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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 103 219
Rank change year-on-year -146 +116 +77
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 513 1,023 879
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 3.05% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.18% 18.39% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 425 230 698
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £64,750 £63,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% -1.76% +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 5,041 5,563 9,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.13% 16.60% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,438 3,010 6,746
10th Percentile £27,161 £25,087 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £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 £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -89 159 £35,000 -15.66% 57
North of England +32 114 £33,750 +3.85% 37
Midlands -97 105 £38,750 -11.43% 23
South West -59 72 £34,000 -18.56% 17
North West +46 71 £30,000 +3.45% 16
West Midlands -5 57 £32,500 -23.53% 14
East Midlands -92 47 £40,000 -15.79% 9
East of England -126 46 £34,000 -12.26% 16
Yorkshire -10 38 £42,500 +30.77% 14
Scotland +17 12 £25,250 -23.48% 2
Wales -43 11 £29,000 -23.14% 8
North East -43 5 £48,445 +21.11% 9
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
1 109 (21.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (19.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.39%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.17%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 230 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (29.43%) Azure
3 130 (25.34%) Entra ID
4 37 (7.21%) AWS
5 17 (3.31%) SaaS
6 16 (3.12%) OneDrive
7 15 (2.92%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.34%) OCI
9 9 (1.75%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.36%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.17%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.58%) Asana
12 3 (0.58%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.58%) Stripe
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.39%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 230 (44.83%) Firewall
2 135 (26.32%) LAN
3 130 (25.34%) VPN
4 129 (25.15%) WAN
5 126 (24.56%) DNS
6 113 (22.03%) DHCP
7 107 (20.86%) VLAN
8 74 (14.42%) Wireless
9 67 (13.06%) VoIP
10 63 (12.28%) Internet
11 57 (11.11%) TCP/IP
12 53 (10.33%) Network Security
13 38 (7.41%) Broadband
14 34 (6.63%) Structured Cabling
15 31 (6.04%) Cisco Nexus
16 29 (5.65%) Bluetooth
17 25 (4.87%) Wireshark
18 22 (4.29%) NGFW
19 21 (4.09%) SD-WAN
20 19 (3.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.58%) MySQL
2 3 (0.58%) Power BI
3 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.12%) Git
2 9 (1.75%) JIRA
3 6 (1.17%) GDB
3 6 (1.17%) GitLab
3 6 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.78%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.78%) Subversion
5 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 161 (31.38%) Social Skills
2 48 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (9.16%) Telecoms
4 34 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.68%) Retail
7 23 (4.48%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.12%) Finance
8 16 (3.12%) Law
9 11 (2.14%) Electronics
9 11 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.95%) Marketing
11 9 (1.75%) Advertising
12 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Military
14 3 (0.58%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
16 1 (0.19%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 161 (31.38%) IT Support
2 127 (24.76%) IT Engineer
3 124 (24.17%) Support Engineer
4 104 (20.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 77 (15.01%) Senior
6 59 (11.50%) Analyst
7 57 (11.11%) Network Engineer
8 50 (9.75%) Support Technician
9 49 (9.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 44 (8.58%) IT Technician
11 41 (7.99%) IT Support Technician
12 30 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (5.46%) Sales Executive
14 27 (5.26%) Network Analyst
15 26 (5.07%) Security Analyst
15 26 (5.07%) Senior Security Analyst
16 25 (4.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 25 (4.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 25 (4.87%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
16 25 (4.87%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.75%) Yocto
2 5 (0.97%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.78%) pytest
3 4 (0.78%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.58%) Web Services
5 1 (0.19%) .NET
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.19%) NumPy
5 1 (0.19%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.19%) SciPy
5 1 (0.19%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 96 (18.71%) Driving Licence
2 52 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 40 (7.80%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (6.82%) CCTV
5 23 (4.48%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.90%) IoT
7 16 (3.12%) Embedded Systems
7 16 (3.12%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.53%) PKI
8 13 (2.53%) Raspberry Pi
9 12 (2.34%) Device Driver
10 10 (1.95%) EPoS
11 9 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.56%) Clustering
12 8 (1.56%) FMCG
13 7 (1.36%) Fibre Optics
14 6 (1.17%) Digital Signage
14 6 (1.17%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 204 (39.77%) Windows
2 112 (21.83%) Windows Server
3 78 (15.20%) Windows 10
4 37 (7.21%) Mac OS
5 32 (6.24%) Linux
6 29 (5.65%) Android
7 28 (5.46%) Apple iOS
8 19 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.95%) Embedded Linux
12 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
15 1 (0.19%) Unix
15 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (24.56%) Cybersecurity
3 125 (24.37%) Customer Service
4 66 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (12.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 53 (10.33%) ITIL
7 52 (10.14%) Service Delivery
8 43 (8.38%) Mentoring
9 39 (7.60%) Business Continuity
9 39 (7.60%) Coaching
9 39 (7.60%) Time Management
10 38 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management
11 36 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (6.63%) ITSM
13 32 (6.24%) Incident Management
14 29 (5.65%) Penetration Testing
15 28 (5.46%) Data Security
15 28 (5.46%) Project Delivery
15 28 (5.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 28 (5.46%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.41%) Python
2 36 (7.02%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.68%) C
4 17 (3.31%) SQL
5 13 (2.53%) Embedded C
6 12 (2.34%) C++
7 4 (0.78%) Bash
8 2 (0.39%) Bicep
8 2 (0.39%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) C#
9 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (10.33%) Degree
3 47 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (7.21%) CCNA
5 28 (5.46%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.29%) CCNP
8 16 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.92%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.53%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.56%) CIPD
14 7 (1.36%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.78%) CISSP
16 4 (0.78%) MCSA
16 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.58%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.07%) SLA
4 23 (4.48%) GDPR
5 14 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.75%) JTAG
7 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.39%) QA
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 207 (40.35%) Active Directory
2 65 (12.67%) Hyper-V
3 52 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.31%) Firmware
5 12 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.14%) vSphere
7 10 (1.95%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 77 (15.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.73%) FortiGate
3 13 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.53%) Terraform
4 12 (2.34%) Ansible
5 11 (2.14%) SCCM
6 5 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.97%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.78%) Iperf
7 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.58%) Autotask
8 3 (0.58%) cPanel
8 3 (0.58%) Plesk
9 2 (0.39%) WSUS
10 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 254 (49.51%) Microsoft
2 97 (18.91%) Cisco
3 70 (13.65%) Aruba
4 63 (12.28%) VMware
5 50 (9.75%) Palo Alto
6 32 (6.24%) Qualys
6 32 (6.24%) Veeam
7 31 (6.04%) SonicWALL
8 27 (5.26%) Meraki
9 26 (5.07%) Apple
10 23 (4.48%) Fortinet
10 23 (4.48%) Ubiquiti
11 18 (3.51%) Sophos
12 12 (2.34%) Arista
12 12 (2.34%) NetScout
13 11 (2.14%) HP
13 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.95%) Dell
14 10 (1.95%) Google
15 9 (1.75%) Juniper