Wi-Fi Job Trends in the Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 44 152
Rank change year-on-year -130 +108 +83
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 83 254 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.64% 5.02% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.23% 29.85% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 73 68 145
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,425 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £40,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +25.79% +15.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,125 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £101,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.78% +5.88% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,586 851 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.24% 16.82% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 459 475 1,293
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £58,450 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
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 the Midlands

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the Midlands

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
West Midlands -26 52 £32,500 -33.33% 16
East Midlands -116 30 £37,500 -34.78% 14
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 21 (25.30%) SharePoint
2 18 (21.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (46.99%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (32.53%) Entra ID
3 18 (21.69%) Azure
4 7 (8.43%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.41%) AWS
5 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.41%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 28 (33.73%) Internet
2 24 (28.92%) LAN
3 23 (27.71%) WAN
4 21 (25.30%) Broadband
5 18 (21.69%) Firewall
6 16 (19.28%) VPN
7 14 (16.87%) Wireless
8 9 (10.84%) DNS
9 8 (9.64%) Bluetooth
9 8 (9.64%) DHCP
9 8 (9.64%) Network Security
10 7 (8.43%) SAN
11 5 (6.02%) BGP
11 5 (6.02%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (6.02%) EIGRP
11 5 (6.02%) OSPF
11 5 (6.02%) Wireshark
12 4 (4.82%) LTE
12 4 (4.82%) Modbus
12 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Git
2 4 (4.82%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.82%) Subversion
3 2 (2.41%) GDB
3 2 (2.41%) GitLab
3 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.41%) JIRA
3 2 (2.41%) Robot Framework
3 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.02%) Law
5 3 (3.61%) Retail
5 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.41%) Electronics
6 2 (2.41%) Legal
6 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.20%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Field Sales Executive
1 19 (22.89%) Sales Executive
2 16 (19.28%) IT Engineer
3 15 (18.07%) IT Support
3 15 (18.07%) Senior
4 13 (15.66%) Network Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (12.05%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (12.05%) Support Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Support Technician
8 6 (7.23%) Administrator
8 6 (7.23%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (7.23%) IT Technician
8 6 (7.23%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) pytest
1 2 (2.41%) Unity DI Container
1 2 (2.41%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.43%) Clustering
3 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.23%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (4.82%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.41%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (2.41%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.41%) FPGA
5 2 (2.41%) IoT
5 2 (2.41%) PCIe
5 2 (2.41%) Photography
5 2 (2.41%) Social Media
6 1 (1.20%) CCTV
6 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.20%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.48%) Windows
2 10 (12.05%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.23%) Android
3 6 (7.23%) Apple iOS
3 6 (7.23%) Linux
4 2 (2.41%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (44.58%) Customer Service
2 21 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (19.28%) Service Delivery
4 15 (18.07%) ITIL
5 12 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (12.05%) Migration
7 9 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (9.64%) Software Engineering
9 7 (8.43%) Mobile Device Management
9 7 (8.43%) Patch Management
9 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
9 7 (8.43%) Server Management
9 7 (8.43%) Storage Management
10 6 (7.23%) Cloud Security
10 6 (7.23%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (7.23%) CRM
10 6 (7.23%) Data Migration
10 6 (7.23%) Performance Optimisation
10 6 (7.23%) Service Management
11 5 (6.02%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) Python
2 10 (12.05%) SQL
3 8 (9.64%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.23%) C
5 4 (4.82%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.41%) Bash
6 2 (2.41%) C++
6 2 (2.41%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (7.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (7.23%) Degree
5 5 (6.02%) CCNP
5 5 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.20%) CISSP
7 1 (1.20%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (8.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.41%) JTAG
3 2 (2.41%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (28.92%) Active Directory
2 17 (20.48%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.23%) Firmware
3 6 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.41%) Autotask
2 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (39.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.87%) Cisco
3 12 (14.46%) Meraki
4 7 (8.43%) SonicWALL
4 7 (8.43%) Veeam
4 7 (8.43%) VMware
5 4 (4.82%) Atmel
6 2 (2.41%) Google
6 2 (2.41%) Logitech
6 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.41%) Yealink
7 1 (1.20%) Aruba
7 1 (1.20%) Ekahau
7 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow