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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 89 204
Rank change year-on-year -161 +115 +38
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 587 1,068 627
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 3.08% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 18.99% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 475 253 242
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,375 £26,025
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,200 £33,500 £39,875
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -15.99% -0.31%
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.25% -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 5,770 5,624 6,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.66% 16.21% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,614 2,960 3,031
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -29.90% +7.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £61,750
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +2.94%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -99 185 £39,000 -6.02% 91
North of England +14 135 £31,000 +3.33% 64
Midlands -111 124 £42,750 +29.55% 71
North West +16 67 £32,000 -0.78% 32
East of England -121 66 £32,500 +16.07% 58
West Midlands -25 62 £38,750 +17.42% 48
East Midlands -89 62 £45,000 +33.33% 23
Yorkshire -10 49 £28,500 -5.00% 23
South West -101 48 £38,500 +18.46% 30
Wales -47 22 £29,500 -9.23% 15
North East -54 19 £30,000 - 11
Scotland -7 14 £28,000 -16.42% 25
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
1 119 (20.27%) SharePoint
2 114 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.02%) Apache
3 6 (1.02%) IIS
4 4 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 22 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 276 (47.02%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (24.87%) Entra ID
3 142 (24.19%) Azure
4 38 (6.47%) OneDrive
5 24 (4.09%) AWS
6 17 (2.90%) Google Workspace
7 10 (1.70%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.19%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.19%) SaaS
9 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.02%) GCP
9 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.68%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.34%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.34%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.17%) IaaS
12 1 (0.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 249 (42.42%) Firewall
2 199 (33.90%) VPN
3 175 (29.81%) DNS
4 161 (27.43%) DHCP
5 157 (26.75%) LAN
5 157 (26.75%) WAN
6 117 (19.93%) VLAN
7 97 (16.52%) Wireless
8 96 (16.35%) TCP/IP
9 74 (12.61%) VoIP
10 71 (12.10%) Internet
11 56 (9.54%) Network Security
12 43 (7.33%) Broadband
12 43 (7.33%) Cisco Nexus
13 32 (5.45%) Bluetooth
14 31 (5.28%) OSPF
14 31 (5.28%) Structured Cabling
15 30 (5.11%) BGP
16 24 (4.09%) SD-WAN
17 21 (3.58%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.02%) MySQL
3 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (2.90%) Git
2 15 (2.56%) JIRA
3 6 (1.02%) GDB
3 6 (1.02%) GitLab
3 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 213 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.16%) Telecoms
3 38 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.09%) Manufacturing
5 23 (3.92%) Retail
6 22 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.41%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.56%) Finance
9 13 (2.21%) Advertising
9 13 (2.21%) Electronics
10 9 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.85%) Law
11 5 (0.85%) Spanish Language
12 4 (0.68%) Marketing
13 3 (0.51%) Automotive
13 3 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.51%) Wearables
14 2 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 213 (36.29%) IT Support
2 159 (27.09%) Support Engineer
3 150 (25.55%) IT Engineer
4 133 (22.66%) IT Support Engineer
5 113 (19.25%) Senior
6 92 (15.67%) Network Engineer
7 81 (13.80%) Analyst
8 50 (8.52%) IT Technician
9 49 (8.35%) Support Technician
10 45 (7.67%) IT Support Technician
10 45 (7.67%) Senior Network Engineer
11 44 (7.50%) IT Analyst
12 43 (7.33%) Support Analyst
13 40 (6.81%) Sales Executive
14 37 (6.30%) IT Support Analyst
15 36 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support
15 36 (6.13%) Senior Analyst
16 31 (5.28%) Embedded Engineer
17 30 (5.11%) Field Engineer
18 29 (4.94%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.56%) Yocto
2 4 (0.68%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.68%) pytest
2 4 (0.68%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.51%) Flash
3 3 (0.51%) Web Services
4 2 (0.34%) Terraform
5 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.17%) QML
5 1 (0.17%) Qt
5 1 (0.17%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 107 (18.23%) Driving Licence
2 55 (9.37%) Onboarding
3 39 (6.64%) CCTV
4 33 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (4.43%) IoT
6 21 (3.58%) Embedded Systems
7 17 (2.90%) Device Driver
8 15 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
9 14 (2.39%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.04%) FMCG
11 10 (1.70%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
14 7 (1.19%) Clustering
14 7 (1.19%) EPoS
15 6 (1.02%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
17 4 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
17 4 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
17 4 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 270 (46.00%) Windows
2 115 (19.59%) Windows Server
3 62 (10.56%) Windows 10
4 34 (5.79%) Linux
5 33 (5.62%) Mac OS
6 23 (3.92%) Android
7 22 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (3.41%) Apple iOS
9 19 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.73%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.02%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (31.35%) Customer Service
3 159 (27.09%) Cybersecurity
4 89 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (13.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 65 (11.07%) ITIL
7 59 (10.05%) Business Continuity
8 56 (9.54%) Incident Management
9 52 (8.86%) Vulnerability Management
10 49 (8.35%) ITSM
11 46 (7.84%) Service Delivery
12 43 (7.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 43 (7.33%) SIEM
13 42 (7.16%) Mentoring
14 41 (6.98%) Data Security
15 39 (6.64%) Penetration Testing
15 39 (6.64%) Project Delivery
16 38 (6.47%) Network Load Balancing
17 33 (5.62%) Software Engineering
18 32 (5.45%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.30%) PowerShell
2 35 (5.96%) C
3 22 (3.75%) Embedded C
3 22 (3.75%) Python
4 19 (3.24%) C++
5 9 (1.53%) SQL
6 4 (0.68%) Bash
7 3 (0.51%) Rust
8 2 (0.34%) Bicep
8 2 (0.34%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 68 (11.58%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (9.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 50 (8.52%) Degree
4 41 (6.98%) CCNA
5 34 (5.79%) CCNP
6 26 (4.43%) DBS Check
6 26 (4.43%) Network+ Certification
7 21 (3.58%) Security Cleared
8 16 (2.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (2.56%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.04%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.19%) MCSA
13 6 (1.02%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.02%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.51%) CISSP
15 3 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (5.45%) SLA
3 19 (3.24%) GDPR
4 13 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 13 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.36%) JTAG
6 4 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.34%) QA
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 226 (38.50%) Active Directory
2 79 (13.46%) Hyper-V
3 47 (8.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (3.24%) Firmware
5 7 (1.19%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.02%) vSphere
7 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.34%) iptables
9 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 105 (17.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (1.70%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.36%) SCCM
6 6 (1.02%) Autotask
6 6 (1.02%) WSUS
7 4 (0.68%) Iperf
8 3 (0.51%) cPanel
8 3 (0.51%) Plesk
9 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) Ansible
10 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.17%) N-central
Vendors
1 296 (50.43%) Microsoft
2 146 (24.87%) Cisco
3 78 (13.29%) Aruba
4 65 (11.07%) Palo Alto
5 58 (9.88%) VMware
6 51 (8.69%) SonicWALL
7 43 (7.33%) Qualys
8 40 (6.81%) Veeam
9 38 (6.47%) Fortinet
10 31 (5.28%) Apple
11 23 (3.92%) Google
12 19 (3.24%) Datto
13 18 (3.07%) Meraki
14 15 (2.56%) Ubiquiti
15 14 (2.39%) Sophos
16 12 (2.04%) ServiceNow
17 11 (1.87%) Draytek
18 10 (1.70%) WatchGuard
19 9 (1.53%) Juniper
19 9 (1.53%) Ruckus Wireless