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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 249 212
Rank change year-on-year +10 -37 +99
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 427 263 876
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 1.02% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.39% 7.55% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 338 201 719
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.89% +5.88% +1.19%

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 7,923 3,485 8,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.69% 13.49% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,908 2,568 7,026
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £43,461
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +9.29% -3.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,325 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -7.77%

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 April 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 April 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 +21 110 £31,500 -16.00% 54
South West +17 93 £32,500 -29.35% 15
North of England -10 88 £32,500 -24.15% 28
Midlands -56 67 £41,250 -21.43% 36
North West +1 48 £30,000 -18.37% 19
West Midlands -24 48 £37,500 -25.93% 22
East of England -17 42 £40,000 +3.23% 32
Yorkshire -32 35 £33,500 -25.56% 8
Scotland -13 18 £33,500 -39.09% 9
East Midlands -48 18 £41,250 -28.26% 14
Northern Ireland -35 6 £65,000 - 1
North East -18 5 £48,445 +21.11% 2
Wales -39 3 £28,000 -30.00% 1
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 77 (18.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (16.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (11.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) Trello
5 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 180 (42.15%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (26.93%) Azure
3 88 (20.61%) Entra ID
4 27 (6.32%) OneDrive
5 20 (4.68%) AWS
6 12 (2.81%) OCI
7 11 (2.58%) SaaS
8 9 (2.11%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.41%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.94%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.70%) Asana
11 3 (0.70%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.70%) Stripe
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.47%) Slack
13 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.23%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 114 (26.70%) LAN
2 104 (24.36%) WAN
3 101 (23.65%) Firewall
4 95 (22.25%) DNS
5 85 (19.91%) DHCP
5 85 (19.91%) VPN
6 81 (18.97%) VLAN
7 58 (13.58%) VoIP
8 39 (9.13%) TCP/IP
9 35 (8.20%) Structured Cabling
10 31 (7.26%) Wireshark
11 26 (6.09%) Network Security
11 26 (6.09%) Wireless
12 18 (4.22%) SD-WAN
13 17 (3.98%) Unified Communications
14 16 (3.75%) Broadband
15 14 (3.28%) DSL
16 13 (3.04%) DECT
16 13 (3.04%) PBX
16 13 (3.04%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.94%) Power BI
4 3 (0.70%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.41%) JIRA
2 5 (1.17%) Git
3 4 (0.94%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.94%) Subversion
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 57 (13.35%) Telecoms
3 41 (9.60%) Organisational Skills
4 39 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.49%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.56%) Manufacturing
7 23 (5.39%) Retail
8 21 (4.92%) Marketing
9 18 (4.22%) Finance
10 17 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (3.04%) Law
12 10 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.64%) Advertising
14 6 (1.41%) Billing
14 6 (1.41%) Electronics
14 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.94%) Legal
16 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.70%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 122 (28.57%) IT Support
2 83 (19.44%) Support Engineer
3 78 (18.27%) IT Engineer
4 61 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (12.41%) Support Technician
6 52 (12.18%) 2nd Line Support
7 42 (9.84%) Senior
8 40 (9.37%) IT Technician
9 38 (8.90%) IT Support Technician
10 36 (8.43%) Field Engineer
11 34 (7.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 30 (7.03%) Field Service Engineer
13 29 (6.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (5.39%) Network Engineer
16 21 (4.92%) Operations Manager
17 20 (4.68%) 1st Line Support
18 18 (4.22%) Cabling Engineer
18 18 (4.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 17 (3.98%) Data Engineer
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 67 (15.69%) Driving Licence
2 35 (8.20%) Data Centre
2 35 (8.20%) EPoS
3 34 (7.96%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (5.62%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.39%) CCTV
6 20 (4.68%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.04%) Fibre Optics
7 13 (3.04%) Web Conferencing
8 12 (2.81%) PKI
9 8 (1.87%) iPad
9 8 (1.87%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.64%) Replication
11 6 (1.41%) Digital Signage
11 6 (1.41%) iPhone
11 6 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (1.41%) Social Media
12 5 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.17%) IoT
12 5 (1.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 168 (39.34%) Windows
2 86 (20.14%) Windows Server
3 69 (16.16%) Windows 10
4 31 (7.26%) Android
5 30 (7.03%) Apple iOS
5 30 (7.03%) Mac OS
6 21 (4.92%) Linux
7 9 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.70%) Debian
10 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.98%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (17.80%) Customer Service
3 53 (12.41%) ITIL
4 51 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (10.77%) Service Delivery
6 44 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (9.37%) Coaching
8 38 (8.90%) Time Management
9 32 (7.49%) Mentoring
10 31 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (6.09%) ITSM
13 21 (4.92%) Project Management
14 18 (4.22%) Cloud Security
15 17 (3.98%) Network Monitoring
16 16 (3.75%) Decision-Making
16 16 (3.75%) Mobile Device Management
17 15 (3.51%) Creative Thinking
17 15 (3.51%) CRM
17 15 (3.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.09%) PowerShell
1 26 (6.09%) Python
2 9 (2.11%) SQL
3 8 (1.87%) C
4 5 (1.17%) Embedded C
5 4 (0.94%) C++
6 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.23%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
7 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (11.71%) Degree
2 39 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.04%) CCNA
7 11 (2.58%) CCNP
8 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.87%) CIPD
10 7 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.70%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.70%) MCSE
15 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
16 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (4.68%) SLA
4 13 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (2.58%) GDPR
6 4 (0.94%) QA
7 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.23%) JTAG
System Software
1 154 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 44 (10.30%) Hyper-V
3 37 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.04%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.58%) Firmware
6 10 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.47%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (13.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.98%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.28%) SCCM
4 13 (3.04%) Ansible
5 12 (2.81%) Terraform
6 10 (2.34%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.41%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.70%) Autotask
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 191 (44.73%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.01%) VMware
3 35 (8.20%) Cisco
4 29 (6.79%) Apple
5 25 (5.85%) Meraki
6 22 (5.15%) Aruba
7 15 (3.51%) Veeam
8 13 (3.04%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.81%) Arista
9 12 (2.81%) NetScout
9 12 (2.81%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.58%) HP
11 9 (2.11%) Google
11 9 (2.11%) Sophos
12 8 (1.87%) Dell
12 8 (1.87%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.64%) SonicWALL
14 6 (1.41%) Okta
14 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
15 5 (1.17%) TP-LINK