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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 91 257
Rank change year-on-year -111 +166 +17
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 1,473 3,708 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 3.67% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.90% 23.56% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,148 784 1,111
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,325 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -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% -7.53%

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 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -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 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

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 10 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 10 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 -104 1,284 £45,000 - 345
UK excluding London -145 1,037 £40,000 +6.67% 305
Work from Home +84 513 £52,500 +10.53% 126
London +139 369 £54,556 +3.92% 59
South East -69 328 £37,500 +7.14% 77
North of England -145 214 £40,000 -11.11% 61
East of England -66 139 £60,000 +33.33% 48
Midlands -139 139 £45,000 +26.76% 48
North West -122 128 £40,000 -11.11% 34
South West -112 118 £37,500 +15.38% 47
Scotland -104 104 £52,500 +16.67% 27
West Midlands -100 97 £53,750 +58.09% 27
Yorkshire -76 86 £33,625 -25.28% 22
East Midlands -121 36 £39,000 -8.24% 21
Wales -39 30 £35,000 -12.50% 4
North East -88 13 £39,000 +4.00% 7
Northern Ireland -8 3 £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
1 221 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (4.01%) 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%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2007
14 1 (0.068%) nginx
Applications
1 133 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.81%) 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 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.068%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.068%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 413 (28.04%) Microsoft 365
2 321 (21.79%) Azure
3 92 (6.25%) AWS
4 73 (4.96%) Entra ID
5 55 (3.73%) Google Workspace
6 32 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.77%) IaaS
8 22 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (0.95%) GCP
9 14 (0.95%) PaaS
9 14 (0.95%) SaaS
10 10 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.68%) Rubrik
11 9 (0.61%) Dropbox
12 8 (0.54%) Datadog
13 7 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
13 7 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 453 (30.75%) Firewall
2 450 (30.55%) WAN
3 376 (25.53%) LAN
4 274 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
5 213 (14.46%) SD-WAN
6 211 (14.32%) DNS
7 206 (13.99%) VPN
8 174 (11.81%) TCP/IP
9 155 (10.52%) DHCP
10 122 (8.28%) Network Security
11 110 (7.47%) Cisco IOS
11 110 (7.47%) Internet
12 104 (7.06%) OSPF
13 101 (6.86%) VLAN
14 99 (6.72%) BGP
15 93 (6.31%) MPLS
16 92 (6.25%) WebEx
17 75 (5.09%) VoIP
18 71 (4.82%) Bluetooth
19 67 (4.55%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.43%) Big Data
3 19 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.54%) DB2
7 7 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.34%) Power BI
9 4 (0.27%) MySQL
9 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.068%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.068%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (1.97%) Git
2 28 (1.90%) JIRA
3 22 (1.49%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.68%) Subversion
5 9 (0.61%) Burp Suite
5 9 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.61%) Metasploit
6 6 (0.41%) GDB
7 5 (0.34%) Xcode
8 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
10 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.068%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
General
1 503 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 131 (8.89%) Finance
3 118 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (7.81%) Telecoms
5 107 (7.26%) Electronics
6 91 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 84 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (2.92%) Legal
9 42 (2.85%) Marketing
10 39 (2.65%) Public Sector
11 38 (2.58%) Retail
12 37 (2.51%) Games
13 34 (2.31%) Law
14 29 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (1.43%) Automotive
16 20 (1.36%) Banking
17 19 (1.29%) Mandarin Language
18 17 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
19 16 (1.09%) Local Government
20 14 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 258 (17.52%) IT Support
2 250 (16.97%) Network Engineer
3 232 (15.75%) Senior
4 141 (9.57%) Embedded Engineer
5 134 (9.10%) Support Engineer
6 106 (7.20%) Support Specialist
7 100 (6.79%) IT Engineer
8 99 (6.72%) Analyst
8 99 (6.72%) Software Engineer
9 93 (6.31%) IT Support Specialist
10 84 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
11 81 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 79 (5.36%) IT Technician
12 79 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
13 78 (5.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 73 (4.96%) Support Technician
15 56 (3.80%) Architect
16 53 (3.60%) IT Support Technician
17 51 (3.46%) Consultant
18 49 (3.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.17%) 802.1X
2 18 (1.22%) 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%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 134 (9.10%) Data Centre
2 111 (7.54%) Video Conferencing
3 103 (6.99%) Driving Licence
4 90 (6.11%) Wiki
5 83 (5.63%) IoT
6 80 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (5.16%) Management Information System
8 54 (3.67%) CCTV
9 41 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
10 34 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 29 (1.97%) 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%) Device Driver
13 22 (1.49%) Satnav
14 15 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (0.95%) FPGA
15 14 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 491 (33.33%) Windows
2 193 (13.10%) Windows 10
2 193 (13.10%) Windows Server
3 163 (11.07%) Linux
4 136 (9.23%) Android
5 67 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 61 (4.14%) Mac OS
7 57 (3.87%) Apple iOS
8 56 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 48 (3.26%) Embedded Linux
10 29 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 24 (1.63%) Mac OS X
12 18 (1.22%) VyOS
12 18 (1.22%) Windows 7
13 14 (0.95%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.68%) VMS
15 9 (0.61%) Kali Linux
15 9 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.54%) Windows 8
17 7 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (11.95%) Computer Science
3 168 (11.41%) Customer Service
4 162 (11.00%) Software Engineering
5 151 (10.25%) ITIL
6 132 (8.96%) Business Continuity
7 130 (8.83%) Agile
8 121 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 121 (8.21%) Mobile Device Management
9 97 (6.59%) Contract Negotiation
10 93 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
11 90 (6.11%) Application Virtualisation
11 90 (6.11%) BCP
11 90 (6.11%) Business Continuity Planning
12 82 (5.57%) Coaching
13 76 (5.16%) Mathematics
14 75 (5.09%) Project Delivery
15 63 (4.28%) Network Management
16 62 (4.21%) Project Management
17 58 (3.94%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 159 (10.79%) C
2 103 (6.99%) Python
3 96 (6.52%) PowerShell
4 90 (6.11%) Embedded C
5 42 (2.85%) SQL
6 40 (2.72%) C++
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
1 359 (24.37%) Degree
2 211 (14.32%) Cisco Certification
3 146 (9.91%) CCNA
4 115 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 112 (7.60%) CCNP
6 106 (7.20%) Security Cleared
7 104 (7.06%) Master's Degree
8 83 (5.63%) SC Cleared
9 60 (4.07%) DBS Check
10 42 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.38%) CCIE
12 33 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
13 25 (1.70%) JNCIA
14 24 (1.63%) DV Cleared
15 20 (1.36%) Azure Certification
16 18 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (1.15%) AWS Certification
18 16 (1.09%) CREST Certified
18 16 (1.09%) OSCP
19 15 (1.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.67%) 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
12 5 (0.34%) NCSC
13 4 (0.27%) Automotive SPICE
13 4 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 386 (26.21%) Active Directory
2 135 (9.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (8.55%) Firmware
4 114 (7.74%) VMware ESXi
5 97 (6.59%) XenApp
6 95 (6.45%) XenDesktop
7 94 (6.38%) Hyper-V
8 90 (6.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 52 (3.53%) Embedded Firmware
10 34 (2.31%) vSphere
11 20 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
12 10 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.20%) Docker
16 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
17 1 (0.068%) Dovecot
17 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.068%) NFS
17 1 (0.068%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 151 (10.25%) SCCM
2 100 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 90 (6.11%) AirWatch
4 32 (2.17%) Ansible
5 21 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.22%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
7 14 (0.95%) SmoothWall
8 13 (0.88%) ServiceCenter
9 11 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (0.68%) Nmap
10 10 (0.68%) Terraform
11 9 (0.61%) WSUS
12 8 (0.54%) Nessus
13 7 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (0.48%) PaperCut
13 7 (0.48%) SCOM
14 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 531 (36.05%) Microsoft
2 468 (31.77%) Cisco
3 199 (13.51%) VMware
4 150 (10.18%) Citrix
5 136 (9.23%) Aruba
6 117 (7.94%) Fortinet
7 103 (6.99%) Juniper
8 102 (6.92%) Meraki
9 96 (6.52%) Palo Alto
10 85 (5.77%) Apple
11 75 (5.09%) Google
12 67 (4.55%) Ruckus Wireless
13 61 (4.14%) HP
14 58 (3.94%) CheckPoint
15 57 (3.87%) Veeam
16 49 (3.33%) SolarWinds
17 29 (1.97%) F5
17 29 (1.97%) Nokia
18 22 (1.49%) Draytek
19 20 (1.36%) Sophos