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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 181 251
Rank change year-on-year -26 +70 +49
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 402 554 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.54% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.30% 11.21% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 283 195 342
10th Percentile £25,300 £29,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,938
90th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,819 £43,000
% change year-on-year -23.61% +6.55% -3.92%

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 7,590 4,942 5,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.81% 13.74% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,831 2,471 4,302
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,722 £36,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -24 102 £35,000 -22.39% 52
South West +55 81 £31,500 -42.73% 23
North of England +13 77 £30,000 -26.83% 34
Midlands -30 66 £33,000 -28.26% 22
West Midlands +12 49 £33,000 -28.26% 16
East of England -45 39 £35,170 -6.21% 21
Yorkshire +2 35 £30,500 -53.96% 15
North West +6 32 £30,000 -26.83% 14
Scotland +17 22 £33,500 -42.74% 11
East Midlands -59 17 £40,750 -15.54% 6
North East +16 10 £56,722 +41.81% 9
Northern Ireland - 10 £65,000 -
Wales -23 5 £30,250 -29.65% 5
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 60 (14.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (12.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.75%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 43 (10.70%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 153 (38.06%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (27.11%) Azure
3 48 (11.94%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.72%) OneDrive
5 19 (4.73%) AWS
6 10 (2.49%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.24%) SaaS
8 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.75%) OCI
9 2 (0.50%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.50%) Slack
10 1 (0.25%) GCP
10 1 (0.25%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 116 (28.86%) LAN
2 103 (25.62%) WAN
3 102 (25.37%) VPN
4 95 (23.63%) DNS
5 89 (22.14%) Firewall
6 81 (20.15%) DHCP
7 80 (19.90%) VLAN
8 71 (17.66%) VoIP
9 49 (12.19%) TCP/IP
10 46 (11.44%) Structured Cabling
11 30 (7.46%) SD-WAN
12 26 (6.47%) Network Security
13 21 (5.22%) Wireless
14 20 (4.98%) Wireshark
15 18 (4.48%) Ethernet
16 16 (3.98%) IPsec
17 15 (3.73%) Unified Communications
18 14 (3.48%) Broadband
18 14 (3.48%) Internet
19 13 (3.23%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.50%) MySQL
3 2 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.25%) Git
2 1 (0.25%) Subversion
General
1 143 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.68%) Telecoms
3 37 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (7.21%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.47%) Legal
7 18 (4.48%) Marketing
8 16 (3.98%) Finance
8 16 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.99%) Retail
10 7 (1.74%) Billing
10 7 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.49%) Advertising
11 6 (1.49%) Electronics
12 5 (1.24%) Law
13 2 (0.50%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.50%) Automotive
13 2 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 103 (25.62%) IT Support
2 57 (14.18%) Support Engineer
3 45 (11.19%) IT Engineer
4 37 (9.20%) 2nd Line Support
4 37 (9.20%) Senior
5 36 (8.96%) Data Engineer
6 35 (8.71%) Cabling Engineer
7 34 (8.46%) Field Engineer
8 31 (7.71%) Field Service Engineer
9 30 (7.46%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (7.21%) Support Technician
11 24 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
11 24 (5.97%) Network Engineer
12 23 (5.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 23 (5.72%) Technical Support
13 20 (4.98%) Support Specialist
14 18 (4.48%) IT Technician
15 17 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 17 (4.23%) IT Assistant
15 17 (4.23%) IT Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.50%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.25%) .NET
2 1 (0.25%) NumPy
2 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.25%) SciPy
2 1 (0.25%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (17.16%) Driving Licence
2 48 (11.94%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.96%) EPoS
4 29 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (6.47%) Data Centre
6 19 (4.73%) CCTV
6 19 (4.73%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.49%) Fibre Optics
7 10 (2.49%) Replication
8 9 (2.24%) iPad
9 8 (1.99%) LIMS
9 8 (1.99%) Social Media
9 8 (1.99%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.49%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.49%) iPhone
10 6 (1.49%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 146 (36.32%) Windows
2 73 (18.16%) Windows Server
3 51 (12.69%) Windows 10
4 34 (8.46%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.22%) Android
6 19 (4.73%) Linux
7 17 (4.23%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.75%) Debian
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (24.13%) Customer Service
3 53 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
4 52 (12.94%) ITIL
5 42 (10.45%) Mentoring
6 36 (8.96%) Service Delivery
7 34 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.96%) ITSM
9 24 (5.97%) Project Management
10 22 (5.47%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (4.73%) Coaching
11 19 (4.73%) Service Management
11 19 (4.73%) Time Management
12 15 (3.73%) Business Development
12 15 (3.73%) Computer Science
12 15 (3.73%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (3.48%) Decision-Making
13 14 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (3.23%) Migration
14 13 (3.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.48%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.23%) Python
3 9 (2.24%) SQL
4 6 (1.49%) C
4 6 (1.49%) C++
5 3 (0.75%) Bash
6 2 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.25%) C#
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (15.67%) Degree
1 63 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.70%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (8.46%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.22%) CCNA
4 25 (6.22%) CCNP
5 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.49%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.49%) HND
6 10 (2.49%) JNCIA
7 8 (1.99%) HNC
8 7 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.74%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.74%) MCP
9 6 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.74%) SLA
2 10 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.74%) GDPR
4 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.49%) NIST
5 3 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.75%) QA
6 2 (0.50%) GxP
6 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 125 (31.09%) Active Directory
2 51 (12.69%) Hyper-V
3 33 (8.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.49%) Firmware
5 7 (1.74%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.50%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 49 (12.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.48%) SCCM
3 10 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.49%) Terraform
6 5 (1.24%) Ansible
7 4 (1.00%) Autotask
7 4 (1.00%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.75%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 174 (43.28%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.68%) Cisco
3 42 (10.45%) VMware
4 25 (6.22%) Meraki
5 22 (5.47%) Apple
6 12 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.49%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.49%) Google
7 10 (2.49%) HP
7 10 (2.49%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.24%) Aruba
8 9 (2.24%) Juniper
8 9 (2.24%) Mitel
8 9 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.99%) Veeam
10 7 (1.74%) Dell
10 7 (1.74%) Remedy
11 5 (1.24%) Panasonic
11 5 (1.24%) Samsung
11 5 (1.24%) SolarWinds