VSAT Job Trends

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VSAT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 686 704
Rank change year-on-year +68 +18 +291
Permanent jobs citing VSAT 35 13 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.024% 0.031%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26 4 6
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,735 £41,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,513 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +11.11% +20.31%
75th Percentile £34,000 £54,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £57,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% +11.11% +40.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VSAT 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,596 7,151 7,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.00% 13.36% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,882 3,712 6,352
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,625 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

VSAT
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VSAT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VSAT job vacancy trend in the UK

VSAT
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VSAT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VSAT

VSAT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VSAT over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VSAT in the UK

VSAT
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSAT within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England +84 35 £32,500 -35.00% 1
UK excluding London +80 35 £32,500 -35.00% 1
South East +50 25 £34,000 -32.00%
South West +21 10 £32,500 +32.65%
Work from Home +64 1 £48,500 -

VSAT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) Firewall
2 8 (22.86%) LTE
3 4 (11.43%) 802.11
3 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (11.43%) Wireless
4 2 (5.71%) Network Security
General
1 4 (11.43%) Aerospace
1 4 (11.43%) Automotive
1 4 (11.43%) Billing
1 4 (11.43%) Electronics
1 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
1 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Military
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (97.14%) Support Engineer
1 34 (97.14%) Technical Engineer
1 34 (97.14%) Technical Support
1 34 (97.14%) Technical Support Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (2.86%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.71%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 31 (88.57%) Commercial Awareness
3 30 (85.71%) Mentoring
4 15 (42.86%) Kalman Filter
4 15 (42.86%) Regulatory Change
4 15 (42.86%) Web Filtering
5 11 (31.43%) Proactive Management
6 8 (22.86%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (17.14%) Statistics
8 4 (11.43%) Fault Management
8 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (11.43%) Virtual Environments
9 2 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
9 2 (5.71%) Process Improvement
9 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
10 1 (2.86%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) CCNA
1 34 (97.14%) Cisco Certification
1 34 (97.14%) JNCIA
2 17 (48.57%) Security Cleared
3 15 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) GCSC
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Starlink
2 6 (17.14%) Freshdesk