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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 165 213
Rank change year-on-year -51 +48 +97
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 430 500 818
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.79% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.49% 12.27% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 321 204 683
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £46,160 £63,750 £51,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,819 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.61% +7.81% -

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 7,837 4,076 8,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.78% 14.56% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,505 6,810
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,239
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +15.64% -3.91%
75th Percentile £55,313 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -42 105 £32,000 -20.00% 52
South West +23 93 £32,000 -30.43% 14
North of England -1 92 £30,500 -31.77% 29
Midlands -67 70 £52,500 -1.12% 35
West Midlands -11 48 £52,500 +2.44% 18
North West +6 46 £30,000 -27.27% 17
Yorkshire -17 38 £33,500 -25.56% 11
East of England -69 34 £40,000 - 30
Scotland +7 26 £33,500 -39.09% 9
East Midlands -74 21 £48,250 -16.09% 17
North East - 8 £48,445 - 2
Northern Ireland -24 7 £65,000 - 1
Wales -25 3 £28,000 -30.00% 4
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 66 (15.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (13.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 162 (37.67%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (25.81%) Azure
3 69 (16.05%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.05%) OneDrive
5 20 (4.65%) AWS
6 12 (2.79%) OCI
7 11 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.56%) SaaS
8 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.47%) Asana
9 2 (0.47%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.47%) Slack
9 2 (0.47%) Stripe
10 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 120 (27.91%) LAN
2 104 (24.19%) WAN
3 95 (22.09%) DNS
3 95 (22.09%) VPN
4 87 (20.23%) DHCP
5 85 (19.77%) VLAN
6 83 (19.30%) Firewall
7 60 (13.95%) VoIP
8 48 (11.16%) Structured Cabling
9 41 (9.53%) TCP/IP
10 34 (7.91%) Wireshark
11 26 (6.05%) Wireless
12 22 (5.12%) Network Security
13 19 (4.42%) SD-WAN
14 17 (3.95%) Broadband
15 15 (3.49%) PBX
16 14 (3.26%) DSL
16 14 (3.26%) Ethernet
16 14 (3.26%) Unified Communications
17 13 (3.02%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.70%) MySQL
4 2 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Git
2 4 (0.93%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Subversion
3 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 66 (15.35%) Telecoms
3 48 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.84%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (6.74%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.51%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.35%) Marketing
8 18 (4.19%) Legal
8 18 (4.19%) Retail
9 16 (3.72%) Finance
10 15 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.33%) Law
12 7 (1.63%) Advertising
12 7 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.63%) Electronics
12 7 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.40%) Billing
14 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.47%) Military
16 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 117 (27.21%) IT Support
2 70 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 65 (15.12%) IT Engineer
4 50 (11.63%) Support Technician
5 49 (11.40%) IT Support Engineer
6 46 (10.70%) Senior
7 44 (10.23%) 2nd Line Support
8 37 (8.60%) IT Technician
9 35 (8.14%) Field Engineer
9 35 (8.14%) IT Support Technician
10 34 (7.91%) Cabling Engineer
11 33 (7.67%) Data Engineer
12 30 (6.98%) Field Service Engineer
13 29 (6.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 24 (5.58%) 1st Line Support
14 24 (5.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 23 (5.35%) Network Engineer
16 20 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 17 (3.95%) Operations Manager
17 17 (3.95%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) .NET
1 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.23%) NumPy
1 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.23%) SciPy
1 1 (0.23%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 84 (19.53%) Driving Licence
2 39 (9.07%) Data Centre
3 38 (8.84%) Onboarding
4 35 (8.14%) EPoS
5 33 (7.67%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (4.65%) Mobile App
7 18 (4.19%) CCTV
8 14 (3.26%) Fibre Optics
9 13 (3.02%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (2.79%) PKI
11 8 (1.86%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.86%) iPad
11 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.63%) iPhone
12 7 (1.63%) Replication
12 7 (1.63%) Social Media
13 6 (1.40%) Raspberry Pi
14 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 4 (0.93%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 159 (36.98%) Windows
2 77 (17.91%) Windows Server
3 60 (13.95%) Windows 10
4 35 (8.14%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.74%) Apple iOS
6 27 (6.28%) Android
7 22 (5.12%) Linux
8 12 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.70%) Debian
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.23%) Unix
12 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.02%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (19.07%) Customer Service
3 51 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (11.63%) ITIL
5 48 (11.16%) Service Delivery
6 44 (10.23%) Mentoring
7 37 (8.60%) Coaching
7 37 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (7.21%) ITSM
8 31 (7.21%) Time Management
9 26 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (5.35%) Project Management
11 18 (4.19%) Cloud Security
12 17 (3.95%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (3.72%) Decision-Making
14 15 (3.49%) Creative Thinking
14 15 (3.49%) Migration
14 15 (3.49%) Mobile Device Management
15 14 (3.26%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.51%) Python
2 21 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.33%) C
4 6 (1.40%) C++
4 6 (1.40%) SQL
5 5 (1.16%) 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 61 (14.19%) Degree
1 61 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.53%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.49%) CCNP
6 10 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.86%) CCNA
8 7 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.16%) CIPD
10 5 (1.16%) HND
10 5 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (0.93%) HNC
12 3 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.42%) SLA
3 18 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (2.09%) GDPR
6 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.93%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.23%) JTAG
7 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 143 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 43 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 34 (7.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.56%) Firmware
5 9 (2.09%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.40%) vSphere
7 3 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 44 (10.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.95%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (3.02%) Ansible
3 13 (3.02%) SCCM
3 13 (3.02%) Terraform
4 8 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.63%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.93%) Autotask
8 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 180 (41.86%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.47%) VMware
3 34 (7.91%) Cisco
4 28 (6.51%) Apple
5 24 (5.58%) Meraki
6 20 (4.65%) Aruba
7 14 (3.26%) Veeam
8 13 (3.02%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.79%) Arista
9 12 (2.79%) NetScout
10 11 (2.56%) Google
11 10 (2.33%) Dell
11 10 (2.33%) HP
12 8 (1.86%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.63%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.40%) Okta
14 6 (1.40%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (1.16%) Mitel
16 4 (0.93%) SonicWALL