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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 272 248
Rank change year-on-year +174 -24 +76
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,039 473 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.03% 0.86% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.48% 7.43% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 244 290 356
10th Percentile £27,375 £25,975 £26,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £38,250 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% -1.92% -9.41%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £51,172
90th Percentile £61,400 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -11.60%

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 5,623 6,370 6,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.39% 11.53% 18.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,977 3,436 4,344
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,750 £33,250 £31,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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
East of England +118 337 £37,500 -21.05% 26
South East +146 308 £41,500 +10.67% 69
Midlands +135 245 £34,000 -9.33% 38
East Midlands +103 195 £33,750 -10.00% 17
South West +95 73 £32,500 +8.33% 21
North of England -28 51 £30,000 -23.57% 34
West Midlands +43 50 £34,750 -10.90% 21
North West -31 24 £29,000 -31.76% 19
Yorkshire -23 22 £32,500 -1.52% 9
Northern Ireland - 11 £52,827 - 3
Scotland +51 10 £33,000 -45.00% 13
North East +5 5 - - 6
Wales -2 4 £32,500 -9.72% 3
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.29%) JOnAS
5 1 (0.096%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (2.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.58%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 150 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (12.80%) Azure
3 41 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 26 (2.50%) AWS
5 15 (1.44%) OneDrive
6 7 (0.67%) IaaS
7 6 (0.58%) Mimecast
7 6 (0.58%) Nutanix
7 6 (0.58%) SaaS
8 5 (0.48%) PaaS
8 5 (0.48%) Rubrik
8 5 (0.48%) Serverless
9 4 (0.38%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.38%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.29%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.19%) GCP
12 1 (0.096%) Google Drive
12 1 (0.096%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 738 (71.03%) Wireless
2 735 (70.74%) LTE
3 727 (69.97%) Bluetooth
4 725 (69.78%) 5G
5 722 (69.49%) GSM
6 721 (69.39%) UMTS
7 161 (15.50%) Firewall
8 112 (10.78%) WAN
9 104 (10.01%) LAN
10 97 (9.34%) VPN
11 94 (9.05%) VLAN
12 86 (8.28%) DNS
13 78 (7.51%) DHCP
14 53 (5.10%) TCP/IP
15 44 (4.23%) SD-WAN
16 39 (3.75%) VoIP
17 27 (2.60%) SAN
18 23 (2.21%) Network Security
19 20 (1.92%) Internet
20 19 (1.83%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (0.58%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.19%) Git
3 2 (0.19%) Subversion
4 1 (0.096%) KGDB
General
1 723 (69.59%) Electronics
2 124 (11.93%) Social Skills
3 33 (3.18%) Manufacturing
4 23 (2.21%) Telecoms
5 18 (1.73%) Finance
6 17 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (1.54%) Legal
8 15 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.87%) Public Sector
11 8 (0.77%) Marketing
12 7 (0.67%) Automotive
13 5 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.48%) Law
13 5 (0.48%) Retail
14 4 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.29%) Games
15 3 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.19%) Billing
16 2 (0.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 722 (69.49%) Electronics Engineer
2 721 (69.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 721 (69.39%) Test Engineer
3 73 (7.03%) IT Support
4 56 (5.39%) Support Engineer
5 40 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 39 (3.75%) IT Engineer
7 34 (3.27%) Network Engineer
8 27 (2.60%) Technical Support
9 22 (2.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (2.12%) IT Support Engineer
10 21 (2.02%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (1.83%) Technical Engineer
11 19 (1.83%) Technical Support Engineer
12 18 (1.73%) 1st Line Support
13 17 (1.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (1.54%) Analyst
14 16 (1.54%) Support Technician
15 15 (1.44%) Coordinator
15 15 (1.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.96%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.38%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 749 (72.09%) Driving Licence
2 33 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 18 (1.73%) Replication
4 17 (1.64%) Operational Technology
5 15 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (1.06%) CCTV
6 11 (1.06%) Data Centre
7 8 (0.77%) BYOD
7 8 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (0.58%) FMCG
8 6 (0.58%) IoT
8 6 (0.58%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.58%) Social Media
9 5 (0.48%) Clustering
9 5 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.38%) iPad
10 4 (0.38%) LIMS
11 3 (0.29%) EPoS
11 3 (0.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 160 (15.40%) Windows
2 95 (9.14%) Windows Server
3 57 (5.49%) Windows 10
4 23 (2.21%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.15%) Linux
6 11 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.77%) VMS
9 6 (0.58%) Android
10 5 (0.48%) Unix
11 3 (0.29%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 749 (72.09%) Mentoring
2 727 (69.97%) Coaching
3 724 (69.68%) Customer Requirements
4 723 (69.59%) Validation
5 721 (69.39%) Test Strategy
5 721 (69.39%) Verification and Validation
6 108 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (7.80%) Customer Service
8 54 (5.20%) Cybersecurity
9 46 (4.43%) ITIL
10 38 (3.66%) ITSM
11 34 (3.27%) Project Delivery
12 29 (2.79%) Virtual Environments
13 27 (2.60%) Migration
14 26 (2.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (2.50%) Service Delivery
15 24 (2.31%) Service Management
16 23 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 22 (2.12%) Business Continuity
18 20 (1.92%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 17 (1.64%) PowerShell
1 17 (1.64%) SQL
2 7 (0.67%) Python
3 2 (0.19%) Bash
3 2 (0.19%) C
3 2 (0.19%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.096%) Scala
Qualifications
1 748 (71.99%) Degree
2 726 (69.87%) HND
3 64 (6.16%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (4.91%) CCNA
5 45 (4.33%) Security Cleared
6 41 (3.95%) CCNP
7 28 (2.69%) JNCIA
8 25 (2.41%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.77%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.77%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.77%) PMP
10 7 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.48%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (0.67%) NIST
5 6 (0.58%) SLA
6 4 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.19%) GxP
7 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.096%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.096%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (11.84%) Active Directory
2 54 (5.20%) Hyper-V
3 50 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.92%) Firmware
5 12 (1.15%) BitLocker
6 9 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.096%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 67 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (3.66%) SCCM
3 10 (0.96%) Ansible
4 5 (0.48%) CASB
4 5 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.38%) Autotask
6 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.29%) Terraform
7 2 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.19%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.096%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.096%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 188 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 85 (8.18%) Cisco
3 59 (5.68%) VMware
4 37 (3.56%) Meraki
5 28 (2.69%) Juniper
6 26 (2.50%) HP
7 22 (2.12%) Apple
7 22 (2.12%) Remedy
8 17 (1.64%) arcserve
9 16 (1.54%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.25%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.06%) McAfee
12 11 (1.06%) MobileIron
12 11 (1.06%) Veeam
13 10 (0.96%) Aruba
14 9 (0.87%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.67%) Sophos
16 6 (0.58%) Mitel
16 6 (0.58%) Salesforce