Wi-Fi Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 225 311
Rank change year-on-year +103 +86 +37
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,009 908 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.41% 1.15% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.07% 9.15% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 219 721 386
10th Percentile £28,700 £24,240 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -2.60% -9.99%
75th Percentile £54,375 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,375
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -13.98%

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 8,359 9,928 9,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.98% 12.60% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,193 6,985 4,505
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.68% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
East of England +93 339 £38,750 +19.23% 72
South East +113 281 £41,500 +3.75% 174
Midlands +86 250 £45,000 +20.00% 93
East Midlands +104 203 £47,500 +18.75% 34
South West +79 72 £46,000 +18.71% 84
West Midlands +4 47 £42,500 +26.87% 59
North of England -114 39 £35,000 -12.50% 127
North West -73 23 £43,250 +8.13% 61
Yorkshire -21 14 £32,500 -12.75% 56
Scotland +65 10 £33,000 -5.71% 48
Northern Ireland +49 10 £57,500 - 4
Wales +32 8 £37,617 +15.74% 20
North East +16 2 £40,000 +3.90% 10
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 44 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.30%) JOnAS
5 2 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 52 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.099%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 15 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 14 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 129 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (9.91%) Azure
3 25 (2.48%) Entra ID
4 19 (1.88%) AWS
5 18 (1.78%) OneDrive
6 8 (0.79%) IaaS
7 7 (0.69%) Nutanix
8 6 (0.59%) Mimecast
9 5 (0.50%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.50%) SaaS
10 4 (0.40%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.40%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.30%) PaaS
11 3 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.30%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.30%) Serverless
12 2 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.099%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 747 (74.03%) Wireless
2 727 (72.05%) 5G
2 727 (72.05%) Bluetooth
2 727 (72.05%) LTE
3 721 (71.46%) GSM
3 721 (71.46%) UMTS
4 139 (13.78%) Firewall
5 105 (10.41%) WAN
6 91 (9.02%) LAN
7 78 (7.73%) VPN
8 70 (6.94%) VLAN
9 56 (5.55%) DNS
10 51 (5.05%) SD-WAN
11 47 (4.66%) DHCP
12 35 (3.47%) TCP/IP
13 34 (3.37%) VoIP
14 27 (2.68%) SAN
15 23 (2.28%) MPLS
16 17 (1.68%) Internet
17 15 (1.49%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (0.59%) JIRA
2 5 (0.50%) Git
2 5 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.30%) Subversion
5 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.099%) KGDB
General
1 729 (72.25%) Electronics
2 106 (10.51%) Social Skills
3 32 (3.17%) Manufacturing
4 23 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (1.98%) Finance
6 16 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (1.09%) Law
9 10 (0.99%) Legal
9 10 (0.99%) Marketing
10 9 (0.89%) Automotive
10 9 (0.89%) Telecoms
11 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.79%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.59%) Local Government
13 4 (0.40%) Retail
13 4 (0.40%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.30%) Games
14 3 (0.30%) Police
15 1 (0.099%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 722 (71.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 721 (71.46%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 721 (71.46%) Test Engineer
3 48 (4.76%) IT Support
4 45 (4.46%) Support Engineer
5 34 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
6 31 (3.07%) IT Engineer
7 28 (2.78%) Network Engineer
8 22 (2.18%) Analyst
9 21 (2.08%) Lead
10 20 (1.98%) 1st Line Support
10 20 (1.98%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (1.88%) Architect
11 19 (1.88%) Support Analyst
12 18 (1.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (1.68%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (1.49%) Coordinator
14 15 (1.49%) Help Desk Coordinator
15 14 (1.39%) Network Architect
15 14 (1.39%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.59%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.20%) .NET
2 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.20%) CSS
2 2 (0.20%) HTML
2 2 (0.20%) HTML5
2 2 (0.20%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.099%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 749 (74.23%) Driving Licence
2 25 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (1.39%) CCTV
4 13 (1.29%) Operational Technology
4 13 (1.29%) Replication
5 12 (1.19%) Data Centre
6 9 (0.89%) IoT
6 9 (0.89%) Management Information System
7 8 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.59%) EPoS
10 5 (0.50%) FMCG
10 5 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.50%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.40%) BYOD
11 4 (0.40%) Clustering
11 4 (0.40%) GNSS
11 4 (0.40%) iPad
11 4 (0.40%) Self-Driving Car
11 4 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 136 (13.48%) Windows
2 64 (6.34%) Windows Server
3 47 (4.66%) Windows 10
4 17 (1.68%) Linux
5 14 (1.39%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.89%) VMS
8 9 (0.89%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.59%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.50%) Unix
11 3 (0.30%) Android
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 742 (73.54%) Mentoring
2 730 (72.35%) Validation
3 726 (71.95%) Coaching
4 723 (71.66%) Customer Requirements
4 723 (71.66%) Verification and Validation
5 721 (71.46%) Test Strategy
6 88 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (5.15%) Customer Service
8 39 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (3.57%) ITIL
10 28 (2.78%) Service Delivery
11 25 (2.48%) Migration
12 24 (2.38%) Virtual Environments
13 23 (2.28%) Asset Management
13 23 (2.28%) Incident Management
13 23 (2.28%) ITSM
14 22 (2.18%) Presales
14 22 (2.18%) Time Management
15 21 (2.08%) Project Delivery
16 20 (1.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (2.38%) SQL
2 17 (1.68%) PowerShell
3 7 (0.69%) C
4 5 (0.50%) Python
5 4 (0.40%) C++
6 2 (0.20%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.20%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.20%) PHP
7 1 (0.099%) Scala
Qualifications
1 746 (73.93%) Degree
2 721 (71.46%) HND
3 49 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (3.47%) CCNA
4 35 (3.47%) CCNP
5 23 (2.28%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.78%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.49%) JNCIA
8 10 (0.99%) CCIE
8 10 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.79%) A+ Certification
9 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.50%) CCDA
11 5 (0.50%) CCDP
12 4 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.099%) CCSA
14 1 (0.099%) CWTS
14 1 (0.099%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (0.69%) GDPR
5 6 (0.59%) SLA
6 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.40%) PMO
8 2 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.099%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.099%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.099%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.099%) JTAG
9 1 (0.099%) QA
System Software
1 105 (10.41%) Active Directory
2 43 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (3.47%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.78%) Firmware
5 16 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (1.29%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 37 (3.67%) SCCM
2 9 (0.89%) Ansible
3 5 (0.50%) CASB
3 5 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.40%) Autotask
4 4 (0.40%) Terraform
5 3 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.20%) ZENworks
7 1 (0.099%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.099%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.099%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.099%) WSUS
Vendors
1 155 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.43%) Cisco
3 52 (5.15%) VMware
4 38 (3.77%) HP
5 36 (3.57%) Meraki
6 30 (2.97%) Juniper
7 29 (2.87%) Fortinet
8 28 (2.78%) Aruba
9 22 (2.18%) Apple
10 18 (1.78%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.39%) Remedy
12 13 (1.29%) SolarWinds
12 13 (1.29%) Veeam
13 12 (1.19%) arcserve
14 11 (1.09%) MobileIron
15 9 (0.89%) Extreme Networks
16 8 (0.79%) CheckPoint
16 8 (0.79%) Ekahau
16 8 (0.79%) McAfee
17 6 (0.59%) Google