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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 100 287
Rank change year-on-year -156 +187 -34
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 550 1,028 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 2.99% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.03% 18.18% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 448 233 313
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -2.60%
75th Percentile £48,294 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,875 £60,000 £59,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% -5.29% +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 5,485 5,654 6,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 16.45% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,665 3,030 3,762
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,166
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,550 £71,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -3.05%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -92 176 £39,000 -6.02% 52
North of England +12 123 £31,000 -4.62% 44
Midlands -104 108 £41,250 +25.00% 50
North West +33 65 £31,000 +6.90% 23
East of England -126 64 £34,000 -12.26% 46
South West -90 56 £38,500 +18.46% 16
East Midlands -91 55 £42,500 +25.93% 14
West Midlands -30 53 £32,500 -1.52% 36
Yorkshire -25 44 £33,750 -3.57% 18
Wales -48 21 £29,500 -9.23% 5
North East -53 14 £30,000 -25.00% 6
Scotland +4 9 £28,000 -15.15% 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
1 118 (21.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (21.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) Apache
3 4 (0.73%) Confluence
3 4 (0.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 23 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.09%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 252 (45.82%) Microsoft 365
2 140 (25.45%) Azure
3 136 (24.73%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.73%) AWS
4 26 (4.73%) OneDrive
5 16 (2.91%) Google Workspace
6 13 (2.36%) Mimecast
7 9 (1.64%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (1.27%) SaaS
9 6 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.91%) GCP
11 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.36%) Asana
12 2 (0.36%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.36%) ClickUp
12 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.36%) Serverless
12 2 (0.36%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 249 (45.27%) Firewall
2 169 (30.73%) VPN
3 149 (27.09%) LAN
4 143 (26.00%) DNS
5 142 (25.82%) WAN
6 128 (23.27%) DHCP
7 116 (21.09%) VLAN
8 88 (16.00%) Wireless
9 79 (14.36%) VoIP
10 72 (13.09%) TCP/IP
11 69 (12.55%) Internet
12 56 (10.18%) Network Security
13 43 (7.82%) Cisco Nexus
14 35 (6.36%) Broadband
15 32 (5.82%) Structured Cabling
16 31 (5.64%) Bluetooth
17 28 (5.09%) OSPF
18 27 (4.91%) BGP
19 22 (4.00%) SD-WAN
20 18 (3.27%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.73%) MySQL
3 3 (0.55%) Power BI
4 2 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.91%) Git
2 12 (2.18%) JIRA
3 6 (1.09%) GDB
3 6 (1.09%) GitLab
3 6 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 183 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (6.55%) Telecoms
3 23 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 18 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (3.27%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.27%) Retail
6 13 (2.36%) Electronics
6 13 (2.36%) Finance
7 11 (2.00%) Advertising
8 10 (1.82%) Law
9 8 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.73%) Wearables
12 3 (0.55%) Social Housing
12 3 (0.55%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.36%) Billing
13 2 (0.36%) Marketing
13 2 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 190 (34.55%) IT Support
2 135 (24.55%) Support Engineer
3 132 (24.00%) IT Engineer
4 117 (21.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 102 (18.55%) Senior
6 83 (15.09%) Network Engineer
7 75 (13.64%) Analyst
8 47 (8.55%) Support Technician
9 44 (8.00%) IT Technician
10 42 (7.64%) IT Support Technician
11 39 (7.09%) Senior Network Engineer
12 37 (6.73%) 2nd Line Support
12 37 (6.73%) Support Analyst
13 35 (6.36%) Senior Analyst
14 34 (6.18%) IT Analyst
14 34 (6.18%) Sales Executive
15 29 (5.27%) Network Analyst
16 27 (4.91%) Embedded Engineer
16 27 (4.91%) IT Support Analyst
16 27 (4.91%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.36%) Yocto
2 6 (1.09%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.73%) pytest
3 4 (0.73%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.55%) Flash
4 3 (0.55%) Web Services
5 2 (0.36%) Terraform
6 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.18%) QML
6 1 (0.18%) Qt
6 1 (0.18%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 93 (16.91%) Driving Licence
2 54 (9.82%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.00%) CCTV
4 40 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (5.09%) IoT
6 19 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
7 16 (2.91%) Device Driver
7 16 (2.91%) Security Posture
8 12 (2.18%) Raspberry Pi
9 10 (1.82%) FMCG
10 9 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.45%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.45%) Clustering
11 8 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
13 4 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.73%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 236 (42.91%) Windows
2 117 (21.27%) Windows Server
3 64 (11.64%) Windows 10
4 37 (6.73%) Mac OS
5 34 (6.18%) Linux
6 28 (5.09%) Android
7 22 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (3.82%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.73%) Embedded Linux
9 15 (2.73%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (28.73%) Customer Service
3 149 (27.09%) Cybersecurity
4 83 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 81 (14.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 60 (10.91%) ITIL
7 55 (10.00%) Business Continuity
8 50 (9.09%) Incident Management
8 50 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
9 43 (7.82%) Service Delivery
10 41 (7.45%) SIEM
11 39 (7.09%) Data Security
11 39 (7.09%) Penetration Testing
12 38 (6.91%) Network Load Balancing
12 38 (6.91%) Project Delivery
13 37 (6.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 36 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (6.55%) Mentoring
15 35 (6.36%) Mobile Device Management
16 33 (6.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.55%) PowerShell
2 30 (5.45%) C
3 21 (3.82%) Python
4 18 (3.27%) Embedded C
5 16 (2.91%) C++
6 15 (2.73%) SQL
7 4 (0.73%) Bash
8 2 (0.36%) Bicep
8 2 (0.36%) Go
8 2 (0.36%) Rust
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (11.82%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (10.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (9.82%) Degree
4 41 (7.45%) CCNA
5 29 (5.27%) CCNP
6 27 (4.91%) DBS Check
7 25 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
8 18 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (2.55%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.55%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.36%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.09%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.09%) MCSA
14 5 (0.91%) CIPD
14 5 (0.91%) MCSE
15 4 (0.73%) CISSP
15 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (5.64%) SLA
3 20 (3.64%) GDPR
4 18 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.64%) JTAG
7 4 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 213 (38.73%) Active Directory
2 84 (15.27%) Hyper-V
3 53 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.09%) Firmware
5 11 (2.00%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.09%) vSphere
7 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.36%) iptables
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 98 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (2.18%) FortiGate
4 11 (2.00%) SCCM
5 7 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.73%) Iperf
6 4 (0.73%) WSUS
7 3 (0.55%) Autotask
7 3 (0.55%) cPanel
7 3 (0.55%) Plesk
7 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.18%) Ansible
8 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 271 (49.27%) Microsoft
2 132 (24.00%) Cisco
3 78 (14.18%) Aruba
4 64 (11.64%) Palo Alto
5 63 (11.45%) VMware
6 48 (8.73%) SonicWALL
7 43 (7.82%) Qualys
8 39 (7.09%) Veeam
9 30 (5.45%) Apple
9 30 (5.45%) Fortinet
10 23 (4.18%) Ubiquiti
11 21 (3.82%) Google
12 19 (3.45%) Meraki
13 16 (2.91%) Sophos
14 14 (2.55%) Datto
15 10 (1.82%) Draytek
15 10 (1.82%) ServiceNow
16 9 (1.64%) WatchGuard
17 8 (1.45%) CheckPoint
17 8 (1.45%) Juniper