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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 159 207
Rank change year-on-year -58 +48 +98
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 430 535 763
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.85% 1.82% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.56% 12.44% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 316 208 640
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £46,040 £61,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,367 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.85% +6.74% -

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 7,727 4,301 7,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.19% 14.60% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,809 2,385 6,317
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +14.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,010 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,792 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -25.83% +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 4 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 4 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 -64 100 £32,000 -20.00% 54
North of England -1 93 £30,250 -27.11% 36
South West +41 92 £32,000 -39.05% 19
Midlands -59 71 £52,500 -1.12% 33
West Midlands -5 49 £52,500 +0.06% 19
North West -1 45 £30,000 -26.83% 20
Yorkshire -15 39 £33,000 -26.42% 14
East of England -69 37 £40,000 - 36
Scotland +12 27 £33,500 -39.09% 13
East Midlands -74 21 £54,000 +0.47% 14
North East -10 9 £48,445 - 4
Northern Ireland -23 7 £65,000 - 1
Wales -28 3 £28,000 -30.00% 5
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 54 (12.56%) 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 49 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 167 (38.84%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (26.05%) Azure
3 65 (15.12%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.05%) OneDrive
5 21 (4.88%) AWS
6 12 (2.79%) OCI
7 11 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.56%) SaaS
8 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.47%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.47%) Slack
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 119 (27.67%) LAN
2 106 (24.65%) WAN
3 103 (23.95%) VPN
4 101 (23.49%) DNS
5 92 (21.40%) DHCP
6 87 (20.23%) Firewall
7 86 (20.00%) VLAN
8 64 (14.88%) VoIP
9 52 (12.09%) Structured Cabling
10 43 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 35 (8.14%) Wireshark
12 26 (6.05%) Wireless
13 23 (5.35%) SD-WAN
14 22 (5.12%) Network Security
15 17 (3.95%) Broadband
15 17 (3.95%) PBX
16 16 (3.72%) Ethernet
16 16 (3.72%) Unified Communications
17 14 (3.26%) DSL
17 14 (3.26%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.33%) 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
3 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 134 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.28%) Telecoms
3 46 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (7.44%) Manufacturing
6 25 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.35%) Legal
8 22 (5.12%) Marketing
9 16 (3.72%) Retail
10 13 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.79%) Finance
12 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.63%) Advertising
13 7 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.40%) Billing
14 6 (1.40%) Electronics
14 6 (1.40%) Law
15 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.47%) Military
17 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 115 (26.74%) IT Support
2 70 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 65 (15.12%) IT Engineer
4 46 (10.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (10.23%) 2nd Line Support
5 44 (10.23%) Senior
5 44 (10.23%) Support Technician
6 38 (8.84%) Cabling Engineer
7 37 (8.60%) Data Engineer
8 34 (7.91%) Field Engineer
9 33 (7.67%) IT Technician
10 32 (7.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 31 (7.21%) IT Support Technician
12 30 (6.98%) Field Service Engineer
13 26 (6.05%) 1st Line Support
13 26 (6.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (5.81%) Network Engineer
15 21 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (4.42%) Support Specialist
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 87 (20.23%) Driving Licence
2 44 (10.23%) Onboarding
3 40 (9.30%) Data Centre
4 35 (8.14%) EPoS
5 31 (7.21%) 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 9 (2.09%) iPad
12 8 (1.86%) Digital Signage
13 7 (1.63%) iPhone
13 7 (1.63%) Replication
13 7 (1.63%) Social Media
14 6 (1.40%) Raspberry Pi
14 6 (1.40%) Security Posture
15 5 (1.16%) LIMS
15 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
15 5 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 159 (36.98%) Windows
2 79 (18.37%) Windows Server
3 56 (13.02%) Windows 10
4 38 (8.84%) Mac OS
5 28 (6.51%) Apple iOS
6 26 (6.05%) Android
7 21 (4.88%) 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
12 2 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (21.16%) Customer Service
3 53 (12.33%) ITIL
4 52 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (11.16%) Service Delivery
6 46 (10.70%) Mentoring
7 34 (7.91%) ITSM
8 32 (7.44%) Coaching
8 32 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (6.74%) Time Management
10 27 (6.28%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (5.12%) Project Management
12 17 (3.95%) Cloud Security
12 17 (3.95%) Decision-Making
13 16 (3.72%) Network Monitoring
14 15 (3.49%) Creative Thinking
14 15 (3.49%) Migration
14 15 (3.49%) Mobile Device Management
14 15 (3.49%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.51%) Python
2 23 (5.35%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.09%) 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 64 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 61 (14.19%) Degree
3 40 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.95%) CCNP
7 10 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.33%) CCNA
8 7 (1.63%) HND
8 7 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.16%) HNC
11 4 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (3.95%) SLA
2 16 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.86%) GDPR
5 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.93%) QA
6 2 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 140 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 44 (10.23%) Hyper-V
3 36 (8.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.56%) Firmware
5 9 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.86%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.40%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 46 (10.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.72%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.26%) SCCM
3 14 (3.26%) Terraform
4 13 (3.02%) Ansible
5 8 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.40%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.93%) Autotask
8 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 182 (42.33%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.93%) VMware
3 38 (8.84%) Cisco
4 29 (6.74%) Apple
5 24 (5.58%) Meraki
6 19 (4.42%) Aruba
7 13 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.79%) Arista
8 12 (2.79%) Dell
8 12 (2.79%) NetScout
8 12 (2.79%) Veeam
9 11 (2.56%) Google
9 11 (2.56%) HP
10 8 (1.86%) Mitel
10 8 (1.86%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.86%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.63%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.40%) Okta
13 5 (1.16%) SolarWinds
14 4 (0.93%) Atmel