Wireless
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 90 272
Rank change year-on-year -117 +182 +6
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,473 3,681 2,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 3.71% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.93% 23.55% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 772 1,105
10th Percentile £25,613 £24,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -11.76% +2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -8.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless.

Salary trend for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the UK

Wireless
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -111 1,285 £45,000 - 353
UK excluding London -137 1,043 £40,000 +5.26% 302
Work from Home +85 511 £52,500 +10.53% 146
London +132 363 £54,477 +3.77% 73
South East -69 329 £37,500 +7.14% 77
North of England -138 218 £40,000 -11.11% 60
East of England -70 143 £60,000 +37.14% 61
Midlands -137 139 £45,000 +24.14% 38
North West -118 131 £40,000 -12.09% 28
South West -115 119 £37,500 +17.19% 44
Scotland -108 102 £52,500 +16.67% 24
West Midlands -94 97 £53,750 +53.57% 17
Yorkshire -74 88 £35,000 -22.22% 27
East Midlands -114 36 £37,000 -12.94% 21
Wales -34 30 £35,000 -12.50% 5
North East -88 12 £38,250 +2.00% 7
Northern Ireland -9 3 £37,500 -

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 214 (14.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.49%) Skype for Business
4 18 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.81%) IIS
6 9 (0.61%) WordPress
7 8 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.48%) SAS
9 6 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.34%) Apache
11 4 (0.27%) Confluence
11 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 130 (8.83%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.34%) OrCAD
6 5 (0.34%) Simulink
7 3 (0.20%) Revit
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 407 (27.63%) Microsoft 365
2 321 (21.79%) Azure
3 93 (6.31%) AWS
4 75 (5.09%) Entra ID
5 56 (3.80%) Google Workspace
6 32 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.77%) IaaS
8 23 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (1.02%) PaaS
9 15 (1.02%) SaaS
10 14 (0.95%) GCP
11 10 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.68%) Rubrik
12 9 (0.61%) Dropbox
13 8 (0.54%) Datadog
14 7 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
14 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
14 7 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 453 (30.75%) Firewall
2 449 (30.48%) WAN
3 379 (25.73%) LAN
4 275 (18.67%) Wi-Fi
5 209 (14.19%) SD-WAN
6 208 (14.12%) DNS
7 205 (13.92%) VPN
8 176 (11.95%) TCP/IP
9 153 (10.39%) DHCP
10 125 (8.49%) Network Security
11 111 (7.54%) Internet
12 105 (7.13%) Cisco IOS
13 104 (7.06%) OSPF
14 102 (6.92%) VLAN
15 100 (6.79%) BGP
16 95 (6.45%) MPLS
17 88 (5.97%) WebEx
18 75 (5.09%) VoIP
19 70 (4.75%) Bluetooth
20 67 (4.55%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.43%) Big Data
3 20 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.54%) DB2
7 7 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.27%) Power BI
8 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.20%) MySQL
10 2 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.068%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (1.90%) Git
2 27 (1.83%) JIRA
3 22 (1.49%) LabVIEW
4 9 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 9 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.61%) Metasploit
4 9 (0.61%) Subversion
5 6 (0.41%) GDB
6 5 (0.34%) Xcode
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
General
1 497 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 130 (8.83%) Finance
3 116 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (7.67%) Telecoms
5 107 (7.26%) Electronics
6 91 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 81 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (2.92%) Legal
8 43 (2.92%) Marketing
9 39 (2.65%) Public Sector
9 39 (2.65%) Retail
10 37 (2.51%) Games
11 34 (2.31%) Law
12 29 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.56%) Automotive
14 20 (1.36%) Banking
15 19 (1.29%) Mandarin Language
16 16 (1.09%) Local Government
17 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 253 (17.18%) IT Support
1 253 (17.18%) Network Engineer
2 230 (15.61%) Senior
3 138 (9.37%) Support Engineer
4 136 (9.23%) Embedded Engineer
5 102 (6.92%) Support Specialist
6 101 (6.86%) IT Engineer
7 97 (6.59%) Analyst
8 95 (6.45%) Software Engineer
9 89 (6.04%) IT Support Specialist
10 85 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
11 80 (5.43%) Senior Network Engineer
12 78 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 78 (5.30%) IT Technician
13 74 (5.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 72 (4.89%) Support Technician
15 58 (3.94%) Architect
16 52 (3.53%) IT Support Technician
17 51 (3.46%) Lead
18 50 (3.39%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.17%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.15%) Yocto
3 15 (1.02%) REST
4 14 (0.95%) HTML
5 11 (0.75%) LDAP
6 9 (0.61%) LAMP
6 9 (0.61%) SAML
7 8 (0.54%) React
7 8 (0.54%) WebSphere MQ
8 7 (0.48%) ADSI
8 7 (0.48%) X-Windows
9 6 (0.41%) HTML5
9 6 (0.41%) Redux
10 5 (0.34%) Apache Cordova
10 5 (0.34%) Core Animation
10 5 (0.34%) Core Data
10 5 (0.34%) RESTful
10 5 (0.34%) XMPP
11 4 (0.27%) Flash
12 3 (0.20%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (9.16%) Data Centre
2 107 (7.26%) Video Conferencing
3 103 (6.99%) Driving Licence
4 86 (5.84%) Wiki
5 84 (5.70%) IoT
6 78 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (5.16%) Management Information System
8 53 (3.60%) CCTV
9 41 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
10 34 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 28 (1.90%) PKI
12 25 (1.70%) Acoustics
12 25 (1.70%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.70%) Replication
13 22 (1.49%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.49%) Satnav
14 21 (1.43%) Device Driver
15 16 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
16 15 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (0.95%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 486 (32.99%) Windows
2 194 (13.17%) Windows Server
3 189 (12.83%) Windows 10
4 167 (11.34%) Linux
5 132 (8.96%) Android
6 65 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 61 (4.14%) Mac OS
8 58 (3.94%) Apple iOS
9 53 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 46 (3.12%) Embedded Linux
11 27 (1.83%) Mac OS X
12 26 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
13 18 (1.22%) VyOS
13 18 (1.22%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.88%) Ubuntu
15 10 (0.68%) VMS
16 9 (0.61%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.54%) Windows 8
18 7 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (11.61%) Computer Science
3 169 (11.47%) Customer Service
4 157 (10.66%) Software Engineering
5 153 (10.39%) ITIL
6 129 (8.76%) Agile
7 128 (8.69%) Business Continuity
8 118 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 117 (7.94%) Mobile Device Management
10 94 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
11 93 (6.31%) Contract Negotiation
12 86 (5.84%) Application Virtualisation
12 86 (5.84%) BCP
12 86 (5.84%) Business Continuity Planning
13 80 (5.43%) Coaching
14 75 (5.09%) Project Delivery
15 74 (5.02%) Mathematics
16 63 (4.28%) Network Management
17 60 (4.07%) Project Management
18 59 (4.01%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 155 (10.52%) C
2 104 (7.06%) Python
3 93 (6.31%) PowerShell
4 87 (5.91%) Embedded C
5 40 (2.72%) C++
6 38 (2.58%) SQL
7 26 (1.77%) Bash
8 25 (1.70%) JavaScript
9 18 (1.22%) C#
10 13 (0.88%) Java
11 11 (0.75%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.61%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.41%) Swift
14 5 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.34%) VB
15 3 (0.20%) Perl
15 3 (0.20%) R
16 2 (0.14%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.068%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 353 (23.96%) Degree
2 213 (14.46%) Cisco Certification
3 150 (10.18%) CCNA
4 114 (7.74%) CCNP
5 112 (7.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 109 (7.40%) Security Cleared
7 100 (6.79%) Master's Degree
8 86 (5.84%) SC Cleared
9 60 (4.07%) DBS Check
10 41 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.38%) CCIE
12 32 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
13 25 (1.70%) JNCIA
14 24 (1.63%) DV Cleared
15 20 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
16 19 (1.29%) Azure Certification
17 17 (1.15%) AWS Certification
17 17 (1.15%) CREST Certified
18 16 (1.09%) OSCP
19 15 (1.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.60%) SLA
2 38 (2.58%) GDPR
3 26 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.09%) QA
6 12 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.81%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.68%) NIST
8 9 (0.61%) GRC
9 8 (0.54%) IEC 62304
9 8 (0.54%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.48%) JTAG
11 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.41%) MISRA
11 6 (0.41%) NCSC
12 4 (0.27%) IEC 61131
13 3 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 383 (26.00%) Active Directory
2 130 (8.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 123 (8.35%) Firmware
4 110 (7.47%) VMware ESXi
5 93 (6.31%) Hyper-V
5 93 (6.31%) XenApp
6 91 (6.18%) XenDesktop
7 86 (5.84%) Microsoft App-V
8 50 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware
9 33 (2.24%) vSphere
10 19 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
11 9 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.20%) Docker
15 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.068%) Dovecot
16 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.068%) NFS
16 1 (0.068%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 146 (9.91%) SCCM
2 100 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 86 (5.84%) AirWatch
4 34 (2.31%) Ansible
5 21 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (1.15%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
7 14 (0.95%) SmoothWall
8 13 (0.88%) ServiceCenter
9 11 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (0.68%) Nmap
10 10 (0.68%) Terraform
11 9 (0.61%) Nessus
11 9 (0.61%) WSUS
12 6 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.41%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.41%) SCOM
13 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 528 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 466 (31.64%) Cisco
3 193 (13.10%) VMware
4 145 (9.84%) Citrix
5 131 (8.89%) Aruba
6 119 (8.08%) Fortinet
7 105 (7.13%) Juniper
8 101 (6.86%) Meraki
8 101 (6.86%) Palo Alto
9 86 (5.84%) Apple
10 76 (5.16%) Google
11 67 (4.55%) Ruckus Wireless
12 58 (3.94%) CheckPoint
12 58 (3.94%) HP
13 55 (3.73%) Veeam
14 50 (3.39%) SolarWinds
15 28 (1.90%) F5
15 28 (1.90%) Nokia
16 22 (1.49%) Draytek
17 20 (1.36%) Sophos