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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 95 258
Rank change year-on-year -100 +163 +17
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,514 3,716 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 3.58% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 23.27% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 779 1,126
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,802 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -8.02%

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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

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 3 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 3 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 -103 1,320 £45,000 - 318
UK excluding London -132 1,064 £40,000 +6.67% 276
Work from Home +114 540 £52,500 +10.53% 120
London +151 385 £54,556 +3.92% 63
South East -66 337 £37,250 +6.43% 69
North of England -140 218 £40,000 -11.11% 58
Midlands -121 144 £45,000 +28.57% 32
East of England -69 142 £60,000 +33.33% 46
North West -113 131 £40,000 -11.11% 32
South West -117 119 £37,500 +15.38% 46
Scotland -102 110 £52,500 +16.67% 28
West Midlands -96 101 £51,250 +57.69% 18
Yorkshire -78 88 £33,625 -25.28% 22
East Midlands -116 37 £39,000 -8.24% 14
Wales -40 30 £35,000 -12.50% 3
North East -88 14 £39,500 +5.33% 5
Northern Ireland 0 4 £37,500 - 1

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
1 236 (15.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.45%) Skype for Business
4 20 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.86%) IIS
6 10 (0.66%) WordPress
7 8 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2000
8 6 (0.40%) SAS
9 5 (0.33%) Apache
10 4 (0.26%) Confluence
10 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.066%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 138 (9.11%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.33%) OrCAD
6 5 (0.33%) Simulink
7 3 (0.20%) Revit
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.066%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.066%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 438 (28.93%) Microsoft 365
2 333 (21.99%) Azure
3 94 (6.21%) AWS
4 77 (5.09%) Entra ID
5 60 (3.96%) Google Workspace
6 32 (2.11%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.72%) IaaS
8 22 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (0.99%) SaaS
10 14 (0.92%) GCP
10 14 (0.92%) PaaS
11 10 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.66%) Rubrik
12 9 (0.59%) Dropbox
13 8 (0.53%) Datadog
14 7 (0.46%) AWS Direct Connect
14 7 (0.46%) AWS IoT
14 7 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 480 (31.70%) WAN
2 469 (30.98%) Firewall
3 398 (26.29%) LAN
4 278 (18.36%) Wi-Fi
5 223 (14.73%) SD-WAN
6 212 (14.00%) DNS
6 212 (14.00%) VPN
7 178 (11.76%) TCP/IP
8 158 (10.44%) DHCP
9 125 (8.26%) Network Security
10 118 (7.79%) Cisco IOS
11 113 (7.46%) Internet
11 113 (7.46%) VLAN
12 105 (6.94%) OSPF
13 100 (6.61%) BGP
13 100 (6.61%) WebEx
14 94 (6.21%) MPLS
15 76 (5.02%) VoIP
16 71 (4.69%) Bluetooth
17 69 (4.56%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.52%) Big Data
3 21 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.53%) DB2
7 7 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.26%) MySQL
8 4 (0.26%) Power BI
8 4 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.066%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (1.92%) JIRA
2 28 (1.85%) Git
3 22 (1.45%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 10 (0.66%) Metasploit
4 10 (0.66%) Subversion
5 9 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.40%) GDB
7 5 (0.33%) Xcode
8 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.13%) PetaLinux
10 1 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.066%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.066%) GitLab
10 1 (0.066%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.066%) TeamCity
General
1 526 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 133 (8.78%) Finance
3 125 (8.26%) Telecoms
4 119 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (7.07%) Electronics
6 91 (6.01%) Manufacturing
7 86 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (2.71%) Legal
9 40 (2.64%) Marketing
9 40 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 38 (2.51%) Retail
11 37 (2.44%) Games
12 36 (2.38%) Law
13 30 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.39%) Automotive
15 20 (1.32%) Banking
16 19 (1.25%) Mandarin Language
17 17 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.06%) Local Government
19 14 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 269 (17.77%) IT Support
2 264 (17.44%) Network Engineer
3 239 (15.79%) Senior
4 145 (9.58%) Support Engineer
5 144 (9.51%) Embedded Engineer
6 114 (7.53%) Support Specialist
7 107 (7.07%) IT Engineer
8 104 (6.87%) Analyst
9 101 (6.67%) IT Support Specialist
9 101 (6.67%) Software Engineer
10 85 (5.61%) IT Support Engineer
11 84 (5.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 80 (5.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 80 (5.28%) Senior Network Engineer
13 77 (5.09%) IT Technician
14 72 (4.76%) Support Technician
15 58 (3.83%) Architect
16 52 (3.43%) IT Support Technician
17 51 (3.37%) Consultant
18 49 (3.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.18%) 802.1X
2 19 (1.25%) Yocto
3 15 (0.99%) REST
4 14 (0.92%) HTML
5 11 (0.73%) LDAP
6 10 (0.66%) LAMP
7 9 (0.59%) SAML
8 8 (0.53%) React
8 8 (0.53%) WebSphere MQ
9 7 (0.46%) ADSI
9 7 (0.46%) X-Windows
10 6 (0.40%) HTML5
10 6 (0.40%) Redux
11 5 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
11 5 (0.33%) Core Animation
11 5 (0.33%) Core Data
11 5 (0.33%) RESTful
11 5 (0.33%) XMPP
12 4 (0.26%) Flash
12 4 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.85%) Data Centre
2 119 (7.86%) Video Conferencing
3 105 (6.94%) Driving Licence
4 98 (6.47%) Wiki
5 81 (5.35%) IoT
6 80 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (5.02%) Management Information System
8 54 (3.57%) CCTV
9 41 (2.71%) Embedded Systems
10 35 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 29 (1.92%) PKI
11 29 (1.92%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.72%) Replication
13 25 (1.65%) Acoustics
14 23 (1.52%) Device Driver
15 22 (1.45%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.45%) Satnav
16 16 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (0.92%) FPGA
17 14 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 522 (34.48%) Windows
2 211 (13.94%) Windows 10
3 203 (13.41%) Windows Server
4 165 (10.90%) Linux
5 143 (9.45%) Android
6 68 (4.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 65 (4.29%) Mac OS
8 58 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 56 (3.70%) Apple iOS
10 49 (3.24%) Embedded Linux
11 30 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
12 24 (1.59%) Mac OS X
13 19 (1.25%) VyOS
14 18 (1.19%) Windows 7
15 14 (0.92%) Ubuntu
16 11 (0.73%) VMS
17 9 (0.59%) Kali Linux
17 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 8 (0.53%) Windows 8
19 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (12.35%) Computer Science
3 182 (12.02%) Customer Service
4 166 (10.96%) Software Engineering
5 154 (10.17%) ITIL
6 142 (9.38%) Business Continuity
7 129 (8.52%) Agile
7 129 (8.52%) Mobile Device Management
8 124 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 105 (6.94%) Contract Negotiation
10 98 (6.47%) Application Virtualisation
10 98 (6.47%) BCP
10 98 (6.47%) Business Continuity Planning
11 96 (6.34%) Cybersecurity
12 82 (5.42%) Coaching
13 76 (5.02%) Mathematics
13 76 (5.02%) Project Delivery
14 63 (4.16%) Network Management
14 63 (4.16%) Project Management
15 58 (3.83%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 161 (10.63%) C
2 105 (6.94%) Python
3 101 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 92 (6.08%) Embedded C
5 42 (2.77%) C++
5 42 (2.77%) SQL
6 31 (2.05%) Bash
7 25 (1.65%) JavaScript
8 19 (1.25%) C#
9 13 (0.86%) Java
10 11 (0.73%) Assembly Language
11 9 (0.59%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.40%) Swift
13 5 (0.33%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.33%) VB
14 3 (0.20%) Perl
14 3 (0.20%) R
15 2 (0.13%) PHP
15 2 (0.13%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.066%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 366 (24.17%) Degree
2 226 (14.93%) Cisco Certification
3 159 (10.50%) CCNA
4 125 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 115 (7.60%) CCNP
6 113 (7.46%) Master's Degree
7 108 (7.13%) Security Cleared
8 84 (5.55%) SC Cleared
9 62 (4.10%) DBS Check
10 54 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 42 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
12 36 (2.38%) CCIE
13 26 (1.72%) JNCIA
14 24 (1.59%) DV Cleared
15 21 (1.39%) Azure Certification
16 18 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (1.12%) AWS Certification
17 17 (1.12%) CREST Certified
17 17 (1.12%) OSCP
18 16 (1.06%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.83%) SLA
2 37 (2.44%) GDPR
3 28 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.06%) QA
6 14 (0.92%) SOC 2
7 12 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.66%) NIST
9 9 (0.59%) GRC
10 8 (0.53%) IEC 62304
10 8 (0.53%) ISO 13485
10 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.46%) JTAG
12 6 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.40%) MISRA
13 5 (0.33%) NCSC
14 4 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
14 4 (0.26%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 405 (26.75%) Active Directory
2 135 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (8.45%) Firmware
4 122 (8.06%) VMware ESXi
5 105 (6.94%) XenApp
6 103 (6.80%) XenDesktop
7 99 (6.54%) Hyper-V
8 98 (6.47%) Microsoft App-V
9 51 (3.37%) Embedded Firmware
10 36 (2.38%) vSphere
11 21 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
12 8 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.33%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.20%) Docker
16 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
17 1 (0.066%) Dovecot
17 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.066%) NFS
17 1 (0.066%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 163 (10.77%) SCCM
2 105 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 98 (6.47%) AirWatch
4 32 (2.11%) Ansible
5 21 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (1.32%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
7 14 (0.92%) SmoothWall
8 13 (0.86%) ServiceCenter
9 11 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.73%) Cisco Prime
9 11 (0.73%) Nmap
9 11 (0.73%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.66%) Terraform
11 9 (0.59%) WSUS
12 8 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.53%) Nessus
12 8 (0.53%) SCOM
13 7 (0.46%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 553 (36.53%) Microsoft
2 495 (32.69%) Cisco
3 200 (13.21%) VMware
4 158 (10.44%) Citrix
5 142 (9.38%) Aruba
6 122 (8.06%) Fortinet
7 105 (6.94%) Meraki
8 104 (6.87%) Juniper
9 99 (6.54%) Palo Alto
10 88 (5.81%) Apple
11 80 (5.28%) Google
12 68 (4.49%) Ruckus Wireless
13 62 (4.10%) HP
14 60 (3.96%) CheckPoint
14 60 (3.96%) Veeam
15 51 (3.37%) SolarWinds
16 33 (2.18%) F5
17 30 (1.98%) Nokia
18 22 (1.45%) Draytek
19 21 (1.39%) Mitel