Wireless Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 53 139
Rank change year-on-year -137 +86 +50
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,041 3,289 1,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.47% 5.52% 2.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.68% 30.31% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 849 524 686
10th Percentile £23,800 £22,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,346 £29,688 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -8.51%
75th Percentile £58,750 £51,031 £58,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -11.76% +2.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,748 10,852 11,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.76% 18.20% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,064 4,738 6,524
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the UK excluding London

Wireless
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 East -73 330 £37,500 +7.14% 77
North of England -148 215 £40,000 -11.11% 60
Midlands -123 140 £45,000 +25.00% 48
East of England -74 139 £60,000 +33.33% 48
North West -123 128 £40,000 -11.11% 32
South West -120 119 £37,500 +17.19% 50
Scotland -99 103 £52,500 +16.67% 27
West Midlands -98 98 £55,000 +59.42% 25
Yorkshire -74 87 £32,250 -28.33% 23
East Midlands -123 36 £37,000 -12.94% 23
Wales -33 30 £35,000 -12.50% 5
North East -85 13 £39,000 +4.00% 6
Northern Ireland 0 3 £37,500 - 1
Wireless
UK

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 118 (11.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.34%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.67%) IIS
5 6 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2000
5 6 (0.58%) SAS
6 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.38%) WordPress
8 3 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.096%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 112 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.48%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.48%) Simulink
6 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.19%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 271 (26.03%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (20.08%) Azure
3 60 (5.76%) AWS
4 59 (5.67%) Entra ID
5 45 (4.32%) Google Workspace
6 23 (2.21%) OneDrive
7 16 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (1.44%) IaaS
9 13 (1.25%) GCP
10 7 (0.67%) AWS IoT
11 6 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.58%) Dropbox
11 6 (0.58%) PaaS
11 6 (0.58%) Twilio
12 5 (0.48%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.48%) GitHub
12 5 (0.48%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.48%) Serverless
13 4 (0.38%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 299 (28.72%) Firewall
2 250 (24.02%) LAN
3 223 (21.42%) WAN
4 214 (20.56%) Wi-Fi
5 132 (12.68%) TCP/IP
6 130 (12.49%) DNS
7 111 (10.66%) VPN
8 104 (9.99%) DHCP
9 76 (7.30%) Internet
10 72 (6.92%) OSPF
11 71 (6.82%) Bluetooth
11 71 (6.82%) SD-WAN
12 70 (6.72%) MPLS
13 66 (6.34%) BGP
14 62 (5.96%) Network Security
15 61 (5.86%) Ethernet
16 57 (5.48%) VoIP
17 56 (5.38%) LTE
18 52 (5.00%) VLAN
19 46 (4.42%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.48%) Power BI
5 3 (0.29%) MySQL
6 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.19%) Big Data
6 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.19%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.096%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.096%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (2.79%) Git
2 24 (2.31%) JIRA
3 22 (2.11%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.96%) Subversion
5 9 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.58%) GDB
7 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
7 5 (0.48%) Xcode
8 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.19%) PetaLinux
10 1 (0.096%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.096%) TeamCity
General
1 312 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 114 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 107 (10.28%) Electronics
4 92 (8.84%) Telecoms
5 91 (8.74%) Finance
6 86 (8.26%) Manufacturing
7 59 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (3.65%) Retail
9 36 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 32 (3.07%) Legal
11 28 (2.69%) Marketing
12 25 (2.40%) Games
13 24 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.11%) Automotive
15 19 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
16 15 (1.44%) Law
17 14 (1.34%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.34%) Local Government
18 13 (1.25%) Military
19 12 (1.15%) Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (16.91%) Senior
2 154 (14.79%) Network Engineer
3 148 (14.22%) IT Support
4 139 (13.35%) Embedded Engineer
5 123 (11.82%) Support Engineer
6 97 (9.32%) Software Engineer
7 88 (8.45%) IT Engineer
8 76 (7.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 76 (7.30%) IT Support Engineer
9 68 (6.53%) IT Technician
9 68 (6.53%) Support Technician
10 65 (6.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 59 (5.67%) Analyst
12 53 (5.09%) Senior Network Engineer
13 48 (4.61%) IT Support Technician
14 45 (4.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 43 (4.13%) Hardware Engineer
16 42 (4.03%) Junior
17 41 (3.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 38 (3.65%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.73%) Yocto
2 15 (1.44%) 802.1X
3 12 (1.15%) REST
4 8 (0.77%) React
5 6 (0.58%) HTML
5 6 (0.58%) HTML5
5 6 (0.58%) Redux
6 5 (0.48%) Apache Cordova
6 5 (0.48%) Core Animation
6 5 (0.48%) Core Data
6 5 (0.48%) RESTful
7 4 (0.38%) Flash
7 4 (0.38%) LAMP
8 3 (0.29%) .NET
8 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.29%) WPF
9 2 (0.19%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.32%) Driving Licence
2 80 (7.68%) Data Centre
3 69 (6.63%) IoT
4 55 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.94%) Embedded Systems
5 41 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.55%) CCTV
7 22 (2.11%) Acoustics
7 22 (2.11%) Device Driver
7 22 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.11%) Satnav
8 21 (2.02%) Algorithms
9 20 (1.92%) Replication
10 18 (1.73%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.34%) FPGA
12 12 (1.15%) ARM Cortex
13 10 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
13 10 (0.96%) Clustering
13 10 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 315 (30.26%) Windows
2 143 (13.74%) Windows Server
3 131 (12.58%) Linux
4 76 (7.30%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.80%) Apple iOS
6 48 (4.61%) Embedded Linux
7 46 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 40 (3.84%) Mac OS
9 38 (3.65%) Android
10 36 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
11 24 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 18 (1.73%) VyOS
13 17 (1.63%) Mac OS X
14 10 (0.96%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.77%) Windows 8
16 7 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
16 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
17 5 (0.48%) CentOS
17 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.48%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (15.27%) Software Engineering
3 134 (12.87%) Customer Service
4 115 (11.05%) Agile
5 97 (9.32%) ITIL
6 84 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 81 (7.78%) Computer Science
8 72 (6.92%) Mathematics
9 54 (5.19%) Project Delivery
10 51 (4.90%) Coaching
11 48 (4.61%) Mentoring
12 46 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
13 45 (4.32%) Project Management
14 43 (4.13%) Physics
14 43 (4.13%) Service Delivery
15 40 (3.84%) Kalman Filter
15 40 (3.84%) Network Management
15 40 (3.84%) Test Automation
16 38 (3.65%) Service Management
17 37 (3.55%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (15.08%) C
2 93 (8.93%) Python
3 88 (8.45%) Embedded C
4 64 (6.15%) PowerShell
5 40 (3.84%) C++
6 30 (2.88%) SQL
7 22 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.73%) C#
9 12 (1.15%) Java
10 11 (1.06%) Assembly Language
10 11 (1.06%) Bash
11 9 (0.86%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.58%) Swift
13 5 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.48%) VB
14 3 (0.29%) Perl
15 2 (0.19%) PHP
15 2 (0.19%) R
15 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.096%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 209 (20.08%) Degree
2 135 (12.97%) Cisco Certification
3 105 (10.09%) CCNA
4 83 (7.97%) Security Cleared
5 69 (6.63%) SC Cleared
6 58 (5.57%) CCNP
7 42 (4.03%) DBS Check
8 31 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.69%) CCIE
10 25 (2.40%) JNCIA
11 23 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (1.54%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.54%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.34%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (1.25%) MCP
16 9 (0.86%) MCSA
17 8 (0.77%) CCSA
17 8 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.94%) SLA
2 34 (3.27%) GDPR
3 12 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.06%) QA
5 10 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.77%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.77%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.67%) JTAG
8 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.58%) MISRA
9 4 (0.38%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
9 4 (0.38%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.38%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 226 (21.71%) Active Directory
2 124 (11.91%) Firmware
3 94 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 89 (8.55%) Hyper-V
5 50 (4.80%) Embedded Firmware
6 18 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (1.73%) vSphere
7 14 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.67%) XenApp
9 6 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.48%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.48%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.29%) Docker
12 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.096%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.096%) NFS
13 1 (0.096%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 73 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (4.03%) SCCM
3 23 (2.21%) Ansible
4 14 (1.34%) FortiGate
4 14 (1.34%) SmoothWall
5 13 (1.25%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (1.25%) ServiceCenter
6 9 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
7 8 (0.77%) Terraform
7 8 (0.77%) WSUS
8 7 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.67%) SCOM
9 6 (0.58%) PaperCut
10 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.48%) Nmap
10 5 (0.48%) Opsview
11 4 (0.38%) Autotask
11 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 319 (30.64%) Microsoft
2 238 (22.86%) Cisco
3 134 (12.87%) VMware
4 81 (7.78%) Fortinet
5 80 (7.68%) Aruba
6 72 (6.92%) Meraki
7 63 (6.05%) Apple
8 62 (5.96%) Google
9 56 (5.38%) Palo Alto
10 55 (5.28%) Juniper
11 46 (4.42%) Ruckus Wireless
12 38 (3.65%) Veeam
13 37 (3.55%) HP
14 35 (3.36%) Citrix
15 30 (2.88%) CheckPoint
16 27 (2.59%) Nokia
17 22 (2.11%) Draytek
18 20 (1.92%) Sophos
19 18 (1.73%) EMC
19 18 (1.73%) Vyatta