Wi-Fi Jobs in England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 219 382
Rank change year-on-year +45 +163 +82
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 804 1,145 794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.75% 1.34% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.29% 9.40% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 293 972 603
10th Percentile £28,050 £24,275 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,703 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -14.89%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £69,650 £66,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -13.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,049 12,183 14,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.14% 14.30% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,727 8,619 7,434
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,100 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in England

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
East of England +81 213 £38,750 +19.23% 30
South East +93 182 £37,500 -6.25% 79
Midlands +66 179 £50,000 +25.79% 34
London -13 138 £52,500 - 90
East Midlands +88 126 £57,500 +43.75% 8
West Midlands -2 53 £50,000 +49.25% 24
South West +39 48 £46,000 +15.00% 28
North of England -97 38 £41,000 +2.50% 41
North West -78 23 £36,750 -8.13% 25
Yorkshire +1 14 £53,600 +33.17% 11
North East +27 1 £40,000 -5.88% 7
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 51 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.24%) CMS
3 10 (1.24%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.37%) WordPress
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 52 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.37%) InDesign
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.75%) Sage 200
2 6 (0.75%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 164 (20.40%) Microsoft 365
2 157 (19.53%) Azure
3 31 (3.86%) OneDrive
4 30 (3.73%) AWS
5 26 (3.23%) Entra ID
6 23 (2.86%) SaaS
7 15 (1.87%) Google Workspace
8 7 (0.87%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (0.75%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.62%) IaaS
10 5 (0.62%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.50%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.50%) PaaS
11 4 (0.50%) Slack
12 3 (0.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.37%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 463 (57.59%) Wireless
2 444 (55.22%) Bluetooth
3 437 (54.35%) 5G
4 434 (53.98%) LTE
5 423 (52.61%) GSM
6 420 (52.24%) UMTS
7 174 (21.64%) Firewall
8 131 (16.29%) WAN
9 113 (14.05%) LAN
10 103 (12.81%) VPN
11 78 (9.70%) SD-WAN
12 64 (7.96%) DNS
13 61 (7.59%) VLAN
14 41 (5.10%) Network Security
15 39 (4.85%) DHCP
16 38 (4.73%) VoIP
17 32 (3.98%) MPLS
18 31 (3.86%) Internet
19 28 (3.48%) IPsec
19 28 (3.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.12%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.25%) Power BI
4 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Git
1 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.25%) KGDB
3 2 (0.25%) Subversion
4 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 442 (54.98%) Electronics
2 121 (15.05%) Social Skills
3 52 (6.47%) Finance
4 27 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (2.61%) Telecoms
7 19 (2.36%) Manufacturing
8 15 (1.87%) Marketing
9 13 (1.62%) Legal
10 12 (1.49%) Law
11 10 (1.24%) Local Government
11 10 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.24%) Tech for Good
12 8 (1.00%) Automotive
13 6 (0.75%) Banking
13 6 (0.75%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.50%) Police
15 3 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.37%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 421 (52.36%) Electronics Engineer
1 421 (52.36%) Test Engineer
2 420 (52.24%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 73 (9.08%) Support Engineer
4 57 (7.09%) Senior
5 56 (6.97%) IT Support
6 50 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 47 (5.85%) IT Engineer
7 47 (5.85%) Network Engineer
8 44 (5.47%) Lead
9 35 (4.35%) Analyst
9 35 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (3.61%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (2.99%) Support Analyst
12 22 (2.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (2.49%) 1st Line Support
13 20 (2.49%) Technical Support
14 19 (2.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 19 (2.36%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (2.24%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.24%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.12%) CSS
2 9 (1.12%) HTML
3 2 (0.25%) .NET
3 2 (0.25%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.25%) HTML5
3 2 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.12%) JSON
4 1 (0.12%) SAML
4 1 (0.12%) Web Services
4 1 (0.12%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 447 (55.60%) Driving Licence
2 33 (4.10%) Video Conferencing
3 29 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.48%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.49%) IoT
6 18 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.49%) CCTV
8 11 (1.37%) NB-IoT
9 9 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.00%) iPad
11 6 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (0.75%) EPoS
11 6 (0.75%) iPhone
11 6 (0.75%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.75%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.62%) GNSS
12 5 (0.62%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.62%) Replication
12 5 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 171 (21.27%) Windows
2 92 (11.44%) Windows Server
3 71 (8.83%) Windows 10
4 41 (5.10%) Linux
5 19 (2.36%) Mac OS
5 19 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 9 (1.12%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.75%) Android
10 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.50%) VMS
12 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (55.72%) Mentoring
2 429 (53.36%) Validation
3 426 (52.99%) Coaching
4 422 (52.49%) Verification and Validation
5 421 (52.36%) Customer Requirements
6 420 (52.24%) Test Strategy
7 126 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (9.20%) Customer Service
9 55 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 40 (4.98%) ITIL
11 34 (4.23%) Network Management
12 32 (3.98%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (3.73%) Service Delivery
14 29 (3.61%) Migration
15 25 (3.11%) Virtual Environments
16 23 (2.86%) Penetration Testing
17 22 (2.74%) Presales
18 19 (2.36%) Incident Management
19 18 (2.24%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.48%) PowerShell
2 24 (2.99%) SQL
3 18 (2.24%) Python
4 13 (1.62%) Bash
5 11 (1.37%) C
6 9 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.62%) C++
8 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.25%) PHP
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 467 (58.08%) Degree
2 420 (52.24%) HND
3 68 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (5.60%) CCNA
5 44 (5.47%) CCNP
6 18 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.74%) Security Cleared
9 12 (1.49%) CCIE
9 12 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (1.37%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.00%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.00%) CHECK Team Leader
12 7 (0.87%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.37%) CHECK Team Member
14 3 (0.37%) Cyber Scheme
14 3 (0.37%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.87%) SLA
2 11 (1.37%) GDPR
3 10 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) NIST
6 4 (0.50%) PMO
6 4 (0.50%) QA
7 3 (0.37%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (0.37%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.25%) JTAG
8 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.12%) MISRA
System Software
1 128 (15.92%) Active Directory
2 45 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.74%) Firmware
5 20 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (1.74%) vSphere
7 6 (0.75%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.25%) Docker
10 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.25%) pfSense
10 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 28 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (2.86%) SCCM
2 23 (2.86%) Terraform
3 17 (2.11%) Ansible
4 12 (1.49%) FortiGate
5 11 (1.37%) Puppet
6 6 (0.75%) Autotask
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.50%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.25%) cPanel
8 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) Iperf
9 1 (0.12%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 173 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 120 (14.93%) Cisco
3 86 (10.70%) Meraki
4 52 (6.47%) VMware
5 44 (5.47%) Fortinet
6 35 (4.35%) HP
7 31 (3.86%) Aruba
7 31 (3.86%) SolarWinds
8 25 (3.11%) Palo Alto
9 24 (2.99%) Apple
10 19 (2.36%) CheckPoint
11 18 (2.24%) Google
11 18 (2.24%) Juniper
12 13 (1.62%) Veeam
13 12 (1.49%) Zscaler
14 10 (1.24%) HubSpot
14 10 (1.24%) Infoblox
15 9 (1.12%) WatchGuard
16 7 (0.87%) Sage
16 7 (0.87%) SAP