Wi-Fi Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 60 58 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 -17 +24
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 2 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.34% 0.75% 3.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.45% 7.69% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £47,801 - £36,750
25th Percentile £49,834 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,722 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.86%
75th Percentile £65,111 - £43,750
90th Percentile £68,044 - £46,775
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £56,722 - £40,625
% change year-on-year - - -4.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 58 52 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 9.88% 9.70% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 54 28 72
10th Percentile £26,325 £34,600 £28,925
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,387 £41,375
Median % change year-on-year -31.29% +7.28% -7.55%
75th Percentile £35,250 £68,250 £63,250
90th Percentile £72,625 £82,500 £85,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £30,500 £44,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -31.46% +8.54% -

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in Newcastle upon Tyne

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Arista
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) NetScout