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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 103 221
Rank change year-on-year -145 +118 +69
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 519 1,027 872
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 3.04% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.28% 18.35% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 430 231 690
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,750 £24,240
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £50,332 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,375 £63,250 £61,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -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 5,050 5,596 9,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.07% 16.56% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,446 3,036 6,649
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,087 £25,852
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,458 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -10.32% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -81 159 £35,000 -15.66% 55
North of England +47 118 £37,500 +15.38% 40
Midlands -96 107 £38,750 -6.63% 23
North West +36 73 £30,000 +7.14% 20
South West -66 72 £36,189 -3.50% 16
West Midlands -13 58 £32,500 -21.69% 16
East Midlands -100 48 £40,000 -3.03% 7
East of England -127 45 £34,000 -12.26% 18
Yorkshire -13 39 £42,500 +21.43% 14
Scotland +10 12 £25,250 -23.48% 1
Wales -43 12 £32,000 -15.19% 7
North East -47 6 £57,010 +42.53% 8
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
1 112 (21.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (19.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.58%) Apache
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.16%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 233 (44.89%) Microsoft 365
2 154 (29.67%) Azure
3 133 (25.63%) Entra ID
4 38 (7.32%) AWS
5 17 (3.28%) SaaS
6 15 (2.89%) Mimecast
6 15 (2.89%) OneDrive
7 12 (2.31%) OCI
8 9 (1.73%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.35%) Google Workspace
9 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.16%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.58%) Asana
11 3 (0.58%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.58%) Stripe
12 2 (0.39%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.39%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 232 (44.70%) Firewall
2 137 (26.40%) LAN
3 134 (25.82%) VPN
4 131 (25.24%) WAN
5 129 (24.86%) DNS
6 116 (22.35%) DHCP
7 108 (20.81%) VLAN
8 74 (14.26%) Wireless
9 67 (12.91%) VoIP
10 63 (12.14%) Internet
11 60 (11.56%) TCP/IP
12 54 (10.40%) Network Security
13 38 (7.32%) Broadband
14 33 (6.36%) Structured Cabling
15 31 (5.97%) Cisco Nexus
16 28 (5.39%) Bluetooth
17 25 (4.82%) Wireshark
18 22 (4.24%) NGFW
18 22 (4.24%) SD-WAN
19 21 (4.05%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.77%) MySQL
3 3 (0.58%) Power BI
4 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.08%) Git
2 9 (1.73%) JIRA
3 6 (1.16%) GDB
3 6 (1.16%) GitLab
3 6 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.58%) Subversion
6 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 162 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 49 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (9.06%) Telecoms
4 34 (6.55%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (4.62%) Retail
7 23 (4.43%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.08%) Finance
9 16 (3.08%) Law
10 11 (2.12%) Electronics
10 11 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.93%) Advertising
11 10 (1.93%) Marketing
12 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.77%) Military
14 3 (0.58%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
16 1 (0.19%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 165 (31.79%) IT Support
2 130 (25.05%) IT Engineer
3 126 (24.28%) Support Engineer
4 107 (20.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 81 (15.61%) Senior
6 63 (12.14%) Network Engineer
7 60 (11.56%) Analyst
8 51 (9.83%) Support Technician
9 50 (9.63%) 2nd Line Support
10 45 (8.67%) IT Technician
11 42 (8.09%) IT Support Technician
12 30 (5.78%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (5.59%) Senior Network Engineer
14 28 (5.39%) Sales Executive
15 27 (5.20%) Network Analyst
16 26 (5.01%) Security Analyst
16 26 (5.01%) Senior Security Analyst
17 25 (4.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 25 (4.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 25 (4.82%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.93%) Yocto
2 5 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.77%) pytest
3 4 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.58%) Web Services
5 1 (0.19%) .NET
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 95 (18.30%) Driving Licence
2 53 (10.21%) Onboarding
3 40 (7.71%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (6.74%) CCTV
5 23 (4.43%) Data Centre
6 21 (4.05%) IoT
7 17 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
8 16 (3.08%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.50%) Device Driver
9 13 (2.50%) PKI
10 12 (2.31%) Raspberry Pi
11 9 (1.73%) EPoS
11 9 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.54%) Clustering
12 8 (1.54%) FMCG
13 7 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
14 6 (1.16%) Digital Signage
14 6 (1.16%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 207 (39.88%) Windows
2 113 (21.77%) Windows Server
3 79 (15.22%) Windows 10
4 38 (7.32%) Mac OS
5 34 (6.55%) Linux
6 29 (5.59%) Android
7 28 (5.39%) Apple iOS
8 20 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.12%) Embedded Linux
10 11 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.19%) Unix
13 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (24.66%) Cybersecurity
3 126 (24.28%) Customer Service
4 68 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (12.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 54 (10.40%) ITIL
7 52 (10.02%) Service Delivery
8 42 (8.09%) Mentoring
9 39 (7.51%) Business Continuity
9 39 (7.51%) Time Management
10 38 (7.32%) Coaching
10 38 (7.32%) Vulnerability Management
11 37 (7.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 36 (6.94%) ITSM
13 33 (6.36%) Incident Management
14 29 (5.59%) Penetration Testing
14 29 (5.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 29 (5.59%) SIEM
15 28 (5.39%) Data Security
15 28 (5.39%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.13%) PowerShell
2 36 (6.94%) Python
3 24 (4.62%) C
4 17 (3.28%) SQL
5 13 (2.50%) Embedded C
6 12 (2.31%) C++
7 4 (0.77%) Bash
8 2 (0.39%) Bicep
8 2 (0.39%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) C#
9 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (10.60%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (10.21%) Degree
3 48 (9.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (7.32%) CCNA
5 28 (5.39%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.20%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.43%) CCNP
8 16 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.89%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.50%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.54%) CIPD
14 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.77%) CISSP
16 4 (0.77%) MCSA
16 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.58%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.01%) SLA
4 23 (4.43%) GDPR
5 14 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.73%) JTAG
7 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.39%) QA
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 210 (40.46%) Active Directory
2 65 (12.52%) Hyper-V
3 54 (10.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.08%) Firmware
5 13 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.12%) vSphere
7 10 (1.93%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 80 (15.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.89%) FortiGate
3 14 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (2.50%) Terraform
5 12 (2.31%) Ansible
6 11 (2.12%) SCCM
7 6 (1.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.77%) Iperf
9 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.58%) Autotask
10 3 (0.58%) cPanel
10 3 (0.58%) Plesk
10 3 (0.58%) WSUS
11 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 257 (49.52%) Microsoft
2 99 (19.08%) Cisco
3 71 (13.68%) Aruba
4 64 (12.33%) VMware
5 51 (9.83%) Palo Alto
6 33 (6.36%) Veeam
7 32 (6.17%) Qualys
7 32 (6.17%) SonicWALL
8 27 (5.20%) Meraki
9 26 (5.01%) Apple
10 24 (4.62%) Fortinet
10 24 (4.62%) Ubiquiti
11 18 (3.47%) Sophos
12 12 (2.31%) Arista
12 12 (2.31%) HP
12 12 (2.31%) NetScout
13 11 (2.12%) Dell
13 11 (2.12%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.93%) Google
15 9 (1.73%) Juniper