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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 84 208
Rank change year-on-year -166 +124 +19
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 602 1,083 604
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 3.15% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.25% 19.74% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 483 263 227
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -16.25% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £52,250
90th Percentile £69,262 £62,000 £61,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -12.36% +8.54%

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 5,874 5,486 5,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 15.95% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,624 2,983 2,885
10th Percentile £27,502 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £68,750 £74,144
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -101 190 £39,000 -6.02% 27
North of England +8 137 £32,000 -8.57% 25
Midlands -95 132 £43,000 +30.30% 20
North West +20 70 £32,000 -8.57% 10
West Midlands -33 68 £37,500 +13.64% 16
East of England -132 65 £35,000 +25.00% 17
East Midlands -88 64 £45,000 +33.33% 4
Yorkshire -15 48 £30,500 +1.67% 11
South West -101 47 £38,500 +18.46% 14
Wales -45 25 £29,500 -9.23% 2
North East -53 19 £30,000 - 6
Scotland +4 13 £28,000 -16.42% 11
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
1 116 (19.27%) SharePoint
2 115 (19.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.33%) Apache
3 8 (1.33%) IIS
4 3 (0.50%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 21 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 283 (47.01%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (24.25%) Azure
3 145 (24.09%) Entra ID
4 45 (7.48%) OneDrive
5 24 (3.99%) AWS
6 17 (2.82%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.33%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.00%) GCP
9 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.00%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.00%) SaaS
10 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.50%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.33%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.17%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 246 (40.86%) Firewall
2 205 (34.05%) VPN
3 181 (30.07%) DNS
4 170 (28.24%) DHCP
5 167 (27.74%) LAN
5 167 (27.74%) WAN
6 129 (21.43%) VLAN
7 111 (18.44%) TCP/IP
8 106 (17.61%) Wireless
9 71 (11.79%) VoIP
10 68 (11.30%) Internet
11 60 (9.97%) Network Security
12 47 (7.81%) Cisco Nexus
13 43 (7.14%) Broadband
14 33 (5.48%) Bluetooth
14 33 (5.48%) Structured Cabling
15 32 (5.32%) OSPF
16 31 (5.15%) BGP
17 29 (4.82%) SD-WAN
18 22 (3.65%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.33%) MySQL
3 2 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (2.99%) Git
2 13 (2.16%) JIRA
3 6 (1.00%) GDB
3 6 (1.00%) GitLab
3 6 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 219 (36.38%) Social Skills
2 38 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (6.31%) Telecoms
3 25 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (3.82%) Retail
5 22 (3.65%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.32%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.49%) Finance
8 14 (2.33%) Advertising
8 14 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.16%) Electronics
10 9 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.00%) Law
12 5 (0.83%) French Language
12 5 (0.83%) Marketing
12 5 (0.83%) Spanish Language
13 4 (0.66%) Automotive
13 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.66%) Wearables
14 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 209 (34.72%) IT Support
2 157 (26.08%) Support Engineer
3 148 (24.58%) IT Engineer
4 129 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 119 (19.77%) Senior
6 99 (16.45%) Network Engineer
7 81 (13.46%) Analyst
8 52 (8.64%) IT Technician
9 49 (8.14%) Support Technician
10 48 (7.97%) Senior Network Engineer
11 46 (7.64%) IT Analyst
12 45 (7.48%) IT Support Technician
13 43 (7.14%) Support Analyst
14 41 (6.81%) Sales Executive
15 39 (6.48%) IT Support Analyst
16 36 (5.98%) Senior Analyst
17 34 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
18 33 (5.48%) Embedded Engineer
19 32 (5.32%) Field Engineer
20 29 (4.82%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.66%) Yocto
2 4 (0.66%) pytest
2 4 (0.66%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.50%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.50%) Flash
3 3 (0.50%) Web Services
4 2 (0.33%) Terraform
5 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.17%) QML
5 1 (0.17%) Qt
5 1 (0.17%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 117 (19.44%) Driving Licence
2 52 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 41 (6.81%) CCTV
4 39 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (4.65%) IoT
6 22 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
7 18 (2.99%) Device Driver
8 16 (2.66%) Raspberry Pi
9 14 (2.33%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.83%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.66%) FMCG
12 9 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.33%) ARM Cortex
13 8 (1.33%) EPoS
14 6 (1.00%) Clustering
15 4 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
16 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 281 (46.68%) Windows
2 120 (19.93%) Windows Server
3 58 (9.63%) Windows 10
4 37 (6.15%) Linux
5 32 (5.32%) macOS
6 22 (3.65%) Android
6 22 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (3.49%) Apple iOS
8 17 (2.82%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (1.33%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (36.71%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (31.40%) Customer Service
3 164 (27.24%) Cybersecurity
4 90 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
6 66 (10.96%) ITIL
7 59 (9.80%) Business Continuity
8 58 (9.63%) Incident Management
9 54 (8.97%) ITSM
10 51 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
11 47 (7.81%) Service Delivery
12 45 (7.48%) SIEM
13 43 (7.14%) Mentoring
14 42 (6.98%) Project Delivery
15 41 (6.81%) Data Security
15 41 (6.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 39 (6.48%) Penetration Testing
17 38 (6.31%) Network Load Balancing
18 35 (5.81%) Software Engineering
19 31 (5.15%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.48%) C
2 34 (5.65%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.99%) Embedded C
4 23 (3.82%) Python
5 21 (3.49%) C++
6 4 (0.66%) Bash
6 4 (0.66%) SQL
7 3 (0.50%) Rust
8 2 (0.33%) Bicep
8 2 (0.33%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) Java
9 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 73 (12.13%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (8.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (7.81%) Degree
4 46 (7.64%) CCNA
5 40 (6.64%) CCNP
6 27 (4.49%) DBS Check
7 25 (4.15%) Network+ Certification
8 22 (3.65%) Security Cleared
9 16 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (2.49%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.99%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.33%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.33%) Master's Degree
14 7 (1.16%) MCSA
15 6 (1.00%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.50%) CISSP
17 3 (0.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (4.82%) SLA
3 19 (3.16%) GDPR
4 14 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.33%) JTAG
7 4 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.33%) QA
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 229 (38.04%) Active Directory
2 73 (12.13%) Hyper-V
3 47 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.32%) Firmware
5 8 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (1.00%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.00%) vSphere
8 3 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.33%) iptables
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 102 (16.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (1.66%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.33%) Autotask
5 8 (1.33%) SCCM
5 8 (1.33%) WSUS
6 4 (0.66%) Iperf
7 3 (0.50%) cPanel
7 3 (0.50%) Plesk
8 2 (0.33%) N-central
8 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) Ansible
9 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 305 (50.66%) Microsoft
2 155 (25.75%) Cisco
3 82 (13.62%) Aruba
4 67 (11.13%) Palo Alto
5 58 (9.63%) VMware
6 53 (8.80%) SonicWALL
7 43 (7.14%) Fortinet
7 43 (7.14%) Qualys
8 40 (6.64%) Veeam
9 33 (5.48%) Apple
10 23 (3.82%) Google
11 21 (3.49%) Datto
12 19 (3.16%) Meraki
13 15 (2.49%) CheckPoint
13 15 (2.49%) Sophos
14 14 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
15 13 (2.16%) ServiceNow
16 11 (1.83%) Draytek
16 11 (1.83%) WatchGuard
17 9 (1.50%) Ruckus Wireless