Wireless Security Job Trends in the West Midlands

Wireless Security
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 - 208
Rank change year-on-year - - -20
Permanent jobs citing Wireless Security 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.011% - 0.089%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% - 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £49,000
25th Percentile £35,750 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £37,250 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - £64,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 463 397 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.18% 12.39% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 348 316 325
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £28,300
25th Percentile £32,625 £30,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £39,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.59% -22.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,550 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Wireless Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Wireless Security job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Wireless Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wireless Security

Wireless Security
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Solihull - 1 £36,500 -
Wireless Security
England

Wireless Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow