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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 100 244
Rank change year-on-year -152 +144 +56
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 523 1,027 638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 3.00% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.10% 17.95% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 427 226 505
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% -2.60%
75th Percentile £51,250 £51,875 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +6.25%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,178 5,723 7,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.94% 16.72% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,528 3,094 5,206
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,156 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -5.77%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

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 31 July 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 -91 172 £35,000 -15.66% 56
Midlands -105 109 £40,000 +2.56% 37
North of England +35 107 £32,500 +8.33% 42
South West -68 69 £38,378 +2.34% 17
North West +44 62 £30,000 +11.11% 22
West Midlands -13 58 £52,500 +34.62% 24
East Midlands -88 51 £40,000 -3.03% 13
East of England -125 47 £34,000 -12.26% 17
Yorkshire -16 38 £42,500 +6.25% 17
Wales -50 16 £29,000 -17.14% 7
Scotland +9 9 £28,000 -15.15% 3
North East -44 7 £65,576 +63.94% 4
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 111 (21.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (19.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.57%) Apache
3 3 (0.57%) IIS
4 2 (0.38%) Confluence
4 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 34 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.15%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 228 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
2 140 (26.77%) Azure
3 134 (25.62%) Entra ID
4 25 (4.78%) AWS
5 17 (3.25%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.87%) Mimecast
7 12 (2.29%) SaaS
8 9 (1.72%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.34%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.57%) Asana
12 3 (0.57%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.57%) Stripe
13 2 (0.38%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.38%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 224 (42.83%) Firewall
2 146 (27.92%) LAN
3 138 (26.39%) WAN
4 133 (25.43%) VPN
5 118 (22.56%) DNS
6 105 (20.08%) DHCP
7 104 (19.89%) VLAN
8 84 (16.06%) Wireless
9 67 (12.81%) Internet
9 67 (12.81%) VoIP
10 58 (11.09%) TCP/IP
11 53 (10.13%) Network Security
12 39 (7.46%) Broadband
13 37 (7.07%) Cisco Nexus
14 33 (6.31%) Structured Cabling
15 30 (5.74%) Bluetooth
16 27 (5.16%) OSPF
17 26 (4.97%) BGP
18 21 (4.02%) SD-WAN
19 18 (3.44%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.57%) MySQL
2 3 (0.57%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.87%) Git
2 8 (1.53%) JIRA
3 6 (1.15%) GDB
3 6 (1.15%) GitLab
3 6 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.76%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 167 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 44 (8.41%) Telecoms
3 40 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (4.40%) Manufacturing
6 21 (4.02%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.02%) Retail
7 17 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.06%) Finance
9 15 (2.87%) Law
10 14 (2.68%) Electronics
11 12 (2.29%) Advertising
11 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.34%) Marketing
12 7 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Military
13 4 (0.76%) Wearables
14 3 (0.57%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.19%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 165 (31.55%) IT Support
2 123 (23.52%) IT Engineer
3 121 (23.14%) Support Engineer
4 104 (19.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 96 (18.36%) Senior
6 77 (14.72%) Network Engineer
7 67 (12.81%) Analyst
8 51 (9.75%) Support Technician
9 43 (8.22%) IT Technician
10 41 (7.84%) IT Support Technician
11 38 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support
11 38 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
12 32 (6.12%) Sales Executive
12 32 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (5.54%) Network Analyst
13 29 (5.54%) Support Analyst
14 27 (5.16%) IT Analyst
14 27 (5.16%) Senior Network Analyst
15 26 (4.97%) Security Analyst
15 26 (4.97%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.29%) Yocto
2 5 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.76%) pytest
3 4 (0.76%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.57%) Flash
4 3 (0.57%) Web Services
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 94 (17.97%) Driving Licence
2 54 (10.33%) Onboarding
3 39 (7.46%) CCTV
3 39 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (4.78%) IoT
5 19 (3.63%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (2.87%) Device Driver
7 14 (2.68%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.10%) Raspberry Pi
9 10 (1.91%) Clustering
10 9 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.53%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.53%) FMCG
12 7 (1.34%) EPoS
12 7 (1.34%) Fibre Optics
13 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.96%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 204 (39.01%) Windows
2 103 (19.69%) Windows Server
3 75 (14.34%) Windows 10
4 41 (7.84%) Mac OS
5 30 (5.74%) Linux
6 26 (4.97%) Android
7 21 (4.02%) Apple iOS
8 16 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (2.49%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
14 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (28.68%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (26.20%) Cybersecurity
3 135 (25.81%) Customer Service
4 71 (13.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 67 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (9.94%) ITIL
7 48 (9.18%) Service Delivery
8 45 (8.60%) Business Continuity
9 44 (8.41%) Vulnerability Management
10 41 (7.84%) Incident Management
11 36 (6.88%) Time Management
12 35 (6.69%) SIEM
13 34 (6.50%) Data Security
13 34 (6.50%) Penetration Testing
13 34 (6.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 33 (6.31%) Network Load Balancing
15 32 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 32 (6.12%) Mentoring
15 32 (6.12%) Project Delivery
16 30 (5.74%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.31%) PowerShell
2 25 (4.78%) C
3 19 (3.63%) Python
4 17 (3.25%) SQL
5 14 (2.68%) C++
5 14 (2.68%) Embedded C
6 4 (0.76%) Bash
7 2 (0.38%) Bicep
7 2 (0.38%) Rust
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (11.28%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (9.94%) Degree
3 49 (9.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (7.07%) CCNA
5 26 (4.97%) CCNP
6 23 (4.40%) Security Cleared
7 22 (4.21%) SC Cleared
8 21 (4.02%) DBS Check
9 18 (3.44%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
11 12 (2.29%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.53%) CIPD
14 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.76%) CISSP
16 4 (0.76%) MCSA
16 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 27 (5.16%) SLA
3 23 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.63%) GDPR
5 15 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.72%) JTAG
7 4 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 205 (39.20%) Active Directory
2 68 (13.00%) Hyper-V
3 53 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.68%) Firmware
5 12 (2.29%) BitLocker
6 9 (1.72%) vSphere
7 8 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.57%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (15.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.68%) FortiGate
4 12 (2.29%) SCCM
5 7 (1.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.76%) Iperf
7 3 (0.57%) Autotask
7 3 (0.57%) cPanel
7 3 (0.57%) Plesk
7 3 (0.57%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.57%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 252 (48.18%) Microsoft
2 117 (22.37%) Cisco
3 70 (13.38%) Aruba
4 60 (11.47%) VMware
5 57 (10.90%) Palo Alto
6 38 (7.27%) Qualys
7 37 (7.07%) SonicWALL
7 37 (7.07%) Veeam
8 27 (5.16%) Apple
8 27 (5.16%) Ubiquiti
9 24 (4.59%) Fortinet
10 23 (4.40%) Meraki
11 18 (3.44%) Sophos
12 10 (1.91%) Datto
12 10 (1.91%) Google
13 9 (1.72%) HP
13 9 (1.72%) WatchGuard
14 8 (1.53%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.34%) Adobe
15 7 (1.34%) Juniper