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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 200 230
Rank change year-on-year -5 +30 +100
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 384 601 399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.28% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.88% 10.70% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 279 226 335
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% -5.60%
75th Percentile £46,080 £53,750 £52,750
90th Percentile £60,400 £66,250 £62,300
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 5,584 5,617 5,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.07% 11.92% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,102 2,749 4,244
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.30% +6.00% -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 25 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 25 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 -22 96 £40,750 -9.64% 75
South West +90 81 £31,290 -30.47% 20
Midlands +1 74 £32,500 -27.78% 32
North of England +10 66 £30,250 -21.43% 26
West Midlands +46 56 £32,000 -28.89% 25
East of England -55 33 £29,250 -26.88% 31
Yorkshire +10 32 £30,500 -18.67% 13
North West +27 25 £30,000 -26.83% 11
Scotland +18 23 £33,500 -42.74% 6
East Midlands -21 18 £32,500 -28.96% 7
North East +15 9 £65,000 +195.45% 2
Northern Ireland - 6 £57,500 - 5
Wales -13 5 £30,250 -28.82% 3
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 63 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (12.24%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) JOnAS
Applications
1 48 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 168 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (33.07%) Azure
3 45 (11.72%) Entra ID
4 24 (6.25%) AWS
5 11 (2.86%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.82%) IaaS
7 6 (1.56%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.56%) SaaS
8 5 (1.30%) Nutanix
8 5 (1.30%) PaaS
8 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
8 5 (1.30%) Serverless
9 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.52%) GCP
11 2 (0.52%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.26%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 137 (35.68%) Firewall
2 127 (33.07%) LAN
3 123 (32.03%) WAN
4 106 (27.60%) VPN
5 98 (25.52%) DNS
6 89 (23.18%) DHCP
6 89 (23.18%) VLAN
7 61 (15.89%) TCP/IP
7 61 (15.89%) VoIP
8 46 (11.98%) SD-WAN
9 35 (9.11%) Structured Cabling
10 28 (7.29%) Network Security
11 19 (4.95%) Wireless
12 17 (4.43%) IPsec
12 17 (4.43%) Junos
13 16 (4.17%) Internet
14 15 (3.91%) Ethernet
15 13 (3.39%) Unified Communications
15 13 (3.39%) Wireshark
16 11 (2.86%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 150 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (9.38%) Telecoms
4 26 (6.77%) Legal
5 25 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (5.73%) Finance
6 22 (5.73%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.17%) Marketing
8 10 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.60%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.08%) Automotive
10 6 (1.56%) Electronics
11 5 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Retail
12 4 (1.04%) Law
13 3 (0.78%) Billing
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (28.65%) IT Support
2 66 (17.19%) Support Engineer
3 51 (13.28%) IT Engineer
4 38 (9.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 34 (8.85%) Network Engineer
6 32 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 29 (7.55%) Technical Support
8 27 (7.03%) Cabling Engineer
8 27 (7.03%) Data Engineer
9 24 (6.25%) Support Technician
10 23 (5.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (5.99%) Technical Engineer
11 21 (5.47%) Technical Support Engineer
12 20 (5.21%) Senior
13 18 (4.69%) 1st Line Support
14 17 (4.43%) IT Assistant
14 17 (4.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (4.43%) IT Support Assistant
14 17 (4.43%) Support Assistant
14 17 (4.43%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.08%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.04%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 60 (15.63%) Driving Licence
2 51 (13.28%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.95%) EPoS
5 14 (3.65%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.65%) Replication
6 11 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.34%) CCTV
9 8 (2.08%) LIMS
10 7 (1.82%) BYOD
10 7 (1.82%) FMCG
11 5 (1.30%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.30%) iPad
11 5 (1.30%) Social Media
11 5 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.04%) NHS
13 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 161 (41.93%) Windows
2 90 (23.44%) Windows Server
3 52 (13.54%) Windows 10
4 31 (8.07%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.69%) Linux
6 13 (3.39%) Android
7 10 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.78%) Debian
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.26%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.26%) VMS
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (38.28%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (27.60%) Customer Service
3 59 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (13.02%) ITIL
5 43 (11.20%) Mentoring
6 36 (9.38%) Project Delivery
7 32 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 29 (7.55%) ITSM
9 26 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (6.25%) Service Management
11 23 (5.99%) Migration
12 19 (4.95%) Process Improvement
13 18 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (4.43%) Business Continuity
14 17 (4.43%) Computer Science
15 16 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
16 15 (3.91%) Agile
16 15 (3.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 14 (3.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.65%) PowerShell
2 12 (3.13%) SQL
3 9 (2.34%) Python
4 5 (1.30%) C
4 5 (1.30%) C++
5 3 (0.78%) Bash
6 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.41%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (16.15%) Degree
4 47 (12.24%) CCNA
5 41 (10.68%) CCNP
6 34 (8.85%) SC Cleared
7 28 (7.29%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (2.60%) HND
11 9 (2.34%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.34%) PMP
12 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.08%) HNC
12 8 (2.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.82%) DBS Check
14 5 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.08%) NIST
5 7 (1.82%) SLA
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) GxP
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 135 (35.16%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.84%) Hyper-V
3 32 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.65%) Firmware
5 5 (1.30%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 58 (15.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (6.77%) SCCM
3 7 (1.82%) Ansible
4 5 (1.30%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.04%) Terraform
6 3 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.52%) Autotask
7 2 (0.52%) CASB
7 2 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.26%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 190 (49.48%) Microsoft
2 89 (23.18%) Cisco
3 42 (10.94%) VMware
4 35 (9.11%) Meraki
5 25 (6.51%) Juniper
6 24 (6.25%) HP
7 17 (4.43%) Fortinet
8 15 (3.91%) Apple
8 15 (3.91%) Aruba
8 15 (3.91%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.60%) arcserve
9 10 (2.60%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.60%) Veeam
10 9 (2.34%) Mitel
10 9 (2.34%) Remedy
11 8 (2.08%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.08%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.08%) Sophos
12 7 (1.82%) Google
13 5 (1.30%) RedPrairie