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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 692 728
Rank change year-on-year +61 +36 +257
Permanent jobs citing Wireless Security 11 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.028% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.21% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - £51,250 £44,600
25th Percentile - £54,946 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,264 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +26.53% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £67,887 £72,500
90th Percentile - £71,332 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -16.67%

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 9,521 7,119 7,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.06% 13.31% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,836 3,689 6,404
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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% -

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
Top 5 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 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 +78 11 - - 4
UK excluding London +45 7 - - 2
North of England - 4 - -
North East - 4 - -
South East +26 3 - - 2

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 8 (72.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Wireless
2 8 (72.73%) BGP
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco Nexus
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco Wireless
2 8 (72.73%) EIGRP
2 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) LAN
2 8 (72.73%) Network Security
2 8 (72.73%) OSPF
2 8 (72.73%) SNMP
2 8 (72.73%) VLAN
2 8 (72.73%) VPN
2 8 (72.73%) WAAS
2 8 (72.73%) WAN
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Network Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) Senior
1 8 (72.73%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Operations Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Sales Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Sales Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Thinking
1 8 (72.73%) Collaborative Working
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science
1 8 (72.73%) Kalman Filter
1 8 (72.73%) Load Balancing
1 8 (72.73%) Project Delivery
1 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 8 (72.73%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CCIE
1 8 (72.73%) CCNP
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Blue Coat
1 8 (72.73%) CheckPoint
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
1 8 (72.73%) F5
1 8 (72.73%) Infoblox
1 8 (72.73%) Motorola
1 8 (72.73%) ServiceNow
1 8 (72.73%) SolarWinds