Wi-Fi Jobs in the North of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 180 243
Rank change year-on-year -124 +63 -4
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 37 246 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 1.41% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.81% 11.34% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28 204 144
10th Percentile £24,400 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,500 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £47,500 £47,625
90th Percentile £68,875 £70,000 £53,750
England 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
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 2,041 2,169 3,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.69% 12.40% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 877 1,659 1,261
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% -2.64%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £73,600 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
North West -108 23 £29,750 -25.63% 34
Yorkshire -11 13 £44,700 +5.18% 21
North East +18 1 £40,000 -5.88% 17
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (51.35%) LAN
2 15 (40.54%) Firewall
3 13 (35.14%) WAN
4 11 (29.73%) Wireless
5 9 (24.32%) Bluetooth
6 8 (21.62%) 5G
6 8 (21.62%) GSM
6 8 (21.62%) LTE
6 8 (21.62%) UMTS
6 8 (21.62%) VPN
7 7 (18.92%) DNS
8 6 (16.22%) DHCP
9 5 (13.51%) IPsec
9 5 (13.51%) SD-WAN
9 5 (13.51%) VoIP
10 4 (10.81%) VLAN
11 3 (8.11%) BGP
11 3 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (8.11%) Network Security
11 3 (8.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 9 (24.32%) Electronics
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Local Government
4 2 (5.41%) Police
4 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) 1st Line Support
1 8 (21.62%) Electronics Engineer
1 8 (21.62%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 8 (21.62%) Test Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Architect
2 7 (18.92%) IT Support
3 6 (16.22%) Network Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (13.51%) Support Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Support
5 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) IT Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Driving Licence
2 6 (16.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.11%) EPoS
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.41%) PKI
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.70%) Fat Client
6 1 (2.70%) GNSS
6 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.70%) IoT
6 1 (2.70%) Legacy Code
6 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.70%) Thin Client
6 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 8 (21.62%) Windows 10
3 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (13.51%) Mac OS
5 3 (8.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.70%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Coaching
2 8 (21.62%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
2 8 (21.62%) Test Strategy
2 8 (21.62%) Validation
2 8 (21.62%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) ITIL
4 5 (13.51%) Presales
4 5 (13.51%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.11%) ITSM
6 3 (8.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.41%) B2B
7 2 (5.41%) Migration
7 2 (5.41%) Network Design
7 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.41%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) C
1 1 (2.70%) C++
1 1 (2.70%) Embedded C
1 1 (2.70%) Embedded C++
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Degree
2 8 (21.62%) HND
3 6 (16.22%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.81%) CCNA
5 3 (8.11%) A+ Certification
5 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) IEC 62304
2 1 (2.70%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Autotask
2 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) Cisco
3 5 (13.51%) Aruba
3 5 (13.51%) Fortinet
3 5 (13.51%) Juniper
4 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
5 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.11%) Meraki
6 2 (5.41%) VMware
7 1 (2.70%) Apple
7 1 (2.70%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.70%) Kaseya
7 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.70%) Wyse
7 1 (2.70%) Zscaler