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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 91 223
Rank change year-on-year -154 +132 +70
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 453 979 899
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 3.44% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.57% 19.80% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 369 191 729
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £71,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +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 6,896 4,945 9,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.23% 17.37% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,085 2,537 7,090
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,313 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year - -2.84% -2.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -104 123 £31,500 -22.22% 74
North of England +26 101 £32,500 +8.33% 32
Midlands -120 88 £32,500 -35.00% 24
South West -26 84 £32,500 -29.35% 17
North West +29 56 £30,000 +7.14% 18
West Midlands -30 49 £32,500 -33.33% 13
East of England -131 45 £35,000 -12.50% 21
Yorkshire -19 42 £34,000 +13.33% 12
East Midlands -99 38 £37,500 -25.00% 11
Scotland +5 12 £25,250 -23.48% 6
Northern Ireland -37 5 £65,000 -
North East -43 3 £48,445 +21.11% 5
Wales -50 1 £72,500 +86.54% 1
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 96 (21.19%) SharePoint
2 94 (20.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 195 (43.05%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (28.92%) Azure
3 115 (25.39%) Entra ID
4 25 (5.52%) AWS
5 24 (5.30%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.53%) SaaS
7 13 (2.87%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.65%) OCI
9 8 (1.77%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.55%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.66%) Asana
12 3 (0.66%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.66%) Stripe
13 2 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.44%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 143 (31.57%) Firewall
2 97 (21.41%) DNS
3 96 (21.19%) VPN
4 94 (20.75%) LAN
5 89 (19.65%) WAN
6 81 (17.88%) DHCP
7 76 (16.78%) VLAN
8 65 (14.35%) VoIP
9 46 (10.15%) Internet
10 41 (9.05%) Broadband
11 39 (8.61%) TCP/IP
11 39 (8.61%) Wireless
12 36 (7.95%) Structured Cabling
13 30 (6.62%) Network Security
14 25 (5.52%) Wireshark
15 21 (4.64%) Bluetooth
16 16 (3.53%) SD-WAN
17 14 (3.09%) Unified Communications
18 13 (2.87%) NGFW
19 12 (2.65%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.88%) Power BI
3 3 (0.66%) MySQL
3 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.21%) JIRA
2 9 (1.99%) Git
3 4 (0.88%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.88%) GDB
3 4 (0.88%) GitLab
3 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.88%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.88%) Subversion
4 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.79%) Telecoms
3 36 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.73%) Manufacturing
5 30 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.40%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.52%) Retail
8 17 (3.75%) Finance
9 16 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.31%) Law
11 13 (2.87%) Marketing
12 9 (1.99%) Advertising
13 7 (1.55%) Electronics
13 7 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.10%) Billing
15 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.66%) Military
15 3 (0.66%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 133 (29.36%) IT Support
2 106 (23.40%) Support Engineer
3 97 (21.41%) IT Engineer
4 83 (18.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 51 (11.26%) Support Technician
6 50 (11.04%) 2nd Line Support
7 43 (9.49%) Senior
8 41 (9.05%) IT Technician
9 39 (8.61%) IT Support Technician
10 31 (6.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 28 (6.18%) Sales Executive
12 27 (5.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 27 (5.96%) Network Engineer
13 26 (5.74%) Field Engineer
14 24 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (5.08%) Field Sales Executive
16 21 (4.64%) Operations Manager
17 19 (4.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (3.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 18 (3.97%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.88%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.88%) pytest
1 4 (0.88%) Unity DI Container
1 4 (0.88%) Yocto
2 1 (0.22%) .NET
2 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.22%) NumPy
2 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.22%) SciPy
2 1 (0.22%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 81 (17.88%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.05%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.84%) Data Centre
4 29 (6.40%) CCTV
5 22 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (4.64%) EPoS
7 15 (3.31%) Fibre Optics
7 15 (3.31%) IoT
8 12 (2.65%) PKI
9 9 (1.99%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.99%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.77%) Clustering
10 8 (1.77%) FMCG
10 8 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (1.32%) Digital Signage
12 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.32%) iPad
12 6 (1.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 168 (37.09%) Windows
2 89 (19.65%) Windows Server
3 74 (16.34%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.73%) Mac OS
5 31 (6.84%) Android
5 31 (6.84%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.42%) Linux
7 13 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.22%) Unix
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (20.97%) Customer Service
3 69 (15.23%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (11.04%) ITIL
5 49 (10.82%) Service Delivery
6 38 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (7.28%) Coaching
8 32 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (6.84%) Time Management
10 30 (6.62%) Mentoring
11 27 (5.96%) ITSM
12 23 (5.08%) Project Management
13 22 (4.86%) CRM
13 22 (4.86%) Mobile Device Management
14 19 (4.19%) Network Monitoring
15 18 (3.97%) Project Delivery
16 17 (3.75%) Business Development
16 17 (3.75%) Cloud Security
17 16 (3.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.06%) PowerShell
2 28 (6.18%) Python
3 17 (3.75%) SQL
4 11 (2.43%) C
5 6 (1.32%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.10%) C++
7 4 (0.88%) Bash
8 2 (0.44%) Bicep
8 2 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.22%) C#
9 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (10.15%) Degree
2 37 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (4.86%) CCNA
6 14 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (2.21%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.99%) CCNP
9 8 (1.77%) CIPD
10 7 (1.55%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.66%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.66%) MCSE
14 2 (0.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 30 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.08%) SLA
4 14 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (2.43%) GDPR
6 5 (1.10%) JTAG
7 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.88%) QA
8 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 168 (37.09%) Active Directory
2 57 (12.58%) Hyper-V
3 40 (8.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.09%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.21%) Firmware
7 6 (1.32%) vSphere
8 3 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.66%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 71 (15.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
2 15 (3.31%) SCCM
3 13 (2.87%) Terraform
4 12 (2.65%) Ansible
5 9 (1.99%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) Autotask
9 2 (0.44%) cPanel
9 2 (0.44%) Plesk
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 215 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.04%) VMware
3 41 (9.05%) Cisco
4 28 (6.18%) Veeam
5 27 (5.96%) Apple
6 26 (5.74%) Aruba
7 25 (5.52%) Meraki
8 17 (3.75%) SonicWALL
8 17 (3.75%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.65%) Arista
9 12 (2.65%) NetScout
10 10 (2.21%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.21%) Sophos
11 8 (1.77%) Dell
11 8 (1.77%) Google
11 8 (1.77%) HP
11 8 (1.77%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.77%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.77%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.55%) Adobe