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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 178 248
Rank change year-on-year -24 +70 +56
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 403 555 409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.55% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.31% 11.24% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 284 196 346
10th Percentile £25,325 £29,875 £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 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £69,375 £63,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,637 £43,000
% change year-on-year -23.31% +6.13% -4.44%

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 7,594 4,936 5,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.73% 13.78% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,830 2,469 4,361
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,700 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,000 £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 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,750 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.90% +9.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -27 101 £35,000 -22.39% 53
South West +66 81 £31,500 -42.73% 25
North of England +22 81 £30,500 -25.61% 34
Midlands -24 65 £35,250 -23.37% 21
West Midlands +16 48 £35,250 -23.37% 14
East of England -42 39 £35,170 -6.21% 20
Yorkshire +9 36 £30,500 -53.96% 13
North West +8 34 £30,000 -26.83% 16
Scotland +12 22 £33,500 -42.74% 12
East Midlands -54 17 £40,750 -15.54% 6
North East +10 11 £48,445 +21.11% 9
Northern Ireland - 10 £65,000 -
Wales -24 4 £28,000 -34.88% 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 59 (14.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (11.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 44 (10.92%) 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
1 151 (37.47%) Microsoft 365
2 108 (26.80%) Azure
3 47 (11.66%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.46%) AWS
4 22 (5.46%) OneDrive
5 10 (2.48%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.49%) OCI
7 4 (0.99%) SaaS
8 3 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
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
1 115 (28.54%) LAN
2 103 (25.56%) WAN
3 102 (25.31%) VPN
4 94 (23.33%) DNS
5 90 (22.33%) Firewall
6 80 (19.85%) DHCP
7 79 (19.60%) VLAN
8 70 (17.37%) VoIP
9 49 (12.16%) TCP/IP
10 46 (11.41%) Structured Cabling
11 31 (7.69%) SD-WAN
12 26 (6.45%) Network Security
13 23 (5.71%) Wireshark
14 22 (5.46%) Wireless
15 18 (4.47%) Ethernet
16 16 (3.97%) IPsec
17 15 (3.72%) Broadband
17 15 (3.72%) Unified Communications
18 13 (3.23%) Internet
18 13 (3.23%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 2 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.25%) Git
2 1 (0.25%) Subversion
General
1 144 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.64%) Telecoms
3 40 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (7.20%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.45%) Legal
7 19 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.47%) Marketing
9 16 (3.97%) Finance
10 9 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.23%) Retail
11 8 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.74%) Billing
12 7 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.49%) Advertising
13 6 (1.49%) Electronics
14 5 (1.24%) Law
15 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.50%) Automotive
16 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 102 (25.31%) IT Support
2 55 (13.65%) Support Engineer
3 44 (10.92%) IT Engineer
4 38 (9.43%) Senior
5 36 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support
5 36 (8.93%) Data Engineer
6 35 (8.68%) Cabling Engineer
7 34 (8.44%) Field Engineer
8 31 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
9 30 (7.44%) Support Technician
10 29 (7.20%) IT Support Engineer
11 24 (5.96%) 1st Line Support
11 24 (5.96%) Network Engineer
12 23 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 22 (5.46%) Technical Support
14 20 (4.96%) Support Specialist
15 19 (4.71%) IT Technician
16 18 (4.47%) IT Support Technician
17 17 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 17 (4.22%) 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 (17.12%) Driving Licence
2 47 (11.66%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.94%) EPoS
4 29 (7.20%) Data Centre
5 28 (6.95%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (4.71%) CCTV
6 19 (4.71%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.48%) Fibre Optics
7 10 (2.48%) Replication
8 9 (2.23%) 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
10 6 (1.49%) PKI
11 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (0.99%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 144 (35.73%) Windows
2 72 (17.87%) Windows Server
3 50 (12.41%) Windows 10
4 34 (8.44%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.21%) Android
6 20 (4.96%) Linux
7 17 (4.22%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.74%) Debian
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (34.74%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (23.57%) Customer Service
3 53 (13.15%) ITIL
4 52 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (11.17%) Mentoring
6 36 (8.93%) Service Delivery
7 35 (8.68%) ITSM
8 34 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (5.96%) Project Management
10 23 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (5.46%) Coaching
12 20 (4.96%) Time Management
13 19 (4.71%) Service Management
14 16 (3.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (3.72%) Business Development
15 15 (3.72%) Computer Science
15 15 (3.72%) Decision-Making
16 14 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 13 (3.23%) Logistics
17 13 (3.23%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.96%) Python
2 18 (4.47%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.23%) SQL
4 6 (1.49%) C
4 6 (1.49%) C++
5 3 (0.74%) 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 (15.63%) Degree
2 62 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 25 (6.20%) CCNA
5 25 (6.20%) CCNP
6 12 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.48%) HND
7 10 (2.48%) JNCIA
8 8 (1.99%) HNC
9 7 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.74%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.74%) MCP
10 6 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.73%) SLA
2 10 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.99%) GDPR
4 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.49%) NIST
5 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.74%) QA
6 2 (0.50%) GxP
6 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (30.52%) Active Directory
2 52 (12.90%) Hyper-V
3 34 (8.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.23%) Firmware
5 7 (1.74%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.50%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 47 (11.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.47%) SCCM
3 10 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (2.23%) Terraform
5 8 (1.99%) Ansible
6 7 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.99%) Autotask
7 4 (0.99%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 173 (42.93%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.64%) Cisco
3 43 (10.67%) VMware
4 25 (6.20%) Meraki
5 22 (5.46%) Apple
6 13 (3.23%) Aruba
7 12 (2.98%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.48%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.48%) Google
8 10 (2.48%) HP
8 10 (2.48%) Juniper
8 10 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.23%) Mitel
9 9 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.99%) Veeam
11 7 (1.74%) Dell
11 7 (1.74%) Remedy
12 6 (1.49%) Arista
12 6 (1.49%) NetScout
13 5 (1.24%) Samsung