Wi-Fi Job Trends in the North of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 244 198
Rank change year-on-year +19 -46 -5
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 135 57 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.56% 0.60% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.95% 3.17% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 112 33 70
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,200 £24,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £69,390 £57,000 £62,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,509 1,798 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.29% 18.88% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 846 824 643
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.92% -32.50% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
North West +27 70 £32,000 -0.78% 25
Yorkshire -11 46 £29,250 -2.50% 19
North East -61 19 £30,000 - 10
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 29 (21.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (18.52%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.93%) Apache
3 8 (5.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.74%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.74%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 85 (62.96%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (24.44%) Entra ID
3 29 (21.48%) Azure
4 12 (8.89%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.22%) AWS
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.74%) GCP
8 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.74%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (41.48%) VPN
2 55 (40.74%) Firewall
3 49 (36.30%) DNS
4 47 (34.81%) VLAN
5 45 (33.33%) DHCP
6 39 (28.89%) TCP/IP
7 28 (20.74%) LAN
8 27 (20.00%) WAN
9 23 (17.04%) VoIP
10 17 (12.59%) Network Security
10 17 (12.59%) Structured Cabling
11 16 (11.85%) Wireless
12 7 (5.19%) WLAN
13 6 (4.44%) Broadband
14 5 (3.70%) SD-WAN
15 4 (2.96%) Internet
15 4 (2.96%) Unified Communications
16 3 (2.22%) BGP
16 3 (2.22%) OSPF
16 3 (2.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.93%) MySQL
1 8 (5.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) JIRA
1 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.93%) Finance
3 8 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (5.93%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.19%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.70%) Retail
6 2 (1.48%) Electronics
6 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.74%) French Language
7 1 (0.74%) Games
7 1 (0.74%) German Language
7 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.74%) Law
7 1 (0.74%) Legal
7 1 (0.74%) Local Government
7 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (49.63%) IT Support
2 42 (31.11%) Support Engineer
3 37 (27.41%) IT Engineer
3 37 (27.41%) IT Support Engineer
4 21 (15.56%) Network Engineer
4 21 (15.56%) Senior
5 16 (11.85%) IT Technician
6 15 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
7 14 (10.37%) IT Support Technician
7 14 (10.37%) Support Technician
8 11 (8.15%) Analyst
9 10 (7.41%) Support Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) IT Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) Field Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) Help Desk Support
12 7 (5.19%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) Web Services
2 2 (1.48%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 31 (22.96%) Driving Licence
2 19 (14.07%) CCTV
3 12 (8.89%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.22%) FMCG
6 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.74%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 83 (61.48%) Windows
2 46 (34.07%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.59%) Windows 10
4 16 (11.85%) Android
5 14 (10.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (8.15%) Linux
7 8 (5.93%) Apple iOS
7 8 (5.93%) Ubuntu
7 8 (5.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.48%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.48%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (1.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (47.41%) Customer Service
1 64 (47.41%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (18.52%) ITIL
4 24 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (15.56%) ITSM
6 15 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 15 (11.11%) Service Management
7 14 (10.37%) Change Management
8 13 (9.63%) Incident Management
8 13 (9.63%) Service Delivery
9 12 (8.89%) Business Continuity
9 12 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (8.15%) Asset Management
10 11 (8.15%) Coaching
10 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (8.15%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.41%) Major Incident Management
11 10 (7.41%) Software Deployment
11 10 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.22%) Python
3 2 (1.48%) Bicep
3 2 (1.48%) C
3 2 (1.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (5.93%) CCNA
3 8 (5.93%) CCNP
4 7 (5.19%) Degree
5 6 (4.44%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.44%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.74%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.74%) CCIE
8 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.74%) GDPR
3 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 68 (50.37%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.59%) Hyper-V
3 16 (11.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.93%) WSUS
3 5 (3.70%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.22%) Autotask
4 3 (2.22%) cPanel
4 3 (2.22%) Plesk
5 1 (0.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (65.19%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.22%) SonicWALL
3 18 (13.33%) Aruba
3 18 (13.33%) VMware
4 17 (12.59%) Cisco
5 16 (11.85%) Veeam
6 11 (8.15%) CheckPoint
7 10 (7.41%) Palo Alto
8 8 (5.93%) Dell
8 8 (5.93%) HP
8 8 (5.93%) NetApp
9 6 (4.44%) Draytek
9 6 (4.44%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.70%) Meraki
10 5 (3.70%) Sophos
11 4 (2.96%) Datto
11 4 (2.96%) ServiceNow
12 3 (2.22%) ConnectWise
12 3 (2.22%) NETGEAR
12 3 (2.22%) WatchGuard