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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 161 162
Rank change year-on-year -63 +1 +110
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 365 728 635
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.01% 1.54% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.26% 13.19% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 259 260 570
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £40,133
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +24.59% -10.82%
75th Percentile £54,000 £65,000 £55,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £41,750 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -24.09% +18.28% -7.00%

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 5,828 5,518 5,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.12% 11.64% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 2,650 4,295
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 -28 137 £40,000 -15.79% 105
North of England -19 62 £29,000 -27.50% 37
East of England -64 43 £57,500 -8.00% 37
South West +39 42 £35,000 -45.10% 43
Scotland +4 37 £51,000 +2.00% 12
Midlands -45 33 £50,000 -7.41% 48
West Midlands +5 29 £35,000 -35.19% 34
Yorkshire -13 29 £28,000 -6.67% 9
North East +8 17 £29,000 -63.72% 6
North West -15 16 £32,000 -41.82% 22
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 3
Wales -10 4 £49,750 +13.07% 11
East Midlands -47 4 £57,500 +81.10% 14
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 47 (12.88%) SharePoint
2 38 (10.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.84%) Confluence
4 6 (1.64%) IIS
5 2 (0.55%) CMS
5 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 125 (34.25%) Azure
2 108 (29.59%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (11.23%) Entra ID
4 23 (6.30%) OneDrive
5 14 (3.84%) AWS
5 14 (3.84%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.84%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.84%) PowerApps
5 14 (3.84%) Serverless
6 7 (1.92%) GCP
7 6 (1.64%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.37%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon Ads
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.82%) SaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Facebook Ads
11 2 (0.55%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 117 (32.05%) Firewall
2 104 (28.49%) LAN
3 80 (21.92%) WAN
4 69 (18.90%) DHCP
5 66 (18.08%) DNS
5 66 (18.08%) VPN
6 58 (15.89%) VLAN
7 47 (12.88%) TCP/IP
8 41 (11.23%) VoIP
9 35 (9.59%) Internet
10 32 (8.77%) Software-Defined Radio
11 26 (7.12%) SD-WAN
11 26 (7.12%) WLAN
12 23 (6.30%) Wireshark
13 19 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (4.38%) Broadband
15 15 (4.11%) Bluetooth
16 14 (3.84%) BGP
16 14 (3.84%) Network Security
17 13 (3.56%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.58%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.27%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 19 (5.21%) JIRA
2 4 (1.10%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.10%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 136 (37.26%) Social Skills
2 58 (15.89%) Finance
3 52 (14.25%) Electronics
3 52 (14.25%) Telecoms
4 39 (10.68%) Manufacturing
5 26 (7.12%) Automotive
6 16 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.11%) Marketing
8 12 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.01%) Aerospace
9 11 (3.01%) Retail
10 10 (2.74%) Billing
10 10 (2.74%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.92%) Legal
12 6 (1.64%) Law
13 4 (1.10%) Wearables
14 3 (0.82%) Advertising
14 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (18.36%) Support Engineer
2 59 (16.16%) Technical Support
3 55 (15.07%) IT Support
4 53 (14.52%) Technical Engineer
5 47 (12.88%) Network Engineer
6 46 (12.60%) Technical Support Engineer
7 44 (12.05%) Embedded Engineer
7 44 (12.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 44 (12.05%) Software Engineer
8 29 (7.95%) IT Engineer
9 28 (7.67%) Analyst
10 24 (6.58%) Senior
11 23 (6.30%) 2nd Line Support
12 21 (5.75%) IT Support Engineer
13 19 (5.21%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.84%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (3.84%) Senior IT Engineer
15 12 (3.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 12 (3.29%) Administrator
15 12 (3.29%) ICT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.84%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.32%) Embedded Systems
2 32 (8.77%) e-Learning
3 31 (8.49%) MicroBlaze
3 31 (8.49%) RISC-V
4 30 (8.22%) IoT
5 28 (7.67%) Data Centre
6 25 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (6.03%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.38%) Driving Licence
9 14 (3.84%) Onboarding
10 12 (3.29%) Digital Signage
11 11 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (2.74%) EPoS
13 9 (2.47%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.64%) CCTV
14 6 (1.64%) Clustering
15 4 (1.10%) Public Cloud
16 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
16 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
16 3 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 86 (23.56%) Windows
2 55 (15.07%) Linux
3 53 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 31 (8.49%) Embedded Linux
5 22 (6.03%) Apple iOS
5 22 (6.03%) Mac OS
6 21 (5.75%) Android
7 16 (4.38%) Windows 10
8 14 (3.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.82%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.22%) Customer Service
2 46 (12.60%) Agile
2 46 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (12.33%) Software Engineering
4 35 (9.59%) Asset Management
5 34 (9.32%) Innovative Thinking
5 34 (9.32%) Mentoring
6 33 (9.04%) Digital Signal Processing
6 33 (9.04%) Signal Processing
7 32 (8.77%) ITIL
8 27 (7.40%) Collaborative Working
8 27 (7.40%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (7.40%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (6.85%) Change Management
10 23 (6.30%) Coaching
10 23 (6.30%) CRM
11 22 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (6.03%) ITSM
12 21 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
13 20 (5.48%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.05%) C++
2 43 (11.78%) C
3 40 (10.96%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.66%) Python
5 4 (1.10%) Bash
5 4 (1.10%) SQL
6 2 (0.55%) R
6 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 45 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.23%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (8.77%) Degree
5 28 (7.67%) CCNA
6 23 (6.30%) CCNP
7 12 (3.29%) JNCIA
8 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.74%) GCSC
10 7 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.64%) ACMT
11 6 (1.64%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.10%) OSCP
13 3 (0.82%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.82%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.82%) HND
13 3 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.55%) CWAP
14 2 (0.55%) CWNA
14 2 (0.55%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.01%) GDPR
2 7 (1.92%) SLA
3 6 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.10%) NIST
5 3 (0.82%) QA
6 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 98 (26.85%) Active Directory
2 56 (15.34%) Hyper-V
3 47 (12.88%) Firmware
4 42 (11.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 33 (9.04%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.92%) Docker
7 7 (1.92%) vSphere
8 6 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.55%) XenApp
10 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 64 (17.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.48%) FortiGate
3 19 (5.21%) Autotask
4 8 (2.19%) Ansible
5 7 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.92%) Terraform
6 6 (1.64%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.37%) SCCM
8 4 (1.10%) Nmap
9 3 (0.82%) Grafana
9 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 148 (40.55%) Microsoft
2 94 (25.75%) Cisco
3 52 (14.25%) Meraki
4 48 (13.15%) VMware
5 32 (8.77%) Palo Alto
6 31 (8.49%) Veeam
7 29 (7.95%) SonicWALL
8 27 (7.40%) Apple
9 26 (7.12%) Fortinet
10 25 (6.85%) Aruba
11 21 (5.75%) SolarWinds
12 18 (4.93%) CheckPoint
12 18 (4.93%) Sophos
13 17 (4.66%) WatchGuard
14 14 (3.84%) Atlassian
14 14 (3.84%) Samsung
15 12 (3.29%) Ubiquiti
16 11 (3.01%) Datto
16 11 (3.01%) HP
17 10 (2.74%) Juniper