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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 257 215
Rank change year-on-year +25 -42 +98
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 437 263 905
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.00% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.48% 6.81% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 342 204 736
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £24,240
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +7.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,450 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +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 7,977 3,860 9,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.70% 14.61% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,606 7,147
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.00% +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 18 April 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 April 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 +19 111 £31,500 -12.50% 33
South West -1 94 £32,500 -29.35% 21
North of England -2 93 £31,750 -22.56% 60
Midlands -45 66 £42,500 -19.05% 34
North West +4 49 £30,000 -7.69% 23
East of England -22 47 £40,000 - 19
West Midlands -33 45 £47,000 -6.00% 19
Yorkshire -38 40 £33,500 -37.50% 31
East Midlands -49 20 £41,250 -31.25% 15
Scotland -12 18 £28,000 -48.86% 18
Northern Ireland -35 6 £65,000 -
North East -28 4 £48,445 +21.11% 13
Wales -39 2 £28,000 -30.00% 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 81 (18.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (18.31%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 187 (42.79%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (26.77%) Azure
3 98 (22.43%) Entra ID
4 25 (5.72%) OneDrive
5 22 (5.03%) AWS
6 14 (3.20%) SaaS
7 12 (2.75%) OCI
8 9 (2.06%) Mimecast
9 8 (1.83%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.14%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.92%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.69%) Asana
12 3 (0.69%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.69%) Stripe
13 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.46%) IaaS
13 2 (0.46%) PaaS
13 2 (0.46%) Serverless
13 2 (0.46%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 119 (27.23%) Firewall
2 110 (25.17%) LAN
3 100 (22.88%) DNS
3 100 (22.88%) WAN
4 88 (20.14%) DHCP
5 87 (19.91%) VPN
6 79 (18.08%) VLAN
7 64 (14.65%) VoIP
8 37 (8.47%) TCP/IP
9 34 (7.78%) Structured Cabling
10 30 (6.86%) Wireshark
11 28 (6.41%) Network Security
11 28 (6.41%) Wireless
12 18 (4.12%) SD-WAN
13 17 (3.89%) Broadband
13 17 (3.89%) Unified Communications
14 14 (3.20%) Internet
15 13 (2.97%) BGP
15 13 (2.97%) DSL
15 13 (2.97%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.14%) Power BI
3 4 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.69%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.83%) JIRA
2 5 (1.14%) Git
3 4 (0.92%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.92%) Subversion
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 126 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.87%) Telecoms
3 41 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
4 37 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.01%) Manufacturing
6 32 (7.32%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.72%) Retail
8 20 (4.58%) Finance
8 20 (4.58%) Marketing
9 17 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.20%) Law
11 13 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.60%) Advertising
13 6 (1.37%) Billing
13 6 (1.37%) Electronics
13 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.69%) Legal
14 3 (0.69%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 129 (29.52%) IT Support
2 94 (21.51%) Support Engineer
3 85 (19.45%) IT Engineer
4 71 (16.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (12.59%) 2nd Line Support
6 51 (11.67%) Support Technician
7 42 (9.61%) Senior
8 39 (8.92%) IT Technician
9 37 (8.47%) IT Support Technician
10 36 (8.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (7.55%) Field Engineer
12 31 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 28 (6.41%) Field Service Engineer
14 27 (6.18%) Network Engineer
15 26 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (4.81%) Operations Manager
17 18 (4.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 17 (3.89%) 1st Line Support
18 17 (3.89%) Cabling Engineer
19 16 (3.66%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.92%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.23%) .NET
2 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.23%) NumPy
2 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.23%) SciPy
2 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.10%) Driving Licence
2 34 (7.78%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.78%) EPoS
3 32 (7.32%) Onboarding
4 31 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (5.26%) CCTV
6 19 (4.35%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.97%) Fibre Optics
7 13 (2.97%) Web Conferencing
8 12 (2.75%) PKI
9 8 (1.83%) iPad
9 8 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.60%) IoT
10 7 (1.60%) Replication
11 6 (1.37%) FMCG
11 6 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.37%) iPhone
11 6 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (1.37%) Social Media
12 5 (1.14%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 165 (37.76%) Windows
2 87 (19.91%) Windows Server
3 72 (16.48%) Windows 10
4 32 (7.32%) Android
5 31 (7.09%) Apple iOS
6 30 (6.86%) Mac OS
7 18 (4.12%) Linux
8 8 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.23%) Debian
11 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (30.66%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (16.70%) Customer Service
3 56 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (12.13%) ITIL
5 46 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (10.30%) Service Delivery
7 40 (9.15%) Coaching
8 39 (8.92%) Time Management
9 35 (8.01%) Mentoring
10 34 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (5.95%) ITSM
13 24 (5.49%) Project Management
14 21 (4.81%) CRM
15 18 (4.12%) Cloud Security
15 18 (4.12%) Network Monitoring
16 17 (3.89%) Mobile Device Management
17 16 (3.66%) Decision-Making
17 16 (3.66%) Process Improvement
18 15 (3.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.64%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.72%) Python
3 14 (3.20%) SQL
4 5 (1.14%) C
4 5 (1.14%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.46%) Bicep
5 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.23%) C#
6 1 (0.23%) C++
6 1 (0.23%) PHP
6 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.98%) Degree
2 36 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.43%) CCNA
7 12 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (2.52%) CCNP
9 9 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.83%) CIPD
11 7 (1.60%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.69%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.69%) MCSE
15 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
16 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (5.26%) SLA
3 13 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 12 (2.75%) GDPR
5 4 (0.92%) QA
6 3 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.23%) JTAG
System Software
1 158 (36.16%) Active Directory
2 50 (11.44%) Hyper-V
3 39 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.20%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.52%) Firmware
5 11 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.37%) vSphere
7 3 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 63 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.89%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.20%) SCCM
4 13 (2.97%) Ansible
4 13 (2.97%) Terraform
5 10 (2.29%) FortiGate
6 9 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.69%) Autotask
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 201 (46.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.98%) VMware
3 41 (9.38%) Cisco
4 28 (6.41%) Apple
5 26 (5.95%) Meraki
6 23 (5.26%) Aruba
7 18 (4.12%) Veeam
8 14 (3.20%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.75%) Arista
9 12 (2.75%) NetScout
9 12 (2.75%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.52%) HP
10 11 (2.52%) Sophos
11 9 (2.06%) SonicWALL
12 8 (1.83%) Dell
12 8 (1.83%) Google
13 6 (1.37%) Adobe
13 6 (1.37%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.37%) Okta
13 6 (1.37%) TP-LINK