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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 96 225
Rank change year-on-year -143 +129 +69
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 472 1,000 933
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 3.34% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.01% 19.22% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 383 205 742
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,350 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £41,500 £39,375
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% +5.40% +2.27%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,750 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.18% - +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 4,717 5,204 9,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.00% 17.39% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,717 7,160
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -7.50%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -88 147 £31,500 -24.10% 66
North of England +31 104 £33,500 -4.29% 32
Midlands -111 94 £37,500 -21.05% 22
South West -53 71 £32,500 -31.58% 11
North West +44 58 £30,000 -30.64% 17
West Midlands -12 52 £32,500 -27.78% 13
East of England -125 46 £35,000 -9.68% 20
Yorkshire -3 43 £42,500 +30.77% 11
East Midlands -96 41 £38,750 -18.42% 9
Scotland +17 12 £25,250 -23.48% 3
North East -46 3 £48,445 +21.11% 8
Wales -52 3 £48,500 +28.93% 4
Northern Ireland -41 1 £65,000 +13.04% 1
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 95 (20.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (18.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (8.90%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 202 (42.80%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (28.60%) Azure
3 114 (24.15%) Entra ID
4 31 (6.57%) AWS
5 18 (3.81%) SaaS
6 16 (3.39%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.75%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.54%) OCI
9 9 (1.91%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.64%) Asana
12 3 (0.64%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.64%) Stripe
13 2 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.42%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 193 (40.89%) Firewall
2 111 (23.52%) LAN
2 111 (23.52%) VPN
3 106 (22.46%) WAN
4 103 (21.82%) DNS
5 90 (19.07%) DHCP
6 88 (18.64%) VLAN
7 67 (14.19%) VoIP
8 57 (12.08%) Internet
9 48 (10.17%) Wireless
10 46 (9.75%) TCP/IP
11 42 (8.90%) Network Security
12 41 (8.69%) Broadband
13 37 (7.84%) Structured Cabling
14 25 (5.30%) Wireshark
15 22 (4.66%) Bluetooth
16 21 (4.45%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (4.24%) SD-WAN
18 19 (4.03%) NGFW
19 16 (3.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.64%) MySQL
2 3 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.12%) Git
1 10 (2.12%) JIRA
2 4 (0.85%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.85%) GDB
2 4 (0.85%) GitLab
2 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.85%) Robot Framework
2 4 (0.85%) Subversion
3 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 41 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.57%) Manufacturing
4 31 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.93%) Retail
6 16 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.39%) Finance
7 15 (3.18%) Law
8 14 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.54%) Marketing
10 10 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.48%) Electronics
12 6 (1.27%) Advertising
13 4 (0.85%) Military
14 3 (0.64%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.64%) Billing
14 3 (0.64%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.21%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 141 (29.87%) IT Support
2 111 (23.52%) Support Engineer
3 102 (21.61%) IT Engineer
4 87 (18.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 60 (12.71%) Senior
6 50 (10.59%) Support Technician
7 49 (10.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 44 (9.32%) IT Technician
9 42 (8.90%) Analyst
10 41 (8.69%) IT Support Technician
11 37 (7.84%) Network Engineer
12 28 (5.93%) Sales Executive
13 26 (5.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 24 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 24 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (4.87%) Field Sales Executive
16 22 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (4.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 21 (4.45%) Operations Manager
18 20 (4.24%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.06%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.06%) Yocto
2 4 (0.85%) pytest
2 4 (0.85%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.64%) Web Services
4 1 (0.21%) .NET
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) NumPy
4 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.21%) SciPy
4 1 (0.21%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 86 (18.22%) Driving Licence
2 45 (9.53%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.93%) CCTV
4 28 (5.93%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.39%) IoT
5 16 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.18%) EPoS
7 13 (2.75%) Fibre Optics
7 13 (2.75%) PKI
8 8 (1.69%) Clustering
8 8 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.69%) FMCG
8 8 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
9 7 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.27%) Device Driver
10 6 (1.27%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 176 (37.29%) Windows
2 96 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 75 (15.89%) Windows 10
4 34 (7.20%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.14%) Apple iOS
6 28 (5.93%) Android
7 23 (4.87%) Linux
8 15 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.21%) Unix
12 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (28.39%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (20.76%) Customer Service
3 97 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
4 54 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (11.02%) ITIL
6 51 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 50 (10.59%) Service Delivery
8 38 (8.05%) Mentoring
9 33 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (6.99%) ITSM
10 32 (6.78%) Coaching
10 32 (6.78%) Time Management
11 28 (5.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (5.51%) Business Continuity
13 24 (5.08%) Project Delivery
14 23 (4.87%) Mobile Device Management
15 22 (4.66%) CRM
16 21 (4.45%) Incident Management
17 20 (4.24%) Network Monitoring
17 20 (4.24%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.57%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.93%) Python
3 17 (3.60%) SQL
4 13 (2.75%) C
5 8 (1.69%) Embedded C
6 6 (1.27%) C++
7 4 (0.85%) Bash
8 2 (0.42%) Bicep
8 2 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.21%) C#
9 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (10.38%) Degree
2 42 (8.90%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (8.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (6.99%) Security Cleared
5 32 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 31 (6.57%) CCNA
7 16 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (2.97%) CCNP
8 14 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (2.12%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.69%) CIPD
12 7 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.85%) CISSP
15 3 (0.64%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.64%) MCSE
15 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.14%) SLA
4 17 (3.60%) GDPR
5 15 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.06%) JTAG
7 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.64%) QA
9 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 176 (37.29%) Active Directory
2 57 (12.08%) Hyper-V
3 40 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.75%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.54%) Firmware
6 11 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.64%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 70 (14.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.18%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.97%) SCCM
4 13 (2.75%) Terraform
5 12 (2.54%) Ansible
5 12 (2.54%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.27%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.06%) Autotask
8 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.42%) cPanel
9 2 (0.42%) Plesk
10 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.21%) Iperf
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 225 (47.67%) Microsoft
2 71 (15.04%) Cisco
3 51 (10.81%) VMware
4 50 (10.59%) Aruba
5 32 (6.78%) Palo Alto
6 28 (5.93%) Veeam
7 27 (5.72%) Apple
8 25 (5.30%) Meraki
9 23 (4.87%) SonicWALL
10 22 (4.66%) Qualys
11 18 (3.81%) Ubiquiti
12 16 (3.39%) Fortinet
13 14 (2.97%) Sophos
14 12 (2.54%) Arista
14 12 (2.54%) NetScout
15 11 (2.33%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.12%) Google
17 9 (1.91%) HP
18 8 (1.69%) Dell
19 7 (1.48%) Adobe