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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 201 232
Rank change year-on-year -11 +31 +88
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 385 592 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.35% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.17% 10.75% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 276 226 323
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £28,563
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,313 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +8.75% -5.04%
75th Percentile £43,250 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -2.16%

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 6,238 5,508 5,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.04% 12.60% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,062 2,740 4,161
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,040 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,625 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.75% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,345 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.70% +6.69% -4.76%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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
South East -26 97 £37,500 -16.84% 94
South West +80 87 £31,250 -30.56% 27
Midlands -12 67 £32,500 -27.78% 40
North of England +14 66 £30,000 -23.57% 61
West Midlands +18 52 £32,000 -28.89% 23
Yorkshire -4 33 £30,500 -26.06% 24
East of England -50 33 £29,250 -30.36% 50
North West +16 24 £30,000 -25.93% 28
Scotland +27 23 £33,500 -42.74% 11
East Midlands -45 15 £32,500 -28.96% 16
North East +9 9 £65,000 +132.14% 11
Northern Ireland - 7 £57,500 - 6
Wales -17 5 £30,250 -29.65% 8
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 62 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (13.77%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) JOnAS
Applications
1 47 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 166 (43.12%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (32.99%) Azure
3 49 (12.73%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.71%) AWS
5 17 (4.42%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.56%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.56%) IaaS
6 6 (1.56%) SaaS
7 5 (1.30%) PaaS
7 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
7 5 (1.30%) Serverless
8 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.78%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.52%) GCP
9 2 (0.52%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.52%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.26%) OCI
10 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 125 (32.47%) Firewall
1 125 (32.47%) LAN
2 114 (29.61%) WAN
3 100 (25.97%) VPN
4 98 (25.45%) DNS
5 88 (22.86%) VLAN
6 87 (22.60%) DHCP
7 62 (16.10%) VoIP
8 56 (14.55%) TCP/IP
9 44 (11.43%) SD-WAN
10 36 (9.35%) Structured Cabling
11 27 (7.01%) Network Security
12 19 (4.94%) IPsec
13 18 (4.68%) Wireless
14 15 (3.90%) Ethernet
14 15 (3.90%) Internet
15 13 (3.38%) Junos
15 13 (3.38%) Unified Communications
16 12 (3.12%) Wireshark
17 11 (2.86%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 149 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.13%) Telecoms
3 38 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (6.75%) Legal
6 23 (5.97%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.94%) Finance
8 16 (4.16%) Marketing
9 11 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.82%) Automotive
10 7 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.56%) Electronics
12 5 (1.30%) Law
12 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.04%) Billing
13 4 (1.04%) Retail
14 2 (0.52%) Advertising
14 2 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 110 (28.57%) IT Support
2 66 (17.14%) Support Engineer
3 50 (12.99%) IT Engineer
4 37 (9.61%) 2nd Line Support
5 34 (8.83%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (7.53%) Network Engineer
6 29 (7.53%) Technical Support
7 27 (7.01%) Cabling Engineer
7 27 (7.01%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.23%) Support Technician
9 23 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
10 22 (5.71%) Senior
11 21 (5.45%) Field Engineer
11 21 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
12 19 (4.94%) 1st Line Support
13 18 (4.68%) Field Service Engineer
13 18 (4.68%) Support Specialist
14 17 (4.42%) IT Support Assistant
14 17 (4.42%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.08%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.04%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.32%) Driving Licence
2 51 (13.25%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (5.97%) EPoS
5 14 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.64%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.38%) CCTV
6 13 (3.38%) Replication
7 9 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.08%) LIMS
9 7 (1.82%) BYOD
9 7 (1.82%) FMCG
10 6 (1.56%) iPad
11 5 (1.30%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.30%) Social Media
11 5 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.04%) NHS
13 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 159 (41.30%) Windows
2 88 (22.86%) Windows Server
3 53 (13.77%) Windows 10
4 32 (8.31%) Mac OS
5 16 (4.16%) Linux
6 15 (3.90%) Android
7 9 (2.34%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.78%) Debian
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.26%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.26%) VMS
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 60 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (12.73%) ITIL
5 41 (10.65%) Mentoring
6 31 (8.05%) Service Delivery
7 30 (7.79%) ITSM
7 30 (7.79%) Project Delivery
8 29 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.49%) Service Management
10 22 (5.71%) Migration
11 21 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (5.19%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (4.94%) Process Improvement
14 17 (4.42%) Computer Science
15 16 (4.16%) Business Continuity
16 15 (3.90%) Project Management
17 14 (3.64%) High Availability
17 14 (3.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 14 (3.64%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.90%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.60%) SQL
3 9 (2.34%) Python
4 5 (1.30%) C
4 5 (1.30%) C++
5 3 (0.78%) Bash
6 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 66 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 60 (15.58%) Degree
3 55 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (10.13%) CCNA
5 34 (8.83%) CCNP
6 30 (7.79%) SC Cleared
7 23 (5.97%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.86%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.60%) HND
10 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.34%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.34%) PMP
12 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.08%) HNC
12 8 (2.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.82%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.04%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (4.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.08%) NIST
5 7 (1.82%) SLA
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) GxP
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (34.55%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.81%) Hyper-V
3 32 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.64%) Firmware
5 5 (1.30%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 60 (15.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.97%) SCCM
3 5 (1.30%) Ansible
3 5 (1.30%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.04%) Terraform
5 3 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.52%) Autotask
6 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 185 (48.05%) Microsoft
2 78 (20.26%) Cisco
3 40 (10.39%) VMware
4 30 (7.79%) Meraki
5 22 (5.71%) HP
6 17 (4.42%) Apple
7 16 (4.16%) Juniper
8 15 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 13 (3.38%) Aruba
9 13 (3.38%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.60%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.60%) Veeam
11 9 (2.34%) arcserve
11 9 (2.34%) Mitel
11 9 (2.34%) Remedy
11 9 (2.34%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.08%) Sophos
13 6 (1.56%) Google
13 6 (1.56%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.30%) Panasonic