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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 94 216
Rank change year-on-year -138 +122 +82
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 473 999 931
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.36% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.06% 19.30% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 385 205 740
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,350 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £41,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% +6.41% +1.30%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,250 £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 4,704 5,177 9,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 17.43% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,703 7,132
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,200
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.50% -1.78%
75th Percentile £60,094 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

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 15 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 15 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 -87 144 £31,500 -24.10% 71
North of England +32 105 £33,000 -5.71% 45
Midlands -102 93 £37,500 -21.05% 25
South West -50 73 £32,500 -31.58% 15
North West +32 59 £30,000 -30.64% 29
West Midlands -12 52 £32,500 -27.78% 16
East of England -124 46 £35,000 -9.68% 26
Yorkshire +2 43 £42,500 +30.77% 13
East Midlands -89 40 £37,500 -25.00% 9
Scotland +16 12 £25,250 -23.48% 4
Northern Ireland -38 3 £65,000 -
North East -46 3 £48,445 +21.11% 8
Wales -54 3 £48,500 +28.93% 4
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 96 (20.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (19.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (8.88%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 203 (42.92%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (28.75%) Azure
3 115 (24.31%) Entra ID
4 31 (6.55%) AWS
5 18 (3.81%) SaaS
6 17 (3.59%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.75%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.54%) OCI
9 9 (1.90%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.63%) Asana
12 3 (0.63%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.63%) Stripe
13 2 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.42%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 186 (39.32%) Firewall
2 111 (23.47%) VPN
3 108 (22.83%) LAN
4 104 (21.99%) DNS
5 103 (21.78%) WAN
6 91 (19.24%) DHCP
7 88 (18.60%) VLAN
8 67 (14.16%) VoIP
9 54 (11.42%) Internet
10 47 (9.94%) TCP/IP
11 46 (9.73%) Wireless
12 42 (8.88%) Network Security
13 41 (8.67%) Broadband
14 39 (8.25%) Structured Cabling
15 25 (5.29%) Wireshark
16 22 (4.65%) Bluetooth
17 20 (4.23%) SD-WAN
18 19 (4.02%) NGFW
19 16 (3.38%) Cisco Nexus
19 16 (3.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.27%) 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 (2.11%) JIRA
2 9 (1.90%) Git
3 4 (0.85%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.85%) GDB
3 4 (0.85%) GitLab
3 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.85%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.85%) Subversion
4 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.11%) Telecoms
3 40 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.98%) Manufacturing
5 32 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.13%) Public Sector
7 28 (5.92%) Retail
8 17 (3.59%) Finance
9 16 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.17%) Law
11 14 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.54%) Marketing
13 10 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.48%) Electronics
15 6 (1.27%) Advertising
16 4 (0.85%) Military
17 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.63%) Billing
17 3 (0.63%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.21%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 142 (30.02%) IT Support
2 111 (23.47%) Support Engineer
3 102 (21.56%) IT Engineer
4 87 (18.39%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (11.42%) Senior
6 51 (10.78%) Support Technician
7 50 (10.57%) 2nd Line Support
8 45 (9.51%) IT Technician
9 42 (8.88%) IT Support Technician
10 36 (7.61%) Analyst
10 36 (7.61%) Network Engineer
11 28 (5.92%) Sales Executive
12 27 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 25 (5.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 24 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (4.86%) Field Sales Executive
16 21 (4.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 21 (4.44%) Operations Manager
17 19 (4.02%) Field Engineer
17 19 (4.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.06%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.85%) pytest
2 4 (0.85%) Unity DI Container
2 4 (0.85%) Yocto
3 2 (0.42%) 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 88 (18.60%) Driving Licence
2 45 (9.51%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.55%) Data Centre
4 30 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (6.13%) CCTV
6 16 (3.38%) EPoS
7 15 (3.17%) Fibre Optics
7 15 (3.17%) IoT
7 15 (3.17%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.75%) PKI
9 8 (1.69%) Clustering
9 8 (1.69%) FMCG
9 8 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.27%) Digital Signage
12 5 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.06%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 177 (37.42%) Windows
2 98 (20.72%) Windows Server
3 75 (15.86%) Windows 10
4 34 (7.19%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.13%) Android
5 29 (6.13%) Apple iOS
6 22 (4.65%) Linux
7 15 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.21%) Unix
11 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (28.12%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (21.14%) Customer Service
3 91 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (11.21%) ITIL
5 52 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (10.78%) Service Delivery
7 49 (10.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 36 (7.61%) Mentoring
9 33 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (6.98%) Time Management
10 32 (6.77%) ITSM
11 31 (6.55%) Coaching
12 23 (4.86%) Business Continuity
12 23 (4.86%) Mobile Device Management
12 23 (4.86%) Project Delivery
13 22 (4.65%) CRM
13 22 (4.65%) Project Management
14 21 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
15 20 (4.23%) Network Monitoring
16 19 (4.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.55%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.92%) Python
3 17 (3.59%) SQL
4 12 (2.54%) C
5 7 (1.48%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.06%) C++
7 4 (0.85%) 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 (10.36%) Degree
2 41 (8.67%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (7.40%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 30 (6.34%) CCNA
6 17 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (2.96%) CCNP
7 14 (2.96%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.69%) CIPD
11 7 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.06%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.63%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.63%) CISSP
13 3 (0.63%) MCSE
13 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.92%) SLA
4 17 (3.59%) GDPR
5 15 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.06%) JTAG
7 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.63%) QA
9 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 178 (37.63%) Active Directory
2 59 (12.47%) Hyper-V
3 41 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.75%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.54%) Firmware
6 11 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 70 (14.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.96%) SCCM
4 13 (2.75%) Terraform
5 12 (2.54%) Ansible
5 12 (2.54%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.27%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.85%) Autotask
8 2 (0.42%) cPanel
8 2 (0.42%) Plesk
9 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.21%) Iperf
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 225 (47.57%) Microsoft
2 66 (13.95%) Cisco
3 53 (11.21%) VMware
4 45 (9.51%) Aruba
5 29 (6.13%) Veeam
6 27 (5.71%) Apple
7 26 (5.50%) Palo Alto
8 25 (5.29%) Meraki
9 23 (4.86%) SonicWALL
10 18 (3.81%) Ubiquiti
11 16 (3.38%) Fortinet
11 16 (3.38%) Qualys
12 14 (2.96%) Sophos
13 12 (2.54%) Arista
13 12 (2.54%) NetScout
14 10 (2.11%) Google
14 10 (2.11%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.90%) HP
16 8 (1.69%) Dell
17 7 (1.48%) Adobe