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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 94 206
Rank change year-on-year -160 +112 +42
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 575 1,061 661
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 3.06% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.01% 18.75% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 467 254 262
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,113 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,500 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -13.21% -0.63%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £50,188
90th Percentile £68,000 £62,000 £61,000
UK median annual salary £39,750 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -0.63% -5.88% +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 5,747 5,659 6,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.67% 16.33% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 2,988 3,234
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +23.75% -20.79% -1.94%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -100 181 £39,000 -6.02% 59
North of England +19 129 £31,000 +3.33% 40
Midlands -105 122 £42,500 +28.79% 54
North West +17 67 £32,000 +10.34% 18
East of England -120 65 £32,500 +16.07% 38
East Midlands -90 64 £43,750 +29.63% 16
West Midlands -35 58 £35,350 +7.12% 38
South West -110 50 £38,500 +18.46% 20
Yorkshire -11 46 £29,750 -0.83% 16
Wales -54 21 £29,500 -9.23% 2
North East -54 16 £30,000 - 8
Scotland +16 14 £28,000 -15.15% 7
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
1 121 (21.04%) SharePoint
2 118 (20.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.04%) Apache
3 6 (1.04%) IIS
4 5 (0.87%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 24 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 270 (46.96%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (25.39%) Entra ID
3 142 (24.70%) Azure
4 34 (5.91%) OneDrive
5 24 (4.17%) AWS
6 16 (2.78%) Google Workspace
7 12 (2.09%) Mimecast
8 8 (1.39%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.22%) SaaS
10 6 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.04%) GCP
10 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.87%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.35%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.35%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 247 (42.96%) Firewall
2 191 (33.22%) VPN
3 167 (29.04%) DNS
4 151 (26.26%) DHCP
4 151 (26.26%) LAN
5 148 (25.74%) WAN
6 114 (19.83%) VLAN
7 93 (16.17%) Wireless
8 88 (15.30%) TCP/IP
9 78 (13.57%) VoIP
10 71 (12.35%) Internet
11 53 (9.22%) Network Security
12 43 (7.48%) Cisco Nexus
13 41 (7.13%) Broadband
14 33 (5.74%) Bluetooth
15 31 (5.39%) Structured Cabling
16 29 (5.04%) OSPF
17 28 (4.87%) BGP
18 22 (3.83%) SD-WAN
19 19 (3.30%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.04%) MySQL
3 2 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.35%) Power BI
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 17 (2.96%) Git
2 15 (2.61%) JIRA
3 6 (1.04%) GDB
3 6 (1.04%) GitLab
3 6 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 200 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.30%) Telecoms
3 35 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.17%) Retail
5 22 (3.83%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (2.96%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.26%) Advertising
8 13 (2.26%) Electronics
9 10 (1.74%) Finance
10 7 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.87%) Law
11 5 (0.87%) Spanish Language
12 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.52%) Marketing
13 3 (0.52%) Wearables
14 2 (0.35%) Automotive
14 2 (0.35%) Billing
14 2 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 207 (36.00%) IT Support
2 156 (27.13%) Support Engineer
3 149 (25.91%) IT Engineer
4 132 (22.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 108 (18.78%) Senior
6 86 (14.96%) Network Engineer
7 83 (14.43%) Analyst
8 45 (7.83%) Support Analyst
9 44 (7.65%) IT Technician
9 44 (7.65%) Support Technician
10 43 (7.48%) IT Analyst
11 41 (7.13%) Senior Network Engineer
12 40 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
12 40 (6.96%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (6.61%) Sales Executive
14 36 (6.26%) IT Support Analyst
14 36 (6.26%) Senior Analyst
15 31 (5.39%) Embedded Engineer
16 29 (5.04%) Field Engineer
16 29 (5.04%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.61%) Yocto
2 4 (0.70%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.70%) pytest
2 4 (0.70%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.52%) Flash
3 3 (0.52%) Web Services
4 2 (0.35%) Terraform
5 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.17%) QML
5 1 (0.17%) Qt
5 1 (0.17%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 101 (17.57%) Driving Licence
2 55 (9.57%) Onboarding
3 39 (6.78%) CCTV
4 35 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (4.87%) IoT
6 20 (3.48%) Embedded Systems
7 17 (2.96%) Device Driver
8 15 (2.61%) Raspberry Pi
9 14 (2.43%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.09%) FMCG
11 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.39%) Clustering
13 7 (1.22%) EPoS
13 7 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (0.70%) Data Centre
15 4 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 260 (45.22%) Windows
2 116 (20.17%) Windows Server
3 62 (10.78%) Windows 10
4 35 (6.09%) Linux
5 32 (5.57%) Mac OS
6 26 (4.52%) Android
7 22 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (3.30%) Apple iOS
9 18 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (30.78%) Customer Service
3 154 (26.78%) Cybersecurity
4 85 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (13.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 66 (11.48%) ITIL
7 59 (10.26%) Business Continuity
8 54 (9.39%) Incident Management
9 50 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
10 48 (8.35%) ITSM
11 44 (7.65%) Service Delivery
12 43 (7.48%) SIEM
13 40 (6.96%) Mentoring
13 40 (6.96%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 39 (6.78%) Data Security
14 39 (6.78%) Penetration Testing
14 39 (6.78%) Project Delivery
15 38 (6.61%) Network Load Balancing
16 33 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 33 (5.74%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 34 (5.91%) C
3 22 (3.83%) Embedded C
3 22 (3.83%) Python
4 18 (3.13%) C++
5 12 (2.09%) SQL
6 4 (0.70%) Bash
7 2 (0.35%) Bicep
7 2 (0.35%) Go
7 2 (0.35%) Rust
8 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 66 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (9.39%) Degree
4 40 (6.96%) CCNA
5 31 (5.39%) CCNP
6 26 (4.52%) DBS Check
6 26 (4.52%) Network+ Certification
7 18 (3.13%) Security Cleared
8 16 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (2.26%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.22%) MCSA
13 6 (1.04%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.70%) MCSE
14 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (5.57%) SLA
3 18 (3.13%) GDPR
4 13 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (1.39%) JTAG
7 4 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) NIST
10 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 225 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 83 (14.43%) Hyper-V
3 49 (8.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.13%) Firmware
5 8 (1.39%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.04%) vSphere
7 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) iptables
8 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 105 (18.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (2.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (1.74%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.39%) SCCM
6 6 (1.04%) WSUS
7 4 (0.70%) Autotask
7 4 (0.70%) Iperf
8 3 (0.52%) cPanel
8 3 (0.52%) Plesk
9 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) Ansible
10 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 288 (50.09%) Microsoft
2 140 (24.35%) Cisco
3 79 (13.74%) Aruba
4 65 (11.30%) Palo Alto
5 60 (10.43%) VMware
6 51 (8.87%) SonicWALL
7 43 (7.48%) Qualys
8 41 (7.13%) Veeam
9 36 (6.26%) Fortinet
10 30 (5.22%) Apple
11 22 (3.83%) Google
12 19 (3.30%) Meraki
12 19 (3.30%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (2.96%) Datto
14 14 (2.43%) Sophos
15 12 (2.09%) ServiceNow
16 11 (1.91%) Draytek
17 9 (1.57%) CheckPoint
17 9 (1.57%) Juniper
17 9 (1.57%) WatchGuard