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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 101 219
Rank change year-on-year -151 +118 +75
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 513 1,032 868
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 3.05% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.15% 18.42% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 421 235 686
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,550 £61,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +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 5,056 5,603 9,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.06% 16.58% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,437 3,042 6,603
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £25,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -11.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,622 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -78 162 £35,000 -15.66% 54
North of England +35 112 £33,500 +3.08% 37
Midlands -95 106 £37,500 -9.64% 24
South West -62 71 £34,000 -9.33% 22
North West +46 70 £30,000 +7.14% 17
West Midlands -22 57 £32,500 -21.69% 18
East Midlands -105 48 £40,000 -15.79% 6
East of England -125 44 £34,000 -12.26% 18
Yorkshire -16 37 £42,500 +21.43% 15
Wales -47 13 £29,000 -17.14% 8
Scotland +15 11 £28,000 -15.15% 1
North East -51 5 £65,576 +63.94% 8
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
1 109 (21.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (19.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.58%) Apache
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.17%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 228 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (28.46%) Azure
3 132 (25.73%) Entra ID
4 31 (6.04%) AWS
5 15 (2.92%) Mimecast
5 15 (2.92%) OneDrive
5 15 (2.92%) SaaS
6 9 (1.75%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.17%) OCI
8 6 (1.17%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.97%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.58%) Asana
10 3 (0.58%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.58%) Stripe
11 2 (0.39%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.39%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 227 (44.25%) Firewall
2 142 (27.68%) LAN
3 135 (26.32%) WAN
4 132 (25.73%) VPN
5 126 (24.56%) DNS
6 113 (22.03%) DHCP
7 110 (21.44%) VLAN
8 75 (14.62%) Wireless
9 66 (12.87%) VoIP
10 65 (12.67%) Internet
11 59 (11.50%) TCP/IP
12 56 (10.92%) Network Security
13 38 (7.41%) Broadband
14 34 (6.63%) Cisco Nexus
15 33 (6.43%) Structured Cabling
16 28 (5.46%) Bluetooth
17 22 (4.29%) OSPF
18 21 (4.09%) BGP
18 21 (4.09%) SD-WAN
19 18 (3.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.58%) MySQL
2 3 (0.58%) Power BI
3 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.12%) Git
2 8 (1.56%) JIRA
3 6 (1.17%) GDB
3 6 (1.17%) GitLab
3 6 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.78%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.58%) Subversion
6 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 166 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.16%) Telecoms
3 42 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.48%) Retail
7 22 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.12%) Finance
10 15 (2.92%) Law
11 11 (2.14%) Electronics
11 11 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.95%) Marketing
13 9 (1.75%) Advertising
14 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.78%) Military
16 3 (0.58%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.39%) Billing
18 1 (0.19%) Fire and Rescue
18 1 (0.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 161 (31.38%) IT Support
2 126 (24.56%) IT Engineer
3 122 (23.78%) Support Engineer
4 103 (20.08%) IT Support Engineer
5 85 (16.57%) Senior
6 66 (12.87%) Network Engineer
7 62 (12.09%) Analyst
8 49 (9.55%) Support Technician
9 48 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 43 (8.38%) IT Technician
11 40 (7.80%) IT Support Technician
12 32 (6.24%) Senior Network Engineer
13 31 (6.04%) Senior Analyst
14 29 (5.65%) Sales Executive
15 28 (5.46%) Network Analyst
16 26 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.07%) Security Analyst
16 26 (5.07%) Senior Network Analyst
16 26 (5.07%) Senior Security Analyst
16 26 (5.07%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.95%) Yocto
2 5 (0.97%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.78%) pytest
3 4 (0.78%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.58%) Web Services
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.32%) Driving Licence
2 52 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 39 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.63%) CCTV
5 20 (3.90%) IoT
6 17 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.31%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.92%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.53%) Device Driver
9 12 (2.34%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (1.75%) EPoS
10 9 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.56%) Clustering
11 8 (1.56%) FMCG
12 7 (1.36%) Fibre Optics
12 7 (1.36%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.36%) PKI
13 5 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 202 (39.38%) Windows
2 108 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 78 (15.20%) Windows 10
4 36 (7.02%) Mac OS
5 31 (6.04%) Linux
6 29 (5.65%) Android
7 27 (5.26%) Apple iOS
8 18 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (3.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.14%) Embedded Linux
11 9 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
13 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
14 1 (0.19%) Unix
14 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (25.34%) Cybersecurity
3 127 (24.76%) Customer Service
4 67 (13.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (12.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 53 (10.33%) Service Delivery
7 52 (10.14%) ITIL
8 41 (7.99%) Business Continuity
8 41 (7.99%) Vulnerability Management
9 38 (7.41%) Mentoring
9 38 (7.41%) Time Management
10 37 (7.21%) Incident Management
10 37 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 35 (6.82%) Coaching
12 31 (6.04%) Data Security
12 31 (6.04%) Penetration Testing
12 31 (6.04%) SIEM
13 30 (5.85%) ITSM
13 30 (5.85%) Network Load Balancing
13 30 (5.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.46%) Python
3 24 (4.68%) C
4 17 (3.31%) SQL
5 13 (2.53%) Embedded C
6 12 (2.34%) C++
7 4 (0.78%) Bash
8 2 (0.39%) Bicep
8 2 (0.39%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (10.33%) Degree
3 48 (9.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (7.41%) CCNA
5 27 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 26 (5.07%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.87%) CCNP
8 16 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.92%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.53%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.56%) CIPD
14 7 (1.36%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.78%) CISSP
16 4 (0.78%) MCSA
16 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.58%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 27 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.07%) SLA
4 21 (4.09%) GDPR
5 14 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.75%) JTAG
7 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 206 (40.16%) Active Directory
2 63 (12.28%) Hyper-V
3 52 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.12%) Firmware
5 11 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.95%) BitLocker
6 10 (1.95%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (15.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.92%) FortiGate
3 13 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (2.14%) SCCM
5 7 (1.36%) Terraform
6 6 (1.17%) Ansible
6 6 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.78%) Iperf
7 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.58%) Autotask
8 3 (0.58%) cPanel
8 3 (0.58%) Plesk
8 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.58%) WSUS
9 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 251 (48.93%) Microsoft
2 104 (20.27%) Cisco
3 70 (13.65%) Aruba
4 61 (11.89%) VMware
5 54 (10.53%) Palo Alto
6 35 (6.82%) Qualys
7 33 (6.43%) Veeam
8 32 (6.24%) SonicWALL
9 26 (5.07%) Meraki
10 24 (4.68%) Apple
10 24 (4.68%) Ubiquiti
11 23 (4.48%) Fortinet
12 18 (3.51%) Sophos
13 11 (2.14%) HP
13 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.75%) Dell
14 9 (1.75%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.56%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.56%) Google
16 7 (1.36%) Juniper