Wi-Fi Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 248 | 88 | 203 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -160 | +115 | +33 |
| Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi | 607 | 1,083 | 591 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.69% | 3.17% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 10.24% | 20.52% | 10.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 484 | 264 | 218 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £27,000 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £36,000 | £33,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.46% | -16.25% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,750 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,390 | £62,000 | £61,625 |
| UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.23% | -13.89% | +9.76% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,930 | 5,277 | 5,641 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 6.76% | 15.45% | 11.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,641 | 2,994 | 2,817 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £25,087 | £28,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £27,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £34,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.35% | -32.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £52,500 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,075 | £68,750 | £74,850 |
| UK median annual salary | £50,000 | £38,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.58% | -27.62% | +3.96% |
Wi-Fi Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Wi-Fi Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Wi-Fi Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | -101 | 192 | £39,000 | -6.02% | 55 |
| North of England | +3 | 134 | £31,500 | -10.00% | 46 |
| Midlands | -97 | 132 | £44,000 | +33.33% | 46 |
| North West | +7 | 69 | £32,000 | -22.42% | 22 |
| West Midlands | -37 | 68 | £37,500 | +13.64% | 34 |
| East of England | -125 | 67 | £35,000 | +25.00% | 38 |
| East Midlands | -91 | 64 | £45,000 | +33.33% | 12 |
| South West | -94 | 47 | £38,500 | +18.63% | 22 |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 46 | £29,250 | -2.50% | 16 |
| Wales | -53 | 25 | £29,500 | -9.23% | 4 |
| North East | -60 | 19 | £30,000 | - | 10 |
| Scotland | +1 | 17 | £28,000 | -16.42% | 18 |
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Wi-Fi Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Communications & Networking
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firewall | 40.4% | 245 |
| 2 | VPN | 34.4% | 209 |
| 3 | DNS | 30.5% | 185 |
| 4 | DHCP | 28.7% | 174 |
| 5 | WAN | 28.0% | 170 |
| 6 | LAN | 27.8% | 169 |
| 7 | VLAN | 21.4% | 130 |
| 8 | TCP/IP | 18.0% | 109 |
| 9 | Wireless | 17.8% | 108 |
| 10 | VoIP | 11.2% | 68 |
| 11 | Internet | 11.0% | 67 |
| 12 | Network Security | 9.9% | 60 |
| 13 | Cisco Nexus | 7.7% | 47 |
| 14 | Broadband | 7.1% | 43 |
| 15 | Bluetooth | 5.4% | 33 |
| 15 | Structured Cabling | 5.4% | 33 |
| 17 | OSPF | 4.9% | 30 |
| 18 | BGP | 4.8% | 29 |
| 18 | SD-WAN | 4.8% | 29 |
| 20 | EIGRP | 3.6% | 22 |