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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 176 249
Rank change year-on-year -27 +73 +58
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 395 551 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.53% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.25% 11.21% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 275 191 349
10th Percentile £25,350 £30,000 £27,450
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £43,250 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,637 £43,000
% change year-on-year -23.31% +6.13% -2.84%

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 7,524 4,916 5,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.93% 13.67% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,789 2,451 4,372
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -27 105 £35,000 -24.40% 71
South West +67 79 £31,330 -43.04% 44
North of England +7 73 £30,000 -26.83% 51
Midlands -33 64 £33,000 -28.26% 33
West Midlands +13 48 £33,000 -28.26% 17
East of England -49 38 £35,340 -5.76% 37
Yorkshire +2 34 £30,250 -54.34% 25
North West +13 30 £30,000 -25.00% 18
Scotland +14 21 £33,500 -42.74% 9
East Midlands -53 16 £27,500 -43.01% 15
Northern Ireland - 10 £65,000 - 5
North East +9 9 £65,000 +62.50% 12
Wales -27 5 £30,250 -29.65% 12
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 58 (14.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (12.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 150 (37.97%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (26.58%) Azure
3 47 (11.90%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.32%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.30%) AWS
6 8 (2.03%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.76%) SaaS
8 2 (0.51%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.25%) GCP
9 1 (0.25%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 116 (29.37%) LAN
2 103 (26.08%) WAN
3 99 (25.06%) VPN
4 92 (23.29%) DNS
5 87 (22.03%) Firewall
6 80 (20.25%) VLAN
7 78 (19.75%) DHCP
8 70 (17.72%) VoIP
9 50 (12.66%) TCP/IP
10 46 (11.65%) Structured Cabling
11 31 (7.85%) SD-WAN
12 25 (6.33%) Network Security
13 18 (4.56%) Ethernet
13 18 (4.56%) Wireless
14 16 (4.05%) IPsec
14 16 (4.05%) Unified Communications
14 16 (4.05%) Wireshark
15 14 (3.54%) Broadband
15 14 (3.54%) Internet
16 13 (3.29%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.51%) MySQL
3 2 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 145 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.94%) Telecoms
3 34 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (7.34%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.58%) Legal
7 18 (4.56%) Marketing
8 16 (4.05%) Finance
9 12 (3.04%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.03%) Retail
11 7 (1.77%) Billing
11 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.52%) Electronics
13 5 (1.27%) Advertising
14 4 (1.01%) Law
15 3 (0.76%) Automotive
16 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 101 (25.57%) IT Support
2 54 (13.67%) Support Engineer
3 42 (10.63%) IT Engineer
4 36 (9.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 36 (9.11%) Data Engineer
4 36 (9.11%) Senior
5 35 (8.86%) Cabling Engineer
6 34 (8.61%) Field Engineer
7 31 (7.85%) Field Service Engineer
8 29 (7.34%) Support Technician
9 28 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (6.08%) 1st Line Support
11 23 (5.82%) Network Engineer
11 23 (5.82%) Technical Support
12 21 (5.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 20 (5.06%) Support Specialist
14 17 (4.30%) IT Support Assistant
14 17 (4.30%) IT Technician
14 17 (4.30%) Support Assistant
14 17 (4.30%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.51%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.25%) NumPy
2 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.25%) SciPy
2 1 (0.25%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (17.22%) Driving Licence
2 48 (12.15%) Onboarding
3 32 (8.10%) EPoS
4 28 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (5.82%) Data Centre
6 19 (4.81%) Mobile App
7 18 (4.56%) CCTV
8 11 (2.78%) Replication
9 10 (2.53%) Fibre Optics
10 9 (2.28%) iPad
11 8 (2.03%) LIMS
11 8 (2.03%) Social Media
11 8 (2.03%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.77%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.52%) iPhone
14 5 (1.27%) Digital Signage
14 5 (1.27%) Management Information System
15 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
15 4 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 143 (36.20%) Windows
2 72 (18.23%) Windows Server
3 53 (13.42%) Windows 10
4 32 (8.10%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.32%) Android
6 18 (4.56%) Linux
7 16 (4.05%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.76%) Debian
10 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (33.67%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (24.30%) Customer Service
3 53 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (12.91%) ITIL
5 38 (9.62%) Mentoring
5 38 (9.62%) Service Delivery
6 33 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (7.59%) ITSM
8 24 (6.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (6.08%) Project Management
9 21 (5.32%) Service Management
10 19 (4.81%) Time Management
11 16 (4.05%) Coaching
11 16 (4.05%) Computer Science
12 15 (3.80%) Business Development
12 15 (3.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (3.54%) Decision-Making
13 14 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (3.54%) Logistics
14 13 (3.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.30%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.78%) Python
3 9 (2.28%) SQL
4 6 (1.52%) C++
5 5 (1.27%) C
6 3 (0.76%) Bash
7 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (16.20%) Degree
2 62 (15.70%) Security Cleared
3 38 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (8.35%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.08%) CCNA
5 24 (6.08%) CCNP
6 12 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.53%) HND
8 10 (2.53%) JNCIA
9 8 (2.03%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.03%) HNC
9 8 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.77%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.77%) MCP
10 7 (1.77%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.78%) SLA
2 10 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (1.77%) NIST
4 6 (1.52%) GDPR
5 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.51%) GxP
6 2 (0.51%) QA
6 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 121 (30.63%) Active Directory
2 52 (13.16%) Hyper-V
3 34 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.28%) Firmware
5 7 (1.77%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (12.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.81%) SCCM
3 9 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.01%) Autotask
6 3 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.76%) Terraform
7 2 (0.51%) Ansible
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 173 (43.80%) Microsoft
2 60 (15.19%) Cisco
3 42 (10.63%) VMware
4 25 (6.33%) Meraki
5 20 (5.06%) Apple
6 11 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.53%) HP
8 9 (2.28%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.28%) Mitel
8 9 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.03%) Google
9 8 (2.03%) Juniper
9 8 (2.03%) Veeam
10 7 (1.77%) Remedy
11 5 (1.27%) Aruba
11 5 (1.27%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.27%) Dell
11 5 (1.27%) Samsung
11 5 (1.27%) SolarWinds