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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 54 144
Rank change year-on-year -139 +90 +46
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,046 3,253 1,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.44% 5.54% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.72% 30.11% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 851 507 681
10th Percentile £23,800 £23,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -8.02%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,350 £58,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,802 £45,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +1.78% -10.89% +1.00%

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 9,761 10,805 11,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.45% 18.39% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 4,666 6,504
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +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 23 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 23 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 -71 329 £37,500 +7.14% 105
North of England -134 221 £40,000 -11.11% 62
East of England -64 146 £60,000 +41.18% 50
Midlands -135 141 £45,000 +25.00% 35
North West -117 132 £40,750 -9.44% 27
South West -116 120 £37,500 +18.20% 38
Scotland -108 100 £52,500 +16.67% 32
West Midlands -93 98 £55,000 +57.14% 17
Yorkshire -74 92 £35,000 -22.22% 27
East Midlands -117 37 £38,000 -10.59% 17
Wales -32 30 £35,000 -12.50% 7
North East -90 12 £38,250 +2.00% 9
Northern Ireland -3 3 £37,500 -
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
1 116 (11.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.34%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.67%) IIS
5 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2000
5 6 (0.57%) 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
1 108 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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
1 270 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
2 211 (20.17%) Azure
3 61 (5.83%) AWS
3 61 (5.83%) Entra ID
4 46 (4.40%) Google Workspace
5 23 (2.20%) OneDrive
6 16 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
7 15 (1.43%) IaaS
8 13 (1.24%) GCP
9 7 (0.67%) AWS IoT
10 6 (0.57%) Dropbox
10 6 (0.57%) PaaS
10 6 (0.57%) Twilio
11 5 (0.48%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.48%) GitHub
11 5 (0.48%) Serverless
12 4 (0.38%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 304 (29.06%) Firewall
2 253 (24.19%) LAN
3 229 (21.89%) WAN
4 213 (20.36%) Wi-Fi
5 136 (13.00%) TCP/IP
6 131 (12.52%) DNS
7 111 (10.61%) VPN
8 106 (10.13%) DHCP
9 77 (7.36%) Internet
10 76 (7.27%) SD-WAN
11 74 (7.07%) OSPF
12 72 (6.88%) MPLS
13 70 (6.69%) Bluetooth
14 67 (6.41%) BGP
14 67 (6.41%) Network Security
15 60 (5.74%) Ethernet
16 56 (5.35%) VoIP
17 55 (5.26%) LTE
18 53 (5.07%) VLAN
19 47 (4.49%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.38%) 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 28 (2.68%) Git
2 22 (2.10%) JIRA
2 22 (2.10%) LabVIEW
3 9 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.86%) Subversion
4 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.48%) GDB
4 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.48%) Xcode
5 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.19%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.096%) TeamCity
General
1 311 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 113 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 106 (10.13%) Electronics
4 88 (8.41%) Finance
4 88 (8.41%) Telecoms
5 85 (8.13%) Manufacturing
6 59 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (3.73%) Retail
8 35 (3.35%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.06%) Legal
10 29 (2.77%) Marketing
11 26 (2.49%) Games
12 24 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (2.20%) Automotive
14 19 (1.82%) Mandarin Language
15 15 (1.43%) Law
16 14 (1.34%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.34%) Local Government
16 14 (1.34%) Military
17 12 (1.15%) Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (16.73%) Senior
2 159 (15.20%) Network Engineer
3 147 (14.05%) IT Support
4 133 (12.72%) Embedded Engineer
5 123 (11.76%) Support Engineer
6 92 (8.80%) Software Engineer
7 88 (8.41%) IT Engineer
8 76 (7.27%) IT Support Engineer
9 72 (6.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 69 (6.60%) IT Technician
10 69 (6.60%) Support Technician
11 66 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 58 (5.54%) Analyst
13 53 (5.07%) Senior Network Engineer
14 48 (4.59%) IT Support Technician
15 44 (4.21%) Hardware Engineer
16 43 (4.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
17 41 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.92%) Junior
18 36 (3.44%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.63%) Yocto
2 15 (1.43%) 802.1X
3 12 (1.15%) REST
4 7 (0.67%) React
5 5 (0.48%) Apache Cordova
5 5 (0.48%) Core Animation
5 5 (0.48%) Core Data
5 5 (0.48%) HTML
5 5 (0.48%) HTML5
5 5 (0.48%) Redux
5 5 (0.48%) RESTful
6 4 (0.38%) Flash
6 4 (0.38%) LAMP
7 3 (0.29%) .NET
7 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.29%) WPF
8 2 (0.19%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.27%) Driving Licence
2 80 (7.65%) Data Centre
3 69 (6.60%) IoT
4 55 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.92%) Embedded Systems
5 41 (3.92%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.54%) CCTV
7 22 (2.10%) Acoustics
7 22 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.10%) Satnav
8 21 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 21 (2.01%) Device Driver
8 21 (2.01%) Replication
9 17 (1.63%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.34%) FPGA
11 12 (1.15%) ARM Cortex
12 10 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.96%) Clustering
12 10 (0.96%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 316 (30.21%) Windows
2 142 (13.58%) Windows Server
3 132 (12.62%) Linux
4 75 (7.17%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.88%) Apple iOS
6 46 (4.40%) Embedded Linux
7 43 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 41 (3.92%) Mac OS
9 39 (3.73%) Android
10 34 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 20 (1.91%) Mac OS X
13 18 (1.72%) VyOS
14 10 (0.96%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.76%) Windows 8
16 7 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
16 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
17 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.48%) ThreadX
18 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (14.63%) Software Engineering
3 132 (12.62%) Customer Service
4 113 (10.80%) Agile
5 100 (9.56%) ITIL
6 85 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 79 (7.55%) Computer Science
8 71 (6.79%) Mathematics
9 54 (5.16%) Project Delivery
10 49 (4.68%) Coaching
11 47 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (4.40%) Mentoring
12 46 (4.40%) Project Management
13 45 (4.30%) Service Delivery
14 41 (3.92%) Network Management
14 41 (3.92%) Physics
15 40 (3.82%) Change Management
15 40 (3.82%) Kalman Filter
15 40 (3.82%) Service Management
15 40 (3.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 151 (14.44%) C
2 92 (8.80%) Python
3 85 (8.13%) Embedded C
4 64 (6.12%) PowerShell
5 39 (3.73%) C++
6 28 (2.68%) SQL
7 22 (2.10%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.72%) C#
9 11 (1.05%) Assembly Language
9 11 (1.05%) Java
10 10 (0.96%) Bash
11 9 (0.86%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.57%) 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%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 207 (19.79%) Degree
2 137 (13.10%) Cisco Certification
3 108 (10.33%) CCNA
4 86 (8.22%) Security Cleared
5 72 (6.88%) SC Cleared
6 61 (5.83%) CCNP
7 43 (4.11%) DBS Check
8 29 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.68%) CCIE
10 25 (2.39%) JNCIA
11 23 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (1.53%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.53%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
14 14 (1.34%) MCP
15 13 (1.24%) Azure Certification
16 9 (0.86%) MCSA
17 8 (0.76%) HND
17 8 (0.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.92%) SLA
2 34 (3.25%) GDPR
3 12 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.05%) QA
5 10 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.76%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.76%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.67%) JTAG
8 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.57%) MISRA
9 4 (0.38%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.38%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
10 3 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
10 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 229 (21.89%) Active Directory
2 121 (11.57%) Firmware
3 91 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 88 (8.41%) Hyper-V
5 48 (4.59%) Embedded Firmware
6 17 (1.63%) vSphere
7 16 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.67%) XenApp
10 6 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.48%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.48%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.29%) Docker
13 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.096%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.096%) NFS
14 1 (0.096%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 74 (7.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (4.21%) SCCM
3 23 (2.20%) Ansible
4 14 (1.34%) SmoothWall
5 13 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (1.24%) FortiGate
5 13 (1.24%) ServiceCenter
6 9 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
7 8 (0.76%) WSUS
8 7 (0.67%) SCOM
8 7 (0.67%) Terraform
9 6 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.57%) PaperCut
10 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.48%) Nmap
10 5 (0.48%) Opsview
11 4 (0.38%) Autotask
12 3 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 318 (30.40%) Microsoft
2 241 (23.04%) Cisco
3 130 (12.43%) VMware
4 85 (8.13%) Fortinet
5 79 (7.55%) Aruba
6 74 (7.07%) Meraki
7 64 (6.12%) Apple
8 63 (6.02%) Google
9 60 (5.74%) Juniper
9 60 (5.74%) Palo Alto
10 48 (4.59%) Ruckus Wireless
11 38 (3.63%) HP
11 38 (3.63%) Veeam
12 34 (3.25%) Citrix
13 29 (2.77%) CheckPoint
14 27 (2.58%) Nokia
15 22 (2.10%) Draytek
16 20 (1.91%) Sophos
17 18 (1.72%) EMC
17 18 (1.72%) Vyatta