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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 100 219
Rank change year-on-year -144 +119 +70
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 496 1,013 904
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.13% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.07% 18.64% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 409 222 717
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £47,500 £54,688 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,125 £62,500
UK median annual salary £38,378 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.70% - +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 4,927 5,435 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.05% 16.77% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 2,928 6,911
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 4 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 4 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 -80 162 £35,000 -15.66% 53
North of England +42 113 £32,500 -13.33% 38
Midlands -105 97 £35,000 -22.22% 32
North West +34 70 £29,500 -31.79% 18
South West -75 66 £33,500 -27.17% 19
West Midlands -20 52 £32,500 -23.53% 23
East of England -129 45 £34,000 -12.26% 24
East Midlands -92 44 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Yorkshire -2 40 £42,500 +21.43% 13
Scotland +16 12 £25,250 -23.48% 2
Wales -46 7 £35,000 -6.96% 12
North East -43 3 £48,445 +21.11% 10
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
1 105 (21.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (19.56%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.40%) Apache
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.60%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.01%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 225 (45.36%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (29.03%) Azure
3 124 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.06%) AWS
5 18 (3.63%) SaaS
6 16 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.62%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.42%) OCI
9 9 (1.81%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.61%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.60%) Asana
14 3 (0.60%) ClickUp
14 3 (0.60%) Stripe
15 2 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
15 2 (0.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 221 (44.56%) Firewall
2 126 (25.40%) DNS
3 125 (25.20%) LAN
3 125 (25.20%) VPN
4 118 (23.79%) WAN
5 113 (22.78%) DHCP
6 105 (21.17%) VLAN
7 69 (13.91%) VoIP
8 64 (12.90%) Wireless
9 62 (12.50%) Internet
10 59 (11.90%) TCP/IP
11 50 (10.08%) Network Security
12 37 (7.46%) Broadband
13 35 (7.06%) Structured Cabling
14 27 (5.44%) Cisco Nexus
15 26 (5.24%) Bluetooth
16 25 (5.04%) Wireshark
17 21 (4.23%) NGFW
18 20 (4.03%) SD-WAN
19 15 (3.02%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.81%) MySQL
3 3 (0.60%) Power BI
4 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.42%) Git
2 10 (2.02%) JIRA
3 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.81%) GDB
3 4 (0.81%) GitLab
3 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.81%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.81%) Subversion
4 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 154 (31.05%) Social Skills
2 51 (10.28%) Telecoms
3 42 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 26 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 25 (5.04%) Retail
8 17 (3.43%) Finance
9 16 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.82%) Law
11 11 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.22%) Marketing
12 9 (1.81%) Electronics
13 7 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.01%) Advertising
15 4 (0.81%) Military
16 3 (0.60%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.40%) Aerospace
18 1 (0.20%) Billing
18 1 (0.20%) Legal
Job Titles
1 158 (31.85%) IT Support
2 121 (24.40%) IT Engineer
2 121 (24.40%) Support Engineer
3 100 (20.16%) IT Support Engineer
4 63 (12.70%) Senior
5 56 (11.29%) Analyst
6 52 (10.48%) 2nd Line Support
7 50 (10.08%) Support Technician
8 47 (9.48%) IT Technician
9 43 (8.67%) IT Support Technician
9 43 (8.67%) Network Engineer
10 29 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
11 28 (5.65%) Sales Executive
12 26 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 26 (5.24%) Network Analyst
12 26 (5.24%) Security Analyst
12 26 (5.24%) Senior Security Analyst
13 25 (5.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 25 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 25 (5.04%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.41%) Yocto
2 5 (1.01%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.81%) pytest
3 4 (0.81%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.60%) Web Services
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.20%) NumPy
5 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.20%) SciPy
5 1 (0.20%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.95%) Driving Licence
2 53 (10.69%) Onboarding
3 39 (7.86%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.85%) CCTV
5 25 (5.04%) Data Centre
6 18 (3.63%) IoT
7 15 (3.02%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.62%) PKI
9 12 (2.42%) Embedded Systems
10 11 (2.22%) EPoS
11 10 (2.02%) Raspberry Pi
12 9 (1.81%) Fibre Optics
12 9 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.61%) Clustering
13 8 (1.61%) Device Driver
13 8 (1.61%) FMCG
14 6 (1.21%) Digital Signage
14 6 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
15 5 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 200 (40.32%) Windows
2 113 (22.78%) Windows Server
3 81 (16.33%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.06%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.05%) Android
6 29 (5.85%) Apple iOS
6 29 (5.85%) Linux
7 19 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
14 1 (0.20%) Unix
14 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (32.06%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (24.60%) Customer Service
3 115 (23.19%) Cybersecurity
4 65 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (12.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 52 (10.48%) ITIL
6 52 (10.48%) Service Delivery
7 40 (8.06%) Mentoring
8 38 (7.66%) Time Management
9 35 (7.06%) Business Continuity
9 35 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 35 (7.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 34 (6.85%) Coaching
10 34 (6.85%) ITSM
11 28 (5.65%) Incident Management
12 27 (5.44%) Project Delivery
13 26 (5.24%) Penetration Testing
13 26 (5.24%) SIEM
14 25 (5.04%) Data Security
15 24 (4.84%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.46%) PowerShell
2 34 (6.85%) Python
3 19 (3.83%) C
4 17 (3.43%) SQL
5 12 (2.42%) Embedded C
6 10 (2.02%) C++
7 4 (0.81%) Bash
8 2 (0.40%) Bicep
8 2 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (10.08%) Degree
2 47 (9.48%) Cisco Certification
3 46 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (7.26%) CCNA
5 29 (5.85%) Security Cleared
6 28 (5.65%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.23%) CCNP
7 16 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (3.02%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.61%) CIPD
10 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.81%) CISSP
14 3 (0.60%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.60%) MCSE
14 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 30 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.24%) SLA
4 23 (4.64%) GDPR
5 14 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.01%) JTAG
7 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.60%) QA
8 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 201 (40.52%) Active Directory
2 65 (13.10%) Hyper-V
3 51 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.82%) Firmware
5 13 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.22%) BitLocker
6 11 (2.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.60%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 71 (14.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.82%) FortiGate
3 13 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.62%) Terraform
4 12 (2.42%) Ansible
4 12 (2.42%) SCCM
5 6 (1.21%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.60%) Autotask
7 3 (0.60%) cPanel
7 3 (0.60%) Iperf
7 3 (0.60%) Plesk
8 2 (0.40%) WSUS
9 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 249 (50.20%) Microsoft
2 83 (16.73%) Cisco
3 62 (12.50%) VMware
4 61 (12.30%) Aruba
5 46 (9.27%) Palo Alto
6 31 (6.25%) Veeam
7 30 (6.05%) SonicWALL
8 29 (5.85%) Qualys
9 26 (5.24%) Apple
10 25 (5.04%) Meraki
11 22 (4.44%) Fortinet
12 19 (3.83%) Ubiquiti
13 18 (3.63%) Sophos
14 12 (2.42%) Arista
14 12 (2.42%) NetScout
15 11 (2.22%) HP
15 11 (2.22%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.02%) Dell
16 10 (2.02%) Google
17 9 (1.81%) Juniper