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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 71 119
Rank change year-on-year -50 +48 +56
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 38 121 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.91% 3.43% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.20% 18.53% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 21
10th Percentile - £29,350 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,340 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -16.67% +23.29%
75th Percentile £41,110 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £51,100 £53,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +11.76% -

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 731 653 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.48% 18.51% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 281 329 321
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Hertfordshire +15 15 £37,670 -10.31% 8
Essex -3 12 £28,000 -39.13% 2
Cambridgeshire +15 6 £77,500 +121.43% 2
Norfolk -6 2 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Suffolk -13 2 - - 5
Bedfordshire -18 1 £40,941 +34.23% 2
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 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (31.58%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) DHCP
2 12 (31.58%) DNS
3 11 (28.95%) TCP/IP
4 10 (26.32%) VoIP
5 9 (23.68%) Firewall
6 7 (18.42%) VLAN
6 7 (18.42%) WAN
7 6 (15.79%) LAN
7 6 (15.79%) VPN
8 5 (13.16%) IP Telephony
9 4 (10.53%) Broadband
10 3 (7.89%) 5G
10 3 (7.89%) Wireless
11 2 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (5.26%) Ethernet
11 2 (5.26%) IPsec
11 2 (5.26%) Spanning Tree
11 2 (5.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 19 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Finance
3 2 (5.26%) Marketing
3 2 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Automotive
4 1 (2.63%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) IT Support
2 10 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (23.68%) IT Engineer
3 9 (23.68%) IT Support Specialist
3 9 (23.68%) Support Specialist
4 6 (15.79%) Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Administrator
6 3 (7.89%) Core Network Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support
6 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) IT Administrator
6 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior
6 3 (7.89%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) NumPy
1 1 (2.63%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.63%) SciPy
1 1 (2.63%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.89%) iPad
3 2 (5.26%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (5.26%) CCTV
3 2 (5.26%) Digital Signage
3 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.26%) PropTech
3 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.26%) Social Media
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.63%) FPGA
4 1 (2.63%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 26 (68.42%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows 10
3 10 (26.32%) Mac OS
3 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
4 7 (18.42%) Android
5 6 (15.79%) Linux
6 4 (10.53%) Apple iOS
6 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (7.89%) Debian
8 1 (2.63%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (36.84%) Customer Service
3 12 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (23.68%) Inventory Management
5 9 (23.68%) Security Patching
6 8 (21.05%) ITSM
7 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Task Automation
9 4 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (10.53%) ITIL
10 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
11 2 (5.26%) AI
11 2 (5.26%) B2B
11 2 (5.26%) Business Development
11 2 (5.26%) CRM
11 2 (5.26%) Data Governance
11 2 (5.26%) Network Management
11 2 (5.26%) Open Source
11 2 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) C++
2 2 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) Bash
3 1 (2.63%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) CCNA
1 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (15.79%) Degree
3 5 (13.16%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.26%) MCSE
5 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GxP
1 2 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (7.89%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (13.16%) SCCM
3 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (65.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) Mitel
3 7 (18.42%) Cisco
4 5 (13.16%) Apple
4 5 (13.16%) Remedy
4 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.89%) VMware
6 2 (5.26%) Google
6 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (5.26%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.63%) Aruba
7 1 (2.63%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.63%) Draytek
7 1 (2.63%) EMC
7 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.63%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.63%) Veeam