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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 94 267
Rank change year-on-year -165 +173 +4
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 536 1,039 520
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 2.99% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.02% 17.94% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 437 235 395
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,350 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,563 £28,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - -2.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £60,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% -2.94% +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 5,348 5,793 6,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.84% 16.67% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,587 3,178 4,509
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £36,276 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.92% -19.39% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -83 176 £36,250 -12.65% 65
North of England +34 118 £31,500 -10.00% 45
Midlands -101 107 £41,250 +5.77% 39
North West +41 64 £31,000 +6.90% 25
South West -80 63 £38,378 +18.08% 11
West Midlands -19 56 £55,000 +41.03% 27
East of England -133 54 £34,000 -9.33% 32
East Midlands -93 51 £40,000 -3.03% 12
Yorkshire -6 43 £35,000 -12.50% 17
Wales -50 18 £29,250 -13.97% 6
North East -53 11 £47,788 +19.47% 5
Scotland -3 7 £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
1 114 (21.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (19.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Apache
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 28 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.56%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.12%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 234 (43.66%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (25.56%) Azure
3 130 (24.25%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.85%) AWS
5 20 (3.73%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.80%) Mimecast
7 11 (2.05%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.31%) SaaS
10 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.56%) Asana
11 3 (0.56%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.56%) GCP
11 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.56%) Stripe
12 2 (0.37%) IaaS
12 2 (0.37%) PaaS
12 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 235 (43.84%) Firewall
2 147 (27.43%) LAN
3 143 (26.68%) VPN
4 138 (25.75%) WAN
5 124 (23.13%) DNS
6 110 (20.52%) VLAN
7 109 (20.34%) DHCP
8 85 (15.86%) Wireless
9 75 (13.99%) VoIP
10 68 (12.69%) Internet
11 63 (11.75%) TCP/IP
12 56 (10.45%) Network Security
13 40 (7.46%) Cisco Nexus
14 37 (6.90%) Broadband
15 31 (5.78%) Bluetooth
15 31 (5.78%) Structured Cabling
16 27 (5.04%) OSPF
17 26 (4.85%) BGP
18 23 (4.29%) SD-WAN
19 17 (3.17%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.56%) MySQL
2 3 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.80%) Git
2 8 (1.49%) JIRA
3 6 (1.12%) GDB
3 6 (1.12%) GitLab
3 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 173 (32.28%) Social Skills
2 37 (6.90%) Telecoms
3 36 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.73%) Retail
7 19 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.99%) Finance
10 14 (2.61%) Electronics
10 14 (2.61%) Law
11 12 (2.24%) Advertising
12 8 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Wearables
15 3 (0.56%) Marketing
15 3 (0.56%) Social Housing
16 2 (0.37%) Billing
16 2 (0.37%) Military
17 1 (0.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 176 (32.84%) IT Support
2 126 (23.51%) Support Engineer
3 124 (23.13%) IT Engineer
4 109 (20.34%) IT Support Engineer
5 100 (18.66%) Senior
6 84 (15.67%) Network Engineer
7 71 (13.25%) Analyst
8 51 (9.51%) Support Technician
9 45 (8.40%) IT Technician
10 43 (8.02%) IT Support Technician
11 41 (7.65%) Senior Network Engineer
12 36 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
13 33 (6.16%) Sales Executive
13 33 (6.16%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (6.16%) Support Analyst
14 31 (5.78%) IT Analyst
15 29 (5.41%) Network Analyst
16 27 (5.04%) Senior Network Analyst
17 26 (4.85%) Security Analyst
17 26 (4.85%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.24%) Yocto
2 6 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.75%) pytest
3 4 (0.75%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.56%) Flash
4 3 (0.56%) Web Services
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.35%) Driving Licence
2 56 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.21%) CCTV
4 40 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (5.04%) IoT
6 18 (3.36%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.80%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.61%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.24%) Raspberry Pi
10 10 (1.87%) Clustering
11 9 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.68%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.49%) FMCG
13 6 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.93%) EPoS
14 5 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
15 4 (0.75%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 217 (40.49%) Windows
2 108 (20.15%) Windows Server
3 73 (13.62%) Windows 10
4 39 (7.28%) Mac OS
5 32 (5.97%) Linux
6 29 (5.41%) Android
7 21 (3.92%) Apple iOS
8 20 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (2.61%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (27.24%) Customer Service
3 142 (26.49%) Cybersecurity
4 77 (14.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 76 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 55 (10.26%) ITIL
7 50 (9.33%) Business Continuity
8 47 (8.77%) Vulnerability Management
9 45 (8.40%) Service Delivery
10 43 (8.02%) Incident Management
11 37 (6.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 37 (6.90%) SIEM
12 36 (6.72%) Data Security
12 36 (6.72%) Penetration Testing
13 35 (6.53%) Network Load Balancing
14 34 (6.34%) Mentoring
14 34 (6.34%) Project Delivery
15 33 (6.16%) Mobile Device Management
15 33 (6.16%) Time Management
16 31 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.16%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.04%) C
3 21 (3.92%) Python
4 17 (3.17%) SQL
5 16 (2.99%) Embedded C
6 14 (2.61%) C++
7 4 (0.75%) Bash
8 2 (0.37%) Bicep
8 2 (0.37%) Go
8 2 (0.37%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (9.70%) Degree
3 51 (9.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (7.09%) CCNA
5 26 (4.85%) CCNP
6 24 (4.48%) DBS Check
7 20 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (2.61%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.43%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.24%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.49%) CIPD
14 7 (1.31%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.12%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.75%) CISSP
16 4 (0.75%) MCSA
16 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 3 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (5.41%) SLA
3 20 (3.73%) GDPR
3 20 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (1.68%) JTAG
6 4 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 211 (39.37%) Active Directory
2 77 (14.37%) Hyper-V
3 52 (9.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.99%) Firmware
5 12 (2.24%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.12%) vSphere
7 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.37%) iptables
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 84 (15.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.61%) FortiGate
3 14 (2.61%) SCCM
4 7 (1.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.75%) Iperf
6 3 (0.56%) Autotask
6 3 (0.56%) cPanel
6 3 (0.56%) Plesk
6 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.56%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) Terraform
8 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Ansible
8 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 257 (47.95%) Microsoft
2 121 (22.57%) Cisco
3 74 (13.81%) Aruba
4 62 (11.57%) VMware
5 60 (11.19%) Palo Alto
6 45 (8.40%) SonicWALL
7 40 (7.46%) Qualys
7 40 (7.46%) Veeam
8 28 (5.22%) Apple
9 27 (5.04%) Fortinet
10 26 (4.85%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (3.54%) Meraki
12 18 (3.36%) Sophos
13 14 (2.61%) Google
14 12 (2.24%) Datto
15 9 (1.68%) WatchGuard
16 8 (1.49%) Draytek
16 8 (1.49%) ServiceNow
17 7 (1.31%) CheckPoint
17 7 (1.31%) Juniper