Wireless Job Trends in Wales

Wireless
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 61 86
Rank change year-on-year -46 +25 -47
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 6 6 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.26% 0.87% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.47% 3.51% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile £27,675 £35,617 £23,800
25th Percentile £29,813 £40,269 £28,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £49,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.66% +24.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £37,000 £58,094 £45,034
90th Percentile - £63,875 £46,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,600 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.94% -8.21% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

Wireless 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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 173 171 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.53% 24.78% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 122 135 148
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,504 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,087 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -31.68% +0.63%
75th Percentile £51,875 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £58,175
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in Wales

Wireless
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Wireless

Wireless
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
South Wales -33 5 £34,000 -37.18% 2
North Wales - 1 £35,000 -
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) Skype
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Trainee
1 2 (33.33%) Trainee Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Trainee Network Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Incident Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
1 1 (16.67%) ITSM
1 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
1 1 (16.67%) Server Management
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) SIEM
1 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Synology
2 1 (16.67%) Veeam
2 1 (16.67%) VMware