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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 91 223
Rank change year-on-year -155 +132 +71
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 456 994 921
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 3.37% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.74% 19.33% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 373 201 738
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £41,500 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +4.40% +3.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +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 4,680 5,142 9,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.08% 17.45% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,118 2,665 7,106
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,755
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £44,345
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -6.41% -1.46%
75th Percentile £60,094 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.94%

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 9 June 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 June 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 -93 130 £31,500 -24.10% 66
North of England +26 102 £33,000 +10.00% 32
Midlands -104 91 £35,000 -26.32% 21
South West -28 76 £32,500 -30.48% 11
North West +39 56 £30,000 -31.03% 17
West Midlands -16 52 £32,500 -29.73% 13
East of England -118 46 £35,000 -9.68% 22
Yorkshire -10 43 £40,250 +34.17% 14
East Midlands -95 38 £37,500 -25.00% 8
Scotland +13 12 £25,250 -23.48% 2
North East -42 3 £48,445 +21.11% 3
Northern Ireland -43 3 £65,000 -
Wales -47 2 £54,750 +45.55% 3
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 96 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (19.96%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 197 (43.20%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (28.73%) Azure
3 113 (24.78%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.92%) AWS
5 18 (3.95%) OneDrive
6 17 (3.73%) SaaS
7 13 (2.85%) Mimecast
8 12 (2.63%) OCI
9 9 (1.97%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.75%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.66%) Asana
12 3 (0.66%) ClickUp
12 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.66%) Stripe
13 2 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.44%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.44%) Serverless
13 2 (0.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 165 (36.18%) Firewall
2 102 (22.37%) VPN
3 101 (22.15%) LAN
4 99 (21.71%) DNS
5 96 (21.05%) WAN
6 85 (18.64%) DHCP
7 81 (17.76%) VLAN
8 66 (14.47%) VoIP
9 52 (11.40%) Internet
10 42 (9.21%) TCP/IP
10 42 (9.21%) Wireless
11 41 (8.99%) Broadband
12 38 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
13 35 (7.68%) Network Security
14 24 (5.26%) Wireshark
15 21 (4.61%) Bluetooth
16 18 (3.95%) SD-WAN
17 16 (3.51%) NGFW
18 15 (3.29%) OSPF
19 13 (2.85%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.66%) MySQL
2 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.66%) Power BI
3 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.19%) JIRA
2 9 (1.97%) Git
3 4 (0.88%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.88%) GDB
3 4 (0.88%) GitLab
3 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.88%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.88%) Subversion
4 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 142 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (13.38%) Telecoms
3 38 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.24%) Manufacturing
5 31 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.92%) Retail
8 16 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.51%) Finance
9 15 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.29%) Law
10 12 (2.63%) Marketing
11 9 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.54%) Advertising
12 7 (1.54%) Electronics
13 4 (0.88%) Billing
13 4 (0.88%) Military
14 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.66%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 141 (30.92%) IT Support
2 110 (24.12%) Support Engineer
3 101 (22.15%) IT Engineer
4 86 (18.86%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (11.40%) Support Technician
6 50 (10.96%) 2nd Line Support
7 48 (10.53%) Senior
8 44 (9.65%) IT Technician
9 42 (9.21%) IT Support Technician
10 32 (7.02%) Network Engineer
11 29 (6.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 28 (6.14%) Sales Executive
13 27 (5.92%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 27 (5.92%) Analyst
14 25 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (5.04%) Field Sales Executive
16 21 (4.61%) Operations Manager
17 20 (4.39%) Field Engineer
17 20 (4.39%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 19 (4.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.88%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.88%) pytest
1 4 (0.88%) Unity DI Container
1 4 (0.88%) Yocto
2 1 (0.22%) .NET
2 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.22%) NumPy
2 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.22%) SciPy
2 1 (0.22%) Web Services
2 1 (0.22%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 87 (19.08%) Driving Licence
2 43 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.58%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.14%) CCTV
5 24 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.73%) EPoS
7 15 (3.29%) Fibre Optics
7 15 (3.29%) IoT
8 12 (2.63%) PKI
8 12 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.75%) Clustering
9 8 (1.75%) FMCG
10 7 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
10 7 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.32%) Digital Signage
11 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.10%) iPad
12 5 (1.10%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 172 (37.72%) Windows
2 94 (20.61%) Windows Server
3 74 (16.23%) Windows 10
4 35 (7.68%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.36%) Android
5 29 (6.36%) Apple iOS
6 21 (4.61%) Linux
7 14 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.22%) Unix
11 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 81 (17.76%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (11.62%) ITIL
5 52 (11.40%) Service Delivery
6 48 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (10.09%) Disaster Recovery
8 33 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (7.02%) Mentoring
10 30 (6.58%) Coaching
10 30 (6.58%) Time Management
11 27 (5.92%) ITSM
12 24 (5.26%) Mobile Device Management
13 22 (4.82%) Project Management
14 21 (4.61%) CRM
14 21 (4.61%) Project Delivery
15 20 (4.39%) Network Monitoring
16 19 (4.17%) Business Continuity
17 18 (3.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 17 (3.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.80%) PowerShell
2 28 (6.14%) Python
3 17 (3.73%) SQL
4 11 (2.41%) C
5 6 (1.32%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.10%) C++
7 4 (0.88%) Bash
8 2 (0.44%) Bicep
8 2 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.22%) C#
9 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.53%) Degree
2 40 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (7.89%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.68%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (7.68%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.70%) CCNA
6 17 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (3.07%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.41%) CCNP
9 9 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.75%) CIPD
11 6 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.66%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.66%) MCSE
13 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.44%) CISSP
14 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.26%) SLA
4 16 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 15 (3.29%) GDPR
6 5 (1.10%) JTAG
7 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.88%) QA
8 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 172 (37.72%) Active Directory
2 58 (12.72%) Hyper-V
3 41 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.29%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.41%) Firmware
5 11 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.32%) vSphere
7 3 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 71 (15.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
2 16 (3.51%) SCCM
3 13 (2.85%) Terraform
4 12 (2.63%) Ansible
5 11 (2.41%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.66%) Autotask
10 2 (0.44%) cPanel
10 2 (0.44%) Plesk
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 220 (48.25%) Microsoft
2 55 (12.06%) Cisco
3 52 (11.40%) VMware
4 37 (8.11%) Aruba
5 30 (6.58%) Veeam
6 29 (6.36%) Apple
7 26 (5.70%) Meraki
8 21 (4.61%) SonicWALL
9 18 (3.95%) Ubiquiti
10 17 (3.73%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.63%) Arista
11 12 (2.63%) Fortinet
11 12 (2.63%) NetScout
11 12 (2.63%) Sophos
12 10 (2.19%) Google
12 10 (2.19%) Qualys
13 9 (1.97%) HP
13 9 (1.97%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.75%) Dell
15 7 (1.54%) Adobe