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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 92 158
Rank change year-on-year -116 +66 -89
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 717 1,061 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 3.11% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.56% 18.94% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 545 224 388
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,375 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.29% -19.21% +15.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,000 £62,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £51,030
% change year-on-year +14.44% -11.82% +7.43%

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 5,708 5,603 6,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.68% 16.43% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,649 2,946 3,245
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -54 264 £51,250 +31.83% 181
North of England +6 148 £55,000 +89.66% 101
Midlands -109 113 £44,000 -12.00% 64
East of England -101 96 £47,000 -14.16% 61
North West +10 78 £65,000 +96.97% 72
South West -50 73 £42,500 +17.89% 55
West Midlands -5 60 £44,000 -1.12% 37
East Midlands -99 53 £43,750 -20.45% 27
Yorkshire -16 52 £40,000 +66.67% 17
Scotland +5 21 £55,000 +7.84% 29
North East -64 18 £65,000 +124.14% 14
Wales -78 3 £35,000 -29.65% 10
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 85 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 79 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.81%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (5.16%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.70%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.56%) Simulink
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.84%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 170 (23.71%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (16.46%) Azure
3 68 (9.48%) Entra ID
4 29 (4.04%) AWS
5 16 (2.23%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.26%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.70%) GCP
8 5 (0.70%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.28%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.28%) SaaS
10 2 (0.28%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.14%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 191 (26.64%) Firewall
2 134 (18.69%) LAN
3 126 (17.57%) WAN
4 118 (16.46%) VPN
5 106 (14.78%) VLAN
6 92 (12.83%) Wi-Fi
7 87 (12.13%) Network Security
8 83 (11.58%) DNS
9 77 (10.74%) DHCP
10 68 (9.48%) TCP/IP
11 50 (6.97%) 5G
12 48 (6.69%) SD-WAN
13 41 (5.72%) Bluetooth
14 38 (5.30%) Broadband
15 33 (4.60%) WLAN
16 31 (4.32%) OSPF
17 30 (4.18%) BGP
17 30 (4.18%) VoIP
18 27 (3.77%) Cisco Wireless
19 22 (3.07%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.14%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.14%) MySQL
3 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.21%) Git
2 8 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.84%) GDB
3 6 (0.84%) GitLab
4 4 (0.56%) JIRA
4 4 (0.56%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.56%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.28%) Maven
5 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 204 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.18%) Telecoms
3 56 (7.81%) Electronics
4 52 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.86%) Manufacturing
6 37 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (5.02%) Finance
8 20 (2.79%) Retail
9 18 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.95%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.81%) Advertising
11 13 (1.81%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.39%) Marketing
12 10 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.26%) Legal
14 8 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.12%) Law
14 8 (1.12%) Military
15 7 (0.98%) Automotive
16 5 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 115 (16.04%) Support Engineer
2 109 (15.20%) Network Engineer
3 107 (14.92%) IT Support
4 90 (12.55%) Senior
5 87 (12.13%) IT Engineer
6 72 (10.04%) Software Engineer
7 67 (9.34%) IT Support Engineer
8 66 (9.21%) Embedded Engineer
9 58 (8.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 48 (6.69%) Systems Engineer
11 40 (5.58%) IT Technician
12 32 (4.46%) Technical Engineer
13 30 (4.18%) Lead
14 28 (3.91%) Support Technician
14 28 (3.91%) Technical Support
14 28 (3.91%) Technical Support Engineer
15 26 (3.63%) IT Support Technician
16 25 (3.49%) Wireless Engineer
17 23 (3.21%) 3rd Line Support
17 23 (3.21%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.65%) Yocto
2 10 (1.39%) .NET
2 10 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 10 (1.39%) WinForms
3 8 (1.12%) Terraform
4 4 (0.56%) pytest
4 4 (0.56%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.42%) Flash
5 3 (0.42%) Jinja
5 3 (0.42%) JSON
5 3 (0.42%) YAML
6 2 (0.28%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.14%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 99 (13.81%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.00%) IoT
3 39 (5.44%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (4.32%) CCTV
7 29 (4.04%) FPGA
8 27 (3.77%) Data Centre
9 22 (3.07%) Management Information System
10 17 (2.37%) Device Driver
11 16 (2.23%) ASIC
12 15 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.95%) Raspberry Pi
14 12 (1.67%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.26%) PMI
16 8 (1.12%) ARM Cortex
17 7 (0.98%) Clustering
17 7 (0.98%) Verilog
18 6 (0.84%) Security Posture
18 6 (0.84%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 176 (24.55%) Windows
2 129 (17.99%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.88%) Linux
4 29 (4.04%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (2.37%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.09%) FreeRTOS
7 15 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.81%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (1.81%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.70%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (15.06%) Software Engineering
3 95 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 86 (11.99%) Customer Service
5 65 (9.07%) Project Delivery
6 60 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 55 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 52 (7.25%) Mentoring
10 51 (7.11%) ITIL
11 47 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
12 42 (5.86%) Migration
13 38 (5.30%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (5.16%) Network Design
15 35 (4.88%) Validation
16 33 (4.60%) Service Delivery
17 32 (4.46%) CI/CD
18 31 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
19 30 (4.18%) Decision-Making
20 29 (4.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (9.07%) C
2 63 (8.79%) Python
3 53 (7.39%) C++
4 45 (6.28%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.79%) Embedded C
6 12 (1.67%) Ruby
7 11 (1.53%) SQL
8 10 (1.39%) C#
9 9 (1.26%) MATLAB
10 6 (0.84%) Bash
10 6 (0.84%) Rust
11 3 (0.42%) VB
12 2 (0.28%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.28%) Bicep
12 2 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 94 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
2 90 (12.55%) Degree
3 60 (8.37%) CCNP
4 48 (6.69%) CCNA
5 46 (6.42%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.37%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.53%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.70%) CCIE
11 5 (0.70%) HNC
12 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.28%) HP APS
13 2 (0.28%) JNCIP
13 2 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.81%) GDPR
4 11 (1.53%) JTAG
4 11 (1.53%) SLA
5 8 (1.12%) QA
6 7 (0.98%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.56%) ECSS
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.42%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 158 (22.04%) Active Directory
2 85 (11.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (8.65%) Hyper-V
4 43 (6.00%) Firmware
5 18 (2.51%) vSphere
6 11 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
6 11 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.14%) KVM
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (9.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.93%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.67%) Ansible
4 5 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.56%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.56%) SCCM
6 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
8 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 225 (31.38%) Microsoft
2 153 (21.34%) Cisco
3 90 (12.55%) VMware
4 70 (9.76%) Fortinet
5 69 (9.62%) Aruba
6 46 (6.42%) Meraki
7 34 (4.74%) Juniper
8 27 (3.77%) Ubiquiti
9 26 (3.63%) Palo Alto
10 20 (2.79%) HP
11 16 (2.23%) Veeam
12 13 (1.81%) Apple
13 11 (1.53%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.53%) F5
13 11 (1.53%) Ruckus Wireless
14 9 (1.26%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.26%) SonicWALL
14 9 (1.26%) Sophos
14 9 (1.26%) WatchGuard
15 7 (0.98%) Google