) FreeRTOS
6 15 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (2.12%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.63%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.82%) Android
11 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (14.85%) Software Engineering
3 89 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 84 (13.70%) Customer Service
5 47 (7.67%) Project Delivery
6 44 (7.18%) Root Cause Analysis
7 43 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (6.69%) Service Delivery
9 40 (6.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 39 (6.36%) ITIL
11 37 (6.04%) Collaborative Culture
12 36 (5.87%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (5.06%) Mentoring
14 29 (4.73%) Network Monitoring
15 27 (4.40%) Decision-Making
15 27 (4.40%) Validation
16 26 (4.24%) CRM
16 26 (4.24%) ITSM
17 25 (4.08%) CI/CD
17 25 (4.08%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.32%) Python
2 48 (7.83%) C
3 38 (6.20%) C++
3 38 (6.20%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.28%) Embedded C
5 6 (0.98%) Bash
5 6 (0.98%) Ruby
5 6 (0.98%) SQL
6 5 (0.82%) Rust
7 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.49%) VB
8 2 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 85 (13.87%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (12.40%) Degree
3 59 (9.62%) CCNP
4 57 (9.30%) DBS Check
5 42 (6.85%) CCNA
6 28 (4.57%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.10%) A+ Certification
8 15 (2.45%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.45%) Security Cleared
9 14 (2.28%) SC Cleared
10 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.98%) CCIE
12 6 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.82%) HNC
14 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.49%) CISSP
15 3 (0.49%) HP APS
16 2 (0.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.96%) GDPR
3 12 (1.96%) SLA
4 11 (1.79%) JTAG
5 4 (0.65%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.49%) ECSS
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.49%) PMO
6 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.33%) QA
8 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 132 (21.53%) Active Directory
2 66 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (8.48%) Hyper-V
4 37 (6.04%) Firmware
5 16 (2.61%) vSphere
6 14 (2.28%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.49%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.16%) KVM
11 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (8.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.12%) FortiGate
3 9 (1.47%) Ansible
4 5 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.82%) Terraform
5 4 (0.65%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.65%) SCCM
6 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.16%) WSUS
8 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 191 (31.16%) Microsoft
2 128 (20.88%) Cisco
3 71 (11.58%) VMware
4 61 (9.95%) Fortinet
5 58 (9.46%) Aruba
6 29 (4.73%) Juniper
6 29 (4.73%) Meraki
7 28 (4.57%) Palo Alto
8 20 (3.26%) Ubiquiti
9 19 (3.10%) CheckPoint
10 16 (2.61%) Veeam
11 15 (2.45%) HP
12 13 (2.12%) F5
13 10 (1.63%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.47%) Apple
15 8 (1.31%) HubSpot
15 8 (1.31%) SolarWinds
15 8 (1.31%) Sophos
16 7 (1.14%) WatchGuard
17 6 (0.98%) Google