Wireless Security Job Trends

Wireless Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Wireless Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 795 664 779
Rank change year-on-year -131 +115 -13
Permanent jobs citing Wireless Security 9 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.022% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 14
10th Percentile £33,450 - £30,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £42,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £78,125 £47,500 £67,790
90th Percentile £88,750 - £67,887
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +4.44% -4.76% -5.50%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,680 7,219 9,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.77% 14.55% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,879 4,039 5,052
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Wireless Security
Salary Trend

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

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -120 9 £57,500 +27.78% 4
UK excluding London -131 5 £47,000 +4.44% 2
London -42 3 £87,500 - 2
Work from Home - 2 £57,500 - 3
South West - 2 £57,500 -
South East -37 1 £30,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £36,500 -
North of England - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £36,500 -
North East - 1 - -

Wireless Security
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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Wireless
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) BGP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
4 2 (22.22%) SNMP
4 2 (22.22%) WAAS
5 1 (11.11%) Broadband
5 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) Maven
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Senior
3 4 (44.44%) Security Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Security Technician
6 1 (11.11%) Trainee
6 1 (11.11%) Trainee Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
1 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (22.22%) DDoS Mitigation
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
2 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (22.22%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CCNP
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CCIE
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) F5
2 3 (33.33%) Meraki
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (22.22%) Blue Coat
3 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Infoblox
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Motorola
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 1 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto