Wi-Fi Job Trends in Central London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 149 135
Rank change year-on-year +31 -14 +86
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 26 32 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.03% 1.00% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.04% 7.06% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 23 13 43
10th Percentile £28,800 - £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £80,000 £76,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,250 £81,250
London median annual salary £48,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.40% +13.64% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 259 453 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.21% 14.22% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 203 250 370
10th Percentile £28,697 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £92,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Central London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Central London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in Central London

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
City of London +15 17 £41,250 -36.54% 3
City of Westminster +34 5 £30,000 -
West End of London - 4 £57,500 -
Wi-Fi
London

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) AWS
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 3 (11.54%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.85%) GCP
6 1 (3.85%) IaaS
6 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) LAN
1 14 (53.85%) WAN
2 10 (38.46%) DNS
2 10 (38.46%) Firewall
3 9 (34.62%) DHCP
3 9 (34.62%) TCP/IP
4 8 (30.77%) VoIP
4 8 (30.77%) VPN
5 5 (19.23%) Network Security
5 5 (19.23%) Wireless
5 5 (19.23%) WLAN
6 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
6 3 (11.54%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (7.69%) GPON
7 2 (7.69%) IPv4
7 2 (7.69%) IPv6
7 2 (7.69%) MPLS
7 2 (7.69%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Billing
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) IT Engineer
1 7 (26.92%) IT Support
1 7 (26.92%) Support Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support
4 3 (11.54%) Network Support
4 3 (11.54%) Network Support Technician
4 3 (11.54%) Network Technician
4 3 (11.54%) Support Technician
5 2 (7.69%) Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) IT Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) iPhone
2 8 (30.77%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.85%) iPad
5 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Mac OS
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (11.54%) Android
5 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
5 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (7.69%) Linux
6 2 (7.69%) OpenWrt
7 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 4 (15.38%) Zero Trust
4 3 (11.54%) AI
4 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
4 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (7.69%) Agile
5 2 (7.69%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (7.69%) ITIL
5 2 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (7.69%) Open Source
5 2 (7.69%) SDLC
5 2 (7.69%) SIEM
5 2 (7.69%) Software Architecture
5 2 (7.69%) Threat Management
5 2 (7.69%) Use Case
5 2 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) C
1 2 (7.69%) C++
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (11.54%) CCNA
2 3 (11.54%) CCNP
2 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
2 3 (11.54%) KVM
2 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
4 1 (3.85%) Docker
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 4 (15.38%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (11.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (7.69%) FortiGate
5 1 (3.85%) Ansible
5 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.85%) Terraform
5 1 (3.85%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco
3 6 (23.08%) Citrix
4 4 (15.38%) Meraki
4 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
5 3 (11.54%) Apple
5 3 (11.54%) Google
5 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
5 3 (11.54%) VMware
5 3 (11.54%) Zscaler
6 2 (7.69%) Forcepoint
6 2 (7.69%) ForeScout
6 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
6 2 (7.69%) Juniper
6 2 (7.69%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.85%) Dell
7 1 (3.85%) Okta
7 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds