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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 221 369
Rank change year-on-year +75 +148 +104
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,103 1,129 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.26% 1.32% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.40% 9.36% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 282 956 611
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,688 £29,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £66,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%

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 8,229 12,058 14,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.85% 14.07% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,694 8,518 7,301
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,250
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 £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 14 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 14 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 +102 345 £40,000 +25.98% 34
South East +124 277 £37,500 -6.25% 75
Midlands +93 250 £50,000 +25.79% 53
East Midlands +95 201 £57,500 +43.75% 18
London -8 135 £52,500 - 113
South West +39 51 £46,000 +15.00% 41
West Midlands 0 49 £50,000 +49.25% 33
North of England -120 37 £36,250 -9.38% 50
North West -102 23 £29,750 -25.63% 24
Yorkshire 0 13 £44,700 +5.18% 15
North East +20 1 £40,000 -5.88% 14
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 44 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.91%) Confluence
4 8 (0.73%) CMS
5 4 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.27%) WordPress
7 2 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 51 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.091%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.091%) InDesign
5 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.45%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.45%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 150 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (13.06%) Azure
3 32 (2.90%) OneDrive
4 30 (2.72%) AWS
5 25 (2.27%) Entra ID
6 22 (1.99%) SaaS
7 13 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 8 (0.73%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (0.63%) Google Analytics
10 6 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.45%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.45%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.36%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.36%) IaaS
12 4 (0.36%) Slack
13 3 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.27%) PaaS
13 3 (0.27%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 772 (69.99%) Wireless
2 754 (68.36%) Bluetooth
3 747 (67.72%) 5G
4 745 (67.54%) LTE
5 732 (66.36%) GSM
6 730 (66.18%) UMTS
7 169 (15.32%) Firewall
8 126 (11.42%) WAN
9 106 (9.61%) LAN
10 103 (9.34%) VPN
11 73 (6.62%) SD-WAN
12 59 (5.35%) DNS
13 56 (5.08%) VLAN
14 37 (3.35%) DHCP
15 36 (3.26%) VoIP
16 34 (3.08%) Network Security
17 33 (2.99%) MPLS
18 31 (2.81%) IPsec
19 30 (2.72%) BGP
19 30 (2.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.091%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.091%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Git
2 4 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.27%) KGDB
3 3 (0.27%) Subversion
4 2 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.091%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.091%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.091%) SoapUI
General
1 752 (68.18%) Electronics
2 118 (10.70%) Social Skills
3 50 (4.53%) Finance
4 27 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (1.90%) Manufacturing
7 20 (1.81%) Telecoms
8 17 (1.54%) Marketing
9 13 (1.18%) Legal
10 11 (1.00%) Law
10 11 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (0.91%) Local Government
11 10 (0.91%) Tech for Good
12 8 (0.73%) Banking
13 7 (0.63%) Automotive
14 5 (0.45%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.45%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.27%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 731 (66.27%) Electronics Engineer
1 731 (66.27%) Test Engineer
2 730 (66.18%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 71 (6.44%) Support Engineer
4 55 (4.99%) IT Support
5 52 (4.71%) Senior
6 47 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 46 (4.17%) Network Engineer
8 45 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 43 (3.90%) Lead
10 34 (3.08%) IT Support Engineer
11 32 (2.90%) Analyst
12 30 (2.72%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (2.18%) Support Analyst
14 20 (1.81%) 1st Line Support
14 20 (1.81%) 3rd Line Support
14 20 (1.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (1.81%) Technical Support
15 18 (1.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 16 (1.45%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.54%) 802.1X
2 9 (0.82%) CSS
2 9 (0.82%) HTML
3 2 (0.18%) .NET
3 2 (0.18%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.18%) HTML5
3 2 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.091%) JSON
4 1 (0.091%) SAML
4 1 (0.091%) Web Services
4 1 (0.091%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 757 (68.63%) Driving Licence
2 34 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
3 27 (2.45%) Data Centre
4 26 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.90%) IoT
6 17 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.09%) CCTV
8 11 (1.00%) NB-IoT
9 10 (0.91%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.73%) iPad
11 7 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (0.63%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.54%) EPoS
12 6 (0.54%) iPhone
12 6 (0.54%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.45%) GNSS
13 5 (0.45%) IPTV
13 5 (0.45%) Replication
13 5 (0.45%) Social Media
14 4 (0.36%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 160 (14.51%) Windows
2 82 (7.43%) Windows Server
3 64 (5.80%) Windows 10
4 41 (3.72%) Linux
5 17 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.82%) Windows 7
8 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.54%) Android
10 4 (0.36%) VMS
11 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.091%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 757 (68.63%) Mentoring
2 739 (67.00%) Validation
3 736 (66.73%) Coaching
4 732 (66.36%) Verification and Validation
5 731 (66.27%) Customer Requirements
6 730 (66.18%) Test Strategy
7 122 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (6.71%) Customer Service
9 52 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (3.17%) ITIL
10 35 (3.17%) Network Management
11 30 (2.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (2.72%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (2.54%) Migration
13 27 (2.45%) Virtual Environments
14 26 (2.36%) Service Delivery
15 23 (2.09%) Presales
16 22 (1.99%) Penetration Testing
17 20 (1.81%) Asset Management
18 19 (1.72%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (2.45%) PowerShell
2 25 (2.27%) SQL
3 18 (1.63%) Python
4 13 (1.18%) Bash
5 11 (1.00%) C
6 9 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.45%) C++
8 4 (0.36%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.091%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.091%) Scala
Qualifications
1 771 (69.90%) Degree
2 730 (66.18%) HND
3 64 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (4.08%) CCNA
5 42 (3.81%) CCNP
6 16 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.27%) Security Cleared
8 12 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
9 11 (1.00%) SC Cleared
10 10 (0.91%) CCIE
11 7 (0.63%) A+ Certification
11 7 (0.63%) CHECK Team Leader
11 7 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.54%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.27%) CHECK Team Member
14 3 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.27%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.36%) SLA
2 10 (0.91%) GDPR
3 9 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.36%) NIST
7 4 (0.36%) PMO
7 4 (0.36%) QA
8 2 (0.18%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.18%) JTAG
8 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.091%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.091%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.091%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.091%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.091%) MISRA
System Software
1 119 (10.79%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.09%) Firmware
5 20 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (1.27%) vSphere
7 8 (0.73%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.18%) Docker
9 2 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) pfSense
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.091%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.091%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (2.27%) SCCM
2 20 (1.81%) Terraform
3 16 (1.45%) Ansible
4 11 (1.00%) Puppet
5 9 (0.82%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.45%) Autotask
7 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.36%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.18%) CASB
8 2 (0.18%) cPanel
8 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.091%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.091%) WSUS
Vendors
1 164 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 112 (10.15%) Cisco
3 83 (7.52%) Meraki
4 52 (4.71%) VMware
5 48 (4.35%) Fortinet
6 36 (3.26%) HP
6 36 (3.26%) SolarWinds
7 29 (2.63%) Aruba
8 26 (2.36%) Palo Alto
9 23 (2.09%) CheckPoint
10 22 (1.99%) Apple
11 19 (1.72%) Juniper
12 16 (1.45%) Google
13 12 (1.09%) Infoblox
13 12 (1.09%) Veeam
14 10 (0.91%) HubSpot
14 10 (0.91%) Zscaler
15 8 (0.73%) Arista
15 8 (0.73%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.73%) MobileIron