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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 97 190
Rank change year-on-year -146 +93 -146
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 444 988 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 3.33% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.44% 19.08% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 350 183 867
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,600 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £41,067
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% -8.08% +8.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 4,704 5,177 9,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 17.43% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,703 7,132
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,200
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.50% -1.78%
75th Percentile £60,094 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

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 15 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 15 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 -106 133 £42,500 +6.25% 91
North of England -16 118 £52,500 +72.13% 49
Midlands -103 76 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North West +28 73 £57,500 +74.24% 32
East of England -103 65 £41,191 -8.47% 33
West Midlands +6 42 £42,500 +25.00% 17
East Midlands -91 34 £35,000 -30.00% 13
Yorkshire -50 32 £35,000 +18.64% 13
South West -56 31 £54,417 +51.16% 17
North East -40 13 £39,750 +37.07% 6
Scotland +14 12 £62,750 +56.88% 7
Wales -43 8 £34,500 -28.30% 4
Northern Ireland -31 2 £45,750 - 2
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 36 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.13%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.13%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.03%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (13.06%) Azure
3 30 (6.76%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.60%) AWS
5 5 (1.13%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.13%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.45%) SaaS
8 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.23%) GCP
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (21.40%) Firewall
2 85 (19.14%) WAN
3 84 (18.92%) VPN
4 80 (18.02%) LAN
5 46 (10.36%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (9.68%) Network Security
7 41 (9.23%) VLAN
8 37 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 33 (7.43%) Bluetooth
10 31 (6.98%) BGP
11 29 (6.53%) OSPF
12 28 (6.31%) DHCP
12 28 (6.31%) DNS
13 25 (5.63%) Broadband
13 25 (5.63%) TCP/IP
14 23 (5.18%) WLAN
15 16 (3.60%) Modbus
16 15 (3.38%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (3.38%) Cisco Wireless
16 15 (3.38%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.25%) Git
2 5 (1.13%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.90%) GDB
3 4 (0.90%) GitLab
3 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.90%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.90%) Subversion
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 140 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.91%) Telecoms
3 40 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.33%) Electronics
5 23 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.50%) Finance
6 20 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.93%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.48%) Law
9 10 (2.25%) Automotive
10 9 (2.03%) Marketing
11 8 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.80%) Retail
12 7 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.35%) Military
14 5 (1.13%) Advertising
14 5 (1.13%) Legal
15 4 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (15.99%) Senior
2 68 (15.32%) Support Engineer
3 65 (14.64%) Network Engineer
4 59 (13.29%) IT Support
5 48 (10.81%) Software Engineer
6 47 (10.59%) IT Technician
7 39 (8.78%) Embedded Engineer
8 35 (7.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 34 (7.66%) IT Engineer
10 28 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
10 28 (6.31%) Technical Engineer
11 27 (6.08%) Technical Support
11 27 (6.08%) Technical Support Engineer
12 26 (5.86%) Support Technician
13 24 (5.41%) Senior IT Technician
13 24 (5.41%) Senior Technician
14 23 (5.18%) Wireless Engineer
15 22 (4.95%) IT Support Technician
15 22 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
16 21 (4.73%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.13%) REST
1 5 (1.13%) Yocto
2 4 (0.90%) pytest
2 4 (0.90%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.23%) NumPy
3 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.23%) SciPy
3 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (15.54%) Driving Licence
2 40 (9.01%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.53%) IoT
4 23 (5.18%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.48%) CCTV
6 11 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.25%) Smart Home
8 8 (1.80%) ASIC
8 8 (1.80%) FPGA
8 8 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.80%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (1.13%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.13%) Replication
9 5 (1.13%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (0.90%) Podcast
10 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 114 (25.68%) Windows
2 78 (17.57%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.18%) Windows 10
4 16 (3.60%) Apple iOS
5 14 (3.15%) Linux
5 14 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.25%) FreeRTOS
7 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.90%) Android
9 3 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) CentOS
11 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.23%) Rocky
11 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (12.84%) Software Engineering
3 56 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (10.14%) Customer Service
5 43 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 37 (8.33%) Service Delivery
7 33 (7.43%) Project Delivery
8 29 (6.53%) ITIL
9 26 (5.86%) Decision-Making
10 23 (5.18%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (4.73%) CRM
12 19 (4.28%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (4.05%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (4.05%) Time Management
13 18 (4.05%) Validation
14 17 (3.83%) Computer Science
14 17 (3.83%) ITSM
14 17 (3.83%) Mentoring
14 17 (3.83%) Network Design
15 16 (3.60%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.56%) Python
2 30 (6.76%) C
3 27 (6.08%) C++
4 16 (3.60%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.58%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.13%) VB
7 4 (0.90%) Bash
8 2 (0.45%) SQL
9 1 (0.23%) Bicep
9 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 60 (13.51%) DBS Check
2 56 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (11.71%) Degree
4 44 (9.91%) CCNP
5 25 (5.63%) Network+ Certification
6 20 (4.50%) CCNA
7 19 (4.28%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.25%) CCIE
10 9 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.80%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.58%) SC Cleared
13 6 (1.35%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.68%) HP APS
14 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.68%) MCSE
15 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.70%) SLA
2 8 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.35%) PMO
5 5 (1.13%) JTAG
6 4 (0.90%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.68%) GDPR
8 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.23%) ECSS
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 87 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 46 (10.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.41%) Firmware
4 17 (3.83%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.58%) vSphere
7 6 (1.35%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.03%) FortiGate
3 8 (1.80%) Ansible
4 5 (1.13%) SCCM
5 4 (0.90%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.90%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.23%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (27.70%) Microsoft
2 94 (21.17%) Cisco
3 50 (11.26%) Fortinet
4 48 (10.81%) VMware
5 42 (9.46%) Aruba
6 35 (7.88%) Meraki
7 19 (4.28%) Palo Alto
8 17 (3.83%) CheckPoint
9 16 (3.60%) Juniper
9 16 (3.60%) Veeam
10 11 (2.48%) HP
10 11 (2.48%) SolarWinds
10 11 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
11 10 (2.25%) F5
12 9 (2.03%) Apple
13 8 (1.80%) HubSpot
14 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
15 6 (1.35%) Infoblox
15 6 (1.35%) Motorola
15 6 (1.35%) Salesforce