Wi-Fi Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 223 312
Rank change year-on-year -55 +89 +18
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 322 903 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 1.29% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.13% 9.24% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 208 732 448
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,240 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,875 £26,750 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.26% -15.51%
75th Percentile £60,500 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £56,800
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.60%

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 5,253 9,777 11,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.32% 13.99% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,088 7,126 4,920
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year - -6.86% -2.86%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

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 25 April 2025.

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 25 April 2025. 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
Midlands -9 90 £50,626 +27.36% 51
South East +3 72 £37,500 -6.25% 90
East of England +6 57 £38,750 +19.23% 46
West Midlands -7 55 £50,000 +44.93% 31
South West +48 45 £46,000 +12.20% 40
East Midlands +24 35 £57,500 +43.75% 18
North of England -119 34 £41,000 +2.50% 81
North West -78 21 £36,750 -8.13% 38
Wales +39 16 £40,000 +14.29% 10
Yorkshire +2 12 £53,600 +41.05% 32
Scotland +92 6 £54,750 +56.43% 18
Northern Ireland +35 2 - - 2
North East +25 1 £40,000 -5.88% 13
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (13.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.92%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (24.84%) Azure
3 20 (6.21%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.28%) OneDrive
5 15 (4.66%) AWS
6 7 (2.17%) SaaS
7 6 (1.86%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.55%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.93%) IaaS
9 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.62%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.62%) PaaS
11 1 (0.31%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 119 (36.96%) Firewall
2 99 (30.75%) WAN
3 89 (27.64%) Wireless
4 84 (26.09%) LAN
5 79 (24.53%) Bluetooth
6 72 (22.36%) 5G
7 69 (21.43%) LTE
8 64 (19.88%) VPN
9 59 (18.32%) SD-WAN
10 58 (18.01%) GSM
10 58 (18.01%) VLAN
11 55 (17.08%) UMTS
12 49 (15.22%) DNS
13 37 (11.49%) VoIP
14 33 (10.25%) DHCP
15 29 (9.01%) Network Security
16 27 (8.39%) TCP/IP
17 21 (6.52%) MPLS
18 17 (5.28%) Internet
19 16 (4.97%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Git
1 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.62%) Subversion
3 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) KGDB
General
1 87 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 78 (24.22%) Electronics
3 27 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.52%) Manufacturing
5 17 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.73%) Law
8 11 (3.42%) Finance
8 11 (3.42%) Legal
9 10 (3.11%) Tech for Good
10 8 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.48%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.17%) Automotive
12 6 (1.86%) Local Government
12 6 (1.86%) Marketing
13 5 (1.55%) Police
13 5 (1.55%) Welsh Language
14 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.93%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 56 (17.39%) Electronics Engineer
1 56 (17.39%) Test Engineer
2 55 (17.08%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 38 (11.80%) Senior
4 37 (11.49%) Support Engineer
5 33 (10.25%) Lead
6 30 (9.32%) Network Engineer
7 28 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (8.39%) IT Support
9 26 (8.07%) 2nd Line Support
10 24 (7.45%) Analyst
11 21 (6.52%) IT Engineer
12 20 (6.21%) 1st Line Support
13 15 (4.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 15 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.66%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.35%) Architect
14 14 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
15 13 (4.04%) Network Architect
15 13 (4.04%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) .NET
1 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
1 2 (0.62%) CSS
1 2 (0.62%) HTML
1 2 (0.62%) HTML5
1 2 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.31%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 80 (24.84%) Driving Licence
2 23 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (6.83%) IoT
4 16 (4.97%) Data Centre
5 15 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (4.04%) CCTV
7 11 (3.42%) NB-IoT
8 10 (3.11%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.17%) GNSS
9 7 (2.17%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.86%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.86%) EPoS
10 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.24%) iPad
12 4 (1.24%) PKI
12 4 (1.24%) Self-Driving Car
13 3 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 107 (33.23%) Windows
2 59 (18.32%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.11%) Windows 10
4 31 (9.63%) Linux
5 11 (3.42%) Mac OS
5 11 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.86%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.86%) VMS
7 6 (1.86%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.62%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) Unix
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.29%) Mentoring
2 67 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (19.88%) Validation
4 60 (18.63%) Coaching
5 57 (17.70%) Verification and Validation
6 56 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
7 55 (17.08%) Test Strategy
8 42 (13.04%) Customer Service
9 39 (12.11%) ITIL
10 29 (9.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (9.01%) Service Delivery
11 28 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (6.83%) Time Management
13 21 (6.52%) Migration
14 20 (6.21%) Presales
15 18 (5.59%) Asset Management
16 16 (4.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (4.66%) Incident Management
18 14 (4.35%) Penetration Testing
18 14 (4.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.21%) SQL
3 15 (4.66%) Python
4 13 (4.04%) Bash
4 13 (4.04%) C
5 7 (2.17%) C++
6 5 (1.55%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.93%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.62%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 89 (27.64%) Degree
2 55 (17.08%) HND
3 49 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (9.63%) CCNA
5 23 (7.14%) CCNP
6 15 (4.66%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (4.04%) CCIE
8 12 (3.73%) Security Cleared
9 11 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.80%) SC Cleared
12 8 (2.48%) A+ Certification
13 7 (2.17%) CWNA
13 7 (2.17%) CWTS
14 4 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.93%) CITP
15 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.66%) SLA
2 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (2.80%) GDPR
2 9 (2.80%) PCI DSS
3 7 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.24%) NIST
4 4 (1.24%) PMO
5 3 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.93%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.93%) IEC 62304
5 3 (0.93%) MISRA
6 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.62%) QA
6 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.31%) JTAG
System Software
1 77 (23.91%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.52%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.66%) Firmware
5 14 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.35%) vSphere
6 7 (2.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.62%) Docker
8 2 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.62%) pfSense
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.21%) SCCM
3 17 (5.28%) Terraform
4 15 (4.66%) Ansible
5 11 (3.42%) Puppet
6 9 (2.80%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.86%) Autotask
8 2 (0.62%) cPanel
8 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.31%) Iperf
9 1 (0.31%) WSUS
9 1 (0.31%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 124 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 75 (23.29%) Cisco
3 45 (13.98%) VMware
4 32 (9.94%) Meraki
5 31 (9.63%) HP
6 30 (9.32%) Aruba
7 29 (9.01%) Fortinet
8 18 (5.59%) Juniper
9 17 (5.28%) Palo Alto
10 16 (4.97%) Apple
11 14 (4.35%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.80%) Veeam
12 9 (2.80%) WatchGuard
13 8 (2.48%) CheckPoint
14 6 (1.86%) Acronis
14 6 (1.86%) Google
14 6 (1.86%) MobileIron
14 6 (1.86%) Zscaler
15 5 (1.55%) Ruckus Wireless
15 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow