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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 147 167
Rank change year-on-year -99 +20 +79
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 322 621 872
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.86% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.24% 13.09% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 252 201 744
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,309 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +21.55% -5.15%
75th Percentile £66,500 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -

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 7,600 4,745 7,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.36% 14.25% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,793 2,386 6,086
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £30,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +16.28% -4.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -32 133 £42,500 -5.56% 86
Midlands -52 46 £52,000 -0.95% 39
North of England -61 38 £30,000 -45.45% 43
Scotland +6 37 £51,000 +40.69% 9
West Midlands +5 35 £61,000 +12.96% 21
East of England -58 34 £57,750 +5.00% 35
North West -10 17 £30,000 -52.00% 25
South West -26 17 £35,526 -38.22% 36
North East -6 11 £29,000 -63.75% 7
East Midlands -68 11 £36,000 +10.77% 18
Wales -11 10 £42,500 -1.16% 6
Yorkshire -53 10 £28,000 -6.67% 13
Northern Ireland - 7 £70,000 - 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 25 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.93%) Confluence
4 2 (0.62%) CMS
4 2 (0.62%) WordPress
5 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.31%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 92 (28.57%) Azure
2 90 (27.95%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.90%) AWS
5 6 (1.86%) GCP
5 6 (1.86%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.93%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 3 (0.93%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
7 3 (0.93%) Serverless
8 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.62%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon Ads
9 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 115 (35.71%) Firewall
2 93 (28.88%) WAN
3 86 (26.71%) LAN
4 76 (23.60%) VPN
5 58 (18.01%) DHCP
6 55 (17.08%) VLAN
7 54 (16.77%) DNS
8 47 (14.60%) SD-WAN
9 43 (13.35%) TCP/IP
10 36 (11.18%) BGP
11 30 (9.32%) OSPF
11 30 (9.32%) Wireshark
12 27 (8.39%) VoIP
13 26 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
14 24 (7.45%) Internet
15 23 (7.14%) WLAN
16 20 (6.21%) EIGRP
16 20 (6.21%) Network Security
17 19 (5.90%) MPLS
18 16 (4.97%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (2.17%) JIRA
2 4 (1.24%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.24%) Git
2 4 (1.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
General
1 120 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.66%) Telecoms
3 41 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.76%) Electronics
5 23 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.90%) Finance
7 18 (5.59%) Retail
8 17 (5.28%) Law
9 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.17%) Automotive
11 6 (1.86%) Military
11 6 (1.86%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.86%) Welsh Language
12 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.55%) Legal
12 5 (1.55%) Marketing
13 4 (1.24%) Wearables
14 3 (0.93%) Games
15 2 (0.62%) Advertising
15 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (16.15%) IT Support
2 51 (15.84%) Network Engineer
3 47 (14.60%) Support Engineer
4 30 (9.32%) IT Engineer
5 25 (7.76%) Software Engineer
6 24 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (7.45%) Senior
7 22 (6.83%) Technical Engineer
7 22 (6.83%) Technical Support
8 20 (6.21%) Analyst
9 19 (5.90%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (5.59%) Technical Support Engineer
11 17 (5.28%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
13 14 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
13 14 (4.35%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (4.04%) Senior Network Engineer
15 12 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.73%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.48%) REST
2 3 (0.93%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.31%) NumPy
4 1 (0.31%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.31%) SciPy
4 1 (0.31%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.49%) Data Centre
2 32 (9.94%) Driving Licence
3 29 (9.01%) Management Information System
4 24 (7.45%) IoT
4 24 (7.45%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.55%) CCTV
6 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.55%) Replication
7 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.24%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.62%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.62%) BYOD
9 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 86 (26.71%) Windows
2 49 (15.22%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.28%) Apple iOS
4 15 (4.66%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.04%) Linux
6 10 (3.11%) Android
6 10 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.24%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Rocky
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 34 (10.56%) Change Management
3 34 (10.56%) Network Monitoring
4 33 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (9.01%) Mentoring
6 27 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
7 26 (8.07%) ITIL
7 26 (8.07%) Software Engineering
8 25 (7.76%) Load Balancing
9 24 (7.45%) Asset Management
9 24 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (6.83%) Logistics
11 22 (6.83%) Project Delivery
11 22 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (6.52%) Project Management
13 20 (6.21%) Network Virtualisation
14 18 (5.59%) Coaching
14 18 (5.59%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.87%) Python
2 29 (9.01%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.59%) C++
4 13 (4.04%) C
5 4 (1.24%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.24%) VB
6 2 (0.62%) SQL
6 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.31%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 44 (13.66%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (12.73%) CCNP
3 31 (9.63%) Degree
4 18 (5.59%) DBS Check
5 13 (4.04%) CCNA
6 7 (2.17%) CCIE
6 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.24%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.93%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.31%) ACMT
11 1 (0.31%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.31%) GPEN
11 1 (0.31%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.86%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.86%) SLA
2 5 (1.55%) PMO
2 5 (1.55%) QA
3 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.31%) GRC
4 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 80 (24.84%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 28 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.59%) Firmware
5 5 (1.55%) ProxySG
5 5 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.55%) vSphere
6 3 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.62%) Docker
7 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.90%) FortiGate
3 18 (5.59%) Ansible
4 9 (2.80%) Terraform
5 4 (1.24%) Autotask
5 4 (1.24%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.24%) Grafana
5 4 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.62%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.62%) Nagios
7 1 (0.31%) Nessus
7 1 (0.31%) Nmap
7 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.31%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 118 (36.65%) Microsoft
2 96 (29.81%) Cisco
3 52 (16.15%) Meraki
4 35 (10.87%) Fortinet
4 35 (10.87%) SolarWinds
5 34 (10.56%) Palo Alto
6 30 (9.32%) VMware
7 24 (7.45%) CheckPoint
8 18 (5.59%) Aruba
9 16 (4.97%) Veeam
10 13 (4.04%) SonicWALL
11 12 (3.73%) Apple
11 12 (3.73%) F5
12 10 (3.11%) Juniper
13 9 (2.80%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.48%) HP
15 7 (2.17%) Google
15 7 (2.17%) WatchGuard
16 6 (1.86%) Zoho
17 5 (1.55%) Splunk