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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 208 242
Rank change year-on-year +125 +34 +83
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,087 591 409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.18% 1.21% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.91% 10.54% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 267 218 339
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,000 £58,625 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +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 5,199 5,609 5,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.20% 11.51% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,002 2,793 4,355
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,968 £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 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.62% +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 21 October 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 21 October 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
East of England +53 339 £28,000 -34.12% 63
South East +81 313 £41,500 -7.78% 239
Midlands +94 260 £33,000 -22.35% 47
East Midlands +69 201 £33,750 -15.63% 21
South West +94 75 £32,453 +8.18% 67
West Midlands +57 59 £33,000 -22.35% 26
North of England -31 59 £35,000 +1.45% 80
Yorkshire -5 29 £30,000 -1.64% 32
Scotland +9 25 £33,500 -44.17% 9
North West -16 21 £41,250 +0.61% 41
Northern Ireland - 12 £52,827 - 3
North East +1 9 - - 11
Wales -9 4 £32,500 -13.33% 21
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 72 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.28%) IIS
4 3 (0.28%) JOnAS
Applications
1 43 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.55%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 166 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
2 140 (12.88%) Azure
3 41 (3.77%) Entra ID
4 27 (2.48%) AWS
5 8 (0.74%) OneDrive
6 7 (0.64%) IaaS
7 6 (0.55%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.55%) Nutanix
7 6 (0.55%) SaaS
8 5 (0.46%) PaaS
8 5 (0.46%) Rubrik
8 5 (0.46%) Serverless
9 3 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.28%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.18%) GCP
11 1 (0.092%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.092%) OCI
11 1 (0.092%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 741 (68.17%) Wireless
2 734 (67.53%) LTE
3 725 (66.70%) 5G
4 723 (66.51%) Bluetooth
5 722 (66.42%) GSM
6 721 (66.33%) UMTS
7 157 (14.44%) Firewall
8 124 (11.41%) WAN
9 120 (11.04%) LAN
10 106 (9.75%) VPN
11 92 (8.46%) VLAN
12 90 (8.28%) DNS
13 81 (7.45%) DHCP
14 60 (5.52%) TCP/IP
15 57 (5.24%) VoIP
16 46 (4.23%) SD-WAN
17 27 (2.48%) Structured Cabling
18 22 (2.02%) Network Security
18 22 (2.02%) SAN
19 21 (1.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.64%) JIRA
2 5 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.18%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.18%) Git
3 2 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 727 (66.88%) Electronics
2 147 (13.52%) Social Skills
3 32 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 30 (2.76%) Telecoms
5 25 (2.30%) Legal
6 20 (1.84%) Finance
7 17 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.10%) Marketing
10 9 (0.83%) Public Sector
11 8 (0.74%) Automotive
12 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.46%) Law
12 5 (0.46%) Retail
13 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.28%) Games
15 2 (0.18%) Billing
15 2 (0.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 722 (66.42%) Electronics Engineer
2 721 (66.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 721 (66.33%) Test Engineer
3 99 (9.11%) IT Support
4 59 (5.43%) Support Engineer
5 45 (4.14%) IT Engineer
6 34 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 34 (3.13%) Network Engineer
7 29 (2.67%) Technical Support
8 26 (2.39%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (2.30%) Cabling Engineer
9 25 (2.30%) Data Engineer
10 24 (2.21%) Support Technician
10 24 (2.21%) Technical Engineer
11 23 (2.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (2.02%) Technical Support Engineer
13 21 (1.93%) 3rd Line Support
14 18 (1.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (1.56%) Analyst
16 16 (1.47%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.83%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.37%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 770 (70.84%) Driving Licence
2 49 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (1.84%) Replication
5 17 (1.56%) Operational Technology
6 15 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (0.92%) CCTV
8 10 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (0.74%) BYOD
9 8 (0.74%) LIMS
10 7 (0.64%) FMCG
10 7 (0.64%) Social Media
11 6 (0.55%) IoT
11 6 (0.55%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.46%) Clustering
12 5 (0.46%) Digital Signage
12 5 (0.46%) EPoS
13 4 (0.37%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 170 (15.64%) Windows
2 95 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 54 (4.97%) Windows 10
4 30 (2.76%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.66%) Linux
6 15 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.01%) Android
7 11 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.64%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Unix
10 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.18%) Debian
12 1 (0.092%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 759 (69.83%) Mentoring
2 727 (66.88%) Coaching
3 723 (66.51%) Customer Requirements
3 723 (66.51%) Validation
4 721 (66.33%) Test Strategy
4 721 (66.33%) Verification and Validation
5 132 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (9.20%) Customer Service
7 61 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (4.97%) ITIL
9 41 (3.77%) ITSM
10 37 (3.40%) Project Delivery
11 35 (3.22%) Service Delivery
12 26 (2.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (2.39%) Migration
12 26 (2.39%) Service Management
13 25 (2.30%) Virtual Environments
14 24 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 23 (2.12%) Computer Science
16 21 (1.93%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 17 (1.56%) SQL
2 16 (1.47%) PowerShell
3 10 (0.92%) Python
4 7 (0.64%) C
5 5 (0.46%) C++
6 2 (0.18%) Bash
6 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 780 (71.76%) Degree
2 731 (67.25%) HND
3 67 (6.16%) Cisco Certification
3 67 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 52 (4.78%) CCNA
5 44 (4.05%) CCNP
6 33 (3.04%) SC Cleared
7 29 (2.67%) JNCIA
8 13 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 9 (0.83%) PMP
11 8 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.74%) HNC
11 8 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.64%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.46%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (0.74%) NIST
5 6 (0.55%) SLA
6 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.28%) GDPR
7 2 (0.18%) GxP
7 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.092%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 134 (12.33%) Active Directory
2 62 (5.70%) Hyper-V
3 51 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.93%) Firmware
5 12 (1.10%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.092%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 67 (6.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (3.59%) SCCM
3 9 (0.83%) Ansible
4 5 (0.46%) CASB
4 5 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.37%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.37%) Terraform
6 3 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.18%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.092%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.092%) Autotask
8 1 (0.092%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 203 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.00%) Cisco
3 60 (5.52%) VMware
4 40 (3.68%) Meraki
5 29 (2.67%) HP
5 29 (2.67%) Juniper
6 23 (2.12%) Apple
7 22 (2.02%) Remedy
8 19 (1.75%) Fortinet
9 16 (1.47%) arcserve
10 14 (1.29%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.10%) Aruba
12 11 (1.01%) McAfee
12 11 (1.01%) MobileIron
12 11 (1.01%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.01%) Veeam
13 9 (0.83%) Mitel
13 9 (0.83%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.64%) Salesforce
14 7 (0.64%) Sophos