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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 88 158
Rank change year-on-year -117 +70 +6
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 759 1,066 777
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.87% 3.10% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.92% 19.43% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 557 232 311
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £28,500 £34,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £63,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -20.56% +12.63%

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 5,874 5,486 5,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 15.95% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,624 2,983 2,885
10th Percentile £27,502 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £68,750 £74,144
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 October 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 October 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 -49 294 £50,000 +33.33% 96
North of England -9 133 £57,500 +98.28% 79
Midlands -91 115 £47,500 -5.00% 49
East of England -98 106 £42,500 -5.56% 40
South West -40 80 £41,000 +13.73% 37
North West +10 64 £65,000 +103.13% 47
West Midlands -6 60 £44,000 -1.12% 31
East Midlands -91 55 £54,000 -1.82% 18
Yorkshire -16 50 £40,000 +42.86% 23
Scotland +7 27 £55,000 +7.84% 18
North East -59 19 £65,000 +124.14% 10
Wales -67 4 £40,000 -19.60% 7
Northern Ireland -80 1 £57,500 -2.54% 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 91 (11.99%) SharePoint
2 89 (11.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.98%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 48 (6.32%) Lightworks
2 43 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.79%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.53%) Simulink
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.26%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.79%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.26%) Sage CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 181 (23.85%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (16.21%) Azure
3 69 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 28 (3.69%) AWS
5 19 (2.50%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.45%) Mimecast
7 9 (1.19%) Google Workspace
8 6 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.66%) GCP
10 4 (0.53%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.53%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.26%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.26%) SaaS
11 2 (0.26%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.13%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 211 (27.80%) Firewall
2 156 (20.55%) LAN
3 146 (19.24%) WAN
4 126 (16.60%) VLAN
4 126 (16.60%) VPN
5 106 (13.97%) Wi-Fi
6 104 (13.70%) Network Security
7 98 (12.91%) DNS
8 92 (12.12%) DHCP
9 84 (11.07%) TCP/IP
10 58 (7.64%) SD-WAN
11 53 (6.98%) 5G
12 41 (5.40%) Bluetooth
13 40 (5.27%) Broadband
14 37 (4.87%) WLAN
15 34 (4.48%) OSPF
15 34 (4.48%) VoIP
16 33 (4.35%) BGP
17 32 (4.22%) Cisco Wireless
18 22 (2.90%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.26%) Power BI
3 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.13%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.13%) MySQL
3 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.29%) Git
2 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.79%) GDB
3 6 (0.79%) GitLab
4 4 (0.53%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.53%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.40%) Maven
5 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.26%) JIRA
6 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 221 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 77 (10.14%) Telecoms
3 59 (7.77%) Electronics
4 51 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.93%) Manufacturing
6 44 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (4.74%) Finance
8 21 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.50%) Retail
10 18 (2.37%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 13 (1.71%) Marketing
13 11 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.32%) Advertising
15 8 (1.05%) Law
16 7 (0.92%) Automotive
16 7 (0.92%) Legal
16 7 (0.92%) Local Government
17 6 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 121 (15.94%) Network Engineer
2 114 (15.02%) IT Support
3 112 (14.76%) Support Engineer
4 91 (11.99%) Senior
5 88 (11.59%) IT Engineer
6 74 (9.75%) Software Engineer
7 69 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
8 64 (8.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (7.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 52 (6.85%) Systems Engineer
11 34 (4.48%) IT Technician
12 31 (4.08%) IT Support Technician
12 31 (4.08%) Support Technician
12 31 (4.08%) Technical Engineer
13 29 (3.82%) Wireless Engineer
14 28 (3.69%) Lead
15 27 (3.56%) Design Engineer
15 27 (3.56%) Technical Support
15 27 (3.56%) Technical Support Engineer
16 25 (3.29%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.77%) Yocto
2 12 (1.58%) .NET
2 12 (1.58%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 12 (1.58%) WinForms
3 8 (1.05%) Terraform
4 4 (0.53%) pytest
4 4 (0.53%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.40%) Flash
5 3 (0.40%) Jinja
5 3 (0.40%) JSON
5 3 (0.40%) YAML
6 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.26%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 106 (13.97%) Driving Licence
2 44 (5.80%) IoT
3 39 (5.14%) Embedded Systems
3 39 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 37 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (4.08%) FPGA
6 30 (3.95%) CCTV
7 22 (2.90%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.50%) Device Driver
10 16 (2.11%) Raspberry Pi
11 15 (1.98%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.71%) ASIC
14 10 (1.32%) PMI
15 8 (1.05%) ARM Cortex
15 8 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.05%) Verilog
16 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 177 (23.32%) Windows
2 120 (15.81%) Windows Server
3 39 (5.14%) Linux
4 31 (4.08%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (2.37%) macOS
7 17 (2.24%) Apple iOS
8 15 (1.98%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.71%) FreeRTOS
11 7 (0.92%) Android
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (14.62%) Software Engineering
3 105 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 86 (11.33%) Customer Service
5 75 (9.88%) Project Delivery
6 73 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
7 64 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 60 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 59 (7.77%) ITIL
9 59 (7.77%) Mentoring
10 51 (6.72%) Root Cause Analysis
11 45 (5.93%) Migration
12 43 (5.67%) Network Design
13 41 (5.40%) Collaborative Culture
14 40 (5.27%) Validation
15 35 (4.61%) Network Monitoring
15 35 (4.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (4.48%) CI/CD
16 34 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
17 33 (4.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 69 (9.09%) C
2 62 (8.17%) Python
3 55 (7.25%) C++
4 46 (6.06%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.16%) Embedded C
6 14 (1.84%) Ruby
7 13 (1.71%) SQL
8 12 (1.58%) C#
8 12 (1.58%) MATLAB
9 7 (0.92%) Rust
10 6 (0.79%) Bash
11 3 (0.40%) VB
12 2 (0.26%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.26%) Bicep
12 2 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 107 (14.10%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (12.78%) Degree
3 71 (9.35%) CCNP
4 60 (7.91%) CCNA
5 29 (3.82%) DBS Check
6 21 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.37%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.45%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.32%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.79%) CCIE
12 6 (0.79%) HNC
12 6 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.26%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.26%) MCSE
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.84%) GDPR
4 12 (1.58%) QA
5 11 (1.45%) JTAG
5 11 (1.45%) SLA
6 8 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.53%) ECSS
7 4 (0.53%) NCSC
8 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 163 (21.48%) Active Directory
2 78 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (8.43%) Hyper-V
4 48 (6.32%) Firmware
5 18 (2.37%) vSphere
6 12 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) KVM
11 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (3.29%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.58%) Ansible
4 6 (0.79%) SCCM
5 5 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.26%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.13%) WSUS
8 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 232 (30.57%) Microsoft
2 172 (22.66%) Cisco
3 84 (11.07%) Fortinet
4 81 (10.67%) VMware
5 79 (10.41%) Aruba
6 51 (6.72%) Meraki
7 37 (4.87%) Juniper
8 27 (3.56%) Palo Alto
9 26 (3.43%) Ubiquiti
10 25 (3.29%) Apple
11 20 (2.64%) HP
12 15 (1.98%) CheckPoint
12 15 (1.98%) F5
13 14 (1.84%) Veeam
14 11 (1.45%) Google
14 11 (1.45%) Infoblox
14 11 (1.45%) SonicWALL
15 10 (1.32%) EMC
15 10 (1.32%) Ruckus Wireless
15 10 (1.32%) ServiceNow