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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 94 218
Rank change year-on-year -148 +124 +84
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 495 1,008 908
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 3.19% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.11% 18.86% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 408 218 722
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,675 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +5.96% -1.95%
75th Percentile £45,290 £54,688 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,098 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.59% - +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 4,897 5,346 9,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 16.92% 12.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,341 2,862 6,963
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 1 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 1 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 -83 163 £35,000 -15.66% 50
North of England +31 112 £32,500 -7.14% 32
Midlands -108 95 £32,500 -27.78% 23
North West +39 68 £29,500 -31.79% 16
South West -64 66 £33,500 -27.17% 21
West Midlands -25 52 £32,500 -23.53% 15
East of England -129 46 £34,000 -12.26% 20
East Midlands -98 42 £38,750 -18.42% 8
Yorkshire -7 41 £42,500 +30.77% 12
Scotland +20 12 £25,250 -23.48% 5
Wales -49 7 £35,000 -6.96% 13
North East -51 3 £48,445 +21.11% 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
1 104 (21.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (19.60%) 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%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 44 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) 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 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 225 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (29.09%) Azure
3 123 (24.85%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.07%) AWS
5 18 (3.64%) SaaS
6 16 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.63%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.42%) OCI
9 9 (1.82%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.62%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.61%) Asana
14 3 (0.61%) ClickUp
14 3 (0.61%) 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
1 223 (45.05%) Firewall
2 126 (25.45%) DNS
2 126 (25.45%) VPN
3 124 (25.05%) LAN
4 119 (24.04%) WAN
5 113 (22.83%) DHCP
6 106 (21.41%) VLAN
7 70 (14.14%) VoIP
8 62 (12.53%) Internet
9 60 (12.12%) Wireless
10 58 (11.72%) TCP/IP
11 50 (10.10%) Network Security
12 37 (7.47%) Broadband
13 36 (7.27%) Structured Cabling
14 27 (5.45%) Cisco Nexus
15 26 (5.25%) Wireshark
16 24 (4.85%) Bluetooth
17 21 (4.24%) NGFW
18 20 (4.04%) SD-WAN
19 15 (3.03%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.81%) MySQL
3 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.61%) Power BI
4 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.22%) 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
1 155 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.71%) Telecoms
3 42 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 26 (5.25%) Retail
8 17 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.23%) Finance
10 14 (2.83%) Law
11 12 (2.42%) Marketing
12 11 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.62%) Electronics
14 7 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.01%) Advertising
16 4 (0.81%) Military
17 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.61%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.20%) Fire and Rescue
18 1 (0.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 158 (31.92%) IT Support
2 120 (24.24%) IT Engineer
2 120 (24.24%) Support Engineer
3 99 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 63 (12.73%) Senior
5 56 (11.31%) Analyst
6 53 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
7 51 (10.30%) Support Technician
8 48 (9.70%) IT Technician
9 44 (8.89%) IT Support Technician
10 42 (8.48%) Network Engineer
11 29 (5.86%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (5.66%) Sales Executive
13 26 (5.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 26 (5.25%) Network Analyst
13 26 (5.25%) Security Analyst
13 26 (5.25%) Senior Security Analyst
14 25 (5.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 25 (5.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 25 (5.05%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.21%) Yocto
2 5 (1.01%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.81%) pytest
3 4 (0.81%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.61%) 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 95 (19.19%) Driving Licence
2 53 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 39 (7.88%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.87%) CCTV
5 26 (5.25%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.43%) IoT
7 15 (3.03%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.63%) PKI
9 12 (2.42%) EPoS
10 10 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (2.02%) Fibre Optics
11 9 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (1.62%) Clustering
12 8 (1.62%) FMCG
13 7 (1.41%) Device Driver
13 7 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
14 6 (1.21%) Digital Signage
15 5 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 200 (40.40%) Windows
2 113 (22.83%) Windows Server
3 81 (16.36%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.07%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.06%) Android
6 29 (5.86%) Apple iOS
7 27 (5.45%) Linux
8 18 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
12 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
14 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Unix
14 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (32.12%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (24.44%) Customer Service
3 113 (22.83%) Cybersecurity
4 63 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (12.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 52 (10.51%) ITIL
6 52 (10.51%) Service Delivery
7 40 (8.08%) Mentoring
8 39 (7.88%) Time Management
9 35 (7.07%) Business Continuity
9 35 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 35 (7.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 34 (6.87%) ITSM
11 33 (6.67%) Coaching
12 27 (5.45%) Incident Management
12 27 (5.45%) Project Delivery
13 26 (5.25%) Penetration Testing
14 25 (5.05%) Data Security
14 25 (5.05%) SIEM
15 24 (4.85%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.68%) PowerShell
2 33 (6.67%) Python
3 17 (3.43%) SQL
4 16 (3.23%) C
5 10 (2.02%) Embedded C
6 8 (1.62%) 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 (10.10%) Degree
2 46 (9.29%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (7.27%) CCNA
5 30 (6.06%) Security Cleared
6 29 (5.86%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (3.03%) CCNP
9 14 (2.83%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.42%) Azure Certification
10 12 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.62%) CIPD
11 8 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.81%) CISSP
15 3 (0.61%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.61%) MCSE
15 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (6.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.45%) SLA
4 24 (4.85%) GDPR
5 14 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.01%) JTAG
7 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.61%) QA
8 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 201 (40.61%) Active Directory
2 66 (13.33%) Hyper-V
3 51 (10.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.63%) Firmware
5 12 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.22%) BitLocker
6 11 (2.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 71 (14.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.83%) FortiGate
3 13 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.63%) 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 (0.61%) Autotask
7 3 (0.61%) cPanel
7 3 (0.61%) Iperf
7 3 (0.61%) Plesk
8 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 250 (50.51%) Microsoft
2 82 (16.57%) Cisco
3 62 (12.53%) VMware
4 59 (11.92%) Aruba
5 45 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 30 (6.06%) Veeam
7 29 (5.86%) Qualys
7 29 (5.86%) SonicWALL
8 26 (5.25%) Apple
9 25 (5.05%) Meraki
10 22 (4.44%) Fortinet
11 19 (3.84%) Ubiquiti
12 18 (3.64%) Sophos
13 12 (2.42%) Arista
13 12 (2.42%) NetScout
14 11 (2.22%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.02%) Google
15 10 (2.02%) HP
16 9 (1.82%) Dell
16 9 (1.82%) WatchGuard