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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 94 157
Rank change year-on-year -111 +63 -49
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 722 1,067 848
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 3.11% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.58% 19.01% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 546 225 374
10th Percentile £28,375 £26,200 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% +15.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,808
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.43% +9.26%

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 5,739 5,612 6,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.66% 16.38% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,639 2,953 3,169
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £34,000
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 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £40,000 £50,948
% change year-on-year +23.75% -21.49% -0.88%

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 29 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 29 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 -55 271 £50,000 +25.00% 149
North of England -16 134 £57,500 +98.28% 100
Midlands -92 116 £44,000 -12.00% 58
East of England -94 101 £45,000 -7.22% 54
South West -51 76 £41,000 +7.82% 49
North West +6 66 £65,000 +96.97% 61
West Midlands -11 60 £44,000 -1.12% 34
East Midlands -102 56 £45,500 -17.27% 24
Yorkshire -13 49 £40,000 +66.67% 26
Scotland +4 22 £55,000 +7.84% 31
North East -61 19 £65,000 +124.14% 15
Wales -72 3 £35,000 -33.17% 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 88 (12.19%) SharePoint
2 84 (11.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.94%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (5.54%) Lightworks
3 5 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.55%) 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 (0.97%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.83%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 174 (24.10%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (16.76%) Azure
3 70 (9.70%) Entra ID
4 29 (4.02%) AWS
5 17 (2.35%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.25%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.83%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.69%) GCP
9 4 (0.55%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.55%) 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
1 193 (26.73%) Firewall
2 139 (19.25%) LAN
3 130 (18.01%) WAN
4 117 (16.20%) VPN
5 108 (14.96%) VLAN
6 94 (13.02%) Wi-Fi
7 90 (12.47%) Network Security
8 84 (11.63%) DNS
9 78 (10.80%) DHCP
10 68 (9.42%) TCP/IP
11 51 (7.06%) 5G
12 48 (6.65%) SD-WAN
13 42 (5.82%) Bluetooth
14 37 (5.12%) Broadband
15 34 (4.71%) WLAN
16 32 (4.43%) OSPF
17 31 (4.29%) BGP
18 30 (4.16%) VoIP
19 28 (3.88%) Cisco Wireless
20 22 (3.05%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.35%) 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 24 (3.32%) Git
2 9 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.83%) GDB
3 6 (0.83%) GitLab
4 4 (0.55%) PetaLinux
4 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.42%) JIRA
5 3 (0.42%) Maven
5 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 196 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.25%) Telecoms
3 55 (7.62%) Electronics
4 51 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.68%) Manufacturing
6 38 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (5.12%) Finance
8 21 (2.91%) Retail
9 18 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.94%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.66%) Advertising
13 11 (1.52%) Marketing
13 11 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.11%) Law
14 8 (1.11%) Legal
14 8 (1.11%) Military
15 6 (0.83%) Automotive
15 6 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 117 (16.20%) Support Engineer
2 111 (15.37%) IT Support
3 109 (15.10%) Network Engineer
4 87 (12.05%) IT Engineer
5 83 (11.50%) Senior
6 72 (9.97%) Software Engineer
7 68 (9.42%) Embedded Engineer
8 67 (9.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (8.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 52 (7.20%) Systems Engineer
11 33 (4.57%) Technical Engineer
12 30 (4.16%) Lead
13 29 (4.02%) IT Technician
13 29 (4.02%) Support Technician
13 29 (4.02%) Technical Support
13 29 (4.02%) Technical Support Engineer
14 28 (3.88%) IT Support Technician
14 28 (3.88%) Wireless Engineer
15 24 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support
15 24 (3.32%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.77%) Yocto
2 11 (1.52%) .NET
2 11 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 11 (1.52%) WinForms
3 8 (1.11%) Terraform
4 4 (0.55%) pytest
4 4 (0.55%) 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
1 102 (14.13%) Driving Licence
2 45 (6.23%) IoT
3 39 (5.40%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (4.43%) CCTV
7 30 (4.16%) FPGA
8 22 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.49%) Device Driver
10 15 (2.08%) ASIC
10 15 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 15 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (2.08%) Raspberry Pi
11 13 (1.80%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.39%) PMI
13 8 (1.11%) ARM Cortex
14 7 (0.97%) Clustering
14 7 (0.97%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.97%) Verilog
15 6 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 168 (23.27%) Windows
2 119 (16.48%) Windows Server
3 37 (5.12%) Linux
4 29 (4.02%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.94%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (1.94%) FreeRTOS
8 14 (1.94%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.83%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (14.96%) Software Engineering
3 98 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 65 (9.00%) Project Delivery
6 63 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (7.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 54 (7.48%) Mentoring
10 52 (7.20%) ITIL
11 47 (6.51%) Root Cause Analysis
12 43 (5.96%) Migration
13 39 (5.40%) Collaborative Culture
13 39 (5.40%) Network Design
14 35 (4.85%) Validation
15 33 (4.57%) CI/CD
16 31 (4.29%) Decision-Making
16 31 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (4.02%) Network Monitoring
17 29 (4.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (9.00%) C
2 63 (8.73%) Python
3 51 (7.06%) C++
4 45 (6.23%) PowerShell
5 22 (3.05%) Embedded C
6 13 (1.80%) Ruby
7 12 (1.66%) SQL
8 11 (1.52%) C#
9 10 (1.39%) MATLAB
10 6 (0.83%) Bash
10 6 (0.83%) 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 95 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
2 91 (12.60%) Degree
3 61 (8.45%) CCNP
4 48 (6.65%) CCNA
5 36 (4.99%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.35%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.52%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.39%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.69%) CCIE
12 5 (0.69%) HNC
13 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.28%) CISSP
14 2 (0.28%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.80%) GDPR
4 11 (1.52%) JTAG
4 11 (1.52%) SLA
5 10 (1.39%) QA
6 7 (0.97%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.55%) ECSS
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 26262
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 161 (22.30%) Active Directory
2 77 (10.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (8.45%) Hyper-V
4 43 (5.96%) Firmware
5 18 (2.49%) vSphere
6 12 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.14%) KVM
10 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 66 (9.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (3.05%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.66%) Ansible
4 5 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.69%) SCCM
5 3 (0.42%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.14%) WSUS
7 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 219 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 156 (21.61%) Cisco
3 82 (11.36%) VMware
4 70 (9.70%) Aruba
5 69 (9.56%) Fortinet
6 47 (6.51%) Meraki
7 35 (4.85%) Juniper
8 26 (3.60%) Palo Alto
8 26 (3.60%) Ubiquiti
9 20 (2.77%) HP
10 16 (2.22%) Apple
10 16 (2.22%) Veeam
11 11 (1.52%) CheckPoint
11 11 (1.52%) F5
11 11 (1.52%) Ruckus Wireless
12 9 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.25%) SonicWALL
12 9 (1.25%) Sophos
13 8 (1.11%) Google
13 8 (1.11%) WatchGuard