Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 378 485
Rank change year-on-year +144 +107 -98
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,227 891 1,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.25% 0.86% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.04% 5.57% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 661 858
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -14.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,580 15,992 20,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.78% 15.46% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,159 11,855
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 £43,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.17% +2.22%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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 +154 1,140 £42,500 +6.25% 247
UK excluding London +79 908 £40,000 +3.90% 181
Work from Home +184 428 £47,500 +5.56% 89
London +172 289 £52,250 +7.18% 79
North of England +76 248 £40,000 - 45
South East +62 193 £40,000 +3.90% 54
Midlands +94 175 £39,750 +14.39% 27
North West +27 136 £40,000 - 25
South West +13 121 £40,000 - 19
East of England +49 119 £32,500 -5.80% 25
West Midlands +68 107 £33,500 -2.90% 13
Yorkshire +114 91 £40,250 +16.67% 17
East Midlands +25 63 £40,000 +5.26% 14
Scotland -75 40 £35,000 -32.04% 7
North East -3 25 £42,500 +10.39% 4
Wales +21 20 £33,750 -2.70% 6
Northern Ireland +27 5 - - 3

Wi-Fi
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
1 151 (12.31%) SharePoint
2 121 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.39%) Confluence
4 9 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2000
6 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.41%) IIS
7 4 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.081%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 152 (12.39%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.33%) Trello
6 1 (0.081%) 1Password
6 1 (0.081%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.24%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.081%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 494 (40.26%) Microsoft 365
2 392 (31.95%) Azure
3 159 (12.96%) Entra ID
4 90 (7.33%) AWS
5 75 (6.11%) OneDrive
6 54 (4.40%) SaaS
7 49 (3.99%) IaaS
8 47 (3.83%) PaaS
9 21 (1.71%) GCP
10 20 (1.63%) Power Platform
11 19 (1.55%) Google Workspace
12 16 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.14%) WhatsApp
14 12 (0.98%) Mimecast
15 9 (0.73%) Nutanix
16 8 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.65%) Slack
17 7 (0.57%) Datadog
18 6 (0.49%) GitHub
18 6 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 441 (35.94%) LAN
2 413 (33.66%) WAN
3 407 (33.17%) Firewall
4 278 (22.66%) Wireless
5 235 (19.15%) DHCP
6 227 (18.50%) DNS
7 208 (16.95%) VPN
8 142 (11.57%) VLAN
9 141 (11.49%) TCP/IP
10 118 (9.62%) SD-WAN
11 109 (8.88%) Network Security
12 108 (8.80%) MPLS
13 104 (8.48%) Internet
14 92 (7.50%) Bluetooth
15 79 (6.44%) Ethernet
16 73 (5.95%) VoIP
17 61 (4.97%) BGP
18 50 (4.07%) OSPF
19 45 (3.67%) LTE
20 41 (3.34%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.65%) MySQL
4 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.49%) Tableau
5 5 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.24%) Power BI
7 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (2.93%) JIRA
2 22 (1.79%) LabVIEW
3 19 (1.55%) Git
4 5 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.33%) Subversion
5 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.24%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.081%) Eclipse
General
1 338 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 115 (9.37%) Finance
3 99 (8.07%) Telecoms
4 90 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (6.03%) Retail
6 65 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
7 63 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 60 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
8 60 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (4.48%) Electronics
10 47 (3.83%) Public Sector
11 34 (2.77%) Law
12 27 (2.20%) Marketing
13 26 (2.12%) Legal
14 23 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.63%) Local Government
16 12 (0.98%) Automotive
16 12 (0.98%) Back Office
16 12 (0.98%) Games
16 12 (0.98%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 197 (16.06%) Network Engineer
2 184 (15.00%) IT Engineer
3 180 (14.67%) IT Support
4 178 (14.51%) Support Engineer
5 160 (13.04%) Senior
6 108 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 107 (8.72%) IT Support Engineer
8 91 (7.42%) Analyst
9 71 (5.79%) Embedded Engineer
10 69 (5.62%) Project Manager
11 66 (5.38%) IT Technician
12 64 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 64 (5.22%) IT Manager
13 63 (5.13%) Software Engineer
14 61 (4.97%) 2nd Line Support
15 60 (4.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 58 (4.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 47 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 44 (3.59%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 40 (3.26%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.22%) REST
1 15 (1.22%) Yocto
2 10 (0.81%) 802.1X
3 8 (0.65%) Laravel
4 7 (0.57%) Vue
4 7 (0.57%) X-Windows
5 6 (0.49%) CSS
5 6 (0.49%) HTML
5 6 (0.49%) NETCONF
5 6 (0.49%) React Native
6 5 (0.41%) .NET
7 4 (0.33%) Flask
8 3 (0.24%) Android Jetpack
8 3 (0.24%) COM
8 3 (0.24%) Node.js
8 3 (0.24%) OpenGL
8 3 (0.24%) Qt
8 3 (0.24%) SignalR
8 3 (0.24%) WinForms
9 2 (0.16%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 161 (13.12%) Driving Licence
2 137 (11.17%) Data Centre
3 61 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.24%) CCTV
5 49 (3.99%) IoT
6 44 (3.59%) EPoS
6 44 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.42%) Public Cloud
8 40 (3.26%) Video Conferencing
9 37 (3.02%) Onboarding
10 25 (2.04%) PKI
11 22 (1.79%) Acoustics
11 22 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.79%) Satnav
12 15 (1.22%) Device Driver
12 15 (1.22%) Social Media
13 12 (0.98%) iPad
13 12 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 12 (0.98%) PropTech
14 11 (0.90%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 494 (40.26%) Windows
2 245 (19.97%) Windows Server
3 158 (12.88%) Windows 10
4 102 (8.31%) Linux
5 57 (4.65%) Mac OS
6 56 (4.56%) Android
7 52 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 50 (4.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 49 (3.99%) Apple iOS
10 44 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 36 (2.93%) Embedded Linux
12 22 (1.79%) Windows 7
13 19 (1.55%) VyOS
14 11 (0.90%) Windows 8
15 10 (0.81%) Mac OS X
15 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.73%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
17 6 (0.49%) ThreadX
18 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (16.14%) Customer Service
2 193 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
3 167 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
4 150 (12.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 129 (10.51%) Agile
6 126 (10.27%) ITIL
7 98 (7.99%) Project Management
8 84 (6.85%) Software Engineering
9 83 (6.76%) Service Delivery
10 74 (6.03%) Asset Management
11 65 (5.30%) Project Delivery
12 63 (5.13%) Disaster Recovery
13 61 (4.97%) Mentoring
13 61 (4.97%) PRINCE2
14 55 (4.48%) Migration
15 51 (4.16%) Computer Science
16 50 (4.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 47 (3.83%) Coaching
17 47 (3.83%) Presales
18 46 (3.75%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 77 (6.28%) C
2 69 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.81%) SQL
4 48 (3.91%) Python
5 44 (3.59%) Embedded C
6 24 (1.96%) C++
7 19 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.14%) C#
9 8 (0.65%) Bash
9 8 (0.65%) PHP
10 4 (0.33%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.24%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.24%) VB
12 1 (0.081%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.081%) VBA
Qualifications
1 194 (15.81%) Degree
2 139 (11.33%) Cisco Certification
3 89 (7.25%) CCNA
4 72 (5.87%) Security Cleared
5 65 (5.30%) CCNP
6 43 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.36%) CCIE
9 29 (2.36%) SC Cleared
10 28 (2.28%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.28%) JNCIA
11 27 (2.20%) DBS Check
12 24 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
13 22 (1.79%) CISSP
14 16 (1.30%) APMP
15 13 (1.06%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.06%) MCSE
16 10 (0.81%) CCSA
16 10 (0.81%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.17%) SLA
2 54 (4.40%) PCI DSS
3 46 (3.75%) GDPR
4 30 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.65%) IEC 62304
7 8 (0.65%) ISO 13485
7 8 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (0.65%) NCSC
7 8 (0.65%) QA
8 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.41%) MISRA
9 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
9 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.33%) NIST
10 3 (0.24%) JTAG
11 2 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 357 (29.10%) Active Directory
2 137 (11.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (8.15%) Hyper-V
4 38 (3.10%) KVM
5 33 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (2.20%) Firmware
7 17 (1.39%) vSphere
8 12 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.41%) Docker
10 5 (0.41%) pfSense
11 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.081%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.081%) NFS
Systems Management
1 116 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.67%) WSUS
3 42 (3.42%) SCCM
4 25 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
5 23 (1.87%) FortiGate
6 16 (1.30%) Autotask
7 12 (0.98%) PaperCut
8 11 (0.90%) SmoothWall
9 10 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
9 10 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.57%) Ansible
11 6 (0.49%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (0.49%) Terraform
12 5 (0.41%) Nagios
12 5 (0.41%) OfficeScan
13 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.24%) Nessus
Vendors
1 479 (39.04%) Microsoft
2 330 (26.89%) Cisco
3 194 (15.81%) VMware
4 128 (10.43%) Meraki
5 95 (7.74%) Fortinet
6 83 (6.76%) Aruba
7 73 (5.95%) Apple
8 70 (5.70%) Veeam
9 65 (5.30%) Dell
10 60 (4.89%) HP
10 60 (4.89%) Juniper
11 55 (4.48%) Ruckus Wireless
12 50 (4.07%) Palo Alto
13 48 (3.91%) Citrix
14 39 (3.18%) Google
15 34 (2.77%) SolarWinds
16 32 (2.61%) Nokia
17 30 (2.44%) CheckPoint
18 27 (2.20%) Draytek
19 26 (2.12%) Ubiquiti