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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 162 212
Rank change year-on-year -42 +50 +89
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 428 561 681
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.70% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.62% 11.89% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 309 205 574
10th Percentile £25,450 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £46,160 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £63,375
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +11.76% -

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 7,619 4,720 7,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.33% 14.29% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 2,369 6,062
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £30,842
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +16.28% -4.44%
75th Percentile £54,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -33 102 £35,000 -22.22% 58
North of England +10 93 £30,500 -25.61% 34
South West +41 86 £32,000 -45.53% 29
Midlands -41 70 £37,500 -25.00% 33
West Midlands +1 47 £37,500 -25.00% 24
North West +14 46 £30,000 -26.83% 24
East of England -47 41 £35,340 -11.65% 33
Yorkshire -21 37 £33,500 -25.56% 8
Scotland +4 25 £33,500 -39.09% 10
East Midlands -60 22 £54,000 +13.68% 9
North East +4 10 £48,445 - 3
Northern Ireland - 8 £65,000 - 2
Wales -28 3 £28,000 -30.00% 6
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 64 (14.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (11.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 159 (37.15%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (24.53%) Azure
3 53 (12.38%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.61%) OneDrive
5 23 (5.37%) AWS
6 12 (2.80%) OCI
7 11 (2.57%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.10%) SaaS
9 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.47%) Slack
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.23%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 116 (27.10%) LAN
2 111 (25.93%) VPN
3 107 (25.00%) WAN
4 102 (23.83%) DNS
5 90 (21.03%) DHCP
6 89 (20.79%) Firewall
7 84 (19.63%) VLAN
8 75 (17.52%) VoIP
9 55 (12.85%) Structured Cabling
10 45 (10.51%) TCP/IP
11 35 (8.18%) Wireshark
12 26 (6.07%) SD-WAN
12 26 (6.07%) Wireless
13 24 (5.61%) Network Security
14 18 (4.21%) PBX
14 18 (4.21%) Unified Communications
15 17 (3.97%) Ethernet
15 17 (3.97%) IPsec
16 15 (3.50%) Broadband
17 14 (3.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.70%) MySQL
4 2 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Eclipse
1 4 (0.93%) Git
1 4 (0.93%) Subversion
2 3 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 145 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.89%) Telecoms
3 45 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (7.48%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.07%) Legal
7 25 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.91%) Marketing
9 15 (3.50%) Finance
10 13 (3.04%) Retail
11 11 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.64%) Billing
13 7 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.40%) Advertising
14 6 (1.40%) Electronics
15 5 (1.17%) Law
16 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.47%) Games
17 2 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 106 (24.77%) IT Support
2 61 (14.25%) Support Engineer
3 56 (13.08%) IT Engineer
4 44 (10.28%) 2nd Line Support
5 41 (9.58%) Cabling Engineer
6 40 (9.35%) Data Engineer
7 38 (8.88%) Senior
8 37 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
9 34 (7.94%) Field Engineer
10 33 (7.71%) Support Technician
11 31 (7.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 31 (7.24%) Field Service Engineer
12 26 (6.07%) 1st Line Support
12 26 (6.07%) IT Technician
13 25 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 24 (5.61%) IT Support Technician
15 23 (5.37%) Network Engineer
16 22 (5.14%) Support Specialist
17 19 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (4.21%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.23%) .NET
2 1 (0.23%) NumPy
2 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.23%) SciPy
2 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 85 (19.86%) Driving Licence
2 49 (11.45%) Onboarding
3 41 (9.58%) Data Centre
4 36 (8.41%) EPoS
5 31 (7.24%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (4.67%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.44%) CCTV
8 14 (3.27%) Fibre Optics
9 13 (3.04%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (2.80%) PKI
11 10 (2.34%) iPad
12 7 (1.64%) iPhone
12 7 (1.64%) Replication
12 7 (1.64%) Social Media
13 6 (1.40%) LIMS
13 6 (1.40%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.17%) Digital Signage
14 5 (1.17%) Management Information System
15 4 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 149 (34.81%) Windows
2 73 (17.06%) Windows Server
3 46 (10.75%) Windows 10
4 36 (8.41%) Mac OS
5 26 (6.07%) Apple iOS
6 24 (5.61%) Android
7 20 (4.67%) Linux
8 12 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.70%) Debian
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (35.05%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (22.90%) Customer Service
3 55 (12.85%) ITIL
4 53 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (11.68%) Mentoring
6 46 (10.75%) Service Delivery
7 37 (8.64%) ITSM
8 32 (7.48%) Coaching
9 31 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (6.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (5.84%) Project Management
11 25 (5.84%) Time Management
12 20 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (4.44%) Decision-Making
14 16 (3.74%) Presales
15 15 (3.50%) Creative Thinking
15 15 (3.50%) Network Monitoring
15 15 (3.50%) Service Management
16 14 (3.27%) Business Development
16 14 (3.27%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.31%) Python
2 21 (4.91%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.10%) C
4 6 (1.40%) C++
4 6 (1.40%) SQL
5 4 (0.93%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.23%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 63 (14.72%) Degree
3 44 (10.28%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.01%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (5.37%) CCNP
6 18 (4.21%) CCNA
7 16 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.34%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.10%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.87%) HND
11 7 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.40%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.40%) HNC
12 6 (1.40%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (3.04%) SLA
2 12 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.10%) GDPR
4 7 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.93%) NIST
5 4 (0.93%) QA
6 1 (0.23%) GxP
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (29.91%) Active Directory
2 46 (10.75%) Hyper-V
3 35 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.80%) Firmware
5 8 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.64%) BitLocker
7 5 (1.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 43 (10.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.50%) Terraform
3 14 (3.27%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.27%) SCCM
4 13 (3.04%) Ansible
5 8 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.17%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.17%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.93%) Autotask
8 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.70%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 178 (41.59%) Microsoft
2 51 (11.92%) Cisco
3 45 (10.51%) VMware
4 25 (5.84%) Meraki
5 24 (5.61%) Apple
6 19 (4.44%) Aruba
7 12 (2.80%) Arista
7 12 (2.80%) Dell
7 12 (2.80%) NetScout
8 11 (2.57%) Google
8 11 (2.57%) HP
8 11 (2.57%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.57%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.10%) Mitel
9 9 (2.10%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.87%) Juniper
10 8 (1.87%) Veeam
11 7 (1.64%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.40%) Okta
12 6 (1.40%) SolarWinds