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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 97 281
Rank change year-on-year -148 +184 -28
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 570 1,040 464
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 3.01% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.13% 18.26% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 467 243 301
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £48,142 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,600 £60,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% +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 5,629 5,697 6,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.77% 16.47% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,728 3,041 3,578
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,250
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 11 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 11 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 -101 181 £39,000 -6.02% 58
North of England +35 130 £31,000 +3.33% 34
Midlands -109 112 £40,000 +17.65% 41
North West +22 67 £31,000 +6.90% 18
East of England -119 66 £34,500 +5.34% 40
East Midlands -88 57 £42,500 +25.93% 17
South West -92 56 £38,500 +18.46% 16
West Midlands -26 55 £34,000 -2.16% 24
Yorkshire -21 47 £32,500 - 14
Wales -51 21 £29,500 -9.23% 4
North East -46 16 £30,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland +10 11 £28,000 -15.15% 10
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
1 123 (21.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 122 (21.40%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) Apache
3 5 (0.88%) Confluence
3 5 (0.88%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 25 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.35%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.05%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 266 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (25.26%) Entra ID
3 143 (25.09%) Azure
4 29 (5.09%) OneDrive
5 26 (4.56%) AWS
6 16 (2.81%) Google Workspace
7 13 (2.28%) Mimecast
8 9 (1.58%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.23%) SaaS
10 6 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.88%) GCP
12 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.35%) Asana
13 2 (0.35%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.35%) ClickUp
13 2 (0.35%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.35%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 249 (43.68%) Firewall
2 176 (30.88%) VPN
3 152 (26.67%) DNS
4 151 (26.49%) LAN
5 146 (25.61%) WAN
6 137 (24.04%) DHCP
7 116 (20.35%) VLAN
8 87 (15.26%) Wireless
9 84 (14.74%) VoIP
10 77 (13.51%) TCP/IP
11 71 (12.46%) Internet
12 56 (9.82%) Network Security
13 43 (7.54%) Cisco Nexus
14 37 (6.49%) Broadband
15 33 (5.79%) Structured Cabling
16 31 (5.44%) Bluetooth
17 28 (4.91%) OSPF
18 27 (4.74%) BGP
19 24 (4.21%) SD-WAN
20 18 (3.16%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.88%) MySQL
3 3 (0.53%) Power BI
4 2 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.81%) Git
2 14 (2.46%) JIRA
3 6 (1.05%) GDB
3 6 (1.05%) GitLab
3 6 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 39 (6.84%) Telecoms
3 36 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (4.04%) Retail
6 21 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 20 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.63%) Finance
10 13 (2.28%) Electronics
11 12 (2.11%) Advertising
12 10 (1.75%) Law
13 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.70%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.70%) Wearables
16 3 (0.53%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.35%) Automotive
17 2 (0.35%) Marketing
17 2 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 200 (35.09%) IT Support
2 144 (25.26%) Support Engineer
3 142 (24.91%) IT Engineer
4 125 (21.93%) IT Support Engineer
5 103 (18.07%) Senior
6 82 (14.39%) Network Engineer
7 80 (14.04%) Analyst
8 46 (8.07%) Support Technician
9 43 (7.54%) IT Technician
10 42 (7.37%) Support Analyst
11 41 (7.19%) IT Support Technician
12 39 (6.84%) 2nd Line Support
12 39 (6.84%) Senior Network Engineer
13 38 (6.67%) IT Analyst
14 36 (6.32%) Sales Executive
14 36 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
15 31 (5.44%) IT Support Analyst
16 30 (5.26%) Field Engineer
17 29 (5.09%) Network Analyst
18 27 (4.74%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.28%) Yocto
2 5 (0.88%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.70%) pytest
3 4 (0.70%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.53%) Flash
4 3 (0.53%) Web Services
5 2 (0.35%) 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 98 (17.19%) Driving Licence
2 54 (9.47%) Onboarding
3 44 (7.72%) CCTV
4 40 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (4.91%) IoT
6 19 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
7 16 (2.81%) Device Driver
8 15 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.11%) Raspberry Pi
10 11 (1.93%) FMCG
11 9 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.40%) Clustering
12 8 (1.40%) EPoS
12 8 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 249 (43.68%) Windows
2 118 (20.70%) Windows Server
3 67 (11.75%) Windows 10
4 36 (6.32%) Mac OS
5 35 (6.14%) Linux
6 30 (5.26%) Android
7 22 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (3.68%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (2.63%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.88%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
14 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (33.51%) Problem-Solving
2 169 (29.65%) Customer Service
3 153 (26.84%) Cybersecurity
4 84 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 81 (14.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 63 (11.05%) ITIL
7 57 (10.00%) Business Continuity
8 52 (9.12%) Incident Management
9 50 (8.77%) Vulnerability Management
10 44 (7.72%) Service Delivery
11 42 (7.37%) Project Delivery
11 42 (7.37%) SIEM
12 39 (6.84%) Data Security
12 39 (6.84%) Mentoring
12 39 (6.84%) Penetration Testing
13 38 (6.67%) ITSM
13 38 (6.67%) Network Load Balancing
13 38 (6.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 36 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 35 (6.14%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.49%) PowerShell
2 30 (5.26%) C
3 21 (3.68%) Python
4 18 (3.16%) Embedded C
5 16 (2.81%) C++
6 15 (2.63%) SQL
7 4 (0.70%) Bash
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
8 2 (0.35%) Go
8 2 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (11.40%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (10.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (9.65%) Degree
4 41 (7.19%) CCNA
5 29 (5.09%) CCNP
6 28 (4.91%) Network+ Certification
7 27 (4.74%) DBS Check
8 18 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (2.46%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.46%) Security Cleared
10 12 (2.11%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.23%) MCSA
13 6 (1.05%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.05%) MCSE
14 5 (0.88%) CIPD
15 4 (0.70%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.70%) CISSP
15 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (5.61%) SLA
3 20 (3.51%) GDPR
4 18 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.58%) JTAG
7 4 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 222 (38.95%) Active Directory
2 85 (14.91%) Hyper-V
3 54 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.98%) Firmware
5 11 (1.93%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.05%) vSphere
8 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.35%) iptables
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 104 (18.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.98%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (2.11%) FortiGate
4 11 (1.93%) SCCM
5 9 (1.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.88%) WSUS
7 4 (0.70%) Iperf
8 3 (0.53%) Autotask
8 3 (0.53%) cPanel
8 3 (0.53%) Plesk
8 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.18%) Ansible
9 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 284 (49.82%) Microsoft
2 135 (23.68%) Cisco
3 78 (13.68%) Aruba
4 64 (11.23%) Palo Alto
4 64 (11.23%) VMware
5 50 (8.77%) SonicWALL
6 43 (7.54%) Qualys
7 39 (6.84%) Veeam
8 33 (5.79%) Fortinet
9 31 (5.44%) Apple
10 23 (4.04%) Ubiquiti
11 21 (3.68%) Google
12 19 (3.33%) Meraki
13 16 (2.81%) Sophos
14 14 (2.46%) Datto
15 11 (1.93%) Draytek
15 11 (1.93%) ServiceNow
16 9 (1.58%) HP
16 9 (1.58%) WatchGuard
17 8 (1.40%) CheckPoint