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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 97 274
Rank change year-on-year -157 +177 -14
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 537 1,036 517
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 2.97% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.91% 17.92% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 437 234 376
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,656 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -2.60%
75th Percentile £48,142 £49,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £61,475 £58,750
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 5,419 5,780 6,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.78% 16.57% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,632 3,144 4,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £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 27 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 27 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 -84 177 £37,500 -9.64% 67
North of England +24 120 £31,000 -11.43% 52
Midlands -106 104 £40,000 +21.21% 41
North West +29 64 £31,000 +6.90% 27
South West -84 59 £38,500 +18.46% 17
East of England -125 58 £34,000 +3.82% 38
West Midlands -30 52 £32,500 -1.52% 30
East Midlands -89 52 £41,250 +22.22% 11
Yorkshire -12 43 £35,000 -12.50% 23
Wales -51 19 £29,500 -13.24% 6
North East -51 13 £30,000 -25.00% 5
Scotland +6 7 £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
1 117 (21.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (20.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Apache
3 3 (0.56%) Confluence
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 25 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.56%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.12%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 240 (44.69%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (25.51%) Azure
3 130 (24.21%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.84%) AWS
5 24 (4.47%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.61%) Mimecast
7 13 (2.42%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.30%) SaaS
10 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.56%) Asana
11 3 (0.56%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.56%) GCP
11 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.56%) Stripe
12 2 (0.37%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 236 (43.95%) Firewall
2 153 (28.49%) VPN
3 144 (26.82%) LAN
4 137 (25.51%) WAN
5 132 (24.58%) DNS
6 117 (21.79%) DHCP
7 111 (20.67%) VLAN
8 85 (15.83%) Wireless
9 77 (14.34%) VoIP
10 68 (12.66%) Internet
11 66 (12.29%) TCP/IP
12 56 (10.43%) Network Security
13 41 (7.64%) Cisco Nexus
14 36 (6.70%) Broadband
15 31 (5.77%) Structured Cabling
16 30 (5.59%) Bluetooth
17 26 (4.84%) OSPF
18 25 (4.66%) BGP
19 22 (4.10%) SD-WAN
20 16 (2.98%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.56%) MySQL
2 3 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.79%) Git
2 10 (1.86%) JIRA
3 6 (1.12%) GDB
3 6 (1.12%) GitLab
3 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 178 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (6.52%) Telecoms
4 25 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.54%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.54%) Retail
7 18 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.98%) Finance
9 13 (2.42%) Electronics
9 13 (2.42%) Law
10 12 (2.23%) Advertising
11 8 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.74%) Wearables
14 3 (0.56%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.37%) Billing
15 2 (0.37%) Military
15 2 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 180 (33.52%) IT Support
2 127 (23.65%) Support Engineer
3 126 (23.46%) IT Engineer
4 111 (20.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 98 (18.25%) Senior
6 81 (15.08%) Network Engineer
7 73 (13.59%) Analyst
8 49 (9.12%) Support Technician
9 45 (8.38%) IT Technician
10 43 (8.01%) IT Support Technician
11 38 (7.08%) Senior Network Engineer
12 35 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
12 35 (6.52%) Support Analyst
13 34 (6.33%) Sales Executive
13 34 (6.33%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (5.96%) IT Analyst
15 29 (5.40%) Network Analyst
16 27 (5.03%) Senior Network Analyst
17 26 (4.84%) Security Analyst
17 26 (4.84%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.23%) Yocto
2 6 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.74%) pytest
3 4 (0.74%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.56%) Flash
4 3 (0.56%) Web Services
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.32%) Driving Licence
2 55 (10.24%) Onboarding
3 43 (8.01%) CCTV
4 39 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (5.03%) IoT
6 17 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.79%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.61%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.05%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (1.68%) Clustering
10 9 (1.68%) FMCG
10 9 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.68%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
12 7 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.93%) EPoS
13 5 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 221 (41.15%) Windows
2 109 (20.30%) Windows Server
3 67 (12.48%) Windows 10
4 38 (7.08%) Mac OS
5 31 (5.77%) Linux
6 28 (5.21%) Android
7 21 (3.91%) Apple iOS
7 21 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.42%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (27.93%) Customer Service
3 144 (26.82%) Cybersecurity
4 79 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (14.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 57 (10.61%) ITIL
7 52 (9.68%) Business Continuity
8 48 (8.94%) Vulnerability Management
9 45 (8.38%) Incident Management
10 43 (8.01%) Service Delivery
11 38 (7.08%) SIEM
12 37 (6.89%) Data Security
12 37 (6.89%) Penetration Testing
12 37 (6.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 36 (6.70%) Network Load Balancing
13 36 (6.70%) Project Delivery
14 35 (6.52%) Mentoring
15 34 (6.33%) Mobile Device Management
16 33 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 31 (5.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (6.33%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.03%) C
3 20 (3.72%) Python
4 16 (2.98%) Embedded C
4 16 (2.98%) SQL
5 14 (2.61%) C++
6 4 (0.74%) Bash
7 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 2 (0.37%) Go
7 2 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) Ruby
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.17%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (9.50%) Degree
4 39 (7.26%) CCNA
5 25 (4.66%) CCNP
5 25 (4.66%) DBS Check
6 22 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (2.98%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (2.61%) Security Cleared
9 13 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.42%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.49%) CIPD
12 7 (1.30%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.12%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.93%) MCSA
15 4 (0.74%) CISSP
15 4 (0.74%) MCSE
15 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (5.40%) SLA
3 20 (3.72%) GDPR
4 19 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.68%) JTAG
7 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 209 (38.92%) Active Directory
2 79 (14.71%) Hyper-V
3 52 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.79%) Firmware
5 10 (1.86%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.12%) vSphere
7 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) iptables
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 89 (16.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.98%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.42%) FortiGate
4 12 (2.23%) SCCM
5 7 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.74%) Iperf
7 3 (0.56%) Autotask
7 3 (0.56%) cPanel
7 3 (0.56%) Plesk
7 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.56%) WSUS
8 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Ansible
8 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 260 (48.42%) Microsoft
2 124 (23.09%) Cisco
3 75 (13.97%) Aruba
4 62 (11.55%) VMware
5 61 (11.36%) Palo Alto
6 45 (8.38%) SonicWALL
7 41 (7.64%) Qualys
8 39 (7.26%) Veeam
9 29 (5.40%) Apple
9 29 (5.40%) Fortinet
10 25 (4.66%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (3.54%) Meraki
12 17 (3.17%) Sophos
13 16 (2.98%) Google
14 13 (2.42%) Datto
15 9 (1.68%) Draytek
15 9 (1.68%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.68%) WatchGuard
16 8 (1.49%) Juniper
17 7 (1.30%) Adobe