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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 211 213
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +105
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 431 374 826
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.38% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.49% 9.91% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 330 201 687
10th Percentile £26,200 £29,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £50,500
90th Percentile £57,625 £75,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -

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 7,857 3,773 8,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.55% 13.96% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,870 2,527 6,839
10th Percentile £25,875 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.25% -7.62%

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 20 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 20 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 -11 105 £32,500 -18.75% 50
North of England +12 94 £30,500 -31.77% 29
South West +21 91 £32,000 -30.43% 16
Midlands -57 67 £52,500 - 34
North West +6 49 £30,000 -26.83% 19
West Midlands -12 46 £52,500 +3.70% 18
East of England -42 39 £40,000 - 30
Yorkshire -19 38 £33,500 -25.56% 9
Scotland 0 26 £33,500 -39.09% 11
East Midlands -73 20 £42,500 -26.09% 16
North East -19 7 £48,445 +21.11% 1
Northern Ireland -27 6 £65,000 - 1
Wales -35 3 £28,000 -30.00% 1
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 70 (16.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (14.85%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (11.60%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 168 (38.98%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (26.22%) Azure
3 74 (17.17%) Entra ID
4 28 (6.50%) OneDrive
5 20 (4.64%) AWS
6 12 (2.78%) OCI
7 11 (2.55%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.55%) SaaS
8 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.46%) Asana
9 2 (0.46%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.46%) Slack
9 2 (0.46%) Stripe
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 121 (28.07%) LAN
2 103 (23.90%) WAN
3 94 (21.81%) DNS
4 91 (21.11%) VPN
5 86 (19.95%) DHCP
6 84 (19.49%) Firewall
7 83 (19.26%) VLAN
8 58 (13.46%) VoIP
9 42 (9.74%) Structured Cabling
10 41 (9.51%) TCP/IP
11 33 (7.66%) Wireshark
12 25 (5.80%) Wireless
13 22 (5.10%) Network Security
14 17 (3.94%) Broadband
14 17 (3.94%) SD-WAN
15 15 (3.48%) Unified Communications
16 14 (3.25%) DSL
16 14 (3.25%) PBX
17 13 (3.02%) DECT
17 13 (3.02%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.70%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Git
2 4 (0.93%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Subversion
3 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 136 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.15%) Telecoms
3 48 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.26%) Manufacturing
7 22 (5.10%) Marketing
7 22 (5.10%) Retail
8 17 (3.94%) Finance
9 16 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (3.02%) Legal
11 12 (2.78%) Law
12 7 (1.62%) Advertising
12 7 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.62%) Electronics
12 7 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.39%) Billing
14 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.46%) Military
15 2 (0.46%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 122 (28.31%) IT Support
2 73 (16.94%) Support Engineer
3 70 (16.24%) IT Engineer
4 53 (12.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (12.06%) Support Technician
6 46 (10.67%) Senior
7 45 (10.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (9.05%) IT Technician
9 37 (8.58%) IT Support Technician
10 36 (8.35%) Field Engineer
11 31 (7.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 30 (6.96%) Field Service Engineer
13 27 (6.26%) Cabling Engineer
14 26 (6.03%) Data Engineer
15 25 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 22 (5.10%) 1st Line Support
16 22 (5.10%) Network Engineer
17 21 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 20 (4.64%) Operations Manager
19 17 (3.94%) 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 80 (18.56%) Driving Licence
2 37 (8.58%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (8.35%) Data Centre
4 34 (7.89%) EPoS
5 33 (7.66%) Onboarding
6 22 (5.10%) CCTV
7 20 (4.64%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.02%) Web Conferencing
9 12 (2.78%) Fibre Optics
9 12 (2.78%) PKI
10 8 (1.86%) Digital Signage
10 8 (1.86%) iPad
10 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.62%) iPhone
11 7 (1.62%) Replication
11 7 (1.62%) Social Media
12 6 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.93%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 164 (38.05%) Windows
2 82 (19.03%) Windows Server
3 64 (14.85%) Windows 10
4 34 (7.89%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.73%) Apple iOS
6 28 (6.50%) Android
7 21 (4.87%) Linux
8 12 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.70%) Debian
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.23%) Unix
12 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (32.48%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (18.79%) Customer Service
3 51 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (11.60%) ITIL
5 47 (10.90%) Service Delivery
6 41 (9.51%) Mentoring
7 40 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (9.05%) Coaching
9 34 (7.89%) Time Management
10 30 (6.96%) ITSM
11 26 (6.03%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (4.64%) Project Management
14 18 (4.18%) Cloud Security
15 17 (3.94%) Network Monitoring
16 16 (3.71%) Decision-Making
16 16 (3.71%) Mobile Device Management
17 15 (3.48%) Creative Thinking
17 15 (3.48%) Migration
18 14 (3.25%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.50%) Python
2 23 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.32%) C
4 6 (1.39%) C++
4 6 (1.39%) SQL
5 5 (1.16%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.23%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (13.92%) Degree
2 53 (12.30%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.02%) CCNP
7 9 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.09%) CCNA
8 7 (1.62%) CIPD
8 7 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.93%) HND
12 3 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.70%) HNC
13 2 (0.46%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (4.41%) SLA
3 13 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.09%) GDPR
5 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.93%) QA
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.23%) JTAG
System Software
1 149 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.98%) Hyper-V
3 34 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.32%) BitLocker
4 10 (2.32%) Firmware
5 9 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.39%) vSphere
7 3 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 49 (11.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.94%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (3.25%) SCCM
4 13 (3.02%) Ansible
5 12 (2.78%) Terraform
6 8 (1.86%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.39%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.93%) Autotask
9 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 185 (42.92%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.44%) VMware
3 32 (7.42%) Cisco
4 30 (6.96%) Apple
5 23 (5.34%) Meraki
6 20 (4.64%) Aruba
7 14 (3.25%) Veeam
8 13 (3.02%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.78%) Arista
9 12 (2.78%) NetScout
10 11 (2.55%) Google
11 10 (2.32%) HP
12 9 (2.09%) Dell
13 7 (1.62%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.62%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.62%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.62%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.39%) Okta
15 5 (1.16%) Mitel
15 5 (1.16%) SonicWALL