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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 160 209
Rank change year-on-year -56 +49 +89
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 436 549 792
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 1.83% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.61% 12.40% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 322 216 663
10th Percentile £25,525 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £46,120 £61,563 £51,413
90th Percentile £62,125 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -

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 7,768 4,428 7,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.04% 14.77% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,833 2,514 6,589
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,325 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,080
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +16.06% -4.27%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -25.45% +13.40% -7.62%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -41 103 £32,000 -20.00% 55
South West +42 94 £32,000 -30.43% 14
North of England +8 93 £30,250 -27.11% 34
Midlands -50 74 £52,500 - 34
West Midlands -9 51 £52,500 +2.44% 15
North West -4 46 £30,000 -26.83% 19
Yorkshire -18 38 £33,500 -25.31% 12
East of England -56 35 £40,000 - 30
Scotland +4 27 £33,500 -39.09% 10
East Midlands -67 22 £48,250 -10.23% 19
North East -9 9 £48,445 - 5
Northern Ireland -24 7 £65,000 - 1
Wales -34 3 £28,000 -30.00% 3
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 67 (15.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (11.47%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 168 (38.53%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (25.92%) Azure
3 68 (15.60%) Entra ID
4 26 (5.96%) OneDrive
5 21 (4.82%) AWS
6 12 (2.75%) OCI
7 11 (2.52%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.52%) SaaS
8 3 (0.69%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.46%) Slack
10 1 (0.23%) Asana
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.23%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 122 (27.98%) LAN
2 108 (24.77%) WAN
3 101 (23.17%) VPN
4 100 (22.94%) DNS
5 91 (20.87%) DHCP
6 86 (19.72%) Firewall
6 86 (19.72%) VLAN
7 64 (14.68%) VoIP
8 53 (12.16%) Structured Cabling
9 43 (9.86%) TCP/IP
10 35 (8.03%) Wireshark
11 25 (5.73%) Wireless
12 24 (5.50%) Network Security
13 23 (5.28%) SD-WAN
14 17 (3.90%) Broadband
15 16 (3.67%) PBX
15 16 (3.67%) Unified Communications
16 15 (3.44%) Ethernet
17 14 (3.21%) DSL
17 14 (3.21%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.69%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Eclipse
1 4 (0.92%) Git
1 4 (0.92%) Subversion
2 3 (0.69%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.60%) Telecoms
3 47 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (7.11%) Manufacturing
6 27 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.28%) Legal
7 23 (5.28%) Marketing
8 17 (3.90%) Retail
9 14 (3.21%) Finance
10 13 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.83%) Law
12 7 (1.61%) Advertising
12 7 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.38%) Billing
13 6 (1.38%) Electronics
14 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.46%) Military
16 1 (0.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 117 (26.83%) IT Support
2 71 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 66 (15.14%) IT Engineer
4 48 (11.01%) IT Support Engineer
5 47 (10.78%) Support Technician
6 46 (10.55%) Senior
7 44 (10.09%) 2nd Line Support
8 38 (8.72%) Cabling Engineer
9 37 (8.49%) Data Engineer
10 35 (8.03%) Field Engineer
10 35 (8.03%) IT Technician
11 33 (7.57%) IT Support Technician
12 31 (7.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 30 (6.88%) Field Service Engineer
14 26 (5.96%) Network Engineer
15 25 (5.73%) 1st Line Support
15 25 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 20 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (4.13%) Support Specialist
18 17 (3.90%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) .NET
1 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.23%) NumPy
1 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.23%) SciPy
1 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 88 (20.18%) Driving Licence
2 44 (10.09%) Onboarding
3 40 (9.17%) Data Centre
4 35 (8.03%) EPoS
5 32 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (4.59%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.36%) CCTV
8 14 (3.21%) Fibre Optics
9 13 (2.98%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (2.75%) PKI
11 8 (1.83%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.83%) iPad
12 7 (1.61%) iPhone
12 7 (1.61%) Replication
12 7 (1.61%) Social Media
13 6 (1.38%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (1.38%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.15%) LIMS
14 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 161 (36.93%) Windows
2 78 (17.89%) Windows Server
3 59 (13.53%) Windows 10
4 37 (8.49%) Mac OS
5 28 (6.42%) Apple iOS
6 26 (5.96%) Android
7 21 (4.82%) Linux
8 12 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.69%) Debian
12 2 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (33.26%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (20.41%) Customer Service
3 53 (12.16%) ITIL
4 52 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (11.24%) Service Delivery
6 46 (10.55%) Mentoring
7 34 (7.80%) Coaching
7 34 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (7.57%) ITSM
9 30 (6.88%) Time Management
10 28 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 23 (5.28%) Project Management
12 21 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (3.90%) Cloud Security
13 17 (3.90%) Decision-Making
14 16 (3.67%) Mobile Device Management
14 16 (3.67%) Network Monitoring
15 15 (3.44%) Creative Thinking
15 15 (3.44%) Migration
15 15 (3.44%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.42%) Python
2 22 (5.05%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.06%) C
4 7 (1.61%) SQL
5 6 (1.38%) C++
6 4 (0.92%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) Bash
8 1 (0.23%) C#
8 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 61 (13.99%) Degree
3 40 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.90%) CCNP
6 10 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.06%) CCNA
8 7 (1.61%) HND
8 7 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.15%) HNC
11 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.69%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.69%) CIPD
13 2 (0.46%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (4.13%) SLA
2 17 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.83%) GDPR
5 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.92%) QA
6 2 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 145 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 44 (10.09%) Hyper-V
3 36 (8.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.52%) Firmware
5 9 (2.06%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.38%) vSphere
7 2 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 46 (10.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.21%) SCCM
3 14 (3.21%) Terraform
4 13 (2.98%) Ansible
5 8 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.61%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.38%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.92%) Autotask
9 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 185 (42.43%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.78%) VMware
3 37 (8.49%) Cisco
4 28 (6.42%) Apple
5 24 (5.50%) Meraki
6 19 (4.36%) Aruba
7 13 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.98%) Veeam
8 12 (2.75%) Arista
8 12 (2.75%) Dell
8 12 (2.75%) NetScout
9 11 (2.52%) Google
9 11 (2.52%) HP
10 8 (1.83%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.61%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.61%) Mitel
11 7 (1.61%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.38%) Okta
13 5 (1.15%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.15%) Ubiquiti