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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 94 221
Rank change year-on-year -147 +127 +82
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 487 1,014 913
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.30% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.09% 19.06% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 399 213 727
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,550 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £38,378 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.70% - +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 4,825 5,321 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.03% 17.34% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,289 2,825 6,979
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,597 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 27 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 27 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 -90 159 £35,000 -15.66% 52
North of England +39 109 £33,000 -12.00% 29
Midlands -108 94 £32,500 -27.78% 23
South West -57 68 £33,000 -28.26% 15
North West +44 65 £29,500 -31.79% 13
West Midlands -14 50 £32,500 -23.53% 15
East of England -124 46 £34,000 -12.26% 22
East Midlands -97 43 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Yorkshire -7 41 £42,500 +21.43% 14
Scotland +15 12 £25,250 -23.48% 3
Wales -52 5 £37,000 -1.64% 6
North East -40 3 £48,445 +21.11% 5
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
1 102 (20.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (19.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (8.83%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.82%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 218 (44.76%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (29.36%) Azure
3 121 (24.85%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.19%) AWS
5 18 (3.70%) SaaS
6 17 (3.49%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.67%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.46%) OCI
9 9 (1.85%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.64%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.62%) Asana
13 3 (0.62%) ClickUp
13 3 (0.62%) Stripe
14 2 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.41%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 214 (43.94%) Firewall
2 121 (24.85%) VPN
3 120 (24.64%) LAN
4 119 (24.44%) DNS
5 115 (23.61%) WAN
6 106 (21.77%) DHCP
7 102 (20.94%) VLAN
8 71 (14.58%) VoIP
9 60 (12.32%) Internet
10 58 (11.91%) Wireless
11 56 (11.50%) TCP/IP
12 47 (9.65%) Network Security
13 37 (7.60%) Broadband
13 37 (7.60%) Structured Cabling
14 25 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
14 25 (5.13%) Wireshark
15 24 (4.93%) Bluetooth
16 21 (4.31%) SD-WAN
17 20 (4.11%) NGFW
18 15 (3.08%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.82%) MySQL
3 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.62%) Power BI
4 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.26%) Git
2 10 (2.05%) JIRA
3 4 (0.82%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.82%) GDB
3 4 (0.82%) GitLab
3 4 (0.82%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.82%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.82%) Subversion
4 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 151 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.88%) Telecoms
3 41 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.16%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.95%) Manufacturing
7 28 (5.75%) Retail
8 17 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.29%) Finance
10 14 (2.87%) Law
11 12 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.46%) Marketing
12 8 (1.64%) Electronics
13 7 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.03%) Advertising
15 4 (0.82%) Military
16 3 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.62%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.41%) Billing
18 1 (0.21%) Legal
Job Titles
1 153 (31.42%) IT Support
2 117 (24.02%) Support Engineer
3 114 (23.41%) IT Engineer
4 95 (19.51%) IT Support Engineer
5 62 (12.73%) Senior
6 52 (10.68%) Support Technician
7 51 (10.47%) 2nd Line Support
7 51 (10.47%) Analyst
8 48 (9.86%) IT Technician
9 44 (9.03%) IT Support Technician
10 41 (8.42%) Network Engineer
11 28 (5.75%) Sales Executive
12 27 (5.54%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 25 (5.13%) Network Analyst
15 24 (4.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 24 (4.93%) Security Analyst
15 24 (4.93%) Senior Security Analyst
16 23 (4.72%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 23 (4.72%) Field Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.23%) Yocto
2 5 (1.03%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.82%) pytest
3 4 (0.82%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.62%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) .NET
5 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.21%) NumPy
5 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.21%) SciPy
5 1 (0.21%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 92 (18.89%) Driving Licence
2 50 (10.27%) Onboarding
3 37 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (6.78%) CCTV
5 26 (5.34%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.49%) IoT
7 16 (3.29%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.67%) PKI
9 12 (2.46%) EPoS
10 11 (2.26%) Fibre Optics
11 10 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (1.64%) Clustering
13 8 (1.64%) FMCG
14 7 (1.44%) Device Driver
14 7 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
15 6 (1.23%) Digital Signage
16 5 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 192 (39.43%) Windows
2 109 (22.38%) Windows Server
3 80 (16.43%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.19%) Mac OS
5 29 (5.95%) Android
5 29 (5.95%) Apple iOS
6 27 (5.54%) Linux
7 17 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.21%) Unix
13 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (23.41%) Customer Service
3 109 (22.38%) Cybersecurity
4 63 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (12.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 53 (10.88%) ITIL
7 52 (10.68%) Service Delivery
8 41 (8.42%) Mentoring
9 38 (7.80%) Time Management
10 35 (7.19%) ITSM
11 34 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 33 (6.78%) Coaching
12 33 (6.78%) Vulnerability Management
13 31 (6.37%) Business Continuity
14 25 (5.13%) Incident Management
14 25 (5.13%) Project Delivery
15 24 (4.93%) Penetration Testing
16 23 (4.72%) Data Security
16 23 (4.72%) Mobile Device Management
16 23 (4.72%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.39%) PowerShell
2 32 (6.57%) Python
3 17 (3.49%) SQL
4 16 (3.29%) C
5 10 (2.05%) Embedded C
6 8 (1.64%) C++
7 4 (0.82%) Bash
8 2 (0.41%) Bicep
8 2 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.21%) C#
9 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (10.27%) Degree
2 44 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (6.98%) CCNA
4 30 (6.16%) Security Cleared
5 29 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.29%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (3.08%) CCNP
8 14 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (2.26%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.64%) CIPD
11 8 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.82%) CISSP
15 3 (0.62%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.62%) MCSE
15 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (5.95%) SLA
4 23 (4.72%) GDPR
5 14 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.03%) JTAG
7 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.62%) QA
8 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 194 (39.84%) Active Directory
2 64 (13.14%) Hyper-V
3 49 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.67%) Firmware
5 12 (2.46%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.05%) vSphere
7 3 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (14.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.87%) FortiGate
2 14 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.67%) SCCM
3 13 (2.67%) Terraform
4 12 (2.46%) Ansible
5 6 (1.23%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.03%) Autotask
6 5 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.62%) cPanel
8 3 (0.62%) Plesk
9 2 (0.41%) Iperf
9 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (49.90%) Microsoft
2 78 (16.02%) Cisco
3 60 (12.32%) VMware
4 57 (11.70%) Aruba
5 42 (8.62%) Palo Alto
6 30 (6.16%) Veeam
7 28 (5.75%) SonicWALL
8 27 (5.54%) Apple
8 27 (5.54%) Qualys
9 24 (4.93%) Meraki
10 20 (4.11%) Fortinet
11 18 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
12 17 (3.49%) Sophos
13 12 (2.46%) Arista
13 12 (2.46%) NetScout
14 11 (2.26%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.05%) Google
15 10 (2.05%) HP
16 9 (1.85%) Dell
17 8 (1.64%) Juniper