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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 161 164
Rank change year-on-year -60 +3 +94
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 352 721 606
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.90% 1.65% 2.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.64% 13.09% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 260 265 543
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,688 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%

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 6,238 5,508 5,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.04% 12.60% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,062 2,740 4,161
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,040 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,625 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.75% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,345 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.70% +6.69% -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 5 December 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 5 December 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 -22 134 £40,000 -15.79% 101
North of England -20 50 £29,000 -27.50% 34
Scotland +25 42 £51,000 +2.00% 7
East of England -62 40 £57,500 - 20
South West +22 36 £36,051 -43.45% 16
Midlands -50 35 £52,500 -2.78% 17
West Midlands -7 31 £50,000 -7.41% 12
North West +9 18 £32,000 -41.82% 26
Yorkshire -29 18 £28,000 -6.67% 7
North East +6 14 £29,000 -63.72% 3
Northern Ireland - 8 £64,500 - 1
Wales -9 7 £42,500 -3.41% 3
East Midlands -61 4 £57,500 +82.71% 5
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 38 (10.80%) SharePoint
2 35 (9.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.41%) Confluence
4 6 (1.70%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.85%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 120 (34.09%) Azure
2 105 (29.83%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.66%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.55%) AWS
4 16 (4.55%) OneDrive
5 12 (3.41%) Power Automate
5 12 (3.41%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.41%) PowerApps
5 12 (3.41%) Serverless
6 8 (2.27%) GCP
7 5 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.42%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.42%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.85%) SaaS
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Ads
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 120 (34.09%) Firewall
2 91 (25.85%) LAN
3 77 (21.88%) WAN
4 72 (20.45%) DHCP
5 70 (19.89%) VPN
6 68 (19.32%) DNS
7 61 (17.33%) VLAN
8 50 (14.20%) TCP/IP
9 40 (11.36%) VoIP
10 31 (8.81%) Internet
10 31 (8.81%) SD-WAN
11 26 (7.39%) Wireshark
12 23 (6.53%) WLAN
13 18 (5.11%) Software-Defined Radio
13 18 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (4.55%) BGP
14 16 (4.55%) Bluetooth
14 16 (4.55%) Broadband
15 15 (4.26%) MPLS
16 14 (3.98%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.97%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.28%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 17 (4.83%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.14%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.28%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 132 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.91%) Telecoms
3 51 (14.49%) Electronics
4 42 (11.93%) Finance
5 40 (11.36%) Manufacturing
6 23 (6.53%) Automotive
7 22 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (4.55%) Retail
9 13 (3.69%) Marketing
10 10 (2.84%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.27%) Billing
12 8 (2.27%) Law
13 5 (1.42%) Legal
14 4 (1.14%) Wearables
15 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Games
15 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (19.32%) Support Engineer
2 54 (15.34%) IT Support
3 52 (14.77%) Technical Support
4 49 (13.92%) Technical Engineer
5 44 (12.50%) Network Engineer
6 42 (11.93%) Technical Support Engineer
7 34 (9.66%) IT Engineer
7 34 (9.66%) Software Engineer
8 31 (8.81%) Embedded Engineer
8 31 (8.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 27 (7.67%) 2nd Line Support
10 25 (7.10%) IT Support Engineer
11 24 (6.82%) Analyst
12 22 (6.25%) Senior
13 18 (5.11%) 3rd Line Support
14 16 (4.55%) Support Analyst
15 14 (3.98%) Senior IT Engineer
16 13 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 12 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 11 (3.13%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.24%) IoT
2 28 (7.95%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.10%) Management Information System
4 22 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 20 (5.68%) Embedded Systems
6 18 (5.11%) e-Learning
6 18 (5.11%) Onboarding
7 17 (4.83%) MicroBlaze
7 17 (4.83%) RISC-V
8 15 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.70%) Clustering
11 5 (1.42%) CCTV
11 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.14%) Digital Signage
12 4 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.14%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.15%) Windows
2 54 (15.34%) Windows Server
3 42 (11.93%) Linux
4 19 (5.40%) Apple iOS
5 18 (5.11%) Android
5 18 (5.11%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.83%) Embedded Linux
7 11 (3.13%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (25.85%) Customer Service
2 56 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (10.23%) Software Engineering
4 34 (9.66%) Agile
5 30 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (8.52%) Mentoring
6 29 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 28 (7.95%) ITIL
8 27 (7.67%) Asset Management
8 27 (7.67%) Collaborative Working
9 26 (7.39%) Change Management
10 25 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (6.82%) Network Monitoring
12 22 (6.25%) Coaching
13 21 (5.97%) Load Balancing
13 21 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (5.68%) Innovative Thinking
15 19 (5.40%) Digital Signal Processing
15 19 (5.40%) Network Virtualisation
15 19 (5.40%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.36%) PowerShell
2 34 (9.66%) C++
3 30 (8.52%) C
4 19 (5.40%) Python
5 4 (1.14%) Bash
6 3 (0.85%) SQL
7 2 (0.57%) R
7 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (11.08%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.24%) Degree
3 29 (8.24%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.82%) CCNA
4 24 (6.82%) CCNP
5 8 (2.27%) GCSC
5 8 (2.27%) JNCIA
6 7 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.70%) ACMT
8 5 (1.42%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.14%) OSCP
10 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.85%) HND
11 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.57%) CWAP
11 2 (0.57%) CWDP
11 2 (0.57%) CWNA
11 2 (0.57%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.99%) GDPR
2 6 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.70%) SLA
3 5 (1.42%) QA
4 4 (1.14%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 95 (26.99%) Active Directory
2 58 (16.48%) Hyper-V
3 42 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (9.94%) Firmware
5 19 (5.40%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.99%) Docker
7 7 (1.99%) vSphere
8 6 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.40%) FortiGate
3 16 (4.55%) Autotask
4 11 (3.13%) Ansible
5 9 (2.56%) Terraform
6 7 (1.99%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.14%) Grafana
8 4 (1.14%) Nmap
8 4 (1.14%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.85%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 145 (41.19%) Microsoft
2 94 (26.70%) Cisco
3 49 (13.92%) Meraki
4 47 (13.35%) VMware
5 35 (9.94%) Palo Alto
6 29 (8.24%) Veeam
7 28 (7.95%) Fortinet
8 26 (7.39%) SolarWinds
8 26 (7.39%) SonicWALL
9 24 (6.82%) Aruba
10 23 (6.53%) Apple
11 18 (5.11%) Sophos
12 17 (4.83%) CheckPoint
13 15 (4.26%) WatchGuard
14 12 (3.41%) Atlassian
15 10 (2.84%) Datto
15 10 (2.84%) HP
15 10 (2.84%) Samsung
15 10 (2.84%) Ubiquiti
16 9 (2.56%) Sage