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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 97 279
Rank change year-on-year -157 +182 -19
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 543 1,038 490
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 2.97% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.97% 17.94% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 442 240 348
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,675
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £29,703
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -0.66% -1.95%
75th Percentile £48,142 £49,313 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,625 £62,000 £59,125
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.12% +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 5,447 5,787 6,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.78% 16.58% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 3,148 4,140
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £35,000 £45,475
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -23.03% +1.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £59,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,400 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -3.05%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 -97 178 £37,500 -9.64% 64
North of England +19 122 £31,000 -11.43% 49
Midlands -104 105 £40,000 +17.65% 40
North West +31 65 £31,000 +6.90% 24
East of England -122 59 £34,000 -12.26% 31
South West -88 58 £38,500 +18.46% 13
West Midlands -26 53 £32,500 -6.47% 28
East Midlands -94 52 £41,250 +22.22% 12
Yorkshire -14 43 £35,000 -6.67% 23
Wales -53 20 £29,500 -13.24% 3
North East -52 14 £30,000 -25.00% 6
Scotland +1 8 £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
1 120 (22.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (20.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) Apache
3 4 (0.74%) IIS
4 3 (0.55%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 25 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.55%) Trello
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.10%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 246 (45.30%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (25.60%) Azure
3 135 (24.86%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.79%) AWS
5 25 (4.60%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.76%) Google Workspace
7 14 (2.58%) Mimecast
8 9 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.29%) SaaS
10 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.74%) GCP
12 3 (0.55%) Asana
12 3 (0.55%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.55%) Stripe
13 2 (0.37%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 241 (44.38%) Firewall
2 159 (29.28%) VPN
3 147 (27.07%) LAN
4 140 (25.78%) WAN
5 137 (25.23%) DNS
6 122 (22.47%) DHCP
7 114 (20.99%) VLAN
8 86 (15.84%) Wireless
9 79 (14.55%) VoIP
10 69 (12.71%) Internet
11 68 (12.52%) TCP/IP
12 57 (10.50%) Network Security
13 42 (7.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 36 (6.63%) Broadband
15 31 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
16 30 (5.52%) Bluetooth
17 26 (4.79%) OSPF
18 25 (4.60%) BGP
19 22 (4.05%) SD-WAN
20 16 (2.95%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.74%) MySQL
3 3 (0.55%) Power BI
4 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.76%) Git
2 11 (2.03%) JIRA
3 6 (1.10%) GDB
3 6 (1.10%) GitLab
3 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 180 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 37 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (6.45%) Telecoms
4 25 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (3.68%) Manufacturing
5 20 (3.68%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.50%) Retail
7 18 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.76%) Finance
9 13 (2.39%) Electronics
10 12 (2.21%) Law
11 11 (2.03%) Advertising
12 8 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Wearables
15 3 (0.55%) Marketing
15 3 (0.55%) Social Housing
16 2 (0.37%) Billing
16 2 (0.37%) Military
16 2 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 184 (33.89%) IT Support
2 130 (23.94%) Support Engineer
3 128 (23.57%) IT Engineer
4 113 (20.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 100 (18.42%) Senior
6 82 (15.10%) Network Engineer
7 74 (13.63%) Analyst
8 48 (8.84%) Support Technician
9 44 (8.10%) IT Technician
10 42 (7.73%) IT Support Technician
11 39 (7.18%) Senior Network Engineer
12 36 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support
12 36 (6.63%) Support Analyst
13 34 (6.26%) Sales Executive
13 34 (6.26%) Senior Analyst
14 33 (6.08%) IT Analyst
15 29 (5.34%) Network Analyst
16 27 (4.97%) Senior Network Analyst
17 26 (4.79%) Security Analyst
17 26 (4.79%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.21%) Yocto
2 6 (1.10%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.74%) pytest
3 4 (0.74%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.55%) Flash
4 3 (0.55%) Web Services
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.13%) Driving Licence
2 55 (10.13%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.10%) CCTV
4 40 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (4.97%) IoT
6 17 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.76%) Device Driver
7 15 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.03%) Raspberry Pi
9 10 (1.84%) FMCG
10 9 (1.66%) Clustering
10 9 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
12 7 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.92%) EPoS
13 5 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 228 (41.99%) Windows
2 113 (20.81%) Windows Server
3 67 (12.34%) Windows 10
4 38 (7.00%) Mac OS
5 32 (5.89%) Linux
6 28 (5.16%) Android
7 22 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (3.87%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (2.39%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (28.73%) Customer Service
3 147 (27.07%) Cybersecurity
4 81 (14.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 79 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (10.68%) ITIL
7 54 (9.94%) Business Continuity
8 49 (9.02%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (8.66%) Incident Management
10 43 (7.92%) Service Delivery
11 40 (7.37%) SIEM
12 38 (7.00%) Data Security
12 38 (7.00%) Penetration Testing
13 37 (6.81%) Network Load Balancing
13 37 (6.81%) Project Delivery
13 37 (6.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 35 (6.45%) Mentoring
14 35 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
15 34 (6.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 30 (5.52%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.45%) PowerShell
2 27 (4.97%) C
3 20 (3.68%) Python
4 16 (2.95%) Embedded C
4 16 (2.95%) SQL
5 14 (2.58%) C++
6 4 (0.74%) Bash
7 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 2 (0.37%) Go
7 2 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (11.23%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (10.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (9.76%) Degree
4 40 (7.37%) CCNA
5 26 (4.79%) DBS Check
6 25 (4.60%) CCNP
7 24 (4.42%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.58%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.29%) CIPD
12 7 (1.29%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.10%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.92%) MCSA
15 4 (0.74%) CISSP
15 4 (0.74%) MCSE
15 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (5.71%) SLA
3 20 (3.68%) GDPR
4 19 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.66%) JTAG
7 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 213 (39.23%) Active Directory
2 82 (15.10%) Hyper-V
3 54 (9.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.76%) Firmware
5 11 (2.03%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.10%) vSphere
7 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) iptables
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 92 (16.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.39%) FortiGate
4 12 (2.21%) SCCM
5 7 (1.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.74%) Iperf
6 4 (0.74%) WSUS
7 3 (0.55%) Autotask
7 3 (0.55%) cPanel
7 3 (0.55%) Plesk
7 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.18%) Ansible
8 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 265 (48.80%) Microsoft
2 127 (23.39%) Cisco
3 77 (14.18%) Aruba
4 64 (11.79%) VMware
5 63 (11.60%) Palo Alto
6 48 (8.84%) SonicWALL
7 42 (7.73%) Qualys
8 40 (7.37%) Veeam
9 29 (5.34%) Apple
9 29 (5.34%) Fortinet
10 25 (4.60%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (3.50%) Google
11 19 (3.50%) Meraki
12 17 (3.13%) Sophos
13 14 (2.58%) Datto
14 9 (1.66%) Draytek
14 9 (1.66%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.66%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.47%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.47%) Juniper