Wi-Fi Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 70 152
Rank change year-on-year -67 +82 +14
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 38 122 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.95% 3.52% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.50% 25.21% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 28 8 19
10th Percentile £34,325 £33,875 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,096 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.52% +12.74% +14.29%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,565 £46,875
90th Percentile - £56,000 £60,500
South East median annual salary £37,500 £45,096 £46,250
% change year-on-year -16.84% -2.50% +23.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 362 484 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.06% 13.98% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 196 227 394
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,977 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the Thames Valley

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Berkshire +14 24 £35,000 -37.50% 20
Oxfordshire +26 13 £45,000 -0.21% 6
Buckinghamshire -73 1 £36,500 +4.29% 7
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (13.16%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (5.26%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (42.11%) WAN
2 13 (34.21%) Firewall
2 13 (34.21%) VLAN
3 10 (26.32%) LAN
3 10 (26.32%) VPN
4 9 (23.68%) VoIP
5 6 (15.79%) DECT
5 6 (15.79%) DSL
5 6 (15.79%) PBX
5 6 (15.79%) Unified Communications
5 6 (15.79%) Wireshark
6 5 (13.16%) SAN
7 3 (7.89%) DHCP
7 3 (7.89%) DNS
8 2 (5.26%) 802.11
8 2 (5.26%) Internet
8 2 (5.26%) Network Security
8 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.26%) Wireless
8 2 (5.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
General
1 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Telecoms
3 6 (15.79%) Marketing
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Games
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Senior
2 10 (26.32%) Account Manager
3 9 (23.68%) Field Engineer
3 9 (23.68%) Field Service Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) IT Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Sales Account Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Sales Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Account Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Senior IT Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Manager
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Sales Manager
5 6 (15.79%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 5 (13.16%) Support Technician
7 3 (7.89%) IT Support
7 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) CCTV
2 6 (15.79%) Web Conferencing
3 5 (13.16%) Replication
4 2 (5.26%) BYOD
4 2 (5.26%) IoT
4 2 (5.26%) Smart Home
5 1 (2.63%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Presales
2 6 (15.79%) Case Management
2 6 (15.79%) Time Management
3 5 (13.16%) Agile
3 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
3 5 (13.16%) Information Security
3 5 (13.16%) ITIL
3 5 (13.16%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (13.16%) Migration
4 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.26%) AI
5 2 (5.26%) Customer Service
5 2 (5.26%) Data Privacy
5 2 (5.26%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.26%) Economics
5 2 (5.26%) Logistics
5 2 (5.26%) Machine Learning
5 2 (5.26%) Network Design
5 2 (5.26%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) CCNA
2 2 (5.26%) CCNP
2 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.26%) JNCIA
2 2 (5.26%) MCP
2 2 (5.26%) MCSA
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
2 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (13.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) VMware
3 5 (13.16%) arcserve
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco
4 2 (5.26%) Juniper
4 2 (5.26%) Ruckus Wireless