Wi-Fi Job Trends in London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 274 233
Rank change year-on-year +70 -41 +201
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 216 133 300
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.03% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.23% 9.32% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 152 102 281
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £90,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £37,750 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +5.88% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,111 1,427 3,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.93% 11.06% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 976 2,085
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in London

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Central London +7 32 £40,000 +14.29% 5
East London - 15 £32,500 -
West London -21 5 £42,500 +30.77% 3
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 43 (19.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 31 (14.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (59.26%) Azure
2 107 (49.54%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (24.54%) AWS
4 33 (15.28%) Entra ID
5 29 (13.43%) SaaS
6 22 (10.19%) Google Workspace
6 22 (10.19%) IaaS
6 22 (10.19%) PaaS
7 18 (8.33%) Datadog
8 13 (6.02%) OneDrive
9 11 (5.09%) AWS Direct Connect
9 11 (5.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 11 (5.09%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.85%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.39%) GCP
13 3 (1.39%) Google Docs
13 3 (1.39%) Slack
14 2 (0.93%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 107 (49.54%) Firewall
2 93 (43.06%) VPN
3 90 (41.67%) DNS
4 86 (39.81%) DHCP
5 84 (38.89%) LAN
5 84 (38.89%) WAN
6 53 (24.54%) VLAN
7 41 (18.98%) TCP/IP
8 35 (16.20%) SAN
9 31 (14.35%) SD-WAN
10 26 (12.04%) Network Security
10 26 (12.04%) Wireless
11 24 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
11 24 (11.11%) VoIP
12 23 (10.65%) Cisco Firepower
12 23 (10.65%) WLAN
13 22 (10.19%) BGP
13 22 (10.19%) OSPF
14 16 (7.41%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (6.94%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (16.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 18 (8.33%) Chocolatey
2 6 (2.78%) JIRA
3 3 (1.39%) Git
General
1 50 (23.15%) Finance
2 45 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.80%) Banking
5 14 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.48%) Retail
6 6 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.85%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.93%) Back Office
10 2 (0.93%) Electronics
10 2 (0.93%) Japanese Language
10 2 (0.93%) Law
10 2 (0.93%) Legal
10 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.93%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.46%) Billing
11 1 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 52 (24.07%) IT Engineer
1 52 (24.07%) Senior
2 43 (19.91%) Network Engineer
3 42 (19.44%) Azure Engineer
4 40 (18.52%) Support Engineer
5 39 (18.06%) IT Support
6 31 (14.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 31 (14.35%) Cisco Engineer
6 31 (14.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 30 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support
7 30 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 25 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (11.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (11.57%) Senior IT Engineer
9 17 (7.87%) AWS Engineer
10 14 (6.48%) Analyst
11 12 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.56%) Operations Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.93%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.93%) REST
2 1 (0.46%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.43%) Data Centre
2 18 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 18 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (6.02%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.63%) EPoS
5 10 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (4.17%) iPhone
7 7 (3.24%) CCTV
7 7 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.85%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.85%) Social Media
10 3 (1.39%) iPad
11 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.93%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 111 (51.39%) Windows
2 32 (14.81%) Mac OS
3 31 (14.35%) Windows 10
4 29 (13.43%) Windows Server
5 20 (9.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (9.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (3.24%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.78%) Android
9 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.39%) Linux
11 2 (0.93%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (22.22%) ITSM
3 36 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 32 (14.81%) Migration
5 29 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (13.43%) ITIL
6 28 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (12.50%) Change Management
7 27 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 24 (11.11%) Process Improvement
9 23 (10.65%) Network Segmentation
10 22 (10.19%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (9.72%) Analytical Thinking
12 20 (9.26%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.80%) Security Patching
14 18 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
15 17 (7.87%) Mobile Device Management
16 15 (6.94%) Strategic Planning
16 15 (6.94%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.94%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.09%) Python
3 7 (3.24%) SQL
4 4 (1.85%) Delphi
4 4 (1.85%) Pascal
4 4 (1.85%) PHP
5 3 (1.39%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.93%) Bash
6 2 (0.93%) Bicep
6 2 (0.93%) C
6 2 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 44 (20.37%) Degree
2 29 (13.43%) CCNP
2 29 (13.43%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (11.57%) Azure Certification
5 24 (11.11%) CCNA
6 14 (6.48%) CCIE
6 14 (6.48%) CCSA
6 14 (6.48%) CCSE
7 8 (3.70%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.78%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.39%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.46%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.50%) SLA
2 15 (6.94%) GDPR
3 11 (5.09%) NIST
4 10 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 96 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.41%) Hyper-V
3 13 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.31%) Firmware
6 3 (1.39%) KVM
7 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (21.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (11.11%) SCCM
3 17 (7.87%) FortiGate
4 16 (7.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (3.70%) Terraform
7 5 (2.31%) Ansible
8 4 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.39%) Autotask
9 3 (1.39%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.46%) VxRail
Vendors
1 112 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 63 (29.17%) Cisco
3 41 (18.98%) VMware
4 37 (17.13%) Meraki
5 29 (13.43%) Dynatrace
6 28 (12.96%) Fortinet
7 24 (11.11%) CheckPoint
8 23 (10.65%) SolarWinds
9 21 (9.72%) Google
10 18 (8.33%) AppDynamics
10 18 (8.33%) Tenable
11 12 (5.56%) Ruckus Wireless
12 11 (5.09%) Palo Alto
12 11 (5.09%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.78%) Apple
13 6 (2.78%) Juniper
14 5 (2.31%) Aruba
15 4 (1.85%) Citrix
15 4 (1.85%) HP
15 4 (1.85%) Salesforce