Wireless Security Job Trends

Wireless Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Wireless Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	831	649	729
Rank change year-on-year	-182	+80	+1
Permanent jobs citing Wireless Security	7	7	18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.006%	0.013%	0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	0.084%	0.091%	0.23%
Number of salaries quoted	6	0	10
10^th Percentile	£32,875	-	£44,250
25^th Percentile	£40,250	-	£51,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	-	£60,382
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+20.76%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	-	£67,887
90^th Percentile	£66,875	-	£68,748
UK excluding London median annual salary	£57,500	-	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-	-	+5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wireless Security 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 citing communications or computer networking skills.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	8,334	7,653	7,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	6.76%	14.72%	11.63%
Number of salaries quoted	4,810	4,185	3,947
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£25,087	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£28,250	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£37,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+33.33%	-28.57%	+5.00%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£78,750	£85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£45,000	£34,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+32.35%	-32.00%	+11.11%

Wireless Security Job Vacancy Trend

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

Wireless Security Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Wireless Security.

Wireless Security Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless Security over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Wireless Security in the UK

Wireless Security Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-171	7	£57,500	-	9
UK excluding London	-175	6	£57,500	-	4
Work from Home	-	4	£57,500	-	3
South East	-79	2	£30,000	-	3
South West	-	2	£57,500	-
London	-71	1	£65,000	-	6
Midlands	-	1	£36,500	-
North West	-	1	£62,500	-
West Midlands	-	1	£36,500	-
North of England	-	1	£62,500	-

Wireless Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Wireless Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Wireless Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Wireless	100.0%	7
2	Continuous Improvement	71.4%	5
3	Application Security	42.9%	3
3	Cloud Security	42.9%	3
3	Cybersecurity	42.9%	3
3	Data Loss Prevention	42.9%	3
3	DDoS Mitigation	42.9%	3
3	Decision-Making	42.9%	3
3	Incident Response	42.9%	3
3	Information Security	42.9%	3
3	ISO/IEC 27001	42.9%	3
3	Jenkins	42.9%	3
3	Maven	42.9%	3
3	OWASP	42.9%	3
3	Penetration Testing	42.9%	3
3	PMI Certification	42.9%	3
3	Proactive Monitoring	42.9%	3
3	Progress Chef	42.9%	3
3	RBAC	42.9%	3
3	Security Operations	42.9%	3
3	Security Testing	42.9%	3
3	Team Foundation Server	42.9%	3
3	Vulnerability Management	42.9%	3
24	CCNA	28.6%	2
24	CCNP	28.6%	2
24	Cisco	28.6%	2
24	Cisco Certification	28.6%	2
24	Juniper	28.6%	2
24	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
30	Analytics	14.3%	1

Wireless Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Wireless	100.0%	7
2	BGP	14.3%	1
2	Broadband	14.3%	1
2	Cisco Nexus	14.3%	1
2	Cisco Wireless	14.3%	1
2	Firewall	14.3%	1
2	LAN	14.3%	1
2	Network Security	14.3%	1
2	OSPF	14.3%	1
2	SD-WAN	14.3%	1
2	VLAN	14.3%	1
2	VPN	14.3%	1
2	WAN	14.3%	1
2	Wireshark	14.3%	1