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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 94 220
Rank change year-on-year -151 +126 +65
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 426 988 898
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 3.44% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.38% 20.05% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 342 204 726
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +6.25% +2.56%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +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 6,680 4,927 9,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.16% 17.15% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,890 2,638 7,052
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,194 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 May 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 May 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 -116 108 £31,500 -16.00% 54
North of England +22 92 £32,500 -10.34% 42
South West -16 87 £32,500 -29.35% 18
Midlands -130 82 £32,500 -35.00% 28
North West +27 51 £30,000 +0.84% 24
West Midlands -27 51 £32,500 -33.33% 16
East of England -125 42 £40,000 - 19
Yorkshire -28 38 £34,000 -23.94% 16
East Midlands -114 30 £37,500 -30.23% 12
Scotland +1 12 £28,000 -15.15% 9
Northern Ireland -31 6 £65,000 -
North East -34 3 £48,445 +21.11% 8
Wales -43 1 £72,500 +81.25% 1
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 88 (20.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 88 (20.66%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 183 (42.96%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (27.23%) Azure
3 104 (24.41%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.16%) OneDrive
5 21 (4.93%) AWS
6 15 (3.52%) SaaS
7 12 (2.82%) OCI
8 11 (2.58%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.64%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.41%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.70%) Asana
12 3 (0.70%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.70%) Stripe
13 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.47%) IaaS
13 2 (0.47%) PaaS
13 2 (0.47%) Serverless
13 2 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 125 (29.34%) Firewall
2 92 (21.60%) DNS
3 91 (21.36%) LAN
4 85 (19.95%) VPN
5 83 (19.48%) WAN
6 80 (18.78%) DHCP
7 72 (16.90%) VLAN
8 61 (14.32%) VoIP
9 36 (8.45%) Broadband
9 36 (8.45%) Internet
9 36 (8.45%) TCP/IP
10 32 (7.51%) Structured Cabling
11 31 (7.28%) Wireless
12 25 (5.87%) Wireshark
13 23 (5.40%) Network Security
14 18 (4.23%) Bluetooth
15 14 (3.29%) SD-WAN
16 12 (2.82%) NGFW
16 12 (2.82%) Unified Communications
16 12 (2.82%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.17%) Power BI
3 3 (0.70%) MySQL
3 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.88%) JIRA
2 7 (1.64%) Git
3 4 (0.94%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.94%) Subversion
4 2 (0.47%) GDB
4 2 (0.47%) GitLab
4 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.26%) Telecoms
3 37 (8.69%) Manufacturing
4 31 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.63%) Retail
7 18 (4.23%) Finance
8 15 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.29%) Law
10 13 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (3.05%) Marketing
11 8 (1.88%) Advertising
12 7 (1.64%) Electronics
13 5 (1.17%) Billing
13 5 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.70%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.47%) Legal
15 2 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (29.58%) IT Support
2 101 (23.71%) Support Engineer
3 92 (21.60%) IT Engineer
4 78 (18.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 50 (11.74%) 2nd Line Support
6 49 (11.50%) Support Technician
7 40 (9.39%) Senior
8 39 (9.15%) IT Technician
9 37 (8.69%) IT Support Technician
10 31 (7.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 27 (6.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 26 (6.10%) Field Engineer
13 24 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (5.63%) Network Engineer
13 24 (5.63%) Sales Executive
14 21 (4.93%) Field Service Engineer
14 21 (4.93%) Operations Manager
15 19 (4.46%) Field Sales Executive
15 19 (4.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (4.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.94%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.47%) pytest
2 2 (0.47%) Unity DI Container
2 2 (0.47%) Yocto
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.23%) NumPy
3 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.23%) SciPy
3 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 35 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 31 (7.28%) Data Centre
4 26 (6.10%) CCTV
5 25 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (5.16%) EPoS
7 14 (3.29%) Fibre Optics
8 13 (3.05%) IoT
9 12 (2.82%) PKI
10 11 (2.58%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.88%) FMCG
11 8 (1.88%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.64%) Clustering
12 7 (1.64%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.41%) iPad
13 6 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (1.41%) Replication
14 5 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 155 (36.38%) Windows
2 81 (19.01%) Windows Server
3 72 (16.90%) Windows 10
4 33 (7.75%) Mac OS
5 31 (7.28%) Android
6 30 (7.04%) Apple iOS
7 17 (3.99%) Linux
8 10 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.23%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (20.19%) Customer Service
3 56 (13.15%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (11.03%) ITIL
5 45 (10.56%) Service Delivery
6 44 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (7.98%) Coaching
7 34 (7.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 32 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (7.51%) Time Management
9 27 (6.34%) ITSM
9 27 (6.34%) Mentoring
10 24 (5.63%) Project Management
11 22 (5.16%) CRM
12 20 (4.69%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (4.23%) Network Monitoring
14 17 (3.99%) Cloud Security
15 16 (3.76%) Asset Management
15 16 (3.76%) Business Development
16 15 (3.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.81%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.10%) Python
3 16 (3.76%) SQL
4 7 (1.64%) C
5 5 (1.17%) Embedded C
6 3 (0.70%) C++
7 2 (0.47%) Bash
7 2 (0.47%) Bicep
7 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) C#
8 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (10.09%) Degree
2 37 (8.69%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.40%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.52%) CCNA
7 12 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.88%) CCNP
9 8 (1.88%) CIPD
9 8 (1.88%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.70%) MCSE
13 2 (0.47%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (5.40%) SLA
4 13 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (2.58%) GDPR
6 4 (0.94%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.94%) QA
7 3 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.70%) JTAG
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 154 (36.15%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.44%) Hyper-V
3 38 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.29%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.11%) Firmware
7 6 (1.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 66 (15.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.52%) Jamf Pro
2 15 (3.52%) SCCM
3 13 (3.05%) Terraform
4 12 (2.82%) Ansible
5 9 (2.11%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.41%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.47%) Autotask
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 200 (46.95%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.80%) VMware
3 32 (7.51%) Cisco
4 26 (6.10%) Apple
5 24 (5.63%) Meraki
6 21 (4.93%) Veeam
7 19 (4.46%) Aruba
8 15 (3.52%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.82%) Arista
9 12 (2.82%) NetScout
9 12 (2.82%) SonicWALL
10 10 (2.35%) Sophos
11 9 (2.11%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.88%) Dell
12 8 (1.88%) HP
13 7 (1.64%) Adobe
13 7 (1.64%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.41%) Google
14 6 (1.41%) TP-LINK
15 5 (1.17%) Fortinet