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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 96 259
Rank change year-on-year -159 +163 +25
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 531 1,036 554
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 2.99% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 17.85% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 434 233 427
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £49,125 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £60,500
UK median annual salary £39,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.82% -2.35% +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 5,311 5,805 6,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.95% 16.77% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,570 3,174 4,663
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -4.76%

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 9 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 9 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 -87 177 £35,000 -15.66% 63
North of England +23 110 £32,000 -8.57% 48
Midlands -100 105 £40,000 +2.56% 32
South West -69 67 £38,189 +17.50% 15
North West +33 61 £30,500 +8.93% 26
West Midlands -25 56 £52,500 +34.62% 20
East of England -127 53 £34,000 -15.00% 20
East Midlands -98 49 £40,000 -15.79% 12
Yorkshire -17 40 £42,500 +6.25% 19
Wales -52 17 £29,000 -14.71% 6
North East -47 9 £65,576 +63.94% 4
Scotland +4 8 £28,000 -15.15% 7
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
1 115 (21.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 108 (20.34%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Apache
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.38%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 31 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.45%) 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 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.13%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 234 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
2 141 (26.55%) Azure
3 136 (25.61%) Entra ID
4 25 (4.71%) AWS
5 20 (3.77%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.82%) Mimecast
7 9 (1.69%) Google Workspace
7 9 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.69%) SaaS
8 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.13%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.56%) Asana
10 3 (0.56%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.56%) Stripe
11 2 (0.38%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.38%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 228 (42.94%) Firewall
2 146 (27.50%) LAN
3 137 (25.80%) VPN
3 137 (25.80%) WAN
4 123 (23.16%) DNS
5 108 (20.34%) DHCP
5 108 (20.34%) VLAN
6 84 (15.82%) Wireless
7 71 (13.37%) VoIP
8 66 (12.43%) Internet
9 60 (11.30%) TCP/IP
10 53 (9.98%) Network Security
11 39 (7.34%) Broadband
12 38 (7.16%) Cisco Nexus
13 30 (5.65%) Bluetooth
14 29 (5.46%) Structured Cabling
15 26 (4.90%) OSPF
16 25 (4.71%) BGP
17 21 (3.95%) SD-WAN
18 17 (3.20%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.56%) MySQL
2 3 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.82%) Git
2 8 (1.51%) JIRA
3 6 (1.13%) GDB
3 6 (1.13%) GitLab
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 169 (31.83%) Social Skills
2 40 (7.53%) Telecoms
3 37 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.77%) Retail
7 19 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.01%) Finance
10 15 (2.82%) Electronics
11 14 (2.64%) Law
12 12 (2.26%) Advertising
13 10 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.13%) Marketing
16 4 (0.75%) Wearables
17 3 (0.56%) Social Housing
18 2 (0.38%) Billing
18 2 (0.38%) Military
19 1 (0.19%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 172 (32.39%) IT Support
2 124 (23.35%) IT Engineer
2 124 (23.35%) Support Engineer
3 107 (20.15%) IT Support Engineer
4 100 (18.83%) Senior
5 81 (15.25%) Network Engineer
6 71 (13.37%) Analyst
7 52 (9.79%) Support Technician
8 44 (8.29%) IT Technician
9 42 (7.91%) IT Support Technician
10 40 (7.53%) Senior Network Engineer
11 37 (6.97%) 2nd Line Support
12 33 (6.21%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (6.21%) Support Analyst
13 32 (6.03%) Sales Executive
14 31 (5.84%) IT Analyst
15 29 (5.46%) Network Analyst
16 27 (5.08%) Senior Network Analyst
17 26 (4.90%) Security Analyst
17 26 (4.90%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.26%) Yocto
2 5 (0.94%) 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 94 (17.70%) Driving Licence
2 53 (9.98%) Onboarding
3 42 (7.91%) CCTV
4 40 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (5.08%) IoT
6 19 (3.58%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.82%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.64%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
10 10 (1.88%) Clustering
11 9 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.69%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.51%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.51%) FMCG
13 6 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.94%) Digital Signage
14 5 (0.94%) EPoS
14 5 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
14 5 (0.94%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 214 (40.30%) Windows
2 106 (19.96%) Windows Server
3 76 (14.31%) Windows 10
4 42 (7.91%) Mac OS
5 33 (6.21%) Linux
6 28 (5.27%) Android
7 23 (4.33%) Apple iOS
8 18 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.82%) Embedded Linux
10 14 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.19%) Unix
13 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (26.37%) Customer Service
2 140 (26.37%) Cybersecurity
3 74 (13.94%) Disaster Recovery
4 72 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (10.55%) ITIL
6 48 (9.04%) Business Continuity
7 47 (8.85%) Service Delivery
8 45 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 42 (7.91%) Incident Management
10 36 (6.78%) SIEM
11 35 (6.59%) Data Security
11 35 (6.59%) Penetration Testing
11 35 (6.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 35 (6.59%) Time Management
12 34 (6.40%) Mentoring
12 34 (6.40%) Network Load Balancing
13 32 (6.03%) Mobile Device Management
13 32 (6.03%) Project Delivery
14 30 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.21%) PowerShell
2 25 (4.71%) C
3 20 (3.77%) Python
4 17 (3.20%) SQL
5 14 (2.64%) C++
5 14 (2.64%) Embedded C
6 4 (0.75%) Bash
7 2 (0.38%) Bicep
7 2 (0.38%) Go
7 2 (0.38%) Rust
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (10.17%) Degree
3 50 (9.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (6.97%) CCNA
5 25 (4.71%) CCNP
6 23 (4.33%) DBS Check
7 19 (3.58%) Network+ Certification
8 16 (3.01%) Security Cleared
9 15 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (2.82%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.26%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.51%) CIPD
13 7 (1.32%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.13%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.75%) CISSP
15 4 (0.75%) MCSA
15 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 30 (5.65%) SLA
3 21 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.58%) GDPR
5 14 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.69%) JTAG
7 4 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 212 (39.92%) Active Directory
2 73 (13.75%) Hyper-V
3 52 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.82%) Firmware
5 12 (2.26%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.32%) vSphere
7 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.38%) iptables
12 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 85 (16.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.64%) FortiGate
3 14 (2.64%) SCCM
4 7 (1.32%) 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 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.19%) Terraform
7 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 256 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 118 (22.22%) Cisco
3 72 (13.56%) Aruba
4 62 (11.68%) VMware
5 58 (10.92%) Palo Alto
6 40 (7.53%) SonicWALL
6 40 (7.53%) Veeam
7 39 (7.34%) Qualys
8 30 (5.65%) Apple
9 27 (5.08%) Ubiquiti
10 25 (4.71%) Fortinet
11 22 (4.14%) Meraki
12 18 (3.39%) Sophos
13 12 (2.26%) Google
14 11 (2.07%) Datto
15 9 (1.69%) WatchGuard
16 8 (1.51%) HP
16 8 (1.51%) ServiceNow
17 7 (1.32%) Adobe
17 7 (1.32%) ConnectWise