Wireless Network Engineer Jobs

Wireless Network Engineer
UK

The median Wireless Network Engineer salary in the UK is £49,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 905 972
Rank change year-on-year +206 +67 +251
Permanent jobs requiring a Wireless Network Engineer 1 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.007% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,875 £34,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £36,000 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +38.19% -3.36% -17.22%
75th Percentile £51,625 £49,000 £50,000
90th Percentile - £60,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,750 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +23.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,015 93,487 94,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,518 67,038 59,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Wireless Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Wireless Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless Network Engineer in the UK

Wireless Network Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless Network Engineer.

Salary trend for Wireless Network Engineer in the UK

Wireless Network Engineer
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Wales - 1 £49,750 -
UK excluding London - 1 £49,750 -

Wireless Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Wireless Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Wireless Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) CWNA
1 1 (100.00%) CWSP
1 1 (100.00%) CWAP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) CWDP
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management

Wireless Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CWAP
1 1 (100.00%) CWDP
1 1 (100.00%) CWNA
1 1 (100.00%) CWSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco