Wi-Fi Jobs in the South East

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 221 275
Rank change year-on-year +126 +54 +42
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 277 191 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.94% 1.14% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.44% 6.93% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 44 153 92
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,050 £28,550
25th Percentile £29,563 £30,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.90% -21.43%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £59,750 £63,725
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,425 2,758 2,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.13% 16.41% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 767 1,879 1,488
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,875 £62,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the South East

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +114 231 £41,500 +3.75% 16
Buckinghamshire +71 175 - - 1
Oxfordshire +38 48 £41,500 -2.35% 7
Hampshire +41 12 £43,750 +50.86% 17
West Sussex +42 11 £27,000 -55.00% 2
East Sussex +28 11 £37,500 +20.97% 3
Berkshire +33 8 £29,500 -62.54% 10
Kent +32 8 £31,500 -25.88% 3
Surrey +30 3 £32,500 -39.25% 4
Sussex - 1 - - 3
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.44%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.25%) Azure
3 5 (1.81%) AWS
3 5 (1.81%) OneDrive
4 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.72%) PaaS
5 2 (0.72%) SaaS
6 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 228 (82.31%) Wireless
2 226 (81.59%) 5G
2 226 (81.59%) Bluetooth
2 226 (81.59%) LTE
3 217 (78.34%) GSM
3 217 (78.34%) UMTS
4 28 (10.11%) Firewall
5 16 (5.78%) DNS
6 14 (5.05%) VLAN
7 12 (4.33%) WAN
8 9 (3.25%) LAN
8 9 (3.25%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.89%) DHCP
9 8 (2.89%) VoIP
9 8 (2.89%) VPN
10 5 (1.81%) Internet
10 5 (1.81%) SAN
10 5 (1.81%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.81%) Wireshark
11 3 (1.08%) PBX
General
1 226 (81.59%) Electronics
2 37 (13.36%) Social Skills
3 13 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (2.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.08%) Marketing
5 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 217 (78.34%) Electronics Engineer
1 217 (78.34%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 217 (78.34%) Test Engineer
2 13 (4.69%) Lead
3 12 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (3.97%) Support Engineer
5 9 (3.25%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (3.25%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (1.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (1.81%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (1.81%) Analyst
6 5 (1.81%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (1.81%) Desktop Support
6 5 (1.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (1.81%) IT Analyst
6 5 (1.81%) Network Engineer
6 5 (1.81%) Support Technician
7 4 (1.44%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 3 (1.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (1.08%) Service Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 225 (81.23%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.25%) IoT
2 9 (3.25%) NB-IoT
3 7 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (1.44%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.44%) Replication
4 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.08%) Social Media
6 2 (0.72%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.36%) iPad
7 1 (0.36%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.83%) Windows
2 18 (6.50%) Linux
2 18 (6.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (79.42%) Coaching
1 220 (79.42%) Mentoring
1 220 (79.42%) Validation
2 217 (78.34%) Customer Requirements
2 217 (78.34%) Test Strategy
2 217 (78.34%) Verification and Validation
3 14 (5.05%) Customer Service
4 13 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (3.61%) Migration
6 9 (3.25%) Asset Management
6 9 (3.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (3.25%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (3.25%) Project Planning
6 9 (3.25%) Software Testing
6 9 (3.25%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (2.89%) Information Security
7 8 (2.89%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (2.53%) CRM
9 6 (2.17%) ITIL
10 5 (1.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.97%) Bash
2 9 (3.25%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.25%) Python
3 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 228 (82.31%) Degree
2 217 (78.34%) HND
3 9 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.17%) CCNA
6 2 (0.72%) CCNP
7 1 (0.36%) CCIE
7 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.17%) SLA
2 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.50%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.97%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.25%) vSphere
5 3 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.72%) Docker
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (3.25%) Ansible
1 9 (3.25%) Puppet
1 9 (3.25%) Terraform
2 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.81%) SCCM
3 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.72%) ZENworks
4 1 (0.36%) Autotask
Vendors
1 31 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.58%) VMware
3 11 (3.97%) Cisco
4 9 (3.25%) Aruba
4 9 (3.25%) Meraki
5 8 (2.89%) HP
6 5 (1.81%) Juniper
6 5 (1.81%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (1.44%) arcserve
8 3 (1.08%) Dell
8 3 (1.08%) Draytek
8 3 (1.08%) Ekahau
8 3 (1.08%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.08%) WatchGuard
9 2 (0.72%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.36%) Apple
10 1 (0.36%) Datto