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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 182 240
Rank change year-on-year -20 +58 +68
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 393 557 394
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.52% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.16% 11.19% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 273 195 336
10th Percentile £25,850 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £44,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +4.65% -2.02%

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 7,609 4,976 5,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.19% 13.56% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,864 2,485 4,219
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -36 103 £36,250 -19.62% 56
South West +65 82 £31,330 -30.38% 33
North of England +13 70 £30,000 -25.93% 63
Midlands -31 65 £33,000 -26.67% 28
West Midlands +18 49 £33,000 -27.47% 17
East of England -52 37 £32,670 -12.88% 32
Yorkshire +5 33 £30,000 -52.00% 29
North West +7 28 £30,000 -25.00% 22
Scotland +11 21 £33,500 -42.74% 5
East Midlands -48 16 £27,500 -37.50% 9
Northern Ireland - 10 £65,000 - 3
North East +12 9 £65,000 +62.50% 15
Wales -19 5 £30,250 -29.65% 9
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 58 (14.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 151 (38.42%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (27.99%) Azure
3 50 (12.72%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.60%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.33%) AWS
6 6 (1.53%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.76%) SaaS
8 2 (0.51%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.25%) GCP
9 1 (0.25%) IaaS
9 1 (0.25%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.25%) PaaS
9 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.25%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 119 (30.28%) LAN
2 106 (26.97%) WAN
3 100 (25.45%) VPN
4 94 (23.92%) Firewall
5 93 (23.66%) DNS
6 81 (20.61%) VLAN
7 79 (20.10%) DHCP
8 67 (17.05%) VoIP
9 50 (12.72%) TCP/IP
10 43 (10.94%) Structured Cabling
11 34 (8.65%) SD-WAN
12 26 (6.62%) Network Security
13 19 (4.83%) IPsec
14 18 (4.58%) Ethernet
15 17 (4.33%) Wireless
16 15 (3.82%) Unified Communications
16 15 (3.82%) Wireshark
17 13 (3.31%) Broadband
17 13 (3.31%) Internet
18 12 (3.05%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.51%) Power BI
4 1 (0.25%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 147 (37.40%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.25%) Telecoms
3 37 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.12%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.62%) Legal
7 17 (4.33%) Finance
7 17 (4.33%) Marketing
8 11 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.78%) Billing
10 7 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.78%) Retail
11 6 (1.53%) Electronics
12 5 (1.27%) Advertising
12 5 (1.27%) Law
13 3 (0.76%) Automotive
14 2 (0.51%) Games
14 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 100 (25.45%) IT Support
2 57 (14.50%) Support Engineer
3 42 (10.69%) IT Engineer
4 36 (9.16%) 2nd Line Support
5 34 (8.65%) Senior
6 33 (8.40%) Cabling Engineer
6 33 (8.40%) Data Engineer
7 32 (8.14%) Field Engineer
8 29 (7.38%) Field Service Engineer
9 28 (7.12%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (7.12%) Support Technician
10 26 (6.62%) Technical Support
11 25 (6.36%) Network Engineer
12 21 (5.34%) 1st Line Support
12 21 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 20 (5.09%) Technical Engineer
14 19 (4.83%) Support Specialist
15 18 (4.58%) Technical Support Engineer
16 17 (4.33%) IT Support Assistant
16 17 (4.33%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.54%) Driving Licence
2 48 (12.21%) Onboarding
3 30 (7.63%) EPoS
4 29 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (5.34%) Data Centre
6 19 (4.83%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.33%) CCTV
8 12 (3.05%) Replication
9 9 (2.29%) iPad
10 8 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (2.04%) LIMS
10 8 (2.04%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.04%) Social Media
11 7 (1.78%) Web Conferencing
12 6 (1.53%) iPhone
13 5 (1.27%) Digital Signage
13 5 (1.27%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 143 (36.39%) Windows
2 74 (18.83%) Windows Server
3 51 (12.98%) Windows 10
4 30 (7.63%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.09%) Android
6 17 (4.33%) Linux
7 14 (3.56%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.76%) Debian
11 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (34.10%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (24.68%) Customer Service
3 55 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (12.98%) ITIL
5 40 (10.18%) Mentoring
6 39 (9.92%) Service Delivery
7 32 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (7.89%) ITSM
9 23 (5.85%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (5.85%) Service Management
10 22 (5.60%) Project Management
11 17 (4.33%) Time Management
12 16 (4.07%) Computer Science
12 16 (4.07%) Project Delivery
13 15 (3.82%) Coaching
13 15 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (3.82%) Migration
13 15 (3.82%) Process Improvement
13 15 (3.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (3.56%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.07%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.29%) Python
2 9 (2.29%) SQL
3 5 (1.27%) C
3 5 (1.27%) C++
4 3 (0.76%) Bash
5 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.03%) Degree
3 43 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (8.14%) SC Cleared
5 29 (7.38%) CCNA
6 26 (6.62%) CCNP
7 15 (3.82%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.80%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.54%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.54%) HND
11 8 (2.04%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.04%) HNC
11 8 (2.04%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.78%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.78%) MCP
12 7 (1.78%) PMI Certification
12 7 (1.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.80%) SLA
3 8 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.78%) NIST
5 5 (1.27%) GDPR
6 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.51%) GxP
7 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 121 (30.79%) Active Directory
2 54 (13.74%) Hyper-V
3 34 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.80%) Firmware
5 7 (1.78%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 53 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.09%) SCCM
3 8 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.02%) Autotask
6 3 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.76%) Terraform
7 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 172 (43.77%) Microsoft
2 64 (16.28%) Cisco
3 43 (10.94%) VMware
4 26 (6.62%) Meraki
5 20 (5.09%) Apple
6 13 (3.31%) HP
7 12 (3.05%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.80%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.54%) Juniper
9 10 (2.54%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.29%) Mitel
10 9 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 9 (2.29%) Veeam
11 8 (2.04%) Remedy
12 6 (1.53%) Aruba
12 6 (1.53%) Google
13 5 (1.27%) Okta
13 5 (1.27%) Panasonic
13 5 (1.27%) Samsung
13 5 (1.27%) SolarWinds