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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 99 277
Rank change year-on-year -149 +178 -15
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 545 1,039 489
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 2.99% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.97% 18.04% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 444 238 342
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -0.66% -1.95%
75th Percentile £48,142 £49,438 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £59,875
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.88% -3.53% +6.25%

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 5,466 5,761 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.79% 16.57% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 3,121 4,111
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £35,000 £45,802
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -23.58% +1.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,761 £59,938
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -93 177 £39,000 -6.02% 62
North of England +22 122 £31,000 -11.43% 45
Midlands -111 106 £40,000 +17.65% 50
North West +28 65 £31,000 +6.90% 22
East of England -119 61 £34,000 -12.26% 42
South West -84 58 £38,500 +18.46% 16
West Midlands -25 53 £32,500 -6.47% 36
East Midlands -91 53 £42,500 +25.93% 14
Yorkshire -23 43 £35,000 -6.67% 20
Wales -54 20 £29,500 -13.24% 5
North East -47 14 £30,000 -25.00% 7
Scotland +1 8 £28,000 -15.15% 6
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
1 121 (22.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (21.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) Apache
3 4 (0.73%) Confluence
3 4 (0.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 24 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.10%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 251 (46.06%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (26.06%) Azure
3 137 (25.14%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.77%) AWS
5 25 (4.59%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.75%) Google Workspace
7 14 (2.57%) Mimecast
8 9 (1.65%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.28%) SaaS
10 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
12 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.37%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.37%) ClickUp
13 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.37%) Serverless
13 2 (0.37%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 244 (44.77%) Firewall
2 162 (29.72%) VPN
3 147 (26.97%) LAN
4 140 (25.69%) DNS
4 140 (25.69%) WAN
5 125 (22.94%) DHCP
6 115 (21.10%) VLAN
7 86 (15.78%) Wireless
8 79 (14.50%) VoIP
9 70 (12.84%) TCP/IP
10 69 (12.66%) Internet
11 58 (10.64%) Network Security
12 42 (7.71%) Cisco Nexus
13 35 (6.42%) Broadband
14 32 (5.87%) Structured Cabling
15 30 (5.50%) Bluetooth
16 27 (4.95%) OSPF
17 26 (4.77%) BGP
18 22 (4.04%) SD-WAN
19 17 (3.12%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.73%) MySQL
3 3 (0.55%) Power BI
4 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.75%) Git
2 12 (2.20%) JIRA
3 6 (1.10%) GDB
3 6 (1.10%) GitLab
3 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 180 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (6.42%) Telecoms
4 24 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (3.67%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.49%) Retail
7 18 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.57%) Finance
9 13 (2.39%) Electronics
10 11 (2.02%) Advertising
10 11 (2.02%) Law
11 8 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.73%) Wearables
14 3 (0.55%) Social Housing
14 3 (0.55%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.37%) Billing
15 2 (0.37%) Marketing
15 2 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 185 (33.94%) IT Support
2 132 (24.22%) Support Engineer
3 129 (23.67%) IT Engineer
4 114 (20.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 100 (18.35%) Senior
6 82 (15.05%) Network Engineer
7 75 (13.76%) Analyst
8 48 (8.81%) Support Technician
9 44 (8.07%) IT Technician
10 42 (7.71%) IT Support Technician
11 38 (6.97%) Senior Network Engineer
12 37 (6.79%) Support Analyst
13 36 (6.61%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
15 34 (6.24%) Sales Executive
16 33 (6.06%) IT Analyst
17 29 (5.32%) Network Analyst
18 27 (4.95%) Senior Network Analyst
19 26 (4.77%) IT Support Analyst
19 26 (4.77%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.20%) Yocto
2 6 (1.10%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.73%) pytest
3 4 (0.73%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.55%) Flash
4 3 (0.55%) Web Services
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.18%) QML
6 1 (0.18%) Qt
6 1 (0.18%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.06%) Driving Licence
2 52 (9.54%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.07%) CCTV
4 40 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (4.95%) IoT
6 18 (3.30%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.75%) Device Driver
7 15 (2.75%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.02%) Raspberry Pi
9 10 (1.83%) FMCG
10 9 (1.65%) Clustering
10 9 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.65%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
13 4 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.73%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 232 (42.57%) Windows
2 114 (20.92%) Windows Server
3 66 (12.11%) Windows 10
4 38 (6.97%) Mac OS
5 33 (6.06%) Linux
6 28 (5.14%) Android
7 22 (4.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (3.85%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (2.57%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (32.48%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (28.62%) Customer Service
3 147 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
4 81 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 81 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 59 (10.83%) ITIL
6 54 (9.91%) Business Continuity
7 49 (8.99%) Vulnerability Management
8 48 (8.81%) Incident Management
9 44 (8.07%) Service Delivery
10 40 (7.34%) SIEM
11 38 (6.97%) Data Security
11 38 (6.97%) Penetration Testing
11 38 (6.97%) Project Delivery
12 37 (6.79%) Network Load Balancing
12 37 (6.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 36 (6.61%) Mentoring
14 35 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 35 (6.42%) Mobile Device Management
15 32 (5.87%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.61%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.14%) C
3 21 (3.85%) Python
4 16 (2.94%) Embedded C
4 16 (2.94%) SQL
5 15 (2.75%) C++
6 4 (0.73%) Bash
7 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 2 (0.37%) Go
7 2 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (11.56%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (9.72%) Degree
4 40 (7.34%) CCNA
5 27 (4.95%) CCNP
5 27 (4.95%) DBS Check
6 24 (4.40%) Network+ Certification
7 17 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (2.57%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.57%) Security Cleared
9 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.10%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.10%) CIPD
12 6 (1.10%) MCSA
13 5 (0.92%) MCSE
14 4 (0.73%) CISSP
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (5.69%) SLA
3 20 (3.67%) GDPR
4 18 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.65%) JTAG
7 4 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 214 (39.27%) Active Directory
2 83 (15.23%) Hyper-V
3 54 (9.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.94%) Firmware
5 11 (2.02%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.10%) vSphere
7 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.37%) iptables
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 95 (17.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.12%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.39%) FortiGate
4 12 (2.20%) SCCM
5 7 (1.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.73%) Iperf
6 4 (0.73%) WSUS
7 3 (0.55%) Autotask
7 3 (0.55%) cPanel
7 3 (0.55%) Plesk
7 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.18%) Ansible
8 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 271 (49.72%) Microsoft
2 129 (23.67%) Cisco
3 77 (14.13%) Aruba
4 64 (11.74%) VMware
5 63 (11.56%) Palo Alto
6 48 (8.81%) SonicWALL
7 42 (7.71%) Qualys
8 40 (7.34%) Veeam
9 29 (5.32%) Apple
9 29 (5.32%) Fortinet
10 25 (4.59%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (3.49%) Google
11 19 (3.49%) Meraki
12 17 (3.12%) Sophos
13 14 (2.57%) Datto
14 9 (1.65%) Draytek
14 9 (1.65%) ServiceNow
14 9 (1.65%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.47%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.47%) Juniper