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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 203 232
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 +93
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 385 599 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.03% 1.28% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.92% 10.65% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 278 224 332
10th Percentile £26,100 £27,975 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% -5.33%
75th Percentile £46,120 £54,063 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,600 £66,250 £62,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -2.73%

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 5,565 5,627 5,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.87% 12.06% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,109 2,759 4,205
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,800 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.30% +6.00% -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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 -20 96 £39,750 -11.85% 79
South West +75 84 £31,290 -30.47% 22
Midlands +5 72 £32,500 -27.78% 30
North of England -5 66 £30,500 -20.78% 32
West Midlands +49 55 £31,500 -30.00% 24
Yorkshire +9 33 £30,500 -26.06% 13
East of England -47 33 £29,250 -30.36% 28
North West +22 24 £30,000 -26.83% 13
Scotland +20 23 £33,500 -42.74% 6
East Midlands -30 17 £33,750 -26.23% 6
North East +11 9 £65,000 +195.45% 6
Northern Ireland - 6 £57,500 - 5
Wales -14 5 £30,250 -24.84% 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 63 (16.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) JOnAS
Applications
1 46 (11.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 166 (43.12%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (32.73%) Azure
3 43 (11.17%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.97%) AWS
5 12 (3.12%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.82%) IaaS
7 6 (1.56%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.56%) SaaS
8 5 (1.30%) PaaS
8 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
8 5 (1.30%) Serverless
9 4 (1.04%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.78%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.52%) GCP
12 1 (0.26%) Google Drive
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.26%) OCI
12 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 135 (35.06%) Firewall
2 129 (33.51%) LAN
3 122 (31.69%) WAN
4 104 (27.01%) VPN
5 96 (24.94%) DNS
6 89 (23.12%) VLAN
7 87 (22.60%) DHCP
8 61 (15.84%) VoIP
9 58 (15.06%) TCP/IP
10 45 (11.69%) SD-WAN
11 35 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
12 28 (7.27%) Network Security
13 19 (4.94%) Wireless
14 17 (4.42%) IPsec
14 17 (4.42%) Junos
15 16 (4.16%) Internet
16 15 (3.90%) Ethernet
17 13 (3.38%) Unified Communications
17 13 (3.38%) Wireshark
18 11 (2.86%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 149 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (9.35%) Telecoms
4 26 (6.75%) Legal
4 26 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (6.23%) Manufacturing
6 22 (5.71%) Finance
7 16 (4.16%) Marketing
8 10 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.60%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.08%) Automotive
10 6 (1.56%) Electronics
11 5 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Retail
12 4 (1.04%) Law
13 3 (0.78%) Billing
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (28.83%) IT Support
2 67 (17.40%) Support Engineer
3 51 (13.25%) IT Engineer
4 38 (9.87%) 2nd Line Support
5 34 (8.83%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (8.83%) Network Engineer
6 29 (7.53%) Technical Support
7 27 (7.01%) Cabling Engineer
7 27 (7.01%) Data Engineer
8 23 (5.97%) Support Technician
8 23 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
9 22 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (5.45%) Senior
10 21 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
11 19 (4.94%) 1st Line Support
12 17 (4.42%) IT Assistant
12 17 (4.42%) IT Support Assistant
12 17 (4.42%) Support Assistant
12 17 (4.42%) Support Specialist
13 16 (4.16%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.08%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.04%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.32%) Driving Licence
2 51 (13.25%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (5.19%) EPoS
5 14 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.64%) Replication
6 11 (2.86%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.60%) CCTV
8 8 (2.08%) LIMS
9 7 (1.82%) BYOD
9 7 (1.82%) FMCG
10 5 (1.30%) Digital Signage
10 5 (1.30%) iPad
10 5 (1.30%) Social Media
10 5 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
11 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.04%) NHS
12 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 161 (41.82%) Windows
2 91 (23.64%) Windows Server
3 51 (13.25%) Windows 10
4 31 (8.05%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.68%) Linux
6 13 (3.38%) Android
7 9 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.78%) Debian
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.26%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.26%) VMS
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (38.70%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (27.01%) Customer Service
3 60 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (13.25%) ITIL
5 43 (11.17%) Mentoring
6 36 (9.35%) Project Delivery
7 31 (8.05%) Service Delivery
8 29 (7.53%) ITSM
9 26 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (6.49%) Service Management
11 23 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (5.97%) Migration
12 19 (4.94%) Process Improvement
13 18 (4.68%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (4.42%) Business Continuity
14 17 (4.42%) Computer Science
15 16 (4.16%) Requirements Gathering
16 15 (3.90%) Agile
17 14 (3.64%) Programme Management
17 14 (3.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.60%) SQL
3 9 (2.34%) Python
4 5 (1.30%) C
4 5 (1.30%) C++
5 3 (0.78%) Bash
6 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.36%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (15.84%) Degree
4 47 (12.21%) CCNA
5 41 (10.65%) CCNP
6 34 (8.83%) SC Cleared
7 28 (7.27%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.86%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.60%) HND
10 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.34%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.34%) PMP
12 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.08%) HNC
12 8 (2.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.82%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.08%) NIST
5 7 (1.82%) SLA
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) GxP
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 132 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 56 (14.55%) Hyper-V
3 31 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.64%) Firmware
5 5 (1.30%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 58 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (6.49%) SCCM
3 7 (1.82%) Ansible
4 5 (1.30%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.04%) Terraform
6 3 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.52%) Autotask
7 2 (0.52%) CASB
7 2 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.26%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 88 (22.86%) Cisco
3 41 (10.65%) VMware
4 34 (8.83%) Meraki
5 25 (6.49%) Juniper
6 24 (6.23%) HP
7 17 (4.42%) Fortinet
8 16 (4.16%) Apple
9 15 (3.90%) Aruba
9 15 (3.90%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.60%) arcserve
10 10 (2.60%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.60%) Veeam
11 9 (2.34%) Mitel
11 9 (2.34%) Remedy
12 8 (2.08%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.08%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.08%) Sophos
13 7 (1.82%) Google
14 5 (1.30%) Cognizant