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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 194 234
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 +89
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 391 561 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.93% 1.47% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.05% 10.97% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 278 209 314
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.00% -4.15%
75th Percentile £43,250 £55,000 £53,563
90th Percentile £62,875 £69,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +4.65% -0.12%

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 7,738 5,112 4,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.43% 13.38% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,003 2,611 4,060
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +8.00% -4.76%

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 20 December 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 20 December 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
South East -16 103 £37,500 -16.84% 54
South West +63 84 £31,330 -30.38% 19
North of England +14 70 £30,000 -25.00% 33
Midlands -39 63 £33,000 -27.47% 15
West Midlands +18 51 £33,000 -26.67% 14
Yorkshire +11 35 £30,000 -27.27% 15
East of England -52 34 £29,250 -22.00% 28
North West +13 26 £30,000 -25.00% 16
Scotland +21 23 £33,500 -42.74% 2
East Midlands -55 12 £27,500 -42.11% 1
North East +12 9 £65,000 +62.50% 5
Northern Ireland - 9 £65,000 - 5
Wales -27 5 £30,250 -29.65% 8
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 63 (16.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (14.83%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.77%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) JOnAS
Applications
1 45 (11.51%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 160 (40.92%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (30.18%) Azure
3 51 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.12%) OneDrive
5 18 (4.60%) AWS
6 6 (1.53%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.28%) SaaS
8 3 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.77%) IaaS
8 3 (0.77%) PaaS
8 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
8 3 (0.77%) Serverless
9 2 (0.51%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.26%) GCP
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.26%) OCI
10 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 124 (31.71%) LAN
2 111 (28.39%) WAN
3 109 (27.88%) Firewall
4 102 (26.09%) VPN
5 97 (24.81%) DNS
6 86 (21.99%) VLAN
7 85 (21.74%) DHCP
8 64 (16.37%) VoIP
9 54 (13.81%) TCP/IP
10 39 (9.97%) Structured Cabling
11 36 (9.21%) SD-WAN
12 26 (6.65%) Network Security
13 20 (5.12%) IPsec
14 17 (4.35%) Wireless
15 15 (3.84%) Ethernet
16 14 (3.58%) Internet
16 14 (3.58%) Unified Communications
16 14 (3.58%) Wireshark
17 11 (2.81%) LTE
17 11 (2.81%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 149 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 39 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.67%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (6.65%) Legal
6 25 (6.39%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.60%) Finance
8 16 (4.09%) Marketing
9 11 (2.81%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.53%) Electronics
11 6 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.28%) Automotive
12 5 (1.28%) Billing
12 5 (1.28%) Law
13 4 (1.02%) Retail
14 3 (0.77%) Advertising
15 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 109 (27.88%) IT Support
2 66 (16.88%) Support Engineer
3 47 (12.02%) IT Engineer
4 37 (9.46%) 2nd Line Support
5 33 (8.44%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (7.42%) Cabling Engineer
6 29 (7.42%) Data Engineer
6 29 (7.42%) Senior
6 29 (7.42%) Technical Support
7 28 (7.16%) Network Engineer
8 26 (6.65%) Field Engineer
8 26 (6.65%) Support Technician
9 23 (5.88%) Field Service Engineer
9 23 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.37%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (5.12%) 1st Line Support
12 19 (4.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 19 (4.86%) Support Specialist
13 17 (4.35%) IT Assistant
13 17 (4.35%) IT Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.53%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.02%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 66 (16.88%) Driving Licence
2 50 (12.79%) Onboarding
3 30 (7.67%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (6.65%) EPoS
5 18 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 15 (3.84%) CCTV
6 15 (3.84%) Mobile App
7 14 (3.58%) Replication
8 8 (2.05%) LIMS
8 8 (2.05%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.79%) iPad
10 6 (1.53%) FMCG
10 6 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.28%) BYOD
11 5 (1.28%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.28%) Social Media
12 4 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.02%) iPhone
12 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 153 (39.13%) Windows
2 83 (21.23%) Windows Server
3 53 (13.55%) Windows 10
4 31 (7.93%) Mac OS
5 19 (4.86%) Android
6 16 (4.09%) Linux
7 11 (2.81%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.77%) Debian
11 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.26%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.26%) VMS
12 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (37.60%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (27.11%) Customer Service
3 56 (14.32%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (13.04%) ITIL
5 41 (10.49%) Mentoring
6 38 (9.72%) Service Delivery
7 30 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (7.42%) ITSM
9 23 (5.88%) Service Management
10 22 (5.63%) Project Delivery
11 21 (5.37%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (4.86%) Migration
13 18 (4.60%) Project Management
14 17 (4.35%) Computer Science
14 17 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 16 (4.09%) Process Improvement
16 14 (3.58%) Coaching
16 14 (3.58%) Time Management
17 13 (3.32%) High Availability
17 13 (3.32%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.84%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.30%) Python
2 9 (2.30%) SQL
3 5 (1.28%) C
3 5 (1.28%) C++
4 3 (0.77%) Bash
5 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 65 (16.62%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.11%) Degree
3 50 (12.79%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (8.95%) CCNA
5 31 (7.93%) SC Cleared
6 30 (7.67%) CCNP
7 20 (5.12%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.56%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.56%) HND
11 8 (2.05%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.05%) HNC
11 8 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.05%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.05%) PMP
12 7 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.79%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 15 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (1.79%) NIST
3 7 (1.79%) SLA
4 5 (1.28%) GDPR
5 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.51%) GxP
6 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 127 (32.48%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.58%) Hyper-V
3 32 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.32%) Firmware
5 6 (1.53%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.12%) SCCM
3 6 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.02%) Ansible
4 4 (1.02%) Terraform
5 3 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.51%) Autotask
Vendors
1 180 (46.04%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.16%) Cisco
3 41 (10.49%) VMware
4 28 (7.16%) Meraki
5 18 (4.60%) Apple
5 18 (4.60%) HP
6 13 (3.32%) Fortinet
6 13 (3.32%) Juniper
7 12 (3.07%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.81%) Veeam
9 10 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
10 9 (2.30%) Aruba
10 9 (2.30%) Mitel
11 8 (2.05%) Remedy
12 7 (1.79%) arcserve
13 6 (1.53%) Google
13 6 (1.53%) Sophos
14 5 (1.28%) Panasonic
14 5 (1.28%) SolarWinds