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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 43 138
Rank change year-on-year -71 +95 +18
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 87 237 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.22% 5.99% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.16% 41.36% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 78 29 48
10th Percentile £29,350 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% +9.68%
75th Percentile £47,982 £45,000 £52,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £72,950 £81,000
South East median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% +10.67% -11.76%

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 479 573 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.71% 14.48% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 366 267 349
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -

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 10 September 2026.

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 10 September 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
Oxfordshire -40 36 £35,000 -15.66% 6
Berkshire +44 32 £39,000 +32.20% 6
Buckinghamshire -65 19 £35,000 - 4
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 26 (29.89%) SharePoint
2 20 (22.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (4.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (45.98%) Azure
2 24 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (21.84%) Entra ID
4 11 (12.64%) Google Workspace
5 10 (11.49%) AWS
6 6 (6.90%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.60%) SaaS
8 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (57.47%) Firewall
2 40 (45.98%) VPN
3 32 (36.78%) DNS
4 30 (34.48%) DHCP
4 30 (34.48%) VLAN
5 22 (25.29%) LAN
5 22 (25.29%) Wireless
6 19 (21.84%) WAN
7 17 (19.54%) Network Security
8 14 (16.09%) VoIP
9 11 (12.64%) SD-WAN
9 11 (12.64%) SSL
10 9 (10.34%) TCP/IP
11 5 (5.75%) OSPF
12 4 (4.60%) Ethernet
12 4 (4.60%) Internet
13 3 (3.45%) BGP
13 3 (3.45%) NAS
13 3 (3.45%) WLAN
14 2 (2.30%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Power BI
General
1 37 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.64%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Retail
7 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.15%) Automotive
8 1 (1.15%) Electronics
8 1 (1.15%) Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (36.78%) IT Engineer
1 32 (36.78%) IT Support
2 24 (27.59%) IT Support Engineer
2 24 (27.59%) Support Engineer
3 17 (19.54%) Network Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Sales Executive
4 13 (14.94%) Senior
5 11 (12.64%) Senior IT Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) Senior IT Support
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Support Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (9.20%) IT Technician
6 8 (9.20%) Support Technician
7 7 (8.05%) Administrator
8 6 (6.90%) Network Operations Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Consultant
9 5 (5.75%) Network Consultant
10 4 (4.60%) Field Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) QML
1 1 (1.15%) Qt
1 1 (1.15%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Driving Licence
2 15 (17.24%) Onboarding
3 9 (10.34%) CCTV
3 9 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.60%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.30%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.30%) IoT
5 2 (2.30%) Robotics
6 1 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.15%) EPoS
6 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (40.23%) Windows
2 27 (31.03%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.94%) Windows 10
4 12 (13.79%) Mac OS
5 9 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.60%) Linux
7 3 (3.45%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (2.30%) Android
9 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (34.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (26.44%) Customer Service
4 11 (12.64%) Data Privacy
4 11 (12.64%) Kalman Filter
4 11 (12.64%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (12.64%) Project Delivery
5 10 (11.49%) Data Protection
6 8 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (6.90%) Logistics
7 6 (6.90%) Mentoring
7 6 (6.90%) Time Management
8 5 (5.75%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (5.75%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (5.75%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (5.75%) Migration
8 5 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (5.75%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.34%) Python
3 2 (2.30%) Go
4 1 (1.15%) C
4 1 (1.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) DBS Check
2 14 (16.09%) Network+ Certification
3 13 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (12.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (10.34%) CCNA
5 9 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (8.05%) CCNP
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.15%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (12.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (11.49%) GDPR
4 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.60%) Data Quality
6 3 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 24 (27.59%) Hyper-V
3 22 (25.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (6.90%) vSphere
5 3 (3.45%) BitLocker
5 3 (3.45%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.30%) Firmware
6 2 (2.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (12.64%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.45%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 27 (31.03%) Cisco
3 26 (29.89%) VMware
4 16 (18.39%) Fortinet
5 12 (13.79%) Apple
5 12 (13.79%) Aruba
6 11 (12.64%) Datto
6 11 (12.64%) Google
6 11 (12.64%) SonicWALL
6 11 (12.64%) Veeam
7 9 (10.34%) Palo Alto
8 6 (6.90%) Juniper
9 4 (4.60%) ConnectWise
9 4 (4.60%) SAP
10 3 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (3.45%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (3.45%) Sophos
10 3 (3.45%) Starlink
11 2 (2.30%) EMC
11 2 (2.30%) WatchGuard