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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 199 228
Rank change year-on-year -15 +29 +97
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 393 594 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.07% 1.24% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.86% 10.63% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 284 222 329
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £42,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.30% +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £46,495 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,400 £66,050 £60,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -5.56%

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 5,732 5,589 5,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.57% 11.67% 17.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,191 2,721 4,273
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 -37 95 £41,500 -7.97% 222
Midlands +12 79 £32,500 -27.78% 51
South West +89 77 £31,330 -16.45% 68
North of England 0 68 £30,500 -20.78% 43
West Midlands +37 59 £32,500 -27.78% 29
East of England -53 34 £30,000 -29.41% 73
Yorkshire -2 32 £30,500 -6.15% 18
North West +20 26 £30,000 -27.27% 20
Scotland +9 24 £33,500 -46.40% 11
East Midlands -26 20 £32,500 -23.53% 22
Northern Ireland - 11 £52,827 - 5
North East +2 10 £65,000 +195.45% 5
Wales -17 5 £30,250 -19.33% 19
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 65 (16.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.54%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
4 3 (0.76%) JOnAS
Applications
1 49 (12.47%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 174 (44.27%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (34.10%) Azure
3 45 (11.45%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.36%) AWS
5 9 (2.29%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.78%) IaaS
7 6 (1.53%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.53%) Nutanix
7 6 (1.53%) SaaS
8 5 (1.27%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.27%) PaaS
8 5 (1.27%) Rubrik
8 5 (1.27%) Serverless
9 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.51%) GCP
11 1 (0.25%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.25%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 147 (37.40%) Firewall
2 129 (32.82%) LAN
3 128 (32.57%) WAN
4 111 (28.24%) VPN
5 97 (24.68%) VLAN
6 94 (23.92%) DNS
7 85 (21.63%) DHCP
8 61 (15.52%) VoIP
9 60 (15.27%) TCP/IP
10 46 (11.70%) SD-WAN
11 34 (8.65%) Structured Cabling
12 28 (7.12%) Network Security
13 19 (4.83%) Internet
13 19 (4.83%) Junos
13 19 (4.83%) Wireless
14 16 (4.07%) IPsec
15 15 (3.82%) Ethernet
16 14 (3.56%) SAN
17 13 (3.31%) Unified Communications
17 13 (3.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 154 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (9.16%) Telecoms
4 26 (6.62%) Manufacturing
4 26 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (6.11%) Legal
6 23 (5.85%) Finance
7 16 (4.07%) Marketing
8 11 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.29%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.04%) Automotive
11 6 (1.53%) Electronics
11 6 (1.53%) Retail
12 5 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.02%) Law
14 3 (0.76%) Billing
15 2 (0.51%) Games
15 2 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 111 (28.24%) IT Support
2 66 (16.79%) Support Engineer
3 51 (12.98%) IT Engineer
4 38 (9.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 35 (8.91%) Network Engineer
6 31 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
7 29 (7.38%) Technical Support
8 26 (6.62%) Cabling Engineer
8 26 (6.62%) Data Engineer
9 24 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (6.11%) Support Technician
10 23 (5.85%) Technical Engineer
11 21 (5.34%) Technical Support Engineer
12 19 (4.83%) Senior
13 18 (4.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support
14 17 (4.33%) IT Assistant
14 17 (4.33%) IT Support Assistant
14 17 (4.33%) Support Assistant
14 17 (4.33%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.04%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.02%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.50%) Driving Licence
2 50 (12.72%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (4.33%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.33%) EPoS
4 17 (4.33%) Replication
5 14 (3.56%) Operational Technology
6 10 (2.54%) Fibre Optics
7 9 (2.29%) CCTV
8 8 (2.04%) LIMS
8 8 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.78%) BYOD
9 7 (1.78%) FMCG
10 6 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.27%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.27%) iPad
11 5 (1.27%) Social Media
11 5 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 167 (42.49%) Windows
2 92 (23.41%) Windows Server
3 54 (13.74%) Windows 10
4 31 (7.89%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.58%) Linux
6 13 (3.31%) Android
7 11 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.53%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.76%) Debian
10 3 (0.76%) VMS
10 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (38.42%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (26.97%) Customer Service
3 59 (15.01%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (14.25%) ITIL
5 44 (11.20%) Mentoring
6 38 (9.67%) Project Delivery
7 37 (9.41%) ITSM
7 37 (9.41%) Service Delivery
8 31 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (7.63%) Service Management
10 25 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 24 (6.11%) Migration
12 23 (5.85%) Computer Science
13 19 (4.83%) Project Management
14 18 (4.58%) Business Continuity
14 18 (4.58%) Process Improvement
14 18 (4.58%) Requirements Gathering
14 18 (4.58%) Virtual Environments
15 16 (4.07%) Asset Management
15 16 (4.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.56%) PowerShell
1 14 (3.56%) SQL
2 9 (2.29%) Python
3 5 (1.27%) C
3 5 (1.27%) C++
4 3 (0.76%) Bash
5 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 68 (17.30%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (17.30%) Degree
3 52 (13.23%) CCNA
4 45 (11.45%) CCNP
5 36 (9.16%) SC Cleared
6 30 (7.63%) JNCIA
7 14 (3.56%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.80%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.54%) HND
10 9 (2.29%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.29%) PMP
11 8 (2.04%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
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
13 4 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.04%) NIST
5 7 (1.78%) SLA
6 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.76%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) GxP
7 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 139 (35.37%) Active Directory
2 58 (14.76%) Hyper-V
3 36 (9.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.07%) Firmware
5 7 (1.78%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 63 (16.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (7.63%) SCCM
3 8 (2.04%) Ansible
4 5 (1.27%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.02%) Terraform
6 3 (0.76%) CASB
6 3 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.51%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.25%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 199 (50.64%) Microsoft
2 93 (23.66%) Cisco
3 45 (11.45%) VMware
4 37 (9.41%) Meraki
5 28 (7.12%) Juniper
6 26 (6.62%) HP
7 18 (4.58%) Fortinet
8 17 (4.33%) Apple
8 17 (4.33%) Remedy
9 16 (4.07%) Palo Alto
10 15 (3.82%) Aruba
11 13 (3.31%) arcserve
12 12 (3.05%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.54%) Veeam
14 9 (2.29%) Mitel
14 9 (2.29%) SolarWinds
15 8 (2.04%) Sophos
16 7 (1.78%) Google
16 7 (1.78%) Salesforce
17 6 (1.53%) McAfee