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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 95 202
Rank change year-on-year -157 +107 +44
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 575 1,055 666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 3.08% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.04% 18.69% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 468 248 270
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,263 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,938 £30,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £39,375
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -1.56%
75th Percentile £48,294 £48,750 £48,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £39,250 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.88% -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 5,725 5,646 6,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.68% 16.47% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 2,978 3,271
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 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -2.91%

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 24 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 24 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 -106 181 £39,000 -6.02% 80
North of England +14 129 £31,000 +3.33% 49
Midlands -104 120 £42,500 +25.00% 59
North West +21 67 £32,000 +10.34% 25
East of England -121 66 £32,500 +16.07% 46
East Midlands -87 63 £42,500 +25.93% 18
West Midlands -42 57 £35,350 +1.73% 41
South West -103 51 £38,500 +18.46% 22
Yorkshire -17 46 £29,750 -0.83% 19
Wales -59 21 £29,500 -9.23% 2
North East -55 16 £30,000 - 7
Scotland +7 14 £28,000 -15.15% 11
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
1 123 (21.39%) SharePoint
2 119 (20.70%) 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 22 (3.83%) 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
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 271 (47.13%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (25.39%) Entra ID
3 142 (24.70%) Azure
4 34 (5.91%) OneDrive
5 25 (4.35%) 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%) PaaS
13 2 (0.35%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.35%) Serverless
13 2 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 250 (43.48%) Firewall
2 192 (33.39%) VPN
3 167 (29.04%) DNS
4 152 (26.43%) LAN
5 151 (26.26%) DHCP
6 150 (26.09%) WAN
7 116 (20.17%) VLAN
8 92 (16.00%) Wireless
9 89 (15.48%) TCP/IP
10 79 (13.74%) VoIP
11 71 (12.35%) Internet
12 53 (9.22%) Network Security
13 43 (7.48%) Cisco Nexus
14 41 (7.13%) Broadband
15 32 (5.57%) Structured Cabling
16 31 (5.39%) Bluetooth
17 29 (5.04%) OSPF
18 28 (4.87%) BGP
19 24 (4.17%) SD-WAN
20 19 (3.30%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.91%) 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
4 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.78%) 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 23 (4.00%) 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
9 12 (2.09%) Electronics
10 11 (1.91%) Finance
11 7 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.04%) Law
13 5 (0.87%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.52%) Marketing
15 3 (0.52%) Wearables
16 2 (0.35%) Automotive
16 2 (0.35%) Billing
16 2 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 206 (35.83%) IT Support
2 154 (26.78%) Support Engineer
3 147 (25.57%) IT Engineer
4 130 (22.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 106 (18.43%) Senior
6 86 (14.96%) Network Engineer
7 82 (14.26%) Analyst
8 45 (7.83%) IT Technician
8 45 (7.83%) Support Technician
9 44 (7.65%) Support Analyst
10 41 (7.13%) IT Analyst
10 41 (7.13%) IT Support Technician
10 41 (7.13%) Senior Network Engineer
11 40 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
12 37 (6.43%) Sales Executive
13 36 (6.26%) Senior Analyst
14 34 (5.91%) IT Support Analyst
15 29 (5.04%) Embedded Engineer
15 29 (5.04%) Field Engineer
15 29 (5.04%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.43%) Yocto
2 5 (0.87%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.70%) pytest
3 4 (0.70%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.52%) Flash
4 3 (0.52%) Web Services
5 2 (0.35%) Terraform
6 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.17%) QML
6 1 (0.17%) Qt
6 1 (0.17%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 102 (17.74%) Driving Licence
2 55 (9.57%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.96%) CCTV
4 35 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (4.70%) IoT
6 19 (3.30%) Embedded Systems
7 16 (2.78%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.43%) Raspberry Pi
8 14 (2.43%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.09%) FMCG
10 10 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
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
14 5 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
15 4 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 260 (45.22%) Windows
2 118 (20.52%) Windows Server
3 64 (11.13%) Windows 10
4 34 (5.91%) Linux
5 33 (5.74%) Mac OS
6 27 (4.70%) Android
7 22 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (3.48%) Apple iOS
9 18 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (2.61%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (35.65%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (30.61%) Customer Service
3 154 (26.78%) Cybersecurity
4 83 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (13.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 67 (11.65%) ITIL
7 59 (10.26%) Business Continuity
8 54 (9.39%) Incident Management
9 51 (8.87%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (8.00%) ITSM
11 44 (7.65%) Service Delivery
12 43 (7.48%) SIEM
13 41 (7.13%) Project Delivery
14 40 (6.96%) Mentoring
14 40 (6.96%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 39 (6.78%) Data Security
15 39 (6.78%) Penetration Testing
16 38 (6.61%) Network Load Balancing
17 34 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 34 (5.91%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (6.61%) PowerShell
2 32 (5.57%) C
3 22 (3.83%) Python
4 20 (3.48%) Embedded C
5 17 (2.96%) C++
6 14 (2.43%) SQL
7 4 (0.70%) Bash
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
8 2 (0.35%) Go
8 2 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.17%) Ruby
9 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (9.22%) Degree
4 41 (7.13%) CCNA
5 30 (5.22%) CCNP
6 27 (4.70%) Network+ Certification
7 25 (4.35%) DBS Check
8 16 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (2.78%) Security Cleared
9 13 (2.26%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.74%) 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 52 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (5.57%) SLA
3 18 (3.13%) GDPR
4 14 (2.43%) 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
1 224 (38.96%) Active Directory
2 84 (14.61%) 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
1 107 (18.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (1.74%) FortiGate
3 10 (1.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 9 (1.57%) SCCM
5 6 (1.04%) WSUS
6 4 (0.70%) Autotask
6 4 (0.70%) Iperf
7 3 (0.52%) cPanel
7 3 (0.52%) Plesk
7 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.17%) Ansible
8 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 288 (50.09%) Microsoft
2 140 (24.35%) Cisco
3 80 (13.91%) Aruba
4 65 (11.30%) Palo Alto
5 60 (10.43%) VMware
6 51 (8.87%) SonicWALL
7 43 (7.48%) Qualys
8 42 (7.30%) Veeam
9 36 (6.26%) Fortinet
10 31 (5.39%) Apple
11 22 (3.83%) Google
12 20 (3.48%) Meraki
12 20 (3.48%) Ubiquiti
13 17 (2.96%) Datto
14 14 (2.43%) Sophos
15 12 (2.09%) ServiceNow
16 11 (1.91%) Draytek
17 10 (1.74%) HP
17 10 (1.74%) WatchGuard
18 9 (1.57%) Juniper