Wi-Fi Job Trends in the East of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > East of England

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 19 71
Rank change year-on-year -121 +52 +50
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 66 337 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.79% 10.09% 2.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.09% 49.27% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 55 22 24
10th Percentile £26,300 - £29,863
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £28,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -38.46% +26.39%
75th Percentile £38,375 £40,750 £51,750
90th Percentile £41,250 - £78,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +3.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 595 684 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.15% 20.48% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 401 255 362
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% -0.95%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the East of England

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the East of England

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Essex -16 16 £32,500 +16.07% 7
Hertfordshire -62 15 £36,500 -8.75% 10
Cambridgeshire -20 11 £32,000 -60.00% 13
Bedfordshire -36 10 £40,000 +6.67% 6
Norfolk - 8 £32,500 - 2
Suffolk +17 6 £30,000 -53.85% 11
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 29 (43.94%) SharePoint
2 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (71.21%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 7 (10.61%) Azure
3 7 (10.61%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 26 (39.39%) VPN
2 22 (33.33%) DNS
3 20 (30.30%) DHCP
3 20 (30.30%) Firewall
4 11 (16.67%) VLAN
4 11 (16.67%) VoIP
5 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
6 9 (13.64%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (10.61%) Broadband
7 7 (10.61%) Wireless
8 5 (7.58%) Internet
8 5 (7.58%) LAN
8 5 (7.58%) WAN
9 4 (6.06%) IP Telephony
10 3 (4.55%) NAS
10 3 (4.55%) Network Security
11 2 (3.03%) HTTPS
11 2 (3.03%) SAN
11 2 (3.03%) SSL
12 1 (1.52%) DOCSIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) JIRA
General
1 35 (53.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.03%) Finance
3 2 (3.03%) Marketing
3 2 (3.03%) Military
3 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (3.03%) Retail
4 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) IT Support
2 15 (22.73%) Support Engineer
3 14 (21.21%) Support Technician
4 13 (19.70%) IT Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) IT Support Technician
4 13 (19.70%) IT Technician
5 8 (12.12%) Analyst
6 7 (10.61%) Network Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Cabling Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Data Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) IT Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Senior
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Support Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Field Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Support Assistant
9 3 (4.55%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 12 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 11 (16.67%) CCTV
4 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.03%) Clustering
5 2 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (51.52%) Windows
2 14 (21.21%) Windows Server
3 8 (12.12%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.58%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (39.39%) Customer Service
3 17 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (21.21%) ITIL
5 14 (21.21%) Service Delivery
6 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 10 (15.15%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 8 (12.12%) Project Delivery
7 8 (12.12%) Virtual Environments
8 6 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 5 (7.58%) Coaching
9 5 (7.58%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (7.58%) Service Management
9 5 (7.58%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (6.06%) AI
10 4 (6.06%) Customer Experience
10 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (6.06%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 4 (6.06%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (12.12%) Degree
3 5 (7.58%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.55%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.55%) MCSA
4 3 (4.55%) MCSE
5 2 (3.03%) CCNP
5 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.52%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.03%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (46.97%) Active Directory
2 15 (22.73%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.03%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.55%) SCCM
3 2 (3.03%) Autotask
Vendors
1 45 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Apple
3 4 (6.06%) Cisco
4 3 (4.55%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (4.55%) Veeam
4 3 (4.55%) VMware
5 2 (3.03%) Datto
5 2 (3.03%) Draytek
5 2 (3.03%) MikroTik
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe
6 1 (1.52%) Meraki
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.52%) Sophos
6 1 (1.52%) Synology