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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 164 204
Rank change year-on-year -49 +40 +94
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 434 547 718
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.88% 1.77% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.59% 12.22% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 317 209 605
10th Percentile £25,400 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £46,160 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £70,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.91% +8.24% -

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 7,761 4,476 7,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.71% 14.52% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,837 2,360 6,114
10th Percentile £25,375 £28,975 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +14.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -56 100 £32,500 -21.21% 49
South West +43 92 £32,000 -41.82% 23
North of England 0 92 £30,500 -31.77% 35
Midlands -49 73 £52,500 +1.20% 31
West Midlands -8 49 £51,250 0.00% 22
North West +1 45 £30,000 -26.83% 23
East of England -55 40 £40,000 - 25
Yorkshire -16 38 £33,500 -25.31% 10
Scotland +2 27 £33,500 -39.09% 13
East Midlands -67 23 £47,000 -10.48% 9
North East -3 9 £48,445 - 4
Northern Ireland -23 7 £65,000 -
Wales -30 3 £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 66 (15.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (12.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (11.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 166 (38.25%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (25.12%) Azure
3 62 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 26 (5.99%) OneDrive
5 21 (4.84%) AWS
6 12 (2.76%) OCI
7 11 (2.53%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.53%) SaaS
8 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.46%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.46%) Slack
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 116 (26.73%) LAN
2 107 (24.65%) VPN
3 103 (23.73%) DNS
3 103 (23.73%) WAN
4 92 (21.20%) DHCP
5 88 (20.28%) Firewall
6 84 (19.35%) VLAN
7 68 (15.67%) VoIP
8 54 (12.44%) Structured Cabling
9 42 (9.68%) TCP/IP
10 35 (8.06%) Wireshark
11 28 (6.45%) Wireless
12 23 (5.30%) SD-WAN
13 21 (4.84%) Network Security
14 18 (4.15%) PBX
15 17 (3.92%) Broadband
15 17 (3.92%) Ethernet
16 16 (3.69%) Unified Communications
17 15 (3.46%) IPsec
18 14 (3.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.69%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Eclipse
1 4 (0.92%) Git
1 4 (0.92%) Subversion
2 3 (0.69%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 72 (16.59%) Telecoms
3 48 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (7.60%) Manufacturing
6 26 (5.99%) Legal
7 25 (5.76%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.07%) Marketing
9 16 (3.69%) Retail
10 13 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.76%) Finance
12 8 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.84%) Electronics
13 7 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.38%) Advertising
14 6 (1.38%) Billing
15 5 (1.15%) Law
16 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.46%) Military
18 1 (0.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 111 (25.58%) IT Support
2 67 (15.44%) Support Engineer
3 63 (14.52%) IT Engineer
4 44 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 43 (9.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (9.91%) Senior
6 41 (9.45%) Cabling Engineer
7 40 (9.22%) Data Engineer
8 39 (8.99%) Support Technician
9 34 (7.83%) Field Engineer
10 33 (7.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 30 (6.91%) Field Service Engineer
11 30 (6.91%) IT Technician
12 28 (6.45%) IT Support Technician
13 27 (6.22%) 1st Line Support
13 27 (6.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (5.76%) Network Engineer
15 22 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (4.61%) Support Specialist
17 18 (4.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) .NET
1 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.23%) NumPy
1 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.23%) SciPy
1 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 89 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 50 (11.52%) Onboarding
3 40 (9.22%) Data Centre
4 36 (8.29%) EPoS
5 32 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (4.61%) Mobile App
7 18 (4.15%) CCTV
8 14 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
9 13 (3.00%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (2.76%) PKI
11 10 (2.30%) iPad
12 7 (1.61%) Digital Signage
12 7 (1.61%) iPhone
12 7 (1.61%) Replication
12 7 (1.61%) Social Media
13 6 (1.38%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (1.38%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.15%) LIMS
14 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
15 4 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 154 (35.48%) Windows
2 78 (17.97%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.52%) Windows 10
4 38 (8.76%) Mac OS
5 28 (6.45%) Apple iOS
6 26 (5.99%) Android
7 21 (4.84%) Linux
8 12 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.69%) Debian
12 2 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (34.79%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (22.12%) Customer Service
3 56 (12.90%) ITIL
4 52 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (11.75%) Mentoring
6 49 (11.29%) Service Delivery
7 34 (7.83%) ITSM
8 33 (7.60%) Coaching
9 31 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (6.22%) Time Management
11 26 (5.99%) Disaster Recovery
12 23 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (5.07%) Project Management
14 17 (3.92%) Creative Thinking
14 17 (3.92%) Decision-Making
15 16 (3.69%) Cloud Security
15 16 (3.69%) Network Monitoring
16 15 (3.46%) Migration
16 15 (3.46%) Presales
17 14 (3.23%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.45%) Python
2 24 (5.53%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.07%) C
4 6 (1.38%) C++
4 6 (1.38%) SQL
5 4 (0.92%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.23%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (15.90%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.75%) Degree
3 42 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (4.15%) CCNP
6 17 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (3.23%) CCNA
8 10 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.61%) HND
9 7 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.15%) HNC
12 3 (0.69%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.69%) JNCIA
12 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (3.46%) SLA
3 10 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.84%) GDPR
5 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.92%) QA
6 2 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 133 (30.65%) Active Directory
2 45 (10.37%) Hyper-V
3 35 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.76%) Firmware
5 9 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.38%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.38%) vSphere
7 2 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 45 (10.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.69%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.23%) Terraform
4 13 (3.00%) Ansible
4 13 (3.00%) SCCM
5 8 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.15%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.92%) Autotask
9 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 180 (41.47%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.60%) VMware
3 43 (9.91%) Cisco
4 28 (6.45%) Apple
5 24 (5.53%) Meraki
6 19 (4.38%) Aruba
7 13 (3.00%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.76%) Arista
8 12 (2.76%) Dell
8 12 (2.76%) NetScout
9 11 (2.53%) Google
9 11 (2.53%) HP
9 11 (2.53%) Veeam
10 9 (2.07%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.07%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.84%) Mitel
12 7 (1.61%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.38%) Okta
14 5 (1.15%) Samsung
14 5 (1.15%) SolarWinds