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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 102 222
Rank change year-on-year -146 +120 +69
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 520 1,030 818
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 3.04% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.19% 18.30% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 428 232 644
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,584 £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 £50,443 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £63,250 £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 5,101 5,629 8,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.07% 16.59% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,475 3,061 6,294
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,094 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -15.13% -0.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -7.90%

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 19 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 19 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 -87 166 £35,000 -15.66% 51
North of England +34 112 £37,500 +15.38% 39
Midlands -95 109 £40,000 -0.62% 23
South West -70 70 £36,189 -3.50% 21
North West +36 68 £30,000 +7.14% 19
West Midlands -7 58 £32,500 -16.67% 15
East Midlands -87 50 £40,000 -15.79% 8
East of England -131 45 £34,000 -12.26% 16
Yorkshire -15 38 £42,500 +21.43% 16
Wales -48 13 £29,000 -17.14% 7
Scotland +20 11 £28,000 -15.15% 1
North East -43 6 £65,576 +63.94% 7
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
1 110 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (19.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.58%) Apache
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.15%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 227 (43.65%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (27.88%) Azure
3 132 (25.38%) Entra ID
4 31 (5.96%) AWS
5 15 (2.88%) OneDrive
5 15 (2.88%) SaaS
6 14 (2.69%) Mimecast
7 9 (1.73%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.15%) OCI
9 6 (1.15%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.96%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.58%) Asana
11 3 (0.58%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.58%) Stripe
12 2 (0.38%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.38%) Serverless
12 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 227 (43.65%) Firewall
2 144 (27.69%) LAN
3 136 (26.15%) WAN
4 131 (25.19%) VPN
5 124 (23.85%) DNS
6 111 (21.35%) DHCP
7 106 (20.38%) VLAN
8 80 (15.38%) Wireless
9 65 (12.50%) Internet
9 65 (12.50%) VoIP
10 57 (10.96%) TCP/IP
11 56 (10.77%) Network Security
12 38 (7.31%) Broadband
13 35 (6.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 33 (6.35%) Structured Cabling
15 31 (5.96%) Bluetooth
16 23 (4.42%) OSPF
17 22 (4.23%) BGP
18 21 (4.04%) SD-WAN
19 17 (3.27%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.58%) MySQL
2 3 (0.58%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.27%) Git
2 8 (1.54%) JIRA
3 6 (1.15%) GDB
3 6 (1.15%) GitLab
3 6 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.58%) Subversion
6 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 164 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.04%) Telecoms
3 43 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (5.19%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 22 (4.23%) Retail
8 16 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.08%) Finance
9 15 (2.88%) Law
10 13 (2.50%) Electronics
11 11 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.92%) Advertising
13 9 (1.73%) Marketing
14 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Military
16 3 (0.58%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.58%) Wearables
17 1 (0.19%) Fire and Rescue
17 1 (0.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 163 (31.35%) IT Support
2 128 (24.62%) IT Engineer
3 123 (23.65%) Support Engineer
4 105 (20.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (17.12%) Senior
6 70 (13.46%) Network Engineer
7 63 (12.12%) Analyst
8 49 (9.42%) Support Technician
9 45 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 43 (8.27%) IT Technician
11 40 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
12 35 (6.73%) Senior Network Engineer
13 31 (5.96%) Sales Executive
13 31 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (5.38%) Network Analyst
15 27 (5.19%) Support Analyst
16 26 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.00%) Security Analyst
16 26 (5.00%) Senior Network Analyst
16 26 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.12%) Yocto
2 5 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.77%) pytest
3 4 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.58%) Web Services
5 2 (0.38%) Flash
6 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 92 (17.69%) Driving Licence
2 52 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 39 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (6.92%) CCTV
5 23 (4.42%) IoT
6 18 (3.46%) Embedded Systems
7 17 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 16 (3.08%) Security Posture
9 14 (2.69%) Device Driver
10 13 (2.50%) Raspberry Pi
11 9 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.54%) Clustering
12 8 (1.54%) EPoS
12 8 (1.54%) FMCG
13 7 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
13 7 (1.35%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.35%) PKI
14 5 (0.96%) Digital Signage
14 5 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 201 (38.65%) Windows
2 109 (20.96%) Windows Server
3 75 (14.42%) Windows 10
4 37 (7.12%) Mac OS
5 32 (6.15%) Linux
6 28 (5.38%) Android
7 24 (4.62%) Apple iOS
8 18 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
11 9 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.77%) 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
1 156 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 126 (24.23%) Customer Service
4 67 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (12.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 52 (10.00%) ITIL
7 50 (9.62%) Service Delivery
8 42 (8.08%) Business Continuity
9 41 (7.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 37 (7.12%) Incident Management
10 37 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 37 (7.12%) Mentoring
10 37 (7.12%) Time Management
11 34 (6.54%) Coaching
12 31 (5.96%) Data Security
12 31 (5.96%) Penetration Testing
12 31 (5.96%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 31 (5.96%) SIEM
13 30 (5.77%) ITSM
13 30 (5.77%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.73%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.38%) Python
3 26 (5.00%) C
4 17 (3.27%) SQL
5 15 (2.88%) Embedded C
6 13 (2.50%) C++
7 4 (0.77%) Bash
8 2 (0.38%) Bicep
8 2 (0.38%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (11.15%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (9.81%) Degree
3 48 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (7.31%) CCNA
5 27 (5.19%) Security Cleared
6 26 (5.00%) CCNP
6 26 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (2.88%) DBS Check
9 13 (2.50%) Azure Certification
10 12 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.54%) CIPD
13 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.77%) CISSP
15 4 (0.77%) MCSA
15 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.58%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 27 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.00%) SLA
4 21 (4.04%) GDPR
5 14 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.73%) JTAG
7 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 204 (39.23%) Active Directory
2 64 (12.31%) Hyper-V
3 52 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.27%) Firmware
5 11 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.92%) vSphere
7 9 (1.73%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.88%) FortiGate
3 12 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.92%) SCCM
5 7 (1.35%) Terraform
6 6 (1.15%) Ansible
6 6 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.77%) Iperf
7 4 (0.77%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.58%) Autotask
8 3 (0.58%) cPanel
8 3 (0.58%) Plesk
8 3 (0.58%) WSUS
9 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 249 (47.88%) Microsoft
2 106 (20.38%) Cisco
3 71 (13.65%) Aruba
4 61 (11.73%) VMware
5 55 (10.58%) Palo Alto
6 35 (6.73%) Qualys
7 33 (6.35%) SonicWALL
7 33 (6.35%) Veeam
8 26 (5.00%) Meraki
9 25 (4.81%) Ubiquiti
10 23 (4.42%) Apple
10 23 (4.42%) Fortinet
11 18 (3.46%) Sophos
12 11 (2.12%) HP
13 10 (1.92%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.73%) Dell
14 9 (1.73%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.54%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.54%) Google
16 7 (1.35%) Adobe