Wi-Fi Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 305 334
Rank change year-on-year +81 +29 -43
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 901 633 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.05% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.22% 5.80% 6.58%
Number of salaries quoted 728 441 546
10th Percentile £24,240 £26,000 £27,875
25th Percentile £26,688 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £56,300
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Wi-Fi 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 9,769 10,906 10,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.13% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,776 6,432
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,886 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
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%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +80 247 £40,000 - 39
South East +41 191 £40,000 +3.90% 55
Midlands +70 175 £39,750 +15.22% 31
North West +21 135 £40,000 - 20
South West +18 121 £40,000 - 18
East of England +51 117 £32,500 -5.80% 21
West Midlands +60 107 £33,500 -2.90% 16
Yorkshire +119 91 £40,250 +15.83% 15
East Midlands +21 63 £40,000 +6.67% 15
Scotland -76 39 £35,000 -32.04% 5
North East 0 25 £42,500 +10.39% 4
Wales +11 19 £33,750 -2.70% 6
Northern Ireland +29 5 - - 3
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
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
1 124 (13.76%) SharePoint
2 83 (9.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.89%) Confluence
4 6 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2000
5 5 (0.55%) IIS
6 4 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 131 (14.54%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.44%) Trello
5 1 (0.11%) 1Password
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.44%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.33%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 390 (43.29%) Microsoft 365
2 257 (28.52%) Azure
3 124 (13.76%) Entra ID
4 73 (8.10%) OneDrive
5 69 (7.66%) AWS
6 33 (3.66%) SaaS
7 27 (3.00%) IaaS
8 21 (2.33%) PaaS
9 17 (1.89%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.44%) Google Workspace
11 12 (1.33%) Mimecast
12 11 (1.22%) GCP
12 11 (1.22%) WhatsApp
13 9 (1.00%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.89%) Slack
15 7 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.67%) GitHub
16 6 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 287 (31.85%) LAN
2 260 (28.86%) WAN
3 255 (28.30%) Firewall
4 214 (23.75%) Wireless
5 153 (16.98%) DHCP
6 146 (16.20%) DNS
7 126 (13.98%) TCP/IP
7 126 (13.98%) VPN
8 93 (10.32%) Bluetooth
9 84 (9.32%) VLAN
10 77 (8.55%) Internet
11 64 (7.10%) MPLS
11 64 (7.10%) Network Security
12 63 (6.99%) Ethernet
13 62 (6.88%) VoIP
14 58 (6.44%) SD-WAN
15 46 (5.11%) LTE
16 40 (4.44%) BGP
17 38 (4.22%) OSPF
18 32 (3.55%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.89%) MySQL
4 6 (0.67%) Tableau
5 5 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.33%) Power BI
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.22%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (3.66%) JIRA
2 22 (2.44%) LabVIEW
3 16 (1.78%) Git
4 5 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.44%) Subversion
5 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
General
1 239 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 89 (9.88%) Telecoms
3 83 (9.21%) Finance
4 63 (6.99%) Retail
5 60 (6.66%) Manufacturing
6 56 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (6.10%) Electronics
8 53 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 38 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.55%) Marketing
13 21 (2.33%) Law
13 21 (2.33%) Legal
14 15 (1.66%) Local Government
15 14 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.33%) Automotive
16 12 (1.33%) Back Office
16 12 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
17 6 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 146 (16.20%) Support Engineer
2 136 (15.09%) IT Engineer
3 131 (14.54%) IT Support
4 124 (13.76%) Network Engineer
5 108 (11.99%) Senior
6 88 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 80 (8.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 70 (7.77%) Embedded Engineer
9 62 (6.88%) Analyst
9 62 (6.88%) Software Engineer
10 59 (6.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 55 (6.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 51 (5.66%) IT Technician
13 48 (5.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 46 (5.11%) IT Manager
15 43 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
16 40 (4.44%) 3rd Line Support
17 38 (4.22%) Project Manager
18 37 (4.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 35 (3.88%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.55%) Yocto
2 12 (1.33%) REST
3 8 (0.89%) Laravel
4 7 (0.78%) Vue
5 6 (0.67%) CSS
5 6 (0.67%) HTML
5 6 (0.67%) React Native
6 5 (0.55%) .NET
6 5 (0.55%) NETCONF
7 4 (0.44%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.44%) Flask
8 3 (0.33%) COM
8 3 (0.33%) Node.js
8 3 (0.33%) Qt
8 3 (0.33%) SignalR
8 3 (0.33%) WinForms
9 2 (0.22%) LAMP
9 2 (0.22%) V-Ray
10 1 (0.11%) LDAP
10 1 (0.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 147 (16.32%) Driving Licence
2 87 (9.66%) Data Centre
3 50 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (5.33%) IoT
5 43 (4.77%) CCTV
6 35 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.77%) EPoS
9 22 (2.44%) Acoustics
9 22 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
9 22 (2.44%) Satnav
10 19 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.55%) Device Driver
12 10 (1.11%) Clustering
12 10 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
12 10 (1.11%) Social Media
13 9 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.00%) PropTech
14 8 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 393 (43.62%) Windows
2 199 (22.09%) Windows Server
3 115 (12.76%) Windows 10
4 97 (10.77%) Linux
5 51 (5.66%) Mac OS
6 48 (5.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (4.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 39 (4.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (3.88%) Embedded Linux
10 33 (3.66%) Android
11 31 (3.44%) Apple iOS
12 18 (2.00%) VyOS
13 15 (1.66%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.22%) Windows 8
15 9 (1.00%) Ubuntu
16 7 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
17 6 (0.67%) ThreadX
18 3 (0.33%) VMS
19 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (19.53%) Customer Service
2 129 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
4 110 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 97 (10.77%) Agile
6 83 (9.21%) Software Engineering
7 76 (8.44%) ITIL
8 71 (7.88%) Service Delivery
9 67 (7.44%) Asset Management
10 55 (6.10%) Project Management
11 52 (5.77%) Project Delivery
12 49 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (4.88%) Coaching
13 44 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 43 (4.77%) Proactive Maintenance
15 41 (4.55%) Mentoring
16 39 (4.33%) ERP
16 39 (4.33%) Migration
16 39 (4.33%) Test Automation
17 35 (3.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.44%) C
2 59 (6.55%) PowerShell
3 53 (5.88%) SQL
4 47 (5.22%) Python
5 43 (4.77%) Embedded C
6 24 (2.66%) C++
7 19 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.55%) C#
9 8 (0.89%) PHP
10 6 (0.67%) Bash
11 4 (0.44%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.33%) VB
13 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 151 (16.76%) Degree
2 90 (9.99%) Cisco Certification
3 67 (7.44%) Security Cleared
4 58 (6.44%) CCNA
5 43 (4.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (3.88%) CCNP
7 31 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (3.00%) SC Cleared
9 25 (2.77%) JNCIA
10 24 (2.66%) A+ Certification
10 24 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (2.44%) CCIE
12 21 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (1.89%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.78%) CISSP
15 12 (1.33%) MCSE
16 9 (1.00%) DV Cleared
17 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.89%) CCSA
18 7 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.43%) SLA
2 43 (4.77%) GDPR
3 42 (4.66%) PCI DSS
4 18 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.89%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.89%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.78%) QA
8 5 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.55%) MISRA
9 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
9 4 (0.44%) NCSC
10 3 (0.33%) JTAG
11 2 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 258 (28.63%) Active Directory
2 96 (10.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (8.10%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.22%) KVM
5 26 (2.89%) Firmware
6 15 (1.66%) vSphere
7 13 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.55%) Docker
11 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.44%) pfSense
11 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.11%) NFS
Systems Management
1 94 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (3.44%) SCCM
3 25 (2.77%) WSUS
4 18 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (1.78%) Autotask
5 16 (1.78%) FortiGate
6 10 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (1.11%) SmoothWall
7 9 (1.00%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.67%) Backup Exec
8 6 (0.67%) PaperCut
8 6 (0.67%) Terraform
9 5 (0.55%) Nagios
9 5 (0.55%) OfficeScan
10 4 (0.44%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.44%) Ansible
10 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.33%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.33%) SCOM
12 2 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 377 (41.84%) Microsoft
2 202 (22.42%) Cisco
3 142 (15.76%) VMware
4 70 (7.77%) Meraki
5 59 (6.55%) Veeam
6 54 (5.99%) Dell
7 52 (5.77%) Apple
8 48 (5.33%) Aruba
9 45 (4.99%) Fortinet
10 42 (4.66%) Citrix
11 41 (4.55%) Juniper
12 38 (4.22%) HP
13 32 (3.55%) Ruckus Wireless
14 31 (3.44%) Nokia
15 30 (3.33%) Palo Alto
16 28 (3.11%) Google
17 27 (3.00%) Draytek
18 21 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
19 19 (2.11%) Datto
20 18 (2.00%) Vyatta