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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 91 222
Rank change year-on-year -148 +131 +80
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 479 1,001 930
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.32% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.02% 19.10% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 392 207 739
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,400 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,500 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% +1.89% +3.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £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 4,780 5,242 9,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 17.39% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,244 2,752 7,140
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £60,500 £58,635 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -7.14%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -86 152 £32,500 -21.69% 57
North of England +37 106 £33,500 -10.67% 30
Midlands -107 92 £32,500 -31.58% 23
South West -51 72 £33,000 -28.26% 11
North West +41 61 £29,750 -31.21% 16
West Midlands -19 50 £32,500 -25.71% 14
East of England -122 47 £34,500 -10.97% 19
Yorkshire -5 42 £42,500 +21.43% 12
East Midlands -98 41 £38,750 -18.42% 9
Scotland +7 12 £25,250 -23.48% 3
North East -46 3 £48,445 +21.11% 6
Wales -56 3 £48,500 +29.33% 4
Northern Ireland -38 1 £65,000 +13.04% 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 98 (20.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (18.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 209 (43.63%) Microsoft 365
2 140 (29.23%) Azure
3 118 (24.63%) Entra ID
4 34 (7.10%) AWS
5 18 (3.76%) SaaS
6 16 (3.34%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.71%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.51%) OCI
9 9 (1.88%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.67%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.63%) Asana
13 3 (0.63%) ClickUp
13 3 (0.63%) Stripe
14 2 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.42%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 200 (41.75%) Firewall
2 115 (24.01%) VPN
3 114 (23.80%) LAN
4 109 (22.76%) WAN
5 107 (22.34%) DNS
6 94 (19.62%) DHCP
6 94 (19.62%) VLAN
7 69 (14.41%) VoIP
8 58 (12.11%) Internet
9 50 (10.44%) TCP/IP
10 49 (10.23%) Wireless
11 46 (9.60%) Network Security
12 41 (8.56%) Broadband
13 38 (7.93%) Structured Cabling
14 25 (5.22%) Wireshark
15 22 (4.59%) Bluetooth
16 21 (4.38%) Cisco Nexus
16 21 (4.38%) SD-WAN
17 19 (3.97%) NGFW
18 15 (3.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.63%) MySQL
2 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.09%) Git
1 10 (2.09%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.84%) GDB
2 4 (0.84%) GitLab
2 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.84%) Robot Framework
2 4 (0.84%) Subversion
3 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.53%) Telecoms
3 40 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.47%) Manufacturing
4 31 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (5.85%) Retail
6 27 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.13%) Finance
9 14 (2.92%) Law
10 13 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.51%) Marketing
12 11 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.46%) Electronics
14 5 (1.04%) Advertising
15 4 (0.84%) Military
16 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.63%) Billing
16 3 (0.63%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.21%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 147 (30.69%) IT Support
2 114 (23.80%) Support Engineer
3 106 (22.13%) IT Engineer
4 91 (19.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 59 (12.32%) Senior
6 50 (10.44%) 2nd Line Support
6 50 (10.44%) Support Technician
7 45 (9.39%) IT Technician
8 44 (9.19%) Analyst
9 42 (8.77%) IT Support Technician
10 36 (7.52%) Network Engineer
11 28 (5.85%) Sales Executive
12 26 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 24 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 23 (4.80%) Field Sales Executive
14 23 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (4.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 22 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
16 21 (4.38%) Network Analyst
16 21 (4.38%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.04%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.04%) Yocto
2 4 (0.84%) pytest
2 4 (0.84%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.63%) Web Services
4 1 (0.21%) .NET
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) NumPy
4 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.21%) SciPy
4 1 (0.21%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 89 (18.58%) Driving Licence
2 48 (10.02%) Onboarding
3 32 (6.68%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (6.26%) CCTV
5 28 (5.85%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.55%) Security Posture
7 16 (3.34%) IoT
8 14 (2.92%) EPoS
9 13 (2.71%) Fibre Optics
9 13 (2.71%) PKI
10 9 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.67%) Clustering
11 8 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.67%) FMCG
11 8 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
12 7 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
13 6 (1.25%) Device Driver
13 6 (1.25%) Digital Signage
14 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 184 (38.41%) Windows
2 103 (21.50%) Windows Server
3 79 (16.49%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.31%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.05%) Apple iOS
6 28 (5.85%) Android
7 23 (4.80%) Linux
8 16 (3.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.21%) Unix
12 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (21.71%) Customer Service
3 102 (21.29%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (10.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (10.65%) ITIL
6 51 (10.65%) Service Delivery
7 39 (8.14%) Mentoring
8 33 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (6.89%) ITSM
9 32 (6.68%) Time Management
10 31 (6.47%) Coaching
11 29 (6.05%) Business Continuity
12 28 (5.85%) Vulnerability Management
13 25 (5.22%) Project Delivery
14 23 (4.80%) Mobile Device Management
15 22 (4.59%) CRM
16 21 (4.38%) Incident Management
16 21 (4.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 20 (4.18%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.47%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.64%) Python
3 17 (3.55%) SQL
4 13 (2.71%) C
5 8 (1.67%) Embedded C
6 6 (1.25%) C++
7 4 (0.84%) Bash
8 2 (0.42%) Bicep
8 2 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.21%) C#
9 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (10.23%) Degree
2 43 (8.98%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (6.89%) CCNA
5 32 (6.68%) Security Cleared
6 31 (6.47%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (2.92%) CCNP
8 14 (2.92%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (2.30%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.67%) CIPD
11 8 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.04%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.84%) CISSP
15 3 (0.63%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.63%) MCSE
15 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.05%) SLA
4 19 (3.97%) GDPR
5 14 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.04%) JTAG
7 4 (0.84%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.63%) QA
9 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (38.20%) Active Directory
2 58 (12.11%) Hyper-V
3 42 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.71%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.51%) Firmware
6 11 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.25%) vSphere
8 3 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.92%) SCCM
4 13 (2.71%) FortiGate
4 13 (2.71%) Terraform
5 12 (2.51%) Ansible
6 6 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.25%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.04%) Autotask
8 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.63%) cPanel
9 3 (0.63%) Plesk
10 2 (0.42%) Iperf
11 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 233 (48.64%) Microsoft
2 73 (15.24%) Cisco
3 53 (11.06%) VMware
4 52 (10.86%) Aruba
5 34 (7.10%) Palo Alto
6 29 (6.05%) Veeam
7 28 (5.85%) Apple
8 26 (5.43%) SonicWALL
9 24 (5.01%) Meraki
10 22 (4.59%) Qualys
11 19 (3.97%) Fortinet
12 18 (3.76%) Ubiquiti
13 15 (3.13%) Sophos
14 12 (2.51%) Arista
14 12 (2.51%) NetScout
15 11 (2.30%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.09%) Google
17 9 (1.88%) HP
18 8 (1.67%) Dell
19 7 (1.46%) Adobe